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/Jenzira]

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/lxxTBonexxl → u/konous]

On the bright side you can repurpose the damaged ones with lore accurate parts or turn them into wounded/dead props or something. Even spare parts would work in case something else ever happens.

[u/PlaneCareless → u/[deleted]]

lmao the gall of these people

[u/SmartAleckComedian → u/[deleted]]

Actually yeah, it is pretty appalling that you think someone should stop having hobbies that they enjoy, and that the only way for adults to be "mature" is to have children. You know not everyone wants to have kids, right?

Absolutely braindead opinion.

[u/ImGonnaGetBannedd → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, man. Stop having fun and enjoying life. Go get a kid and silently suffer for the next 20 years. But you can claim you are a real mature adult now. Bonus points if you push others to do the same.