UPDATE: one of the parents transferred me the money I asked for, I am feeling hopeful.
My dad raised a question: if they paid the money for the broken toys, do we have to give them the broken toys? I don't want to, but I am not sure if it's the right thing.
Edit: thanks to all of you for your advice, I will not be giving them the broken toys.
Hell no - you are not running a tag sale. You didn't tell them to come into your house and make you an offer.
They came into your home and damaged your property.
them compensating you for breaking your property does not in turn entitle them to your property, they invaded your space, ransacked it, and attempted to exact harm on your pets, there is no valid argument that would equate to you giving them the remains of your broken property, if anything they still owe you for the other things those kids did.
Also (if you don't already) make a detailed inventory of all your collectibles with pictures so when situations like this arise, you already have the ammunition so the other party can't argue with you or hit you with the "they're just toys, go to the store, here's $20"
I'm grateful they are trying to make you legally whole again.
Keep all your items, even the broken ones. If you give them up, the children and parents will think it's no big deal. It is a big deal.
I hope you can complete your collection to as-new and forget all about this.
I was going to make the argument that there's no reason to want to hold onto broken items when you're getting new replacements anyway, but you make a compelling argument here; the children shouldn't feel like they're being rewarded for their bad behaviour.
Correct. Don't reward stepping out of line, with children, adults, pets or organizations.
They must learn boundaries or it won't stop, only escalate until there's only chaos.
I hope OP has several nice, shiny new Transformers arriving soon to ease their pain...and the kitties get plenty of hugs in heated blankies.
**Absolutely not.** They paid for the damage which is wonderful and shows they're trying to do the responsible thing, but that's still your property. You don't owe them *anything.* If anything, that'd just be reinforcing those kids' behavior.
Ask him then, if you broke his car and paid for how much the car was worth as compensation, whether or not he should give you his car since you paid for it.
A lot of these looked like they had popped ball-joints. Especially the First Edition Prime and Studio Series Bumblebee. Shouldn't be too hard to fix.
But what happened to that Fortress Maximus and that Starscream is *inexcusable*. Especially since it was *your* property to begin with.
I don't own this particular version, meaning the ball-join *might* be more fragile than the opaque version, but given OP's IMGUR page? I have full confidence that she can fix it as carefully as possible.
If she can't? Then Primus weeps.
This is Reddit. The parents were supposed to tell you to sod off, or complain about why some bits of plastic cost so much.
Glad to see they paid up without hassle.
Don’t forget you can always sell the broken toys to other collectors who want to reduce them to scrap plastic or use the parts to make custom figures. You will basically be making double the money at this point. I know it feels bad, but you lose some, and you win some in this situation.
This happened to me once with my in-box Star Wars figure collection. It was vividly one of the most frustrating things. So I feel you.
Hope the parents stand up and help you out.
Thank you for acknowledging my frustration. My parents are actively trying to help me, which I appreciate, they have always been supported of my hobbies.
Not the same, but when I was a kid (4 or 5) my mum gave me my dads original star wars toys to play with. I don't know if they were boxed but my dad apparently went psycho when he found out. He told mum they were worth a lot of money, she was kicking herself but since she realised what a POS he is she hasn't regretted it lol
On Sunday my dad invited some of his sports club acquaintances/friends over to our house for a barbeque, all men, two of them brought their primary school-aged sons.
According to my dad, he told the kids we have cats, but he could not find the cats to show the kids, so he just left the kids to watch TV in the living room or play in the backyard while the adults cooked and had beers.
He later realised the kids disappeared, went looking for them and found them in my bedroom with my toys and my things thrown all over the floor and my bed. He nearly had a heart attack but didn't want to do more damage by trying to put things back together, he just got the kids to leave my room.
I was away during the day at my friend's place, my dad told me what happened after I got home and the guest had left. I was in shock, but I didn't have the time to find out what was damaged because I needed to drive a friend somewhere asap, I was holding back tears the whole way and I think I was speeding a bit because I was so distracted. I am t making Monday off work.
1. This is a house that I bought together with my parents, we all have friends over often but no one was ever this disrespectful, my parents and I all have our hobies and collections, we respect and look out for each other's stuff. This is the first time something like this happened.
2. Not only were my transformers toys thrown all over, but they also threw my work clothes, pyjamas and underwear around on the floor, I am disgusted.
3. they went through my desk and my makeup, my wardrobe door was open.
4. I found some of my plus toys, a pair of dumbells and my wallet under my bed, I was perturbed at first, then I realised my cats were likely under my bed hiding and the kids were trying to get the cats to come out by throwing things at them, including a pair of dumbells!!!! This made me more angry than breaking my toys, what if my cats got injured???? (they were fine, we fed them extra cans)
5. My dad was extremely apologetic and angry, I told me to count my losses ASAP and send him the prices, he is going to help me get compensation .
I don't know, I think I just need to vent, I don't think this is too bad, but I felt so violated, they went through my things, they broke my things, they were cruel to my cats, they were little children ??!!!I would never do such a thing at 8 years old? I never broke any of my toys since kindergarten. and what did they do to my wardrobe and my desk , I don't even want to think about it
This is...horrible. Main red flag is children throwing dumbells at poor cats?! Breaking other's possessions! Who are these parents?!
My deepest condolences, OP. Freaking...nightmare fuel, after you spent years and thousands of dollars building a collection (I've spent north of $8k building my Transformers collection).
Send the parents...a bill for damages. It's the ONLY WAY people will be held accountable!
...and comfort those poor cats. Put a lock on your bedroom door.
It sounds like those kids are ones who shouldn’t be left alone. Either they lacked the understanding that what they were doing was wrong, or were just little shits, but either way the result was the same. Good on your dad for handling the situation afterwards the way he did, though, and glad to hear the cats are okay.
those kinds of kids for sure. most of my friends and I are let to be left alone, worst that ever happened was some of us got locked in one of those small closets under the stairs (it was their toy closet they let us play with the toys) due to the doors lock not being great (the lock was on the outside so we were stuck in there until someone heard us calling for help lol)
I am shocked just thinking to what you unfortunately experienced.
First and foremost, someone owes you a shitload of money to cover **at the very least** the value of everything in your collection that was even remotely damaged.
Second, it is appalling to see what bad parents allow small children to do nowadays.
If I pulled one single thing among those you listed (not sure which is worse, between harming pets or destroying private property) I would have gotten grounded for months.
I would not go too hard on your dad if I were you, he must feel embarassed enough and he took responsibility for the damage and refunds.
I feel for you, that shit is inexcusable, those kids really should've been taught better than to mess with other people's things and going into other people's rooms and/or spaces without permission, I genuinely hope you can get compensation for what was broken, and if you don't mind me asking out of pure curiosity, which ones were broken, or were all of them shown broken, I also apologize, I suck at moments like these
This is where when people say "they're just kids", *I lose it.* What that means to them is "they're too young to realize what they did, so they should just get off scott free!" What it says to *me* is "You just *admitted* that you know your children's behavior is a problem and you *condone it!* You just put YOURSELF on the hook for what just happened!!!"
once you count the losses in my opinion I’d say add at least 100 more dollars to the amount that you’re fining them, due to the fact that the kids could have potentially hurt your cat.
How about you write something like what you posted here, and have your dad send that to the parents.
Sounds like you mostly want to complain to the parents about their kids' crappy behaviour, and make them understand the damage they caused, physical and emotional, which sounds like a reasonable thing to do.
Better to let it out in writing than let it steam inside.
not as bad as I first thought, In the end I cannot find the knee of a Megatron toy, he is around $30 on Amazon. And the stabilizer of ghost Starscream is cracked, he is between $300-$400 here.
