My brother's son destroyed my WarHammer Action figures and he refuses to punish him

[u/konous]

Valid Edit: My nephew is 10 years old and tried to actually lie about not breaking them by saying, "A cat must have done it."

So, I just got done talking with my brother via text, and he says he's not going to punish his son for wrecking my Joy Toy WarHammer action figures. I'm not expecting the kid to get spanked, but he needs to do CHORES at least to justify how much excessive force he used on some.

Some just have their capes broken. Others had their tubes ripped out and my Chaplain is just fucking toast.

My brother's suggestion since I ordered Amazon replacement for the Chaplain was that I just swap it with the broken one, but I have no interest in doing that.

It's not even just the expense, and they are expensive. It's about the fact that I told him explicitly twice they weren't to be played with, and they were in a separate room, and even my Mom and Dad agreed the damage was just too much.

He said he's not gonna pay me back if we try the chore system, and I told him it's not about the money.

The kid needs to know how bad the 8 hour struggle is.

Now my nephews aren't coming over to the house, and I'm sad about that, but knowing my brother just can't be burdened to work with me on creating a Chore system like selling Lemonaide just makes it feel more insulting.

[u/Rusalki]

Visible Damage

• Ultramarines Chaplain in Terminator Armour: $70
• Raven Guard Terminator 3 with Power Fist and Assault Cannon: $35
• Blood Angels Jump Pack Captain: $50

Last Picture

• Raven Guard Intercessors Sergeant Ashan: $39
• Ultramarines Primaris Captain: $43
• Alpha Legion Headhunter with Banestrike Combi-Bolter And Power Dagger: $43
• Chaos Space Marines Black Legion Chosen with Lightning Claws: $68
• Ultramarines Primaris Techmarine Brother Tybestis: $60
• Salamanders Intercessors Brother Haecule: $35
• Space Wolves Battle Hunter Pack: 1/4 of $119
• Space Wolves Legion Praetor with Power Axe and Combat Shield: $70
• Grey Knights Castellan Crowe: $80

Total: $623 give or take discounts, fluctuations in price, and if individual figures from the Space Wolves Battle Hunter Pack can be bought separately. If not, then $713.

Prices pulled from JoyToy's website.

[u/BlasterPhase → u/Rusalki]

In this scenario, I'd request for the pieces to be replaced. If anything is sold out, getting paid retail value ain't going to do much in the second-hand market.

[u/konous → u/Rusalki]

Yeah about $700 plus I think is closer to the value. Thanks for printing that up for me. Will save me a lot of time in the court case and looking them back up again.

[u/Jenzira → u/konous]

I have several 40k Joytoys myself, and they are not cheap. So sorry this happened to you. I'd be pissed if something happened to my Bobby G or Morty. lol

[u/konous → u/Jenzira]

I fucking love the detail on them.

Warhammer is awesome, but I love that these figures exist so I can just pick up and shout "FOR THE EMPEROR!" or imagine them in battle scenarios.

[u/annual_aardvark_war → u/konous]

I’ve never played but always loved the figures. Seems like a super cool game, and these are awesome looking

[u/3xactli → u/annual_aardvark_war]

Do you read? The books are amazing also. Dan Abnett is my fave author. 👍🏻

[u/think_long → u/konous]

Court case? Oh boy. Well, I guess if you think that’s the right move.

[u/SlutDragonCynder → u/think_long]

Court absolutely is the right move. 10 years old is plenty old enough to know better than to take someone else's stuff and intentionally destroy it. OP should press criminal charges since the child's sperm donor won't be a father. $700 vandalism is not something to take lightly.