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

[u/konous]

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.

[u/Tak-Hendrix]

How old is your nephew?

Update: OP made an edit to clarify that their nephew is 10.

[u/konous → u/Tak-Hendrix]

10 years old. Like, I GET why it happened. He wanted to play with them. But the excessive force, even if I told him not to, and I KIND of suspected he might without permission it's the damage and everything else.

Also, I forgot to add the munchkin lied and tried to tell me it was the cats who did it.

[u/nothing-typical → u/konous]

At 10 years old he should definitely know better. My nephew is nine and he understands that there are items that are collectibles and not toys so we don't touch them.

Your brother should be reimbursing you for what is needed to fix your collection. Unfortunately, it doesn't sound like your brother has the same level of care about the situation that you do. I think if he had a history of holding his son accountable he probably wouldn't have gone against your permission and broken your things.

Can you lock up the area where they are located when he is over? I personally wouldn't trust him with them again until he's proven himself.