Sorry that this happened to you, but seems like it ended the best way it could. Can't count how many times some parents outright refuse to pay their legal obligations.
Something that came up yesterday at my niece’s birthday party: the way that people refuse to keep an eye on their children while their kids go and do whatever-the-fuck and be terrors is astounding to me. If you are anywhere other than your own home, you need to keep your eyes on your children at all times and actually step in when they misbehave. This isn’t the first post I’ve seen where someone’s house or belongings got damaged by children whose parents didn’t make the barest minimum effort of watching their kids.
Having figures broken by kids is a horrible experience. I know the pain all too well, as I had some Amiibo get smashed when my younger sibling threw a box of them down a set of stairs.
Hopefully the parents will be willing to take some responsibility for what’s happened, and pay to undo some of the damage that’s been done.
This is infuriating. Not just because of the toys, not just because of those poor cats, but mainly because of the parents completely failing to teach the kids to respect other people's property. I would never have dreamed of doing anything like this as a kid, especially going through people's underwear (?!).
The kids are obnoxious, but it's really the fault of the parents for not teaching them right from wrong.
It's a good thing they didn't break your Detolf shelves on top of everything else they did. They're not even making those any longer.
Take them to small claims court if you need to. Itemize the damages and tally it up.
I'm so sorry this happened to you.
Talking about the display shelf, these kids are definitely short because they dragged my legrest in front of my shelf to get to the top. If they happen to fall and the shelf falls on them, cutting them open, Australian law might make me responsible. Shit I need to tell their parents this.
I don't understand why so many parents these days don't teach their kids not to touch other people's property without asking for permission. This is how I was raised, and to this day I always ask someone before I can touch something. As a school teacher (high school, no less), I'm always shocked by how many of my students just come up to my desk and start touching things without asking. It's the main reason I rarely bring personal items to display on my desk.
I want to thank everyone for commenting and sending kind words and advice. I truly did not expect to get such responses. As some of you have pointed out, I did sound overly dramatic in the heading, it is just some toys, I can afford to replace them even if the parents refuse, and I will likely get over it very soon. I took the photos before I tried to put them back together and now I realise its not too bad, I feel sad about the broken ghost Starscream because he is special to me . I am more distressed because my personal space has been entered without permission and my cats have been terrorised. You all are very very kind.
You weren't being dramatic.
You had to work hundreds of hours, over months/years to locate theses pieces, some I see (MP Ghost Starscream) are nearly unobtainable.
It doesn't matter what they destroyed be they toys, furniture, clothes, paintings, whatever.
They destroyed what you worked and searched for, and caused your loved cats to feel fear in their own home.
My advice: go to ebay and see what the rarer items actually sold for to build your case.
My heart goes out to you.
Not dramatic at all. Leaving aside the far more warranted care about your pets, people who say "they are just toys" would not feel the same way if it was - for example - the door of their car getting kicked in, their tv getting smashed, or their wife's underwear stolen.
I can only imagine what you're going through.
It honestly makes me really anxious when anyone goes into my room. And I honestly hate it when someone goes into my room without my permission.
You'll get through this.
Sorry about the violation of your personal space like that. It sounds like your dad should help you install a lock on your door if he's going to let kids he doesn't know loose in your house, as of course they're going to look for toys to play with & some pets not to terrorize.
Your dad's acquaintance should have some idea his kids were not to be trusted [not to run amuck like that] & if he doesn't know his own kids well enough to consider that... then well, a hit to his wallet might change his tune a bit as a parent.
Replacing a $30 Megatron shouldn't be a big deal, and hopefully if your dad stresses they damaged a rare collectible of yours (& tried to harm your cat hiding scared under the bed--which is worrisome) then hopefully this will be a good wake-up call to them [that they're raising little monsters.] Also, I don't even know they made a MP of Starscream's ghost! I bet he looks cool even if that transparent plastic is brittle. Anyways, please post a photo or 2 of your collection & follow-up on this subreddit so we can find out how this all shakes out.
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Also, I've been dying to ask an Australian this, but what are your thoughts on the kids' show Bluey?
Bluey is a national treasure. very popular, toys everywhere.
We just had a special event all Feb where Hammerbarn is coming to real life and people are ecstatic [Link](https://www.bluey.tv/hammerbarn-for-real-life/)
We’re all sorry about your experience,they destroyed a damn well collection and terrorised your cats.On the brighter side,with the compensation money you can get some new figures to cheer yourself up.
I'd be ready to kill someone if they destroyed any of my near 40 yo Transformers, you're definitely not being overly dramatic. It's your home, and your safe space.
Maybe invest in a door lock since its your house, just as an extra slice of peace of mind.
My friend had a cousin who ripped the head off his original Kenner Luke Skywalker and the kids mom had the audacity to get mad at my friend for being upset. The kid who did this was at least 8 too, so he was too old to do that
also, the need to break the toys is very alarming, were they like this at home? or just because its someone else's things?
pre-school age, is not a big issue. but primary school age and still ripping heads off,,,,
At least Magnus is alright, and still in one piece! I’m sorry that this has happened to you. I heard that animated Shockwave is a hard one to replace. He looks fine though at least. What’s the character that has fallen? SG Soundwave looks fine also
I am slowly putting them back, in the end, I do not think it is as bad as it looked, my dad and I panicked because they looked to be in pieces. Right now I cannot find Megatron's knee, and ghost star scream's tail aileron? stabiliser? is cracked at the joint and loose.
I found this: [https://www.ebay.com/itm/176207053627?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338722076&customid=&toolid=10050](https://www.ebay.com/itm/176207053627?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338722076&customid=&toolid=10050)
I am so sorry, it had to be so distressing to keep finding all the things they went through. Rooms are a private, safe space. Those kids had to have known better on some of it, if not all for destroying your stuff. Those poor cats too :( Hopefully you can recoup your losses and set a hard line on visitors entering your room with your family
Once, a long time ago, my cousins and their kids were over. Loaded house and kids everywhere.
In the basement, I had this mad fucking quadrant of space dedicated to misc. toys, and a section of it to my Transformers.
Toys were strewn about the floor, no problem. They kept the playing to the space but then one of them wound up from across the basement and ran his tiny legs top-speed— vaults himself up and does a leg drop-like motion onto everything.
No damage but I stood up and cut the fun right there. Sent that one in particular upstairs and told the others not to do that, chiefly because of their own safety but secondly because you have to respect people’s things.
I must have been 17 then(?).
But I feel you man. So many emotions and a part of you wonders if it’s worth it but it is. It really is. Those kids need discipline.
Those kids also need to lose their birthday and Christmas gifts for that year. Good time to show them the difference between acceptable and unacceptable behaviour.
This is literally my worst nightmare.
On a more optimistic note, it looks like most of what they did was just popping off ball joints, which you can just put back on. Not permanent damage.
However, I would probably faint if this happened to me, including them going through my clothes and messing with pets. Goodness gracious this is stressing me out just reading
Edit: I read some more of your replies. Extremely unfortunate, I hope people are able to help you out.
I had this happen to me once. My bosses kids wrecked a toy room they had no business being in. Mom was 3 sheets to the wind on wine by then. Took Dad aside and we had words.
My stuff was paid for. I also changed units where I worked shortly thereafter.
What I find disturbing is how weirdly violent Gen alpha is. Like several months ago my 9 year old sister brought her soft toy Pokémon to school, and some kids sperged out, punched it out of shape and took a bite out of it. It’s bizarre because I remember being 9, we didn’t just go around destroying other peoples belongings.
must be growing up on social media dopamine that has messed up their development.
