'The set has over 7,000 pieces': Guy demands sister replace expensive toy, but she tells him he's 'overreacting'

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Feb 10, 2023 5:00 PM EST

Hobbies take many shapes and sizes, from cooking to knitting to painting. This guy's hobby is collecting and building Lego kits, but unfortunately his family doesn't see his passion as a real hobby at all. 

In a post to r/AmItheA******, u/swlego_fan wrote about an incident that happened when he asked his sister, her husband, and their kid to keep an eye on his two dogs while traveling. The OP said he directed his nephew to a big box of Lego pieces for him to build and play with. The only thing the OP asked was that the family not touch his prized possession. This would be an expensive Millennium Falcon, built with thousands of tiny pieces, and costing a small fortune. And yet this family couldn't resist!

When the OP asked to be compensated for the broken Lego piece, the family treated his reasonable request as if he was 'overreacting.' Commenters totally disagreed – and some even suggested the OP take this to court! If his family can't act more respectful towards his property, that may just be the solution. 

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    Font - r/AmItheA 15 hours ago • Posted by u/swlego_fan AITA for demanding my sister's family replace the Lego set they broke??
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    Font - Hi there, my family is well aware that I am a big fan of building Lego sets. The gem of my collection is a very expensive Millennium Falcon set which cost me over $1000.
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    Font - Recently I had to go away for work and asked my sister, her husband and nephew to house sit, as I have two dogs. I have a big box of Lego pieces that I told them my nephew was free to play with but I made it very clear that the Millennium Falcon was not to be touched (it sits on top of a bookcase in my office).
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    Font - I came back from my work trip to find that my BIL, while my sister was out, let my nephew "take a look up close" of the Millennium Falcon and lo and behold, he dropped it, not only smashing it but damaging and losing some of the individual pieces (yes, I've attempted to reconstruct it since).
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    Font - I'm now demanding that my sister and her husband pay for a replacement but I'm being told I'm overreacting and my hobby is "for children". After several arguments, my BIL has offered to buy a $250 Millennium Falcon set from Target - not the Ultimate Collector Series version I originally purchased.
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    Font - AITA for demanding my sister's family replace the Lego set they broke? (This is a throwaway account, for obvious reasons.)
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    Font - Nerdy-Pencil 15 hr. ago NTA - Any chance you can buy the individual blocks from LEGO? Might make it a lot easier $$ wise instead of having to pay for a whole new set. But I feel your pain as a fellow LEGO collector.
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    Font - swbarnes2 14 hr. ago If he could figure out exactly what pieces he's missing, he can probably get replacements, especially if he has the box still. I've gotten replacements for lost minifig parts, and those ae a lot more valuable than specially shaped grey pieces.
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    Font - CourtAlert8679 Parta ipant [1] | 14 hr. ago My son has gotten kits with pieces missing and on the big expensive sets, Lego has sent replacement bricks free after I emailed them.
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    Font - No_Cheetah4762 12 hr. ago The set has over 7000 pieces. The instruction book is like a novel. Figuring out what pieces are missing would be pretty difficult and time-consuming.
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    Font - DownwindLegday - 14 hr. ago He can buy the individual pieces on bricklink. No reason to buy an entire new set.
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    Font - Doubtful_Desires. 11 hr. ago. edited 10 hr. ago Parta: pant [2] Ok...big AFOL here....he can get an inventory online from bricklink. He can find the pieces there and have them shipped to his home. Lego likely will not have all the parts still in stock for this set as it was retired years ago. The BIL and Sis need to pay for all the missing and or broken parts. The beauty is you will jave legitimate invoices to provide. I buy lots of bricks on bricklink. Usually never have a problem. Somet
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    Font - This is what he should do. I know it will take him hours to catalog and figure out how many parts he needs but he should just out of pettiness. Op is NTA and I'd they won't pay sue them for it. Maybe Judy Justice will even pick it up and I can laugh and laugh about what she would say about the stupidity of someone who broke something and refused to fix/pay for it. Sheesh!!
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    Font - triggerhappymidget - 14 hr. ago There are Lego marketplaces where you can buy individual bricks. I have the grey market Chinese Lepin version of this set. $350 instead of $800, but it was missing maybe eight pieces. I bought them from a shop on Bricklink.
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    Font - uber_pye 15 hr. ago NTA, they broke your s, your $1000 sh. It doesn't matter if it is a baby game for babies, they broke your s and you're well within your right to be mad and ask for compensation.
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    Font - MidwestNormal. 13 hr. ago Just checked the online price for the Ultimate Collector's version. $3400! on Amazon. Assuming it's available for less elsewhere, my guess is the price is still way north of $1000.
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    Font - Death Watch-164 14 hr. ago. edited 13 hr. ago You told them not to touch the Millennium Falcon but they didn't listen and broke it. Then they respond by saying you are overreacting to their $1000 mistake and that legos are for children?! I'm an adult and I still build and play with Legos to this day and they are responsible for taking care of your house but they broke your property, ΝΤΑ.
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    Font - Natural General_4008 3 hr. ago They're dissmissing his hobby now, just like a killer is blaiming the victim for his actions to justify them to himself. OP NTA, don't listen to their excuses, they ed around and they need to find out what that means.
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    Font - azula1983 15 hr. ago edited 14 hr. ago Parta: ipant [3] INFO: can you not just replace the broken pieces. i dropped plenty off lego, and it was still whole, as in the individual pieves where fine. just some reconstruction needed. how many pieces are beyond repair? and how did any get lost, it should all still be there. walk barefoot and you should find them in a minute or so, or let sister do the walking. https://brickset.com/inventories/75 192-1 getting spare parts should be cheaper by f
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    Font - muffins776 14 hr. ago Some could have fallen down an air vent. If I was OP I wouldn't want to have to take tally of an over 7500 piece lego set especially since OP gave them instructions not to touch it. BIL could have avoided going into OP's office in the first place.
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    Font - HungryLandHippo 15 hr. ago Parta ipant [1]] NTA, your property is your property and id expect people that break my property to pay for it, you told them how important it is, and they played stupid games, so they win the lovely prize of recouping you
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    Font - Hannaconda420 14 hr. ago Parta ipant [3] Definitely NTA, the audacity to insult your hobby in an attempt to minimize their s behavior is infuriating. They absolutely need to be responsible for paying for the damages weather it's individual pieces or the entire set. Small claims court and all if they refuse.
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    Font - . NemoOfConsequence · 14 hr. ago Enthusiast [6] A NTA. People who judge other's hobbies are almost as bad as people who have no respect for other's property. Your BIL is both types of AH.
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    Font - nattatalie 14 hr. ago Parta ipant [1] There is nothing I hate more than when other people do something they weren't supposed to and try to turn it around and make it about you and you. You get to have any hobbies you want. There is no age on fun. They touched stuff that you asked them not to because they don't know how to say no to their kid. You had Legos they COULD use and they still let the kid touch the nice ones. They messed up and they know it and as is classic for most s ty humans
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