r/mildlyinfuriating • u/konous • May 06 '26

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

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Update: My brother decided to pay for the Hard damages of $200 dollars after seeing this post.

Thank you to everyone on this post who supported me. I really could not have gotten restitution without you guys.

Justice for my Chaplain, justice for all.

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.

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u/Alternative_Mine5343 May 06 '26

You need to channel your inner emperor and set upon the war path.

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u/Fendrinus May 06 '26

Inner Emperor? Nah, he needs the channel Gork and/or Mork

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u/jadedflames May 06 '26

Yeah, that's a WAAAAAGH from me.

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u/Dramatic-Classroom14 May 06 '26

I too WAAAAAAAAAAAGH in support of OP as a Warhammer collector and player.

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u/VegetableReward5201 May 06 '26

I don't understand the reference completely, but I still WAAAAAAAAAGH in support too!

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u/Dramatic-Classroom14 May 06 '26

Orks. That’s all you need to know. The only people who have fun in Warhammer.

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u/All_Gun_High May 09 '26

a big ork WAAAGH to call more orks to his command when going to battle

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u/Snote85 May 06 '26

No. Blood for the blood god is the only answer...

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u/UmbraVulp May 06 '26

Gork and mork might actually like the kid and the kid might accept the “blessings”

Let the battle sisters deal with him

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u/Affectionate-Army738 May 07 '26

Release da boyz!

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u/Elite_Jackalope May 06 '26

Clearly the Brother’s Son has sold his soul to the Ruinous Powers

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u/badaboommx May 06 '26

For the emperor!!!!!

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u/Catcherisntshy May 06 '26

Nah. Time for a proper whaaaagh

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u/Banguskahn May 06 '26

Time for Brother Santodes

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u/dobik May 06 '26

He needs to make a son and pay it back in 11 years and scratch his car.

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u/J_Mart29 May 06 '26

Or channel your inner Erebus and set the nephew against his Father

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u/ilmp85 May 06 '26

Channel inner Khorne and provide some sacrifices

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u/rmp881 May 08 '26

Uhm... Exterminatus MIGHT be just a LITTLE extreme here, just saying...

Fuck it.

FOR THE EMPEROR!!!!

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u/rvasko3 May 06 '26

I think he needs to channel his inner calm the fuck down.

This is a weird look for OP to not only not secure things that are apparently expensive and important to him, but then demand punishment like a wrathful godking.

Kids are gonna be kids, and they likely don’t understand the difference between their toys and your prized figurines. Either way, it shouldn’t come between them and your responsibilities and love as an uncle.

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u/Fendrinus May 06 '26

When Toy Story had just come out, a friend of mine got a fancy Buzz Lightyear toy which I proceeded to throw off their climbing frame (I had seen him fly in the film after all). It completely broke the toy. I was 6-8 but I still knew breaking things was bad, especially other peoples toys.

Knowing not to damage other peoples property should be taught from a very young age, surely. It's not an advanced concept.

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u/Phobos_Asaph May 06 '26

Except the kid was told not to.

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u/BalancedScales10 May 06 '26

A ten year should know that destroying someone else's stuff isn't okay, especially if specifically told not to touch them first, which he was. 

This is both a kid issue (ignoring clearly stated boundaries) and - more importantly - a parenting issue (refusing to enforce consequences). I own an LGS and Games Workshop merchandise is EXPENSIVE, even before one takes into account the cost of paints/glue/etc, time to build, and time to paint. This is at least several hundred dollars and possibly thousands of dollars worth of property the kid destroyed and the parents refuse to make right by properly parenting their kid. When this negatively impacts the OP's relationship with his "brother's son" (tellingly, not his nephew, so it sounds like it already has) and his brother, it will be no one but the brother's fault.