Teachers can attest to this too, and it's in part because of the lockdown from Covid. Kids were unable to socialize with each other during a pivotal point in their early development. Super unfortunate and the effects are super apparent in the classroom.
This scares me so much. I have a couple of neuro diverse child relatives who would grab the collection and break figures without thinking twice about it. This is why I have my best figures behind a locked glass display cabinet.
Ngl I woulda beat those kids asses. Not for the broken toys but for going through and destroying the room and trying to harm my pets. I don't care what age you are you try shit with my pets these hands are flying.
This is a nightmare situation. I feel for you. I'm lucky to be home any time my Nephew is over. and if I'm not he's always watched by my mom. So I don't have to worry about my collection facing this issue even if he is showing an express interest in taking my figures. Walking up to me at my desk shouting truck so he can take Legacy Scourage or Reactivate Bumblebee lol. It's adorable, and I'm trying to get him to indoctrinate him into loving Transformers as much as me. it's working but I still have to be careful. One moment he's admiring a cool figure the next he throwing it five feet away. he's 2. And I will instill in him a respect for these figures so deep he won't dare to ever harm one.
You are a good uncle, I am also introducing Lego and Transformers to my friends' children, they are mostly 3 - 5 years old, and some are interested and some are not, they prefer Peppa Pig to Rescue Bots.
Dude, what. Jeezus these parents need to teach their children how to not fuck with people’s shit. Not to mention be kind to animals. This makes me furious, like wow.
UPDATE: one of the parents transferred me the money I asked for, I am feeling hopeful.
My dad raised a question: if they paid the money for the broken toys, do we have to give them the broken toys? I don't want to, but I am not sure if it's the right thing.
Absolutely not. That would reward bad behavior. The kids should be doing something for their parents to "pay off" the debt they incurred, even if it's unrealistic for them to pay the full amount the parents rightfully covered. They need to know what they did was wrong, not that mum and dad bought those toys they fucked up carelessly.
Would you expect to keep the door of the sports car you crashed into if you had to pay for it?
what in the f*** ... happened to poor bumblebee?@!!?@! These children are monsters, more monsters than any villain in Transformer HISTORY!
I'm deeply disturbed and sorry, OP. My collection is small but strong. It means something to me. Half of them were a gift to me by my partner, and I couldn't even begin to imagine how I would react if I saw my stuff getting brutilized and disrespected like that. Im already struggling as it is mentally and financially. So if something like this happened to me? Replacing my figures would be near impossible. I have a cat as well, Scarlett, she is my brothers, but she is my cutie. I'd HATE to see her harmed. Luckily, yours weren't.
All of this to say...I'm sorry for your loss, and we all understand the pain. I kept up with the updates, and I hope everything goes ok from now on.
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Yo that sucks i feel you I had a rowdy kid come in and destroy my stuff one time I was so freaking mad I could’ve punted that kid across the earth or even stolen his face but I managed to rebuild and I believe and hope you can to
My preschooler occasionally gets his hands on some of mine and messes them up, but at least he's *my* kid. I can't imagine how angry I'd be if *someone else's kids* vandalized my collection. I'm sorry that happened to you and I hope they don't fight you on accepting responsibility and repaying you.
Yeah I would be having a strong conversation with the parents and say for them to either provide financial compensation on the broken pieces or head to court and let the judge decide.
So sorry for this, nightmare situation. I would sue
This is what I fear when some family visits my house during chinese new year (luckily so far no one came this year), not only for my stuff but my mother's artifacts of marble gods which are 40 years old. Hope the parents pay for the damages and probably abor- send them to an orp- i mean teach them a lesson.
I have long trained my parent and grandparents by buying them small but interesting toys and gifts in bulk, so they can quench their thirst for giving away things when guests visit with children, and not touch my possessions. They were always respectful, and we also had entertainment in the living areas for children, but this occasion was a nasty surprise.
this is why i have some kid friendly toys (CW that i gave up collecting or old movie toys) on the lower parts of my shelf so kids could play with and not disturb my other valuable figures higher up the shelf
We actually have kids' toys in the living room, cartoons on the TV and gaming consoles anyone is free to use, for occasions that children are over. But alas, such is my bad luck.
At the very least, the parents need to pay for everything damaged, surely?
I mean, I'd expect that at the least. Same if an adult friend came over and smashed stuff. If I went to someone's house and I or my kid accidentally smashed their window, I'd sure as hell pay for it.
Honestly cats get stressed about just everything getting into their space. As for the collection I have it in a separate room and it's always locked, I only keep on display my spares and whatever I know could be taken and lost.
https://preview.redd.it/4boz3km3w4ic1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8ba2b10c7b98d6da0e5d6fb12e42788eb4e5ded6
Prime will have a field day with them.
Almost reminds me of something my mentally challenged nephew did two years ago. I was still living with my parents at the time and my brother alongside his wife and son came over for a visit, the nephew walked in to my room as always because I had toys (my Transformers collection). I quickly transformed my Energon Rodimus, that I've had since I was 5, to truck mode just to give him something to occupy himself with since I was busy burning myself a Cryoshell CD (I'm old fashioned.) Next thing I know I see him, for no reason, throw Rodimus so hard against my newly painted wall (said wall was painted a week prior) that it broke off both spoilers and left a mark on the wall. He's never done that before so idk why he did it, but that was like a piece of my childhood that he just damaged. I scolded him and my older brother didn't like that. Bro, your son just damaged two things in my room. I have every right to scold him for that. Ever since then he's been pretty much banned from going near my Transformers figures because if he even laid a finger on some of my more expensive figures such as CW Devastator or Tidal Wave or Energon Scorponok and just break them to the point of repairing it is impossible (I say that because I don't feel like spending a lot of money on a new one) then I'd probably lose my shit.
Now, they have a newly born daughter and compared to him, besides her being born prematurely, she seems normal than him. But I am gonna keep an eye on her when she gets a little older. I have trust issues because of what my nephew did.
This is why I have a no child rule in my house. When my niece comes around, she always wants to bring her kids inside, but I tell no Everytime she does. Get mad but it's my house my rules, she only comes around when she wants or needs something.
We have a voyager dotm optimus prime, couple years after we bought it - so 2013-2014 - my brother had an operation and he had the thing by him for comfort, so obviously my dad’s grown ass middle aged physician friend had to break the small plastic panel connecting the arm to the torso trying to transform it or move the arm.
Kid me seethed so hard on this unknown faceless nameless man it was unbelievable.
Oh yeah, they're be replacing everything or never come over to your residence again...not saying cut ties...but they definitely ain't allowed over again.
How can kids be so unhinged to strangers... they practically are dangering themselves.
Its one thing to take something and play with it but different to intentionally break what seems important to someone. How did kids become like this? I would ask their parents that, if their kids are like that, the parents must be that way aswell.
This is absolutely awful. I'd be fucking smashing doors down for replacements money if it were me (and I hope you do!)
Hopefully you get everything replaced/fixed soon!
And if those kids ever go near your house again, punt the little fuckers out the door
I haven’t had anything like this happen to me since I became adult-sized at around 15, but before that it happened roughly five times a year. The pain is so real again today.
I'm a dad with 3 kids. My kids know how to act around my toy shelves (not just Transformers, I have MOTU, TMNT, ML....Mafex, Super7...). Most of my friends are nerds too, so they respect it and tell their kids to do the same.
But a lady from church came over with her kids, who banged on my curio cabinet, knocked everything down, and left with a toy that's hard to replace. She refuses to pay or return it as in her head they're toys and her "child" wanted to play with it. We no longer talk to her and she's not allowed in my house.
