Bricklink suspends Marketplace operations in 35 countries (developing story)

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Bricklink suspends Marketplace operations in 35 countries (developing story) November 29, 2025 | 88 Bricklink, LEGO’s biggest online marketplace and lifeblood of the LEGO community has made quite an alarming announcement. From 12 December 2025, BrickLink Marketplace will not be available for members in 35 countries around the world, which means that LEGO and Bricklink members will no longer be able to buy or sell on the Marketplace. See Bricklink’s statement and list of countries impacted. This is very surprising as the list of countries (listed below) are pretty established, and are home to thousands of AFOLs and LEGO fans, and are pretty mature markets for LEGO all things considered. These include South Africa, Turkey, Brazil, Indonesia, Egypt, Israel, Taiwan and even huge swathes of the Middle East. Indonesia Turkey South Africa Taiwan Ukraine Brazil Serbia United Arab Emirates Kazakhstan Peru Israel India Morocco Chile Vietnam Georgia Lebanon Saudi Arabia Qatar Oman El Salvador Bahrain Azerbaijan Armenia Pakistan Egypt Moldova Ecuador Argentina Costa Rica Colombia Bosnia and Herzegovina Turkmenistan Greenland San Marino To put this into perspective, the total combined population of these countries exceed 2.5 billion, or just about 30% of Earth’s population which is wild. This is a massive shift, and while I understand that Bricklink might have issues operating in some of these countries which are located in remote locations (Greenland), or in a state of war (Ukraine), a blanket ban on these 35 countries with less than 2 weeks notice is crazy. There are plenty of Bricklink sellers in these countries who run their Bricklink stores as businesses, and rely on the income to support their livelihoods and families, so this really should’ve been communicated far ahead of time. I can’t imagine how stressful this might be to read for sellers in those countries. Then there are LEGO fans in those countries, who will also be barred from buying on Bricklink, which is a whole ...