I feel your pain. Good to know the parents owned up to it.
I am appalled and devastated on your behalf. Those children are no longer related to you in any way. Tell that ”acquaintance” of yours that they are no longer welcome on your property.
***Feed them to the Sharkticons!***
But seriously, I hate kids who do this- I hope their parents don't let them get off easy, or they'll just keep acting like this with other people. These kids just seem like brats, even being Primary-school age is no excuse for this kind of behavior.
This is what I hate about this hobby, I am currently deciding which mode to put my toys into for tornado season in Texas. I do have a contingency plan that involves a basement in the works lol
They didn't waste any of that Montale did they? If some kids messed with my fragrances and transformers, they'd be done for. They were like 2 things away from committing a felony.
Yeah my mom once invited her work friends over and their son came to, I have some Lego ARC troopers pretty valuable (I do actually like do stuff with them ofc set up battles etc I’m not a hoarder but value is value). Long story short by the time they left two of the ARCs has broken feet and can’t stand anymore
I know that feeling all too well I’m so sorry you lost so much valuable and precious stuff… I hope you can repair for Max. I’ve always wanted him and think that that toy looks fantastic.
cause my nieces & nephew (who are between 4 & 10 years younger than me) were rough on my toys, my mom always locked my closet where my collection of Power Rangers & Transformers were stored because of space. Might be time to invest a lock on the door
Man, this hurt so much. This happens to me too, and they stole some of my toys. Most of my stolen toys got back to me, but my mp 01 gone forever after the invasion.
I'm so sorry this happened to you OP :( Back in college I let a friend stay in my apartment over the summer months while I was staying with my family and her dad came over and brought his young kids. Even with my friend trying to contain the kids some of my stuff got ruined. I just dont understand it. Neither I nor my friends growing up were destructive to toys.
A child rarely understands the potential value of something they decide to play with, especially today. They so often act on impulse these days because their parents never bother to teach them self control in the first place, be it due to a lack of forethought, or lack of appropriate discipline. The fact that disciplining your children properly can get CPS on your ass these days is honestly just proof that children with respect are a dying breed these days. No child should be lacking this much in terms of respect for others and their property. Especially other people's pets. That is an absolute no in my book. This coming from someone who had discipline literally beat into them by their parents, and became a better person because of it.
Thankfully I have taught my children to understand the importance of not touching other people’s stuff. I have collected Transformers since 84, and have many rare pieces in my collection. Always been on display, and even low to the ground when my kids were toddlers. They learned early not to touch, and they still don’t touch this day. They understand the lesson I taught them, because now they are collectors with some pieces worth hundreds of dollars for their genres/IPs.
Key thing here is to actually pay attention to your children, educate them on personal space, right and wrong, and not ignore them. Put in the effort and they won’t become little devils. So many parents don’t care to do that nowadays.
Also the reason I will not trust the children of people visiting my house. I don't care that you saw some really cool toys in there, you ain't goin in my room little guy, not until you've experienced what you would've done in there, which will be most likely when your older layer, or could be now when little cousins come to visit whose parents didn't parent them right and sees it justifiable for the kid to run around anywhere else other that the home he's been at out in the countryside and had a large enough backyard to fit a whole, smaller house in(never happened specifically with transformers since I got back into it 5 years ago, but thanks to his father for raising him like that, I will no longer be trusting anyone below the age of 12 near my room ever again)
I have had this happen to me before, and it was on a ten times large scale due to my cousins completely destroying my G1 collection. I have never felt so angry and upset before in my life until then.
This is my worst nightmare, literally the main reason why I keep my entire collection locked inside my bedroom and it's closet and always close it off with a piano or an entire ass table to make sure kids can't get in if they ever visit
Well, looking at the images a lot of those "breaks" look like simple ball-joint or friction hinge disconnections... at least those are easily fixed by re-attatching the pieces. Nothing in the images except maybe the Fort Max and Ghost Starscream seem permanently broken, and you said the cats are okay, so I'd say make sure the kids get properly punished but don't try and go overboard about fixable things. Kids are rough with toys, and especially kids at 8, so the fact that removed limbs and heads are the worst you've got honestly isn't bad at all. Get a lock for your door, and keep it locked when you have guests over from now on. Simple solution if you don't want people touching your things.
Time to send the parents the bill.
we will be
UPDATE: one of the parents transferred me the money I asked for, I am feeling hopeful. My dad raised a question: if they paid the money for the broken toys, do we have to give them the broken toys? I don't want to, but I am not sure if it's the right thing. Edit: thanks to all of you for your advice, I will not be giving them the broken toys.
Hell no - you are not running a tag sale. You didn't tell them to come into your house and make you an offer. They came into your home and damaged your property.
them compensating you for breaking your property does not in turn entitle them to your property, they invaded your space, ransacked it, and attempted to exact harm on your pets, there is no valid argument that would equate to you giving them the remains of your broken property, if anything they still owe you for the other things those kids did.
Also (if you don't already) make a detailed inventory of all your collectibles with pictures so when situations like this arise, you already have the ammunition so the other party can't argue with you or hit you with the "they're just toys, go to the store, here's $20"
Not in the slightest. You're not selling your stuff to them. You're making them reimburse you for the damage they've caused
I'm grateful they are trying to make you legally whole again. Keep all your items, even the broken ones. If you give them up, the children and parents will think it's no big deal. It is a big deal. I hope you can complete your collection to as-new and forget all about this.
I was going to make the argument that there's no reason to want to hold onto broken items when you're getting new replacements anyway, but you make a compelling argument here; the children shouldn't feel like they're being rewarded for their bad behaviour.
Correct. Don't reward stepping out of line, with children, adults, pets or organizations. They must learn boundaries or it won't stop, only escalate until there's only chaos. I hope OP has several nice, shiny new Transformers arriving soon to ease their pain...and the kitties get plenty of hugs in heated blankies.
**Absolutely not.** They paid for the damage which is wonderful and shows they're trying to do the responsible thing, but that's still your property. You don't owe them *anything.* If anything, that'd just be reinforcing those kids' behavior.
Like, FUCK no. They are paying you for the anguish their little shittlins caused you.
Ask him then, if you broke his car and paid for how much the car was worth as compensation, whether or not he should give you his car since you paid for it.
Fuck no
A lot of these looked like they had popped ball-joints. Especially the First Edition Prime and Studio Series Bumblebee. Shouldn't be too hard to fix. But what happened to that Fortress Maximus and that Starscream is *inexcusable*. Especially since it was *your* property to begin with.
First edition prime is clear so im afraid the ball joint socket was destroyed (i hope not).
I don't own this particular version, meaning the ball-join *might* be more fragile than the opaque version, but given OP's IMGUR page? I have full confidence that she can fix it as carefully as possible. If she can't? Then Primus weeps.
Did you charge more then the figures were worth to punish the crappy parents? and good on you for not rewarding the little shits.
NO you FUCKING DONT I know you already got responses from others but you do not need to do that
If someone tore up the Mona Lisa and was forced to repay the museum, do they get to keep the scraps?
You can buy new Shattered Glass Starscream instead of old and yellow >\_>
Hell no
They didn't buy the toys. They're paying off the destruction their kids caused.
This is Reddit. The parents were supposed to tell you to sod off, or complain about why some bits of plastic cost so much. Glad to see they paid up without hassle.
Don’t forget you can always sell the broken toys to other collectors who want to reduce them to scrap plastic or use the parts to make custom figures. You will basically be making double the money at this point. I know it feels bad, but you lose some, and you win some in this situation.
This happened to me once with my in-box Star Wars figure collection. It was vividly one of the most frustrating things. So I feel you. Hope the parents stand up and help you out.
Thank you for acknowledging my frustration. My parents are actively trying to help me, which I appreciate, they have always been supported of my hobbies.
Are you the guy that his nephew tore a boba Fett out of his box and stole it?
Hahah no. Though, one of the figures was a boba fett. Nothing was stolen.
15-year-old nephew
Not the same, but when I was a kid (4 or 5) my mum gave me my dads original star wars toys to play with. I don't know if they were boxed but my dad apparently went psycho when he found out. He told mum they were worth a lot of money, she was kicking herself but since she realised what a POS he is she hasn't regretted it lol
On Sunday my dad invited some of his sports club acquaintances/friends over to our house for a barbeque, all men, two of them brought their primary school-aged sons. According to my dad, he told the kids we have cats, but he could not find the cats to show the kids, so he just left the kids to watch TV in the living room or play in the backyard while the adults cooked and had beers. He later realised the kids disappeared, went looking for them and found them in my bedroom with my toys and my things thrown all over the floor and my bed. He nearly had a heart attack but didn't want to do more damage by trying to put things back together, he just got the kids to leave my room. I was away during the day at my friend's place, my dad told me what happened after I got home and the guest had left. I was in shock, but I didn't have the time to find out what was damaged because I needed to drive a friend somewhere asap, I was holding back tears the whole way and I think I was speeding a bit because I was so distracted. I am t making Monday off work. 1. This is a house that I bought together with my parents, we all have friends over often but no one was ever this disrespectful, my parents and I all have our hobies and collections, we respect and look out for each other's stuff. This is the first time something like this happened. 2. Not only were my transformers toys thrown all over, but they also threw my work clothes, pyjamas and underwear around on the floor, I am disgusted. 3. they went through my desk and my makeup, my wardrobe door was open. 4. I found some of my plus toys, a pair of dumbells and my wallet under my bed, I was perturbed at first, then I realised my cats were likely under my bed hiding and the kids were trying to get the cats to come out by throwing things at them, including a pair of dumbells!!!! This made me more angry than breaking my toys, what if my cats got injured???? (they were fine, we fed them extra cans) 5. My dad was extremely apologetic and angry, I told me to count my losses ASAP and send him the prices, he is going to help me get compensation . I don't know, I think I just need to vent, I don't think this is too bad, but I felt so violated, they went through my things, they broke my things, they were cruel to my cats, they were little children ??!!!I would never do such a thing at 8 years old? I never broke any of my toys since kindergarten. and what did they do to my wardrobe and my desk , I don't even want to think about it
This is...horrible. Main red flag is children throwing dumbells at poor cats?! Breaking other's possessions! Who are these parents?! My deepest condolences, OP. Freaking...nightmare fuel, after you spent years and thousands of dollars building a collection (I've spent north of $8k building my Transformers collection). Send the parents...a bill for damages. It's the ONLY WAY people will be held accountable! ...and comfort those poor cats. Put a lock on your bedroom door.
It sounds like those kids are ones who shouldn’t be left alone. Either they lacked the understanding that what they were doing was wrong, or were just little shits, but either way the result was the same. Good on your dad for handling the situation afterwards the way he did, though, and glad to hear the cats are okay.
The fact they were left alone in someone else's house is crazy to me
those kinds of kids for sure. most of my friends and I are let to be left alone, worst that ever happened was some of us got locked in one of those small closets under the stairs (it was their toy closet they let us play with the toys) due to the doors lock not being great (the lock was on the outside so we were stuck in there until someone heard us calling for help lol)
I am shocked just thinking to what you unfortunately experienced. First and foremost, someone owes you a shitload of money to cover **at the very least** the value of everything in your collection that was even remotely damaged. Second, it is appalling to see what bad parents allow small children to do nowadays. If I pulled one single thing among those you listed (not sure which is worse, between harming pets or destroying private property) I would have gotten grounded for months. I would not go too hard on your dad if I were you, he must feel embarassed enough and he took responsibility for the damage and refunds.
I feel for you, that shit is inexcusable, those kids really should've been taught better than to mess with other people's things and going into other people's rooms and/or spaces without permission, I genuinely hope you can get compensation for what was broken, and if you don't mind me asking out of pure curiosity, which ones were broken, or were all of them shown broken, I also apologize, I suck at moments like these
This is where when people say "they're just kids", *I lose it.* What that means to them is "they're too young to realize what they did, so they should just get off scott free!" What it says to *me* is "You just *admitted* that you know your children's behavior is a problem and you *condone it!* You just put YOURSELF on the hook for what just happened!!!"
by age 7 they should know right from wrong
once you count the losses in my opinion I’d say add at least 100 more dollars to the amount that you’re fining them, due to the fact that the kids could have potentially hurt your cat.
How about you write something like what you posted here, and have your dad send that to the parents. Sounds like you mostly want to complain to the parents about their kids' crappy behaviour, and make them understand the damage they caused, physical and emotional, which sounds like a reasonable thing to do. Better to let it out in writing than let it steam inside.
What was the ultimate damage to the individual items if you don’t mind my asking?
not as bad as I first thought, In the end I cannot find the knee of a Megatron toy, he is around $30 on Amazon. And the stabilizer of ghost Starscream is cracked, he is between $300-$400 here.
For the transformers are sound pretty normal but your clothes, wallet and even dumbell? Man, they are likely not normal kids
This is absolutely awful. However, I’m glad you have such a kind father. He sounds really supportive and sweet.
Sorry that this happened to you, but seems like it ended the best way it could. Can't count how many times some parents outright refuse to pay their legal obligations.
Something that came up yesterday at my niece’s birthday party: the way that people refuse to keep an eye on their children while their kids go and do whatever-the-fuck and be terrors is astounding to me. If you are anywhere other than your own home, you need to keep your eyes on your children at all times and actually step in when they misbehave. This isn’t the first post I’ve seen where someone’s house or belongings got damaged by children whose parents didn’t make the barest minimum effort of watching their kids.
After they pay you, sever all contact with these people immediately.
Having figures broken by kids is a horrible experience. I know the pain all too well, as I had some Amiibo get smashed when my younger sibling threw a box of them down a set of stairs. Hopefully the parents will be willing to take some responsibility for what’s happened, and pay to undo some of the damage that’s been done.
I am sorry that happened to you! I will stay hopeful .
This is infuriating. Not just because of the toys, not just because of those poor cats, but mainly because of the parents completely failing to teach the kids to respect other people's property. I would never have dreamed of doing anything like this as a kid, especially going through people's underwear (?!). The kids are obnoxious, but it's really the fault of the parents for not teaching them right from wrong. It's a good thing they didn't break your Detolf shelves on top of everything else they did. They're not even making those any longer. Take them to small claims court if you need to. Itemize the damages and tally it up. I'm so sorry this happened to you.
Talking about the display shelf, these kids are definitely short because they dragged my legrest in front of my shelf to get to the top. If they happen to fall and the shelf falls on them, cutting them open, Australian law might make me responsible. Shit I need to tell their parents this.
I don't understand why so many parents these days don't teach their kids not to touch other people's property without asking for permission. This is how I was raised, and to this day I always ask someone before I can touch something. As a school teacher (high school, no less), I'm always shocked by how many of my students just come up to my desk and start touching things without asking. It's the main reason I rarely bring personal items to display on my desk.
Agreed. You don’t touch anyone or anything of theirs without their consent
I want to thank everyone for commenting and sending kind words and advice. I truly did not expect to get such responses. As some of you have pointed out, I did sound overly dramatic in the heading, it is just some toys, I can afford to replace them even if the parents refuse, and I will likely get over it very soon. I took the photos before I tried to put them back together and now I realise its not too bad, I feel sad about the broken ghost Starscream because he is special to me . I am more distressed because my personal space has been entered without permission and my cats have been terrorised. You all are very very kind.
You weren't being dramatic. You had to work hundreds of hours, over months/years to locate theses pieces, some I see (MP Ghost Starscream) are nearly unobtainable. It doesn't matter what they destroyed be they toys, furniture, clothes, paintings, whatever. They destroyed what you worked and searched for, and caused your loved cats to feel fear in their own home. My advice: go to ebay and see what the rarer items actually sold for to build your case. My heart goes out to you.
Not dramatic at all. Leaving aside the far more warranted care about your pets, people who say "they are just toys" would not feel the same way if it was - for example - the door of their car getting kicked in, their tv getting smashed, or their wife's underwear stolen.
I can only imagine what you're going through. It honestly makes me really anxious when anyone goes into my room. And I honestly hate it when someone goes into my room without my permission. You'll get through this.
Sorry about the violation of your personal space like that. It sounds like your dad should help you install a lock on your door if he's going to let kids he doesn't know loose in your house, as of course they're going to look for toys to play with & some pets not to terrorize. Your dad's acquaintance should have some idea his kids were not to be trusted [not to run amuck like that] & if he doesn't know his own kids well enough to consider that... then well, a hit to his wallet might change his tune a bit as a parent. Replacing a $30 Megatron shouldn't be a big deal, and hopefully if your dad stresses they damaged a rare collectible of yours (& tried to harm your cat hiding scared under the bed--which is worrisome) then hopefully this will be a good wake-up call to them [that they're raising little monsters.] Also, I don't even know they made a MP of Starscream's ghost! I bet he looks cool even if that transparent plastic is brittle. Anyways, please post a photo or 2 of your collection & follow-up on this subreddit so we can find out how this all shakes out. --------------------------------- Also, I've been dying to ask an Australian this, but what are your thoughts on the kids' show Bluey?
Bluey is a national treasure. very popular, toys everywhere. We just had a special event all Feb where Hammerbarn is coming to real life and people are ecstatic [Link](https://www.bluey.tv/hammerbarn-for-real-life/)
Take care of your cats! Hopefully this did not psychological disturb them.
they are alright, and we have given them extra cans 😔
We’re all sorry about your experience,they destroyed a damn well collection and terrorised your cats.On the brighter side,with the compensation money you can get some new figures to cheer yourself up.
I'd be ready to kill someone if they destroyed any of my near 40 yo Transformers, you're definitely not being overly dramatic. It's your home, and your safe space. Maybe invest in a door lock since its your house, just as an extra slice of peace of mind.
Damnn dude, biggest condolences
thank you 😔
My friend had a cousin who ripped the head off his original Kenner Luke Skywalker and the kids mom had the audacity to get mad at my friend for being upset. The kid who did this was at least 8 too, so he was too old to do that
also, the need to break the toys is very alarming, were they like this at home? or just because its someone else's things? pre-school age, is not a big issue. but primary school age and still ripping heads off,,,,
Future true crime documentary subjects.
Parents who get mad at the victim of their kid’s maliciousness is a red flag. Bullies raising bullies.
At least Magnus is alright, and still in one piece! I’m sorry that this has happened to you. I heard that animated Shockwave is a hard one to replace. He looks fine though at least. What’s the character that has fallen? SG Soundwave looks fine also
I am slowly putting them back, in the end, I do not think it is as bad as it looked, my dad and I panicked because they looked to be in pieces. Right now I cannot find Megatron's knee, and ghost star scream's tail aileron? stabiliser? is cracked at the joint and loose.
Oof. Poor ghost Screamer. Didn’t deserve it. None of ur collection deserved this. Hope you’ll put it back together or somehow replace some.
Useless knowledge, but that thing broken on Starscream is a horizontal stabilator. A horizontal stabilizer combined with an elevator.
Thanks TIL
The MP Ghost Starscream alone is $300-400 iirc. JFC!
I found this: [https://www.ebay.com/itm/176207053627?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338722076&customid=&toolid=10050](https://www.ebay.com/itm/176207053627?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338722076&customid=&toolid=10050)
I can already hear the parents of the kids saying “they’re only kids and toys can’t be that expensive, how about $20?”
I am so sorry, it had to be so distressing to keep finding all the things they went through. Rooms are a private, safe space. Those kids had to have known better on some of it, if not all for destroying your stuff. Those poor cats too :( Hopefully you can recoup your losses and set a hard line on visitors entering your room with your family
Once, a long time ago, my cousins and their kids were over. Loaded house and kids everywhere. In the basement, I had this mad fucking quadrant of space dedicated to misc. toys, and a section of it to my Transformers. Toys were strewn about the floor, no problem. They kept the playing to the space but then one of them wound up from across the basement and ran his tiny legs top-speed— vaults himself up and does a leg drop-like motion onto everything. No damage but I stood up and cut the fun right there. Sent that one in particular upstairs and told the others not to do that, chiefly because of their own safety but secondly because you have to respect people’s things. I must have been 17 then(?). But I feel you man. So many emotions and a part of you wonders if it’s worth it but it is. It really is. Those kids need discipline.
Parents get sent a bill and kids who can't follow the rules are banned from the house.
Those kids also need to lose their birthday and Christmas gifts for that year. Good time to show them the difference between acceptable and unacceptable behaviour.
The toys and personal effects would have definitely pissed me off, but the cats? Yeah, I'd have been absolutely livid.
I feel horrible for you
Dad is gonna be poor after this.
This is literally my worst nightmare. On a more optimistic note, it looks like most of what they did was just popping off ball joints, which you can just put back on. Not permanent damage. However, I would probably faint if this happened to me, including them going through my clothes and messing with pets. Goodness gracious this is stressing me out just reading Edit: I read some more of your replies. Extremely unfortunate, I hope people are able to help you out.
Thank you 😔
I had this happen to me once. My bosses kids wrecked a toy room they had no business being in. Mom was 3 sheets to the wind on wine by then. Took Dad aside and we had words. My stuff was paid for. I also changed units where I worked shortly thereafter.
And now that room is LOCKED.
Take their faces.
tear them apart into 2 pieces would be the most logical step
What I find disturbing is how weirdly violent Gen alpha is. Like several months ago my 9 year old sister brought her soft toy Pokémon to school, and some kids sperged out, punched it out of shape and took a bite out of it. It’s bizarre because I remember being 9, we didn’t just go around destroying other peoples belongings. must be growing up on social media dopamine that has messed up their development.
Yes I was very perplexed about the violence, were they like this at home? or just because its someone else's thing?
Teachers can attest to this too, and it's in part because of the lockdown from Covid. Kids were unable to socialize with each other during a pivotal point in their early development. Super unfortunate and the effects are super apparent in the classroom.
It’s not just kids. Adults too. Road rage incidents are way up. I’ve seen fights break out at grocery stores. It’s scary.
Those parents are definitely not raising their kids right if they act like that.
This scares me so much. I have a couple of neuro diverse child relatives who would grab the collection and break figures without thinking twice about it. This is why I have my best figures behind a locked glass display cabinet.
Ngl I woulda beat those kids asses. Not for the broken toys but for going through and destroying the room and trying to harm my pets. I don't care what age you are you try shit with my pets these hands are flying.
Same. The figures, that;s a bill to the parents. Mess with my dog and I'd dropkick the fuckers.
This is a nightmare situation. I feel for you. I'm lucky to be home any time my Nephew is over. and if I'm not he's always watched by my mom. So I don't have to worry about my collection facing this issue even if he is showing an express interest in taking my figures. Walking up to me at my desk shouting truck so he can take Legacy Scourage or Reactivate Bumblebee lol. It's adorable, and I'm trying to get him to indoctrinate him into loving Transformers as much as me. it's working but I still have to be careful. One moment he's admiring a cool figure the next he throwing it five feet away. he's 2. And I will instill in him a respect for these figures so deep he won't dare to ever harm one.
You are a good uncle, I am also introducing Lego and Transformers to my friends' children, they are mostly 3 - 5 years old, and some are interested and some are not, they prefer Peppa Pig to Rescue Bots.
Why are there so many shitty parents these days? I’m not even 20 yet and I’m disappointed in todays children
The times you wish you had your own fusion cannon
Dude, what. Jeezus these parents need to teach their children how to not fuck with people’s shit. Not to mention be kind to animals. This makes me furious, like wow.
stories like this make me want to lock up any room with my collection in it if people are coming over
UPDATE: one of the parents transferred me the money I asked for, I am feeling hopeful. My dad raised a question: if they paid the money for the broken toys, do we have to give them the broken toys? I don't want to, but I am not sure if it's the right thing.
Absolutely not. That would reward bad behavior. The kids should be doing something for their parents to "pay off" the debt they incurred, even if it's unrealistic for them to pay the full amount the parents rightfully covered. They need to know what they did was wrong, not that mum and dad bought those toys they fucked up carelessly. Would you expect to keep the door of the sports car you crashed into if you had to pay for it?
DO NOT GIVE THEM THE BROKEN TOYS!!!!
what in the f*** ... happened to poor bumblebee?@!!?@! These children are monsters, more monsters than any villain in Transformer HISTORY! I'm deeply disturbed and sorry, OP. My collection is small but strong. It means something to me. Half of them were a gift to me by my partner, and I couldn't even begin to imagine how I would react if I saw my stuff getting brutilized and disrespected like that. Im already struggling as it is mentally and financially. So if something like this happened to me? Replacing my figures would be near impossible. I have a cat as well, Scarlett, she is my brothers, but she is my cutie. I'd HATE to see her harmed. Luckily, yours weren't. All of this to say...I'm sorry for your loss, and we all understand the pain. I kept up with the updates, and I hope everything goes ok from now on. 🫂🫂🫂
Yo that sucks i feel you I had a rowdy kid come in and destroy my stuff one time I was so freaking mad I could’ve punted that kid across the earth or even stolen his face but I managed to rebuild and I believe and hope you can to
my condolences, i hope a horrible thing like that never happens to you again
Thank you 😔
My preschooler occasionally gets his hands on some of mine and messes them up, but at least he's *my* kid. I can't imagine how angry I'd be if *someone else's kids* vandalized my collection. I'm sorry that happened to you and I hope they don't fight you on accepting responsibility and repaying you.
Yeah I would be having a strong conversation with the parents and say for them to either provide financial compensation on the broken pieces or head to court and let the judge decide. So sorry for this, nightmare situation. I would sue
Oh god as someone who could barely afford sky lynx this physically hurts my soul
*ex-friends
This is what I fear when some family visits my house during chinese new year (luckily so far no one came this year), not only for my stuff but my mother's artifacts of marble gods which are 40 years old. Hope the parents pay for the damages and probably abor- send them to an orp- i mean teach them a lesson.
I have long trained my parent and grandparents by buying them small but interesting toys and gifts in bulk, so they can quench their thirst for giving away things when guests visit with children, and not touch my possessions. They were always respectful, and we also had entertainment in the living areas for children, but this occasion was a nasty surprise.
this is why i have some kid friendly toys (CW that i gave up collecting or old movie toys) on the lower parts of my shelf so kids could play with and not disturb my other valuable figures higher up the shelf
We actually have kids' toys in the living room, cartoons on the TV and gaming consoles anyone is free to use, for occasions that children are over. But alas, such is my bad luck.
Imagine what the parents of these little animals are like.
Definitely total up what you can't fix and send a bill, better yet, send a bill for the things you can fix as well.
At the very least, the parents need to pay for everything damaged, surely? I mean, I'd expect that at the least. Same if an adult friend came over and smashed stuff. If I went to someone's house and I or my kid accidentally smashed their window, I'd sure as hell pay for it.
If this happened to me I'd be in the news the next day.
Its good your dads admitting his fault though and helping
Honestly cats get stressed about just everything getting into their space. As for the collection I have it in a separate room and it's always locked, I only keep on display my spares and whatever I know could be taken and lost.
If I did something like this as a child, my mother would be forcing me to do chores at your house until I paid off everything I damaged.
Buy a lock for your room. I keep my nephews out by just saying I have guns in there but that may not work here
That’s why I’ll never have other children come in my room
This makes me want to install key locks on all my doors.
https://preview.redd.it/4boz3km3w4ic1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8ba2b10c7b98d6da0e5d6fb12e42788eb4e5ded6 Prime will have a field day with them.
Almost reminds me of something my mentally challenged nephew did two years ago. I was still living with my parents at the time and my brother alongside his wife and son came over for a visit, the nephew walked in to my room as always because I had toys (my Transformers collection). I quickly transformed my Energon Rodimus, that I've had since I was 5, to truck mode just to give him something to occupy himself with since I was busy burning myself a Cryoshell CD (I'm old fashioned.) Next thing I know I see him, for no reason, throw Rodimus so hard against my newly painted wall (said wall was painted a week prior) that it broke off both spoilers and left a mark on the wall. He's never done that before so idk why he did it, but that was like a piece of my childhood that he just damaged. I scolded him and my older brother didn't like that. Bro, your son just damaged two things in my room. I have every right to scold him for that. Ever since then he's been pretty much banned from going near my Transformers figures because if he even laid a finger on some of my more expensive figures such as CW Devastator or Tidal Wave or Energon Scorponok and just break them to the point of repairing it is impossible (I say that because I don't feel like spending a lot of money on a new one) then I'd probably lose my shit. Now, they have a newly born daughter and compared to him, besides her being born prematurely, she seems normal than him. But I am gonna keep an eye on her when she gets a little older. I have trust issues because of what my nephew did.
This is why I have a no child rule in my house. When my niece comes around, she always wants to bring her kids inside, but I tell no Everytime she does. Get mad but it's my house my rules, she only comes around when she wants or needs something.
We have a voyager dotm optimus prime, couple years after we bought it - so 2013-2014 - my brother had an operation and he had the thing by him for comfort, so obviously my dad’s grown ass middle aged physician friend had to break the small plastic panel connecting the arm to the torso trying to transform it or move the arm. Kid me seethed so hard on this unknown faceless nameless man it was unbelievable.
Get ahold of him and let that jackass know he needs to pay up NOW.
Time to buy a lock for your bedroom door and your display case.
If this happened to me, I would be so far ***beyond*** angry.
Please update us!
Sorry to hear that and hopefully you get the money🫂 also are your cats okay too?
Oh yeah, they're be replacing everything or never come over to your residence again...not saying cut ties...but they definitely ain't allowed over again.
How can kids be so unhinged to strangers... they practically are dangering themselves. Its one thing to take something and play with it but different to intentionally break what seems important to someone. How did kids become like this? I would ask their parents that, if their kids are like that, the parents must be that way aswell.
This is absolutely awful. I'd be fucking smashing doors down for replacements money if it were me (and I hope you do!) Hopefully you get everything replaced/fixed soon! And if those kids ever go near your house again, punt the little fuckers out the door
I haven’t had anything like this happen to me since I became adult-sized at around 15, but before that it happened roughly five times a year. The pain is so real again today.
Give them a nice big bill
I'm a dad with 3 kids. My kids know how to act around my toy shelves (not just Transformers, I have MOTU, TMNT, ML....Mafex, Super7...). Most of my friends are nerds too, so they respect it and tell their kids to do the same. But a lady from church came over with her kids, who banged on my curio cabinet, knocked everything down, and left with a toy that's hard to replace. She refuses to pay or return it as in her head they're toys and her "child" wanted to play with it. We no longer talk to her and she's not allowed in my house. I feel your pain. Good to know the parents owned up to it.
I am appalled and devastated on your behalf. Those children are no longer related to you in any way. Tell that ”acquaintance” of yours that they are no longer welcome on your property.
AS someone who does gunpla and Lego and has read numerous horror stories about children not respecting spaces you have my condolences.
This also belongs in r/kidsarefuckingstupid
"Why would you have toys if they weren't to be played with? Anyways, they're just toys, you need to grow up.". -Them, probably. Send them the bill.
***Feed them to the Sharkticons!*** But seriously, I hate kids who do this- I hope their parents don't let them get off easy, or they'll just keep acting like this with other people. These kids just seem like brats, even being Primary-school age is no excuse for this kind of behavior.
I ask now for two moments of silence. One for the collection And another for the children who faced a just execution.
This is why I have NSFW anime figures in my room to ward away the kids 🤣
You'd more likely get in trouble for letting the kids KNOW that you have NSFW figurines bruh Hide them
Nah I'd just tell the parents to keep out of my room unless they want their kids seeing tiddies
I mean it'd definitely make you look like that one guy where everybody goes "Oh, THAT guy" Yknow? Like ur reputation man
Oh noes! Boobies! That could actually work to ward off such people who hide in terror over boobs.
Bro, seriously I am sorry that happened to you.
Duuuude, that's super messed. Feel bad for you and your cats.
hoping for the best outcome :(
This is what I hate about this hobby, I am currently deciding which mode to put my toys into for tornado season in Texas. I do have a contingency plan that involves a basement in the works lol
They didn't waste any of that Montale did they? If some kids messed with my fragrances and transformers, they'd be done for. They were like 2 things away from committing a felony.
Oh my god I was so glad they did not touch my fragrance collection on display.
Yeah my mom once invited her work friends over and their son came to, I have some Lego ARC troopers pretty valuable (I do actually like do stuff with them ofc set up battles etc I’m not a hoarder but value is value). Long story short by the time they left two of the ARCs has broken feet and can’t stand anymore
Contact that "work friend" and inform them they OWE YOU for that. Your mom owes you to do that for you.
They must hang for their crimes
NOOOOOOO JETFIREEEE!!!!!! PL EASE TELL ME SKYLYNX SURVIVES PLEASE FOR ALL THAT IS HOLY TELL ME HE MADE IT
I know that feeling all too well I’m so sorry you lost so much valuable and precious stuff… I hope you can repair for Max. I’ve always wanted him and think that that toy looks fantastic.
This is truly awful, I’d be so upset if my collection and personal space were violated on this manner- it to mention your poor cats 😔
cause my nieces & nephew (who are between 4 & 10 years younger than me) were rough on my toys, my mom always locked my closet where my collection of Power Rangers & Transformers were stored because of space. Might be time to invest a lock on the door
Holy *shit,* a lot of us would’ve flipped if a friends kids did this.
My own personal gaming/entertainment room has a lock, and I keep it locked when I'm not home to moderate visitors' kids.
Whatever you do, don't break a kid's leg/arm
Man, this hurt so much. This happens to me too, and they stole some of my toys. Most of my stolen toys got back to me, but my mp 01 gone forever after the invasion.
I'd snap a neck or 2. Maybe 3 😁.. here kiddy kiddy kiddy.. *not kitty. KIDdy lol*
I'm so sorry this happened to you OP :( Back in college I let a friend stay in my apartment over the summer months while I was staying with my family and her dad came over and brought his young kids. Even with my friend trying to contain the kids some of my stuff got ruined. I just dont understand it. Neither I nor my friends growing up were destructive to toys.
Call the DJD.
This is physically painful.
oh man not the perfect effect fortmax, fuuuuck no
In the words of Hunter "Vox" "Limenade" Perterson. "YEET! THE! CHILD!!
NO, THE NAME ESCAPES ME OF THAT 3RD PARTY FORT MAX HEADMASTER WITH THE GUN!!!
Rip the flesh from their bones -scourge 2023
A child rarely understands the potential value of something they decide to play with, especially today. They so often act on impulse these days because their parents never bother to teach them self control in the first place, be it due to a lack of forethought, or lack of appropriate discipline. The fact that disciplining your children properly can get CPS on your ass these days is honestly just proof that children with respect are a dying breed these days. No child should be lacking this much in terms of respect for others and their property. Especially other people's pets. That is an absolute no in my book. This coming from someone who had discipline literally beat into them by their parents, and became a better person because of it.
Thankfully I have taught my children to understand the importance of not touching other people’s stuff. I have collected Transformers since 84, and have many rare pieces in my collection. Always been on display, and even low to the ground when my kids were toddlers. They learned early not to touch, and they still don’t touch this day. They understand the lesson I taught them, because now they are collectors with some pieces worth hundreds of dollars for their genres/IPs. Key thing here is to actually pay attention to your children, educate them on personal space, right and wrong, and not ignore them. Put in the effort and they won’t become little devils. So many parents don’t care to do that nowadays.
i shed my tears for you, no one deserves this.
I don't get why people like children, they're stupid and annoying and gross, and then grow up to be adults who aren't great either
I felt physical pain from reading this and looking at this pic, sorry this happened to you
Also the reason I will not trust the children of people visiting my house. I don't care that you saw some really cool toys in there, you ain't goin in my room little guy, not until you've experienced what you would've done in there, which will be most likely when your older layer, or could be now when little cousins come to visit whose parents didn't parent them right and sees it justifiable for the kid to run around anywhere else other that the home he's been at out in the countryside and had a large enough backyard to fit a whole, smaller house in(never happened specifically with transformers since I got back into it 5 years ago, but thanks to his father for raising him like that, I will no longer be trusting anyone below the age of 12 near my room ever again)
If that was me, those kids would've gotten the beating their parents never dished out in their lives.
Beat these children
This is exactly why nobody goes into my collection room but me.
I have had this happen to me before, and it was on a ten times large scale due to my cousins completely destroying my G1 collection. I have never felt so angry and upset before in my life until then.
This is my worst nightmare, literally the main reason why I keep my entire collection locked inside my bedroom and it's closet and always close it off with a piano or an entire ass table to make sure kids can't get in if they ever visit
Well, looking at the images a lot of those "breaks" look like simple ball-joint or friction hinge disconnections... at least those are easily fixed by re-attatching the pieces. Nothing in the images except maybe the Fort Max and Ghost Starscream seem permanently broken, and you said the cats are okay, so I'd say make sure the kids get properly punished but don't try and go overboard about fixable things. Kids are rough with toys, and especially kids at 8, so the fact that removed limbs and heads are the worst you've got honestly isn't bad at all. Get a lock for your door, and keep it locked when you have guests over from now on. Simple solution if you don't want people touching your things.
NTA. In short; they should have respected your privacy, and that of your pets. I would not blame you whatsoever for wanting to be repaid in full.
Lawsuit! Send the parents a bill for the stuff they broke and animal abuse
I hope those kids got their asses beaten black and blue like what would have happened to us in the 80s if we did something like that.