Toy Soldier Horror Stories ! (1 Viewer)

[Louis Badolato]

My biggest disaster involves my wife feeling spiteful about my having toy soldiers in the bedroom of our co-op apartment when we were first married. She "accidentally" knocked a resin and metal K&C Bren Gun Carrier off a shelf with a towel she threw and "missed the hamper". She's lucky she was topless at the time and distracted me or she would have been in big trouble. Fortunately, Gordon Nielson from K&C effectuated repairs when he came to the Symposium, so there is only a tiny defect, and I had two other Bren Gun Carriers, or I would have been really pissed.

 

[kilted vampire]

My biggest disaster involves my wife feeling spiteful about my having toy soldiers in the bedroom of our co-op apartment when we were first married. She "accidentally" knocked a resin and metal K&C Bren Gun Carrier off a shelf with a towel she threw and "missed the hamper". She's lucky she was topless at the time and distracted me or she would have been in big trouble. Fortunately, Gordon Nielson from K&C effectuated repairs when he came to the Symposium, so there is only a tiny defect, and I had two other Bren Gun Carriers, or I would have been really pissed.

Hmmmmmm..... So many places I could go with this. However maybe this had an ending with familial results

 

[bromhead]

Re: Toy Soldier Stories !

One of my ex wives and I happened to be at a function,she made a remark about " toy soldiers", I responded with ," they like me did get the house,," Exs come and go,,the collection lives on.

 

[thebritfarmer]

Just having a change about and one of my 24th foot dove 6ft from the Witt hospital and snapped the bayonet clean off Luckily though that was the only damage so it won't look to far out of place in the dio and as it is part of a 3 piece set I am not going to go and buy it again just because of the bayonet.

 

[Jagdpanther]

I had my fare share of soldiers falling over and dropping. But I try to be very careful with them when moving them around.

 

[Spitfrnd]

I had a friend over who spent a good deal of time handling various weapons. When he left I began cleaning them and putting them away. I did not notice that he had flipped the safety off an H&K SB89 which discharged as I handled it. The 9mm round (only one luckily) hit a group of Britians figures then glanced off and got stuck in the shelf above them!

Wife quickly grabbed insurance policies and called travel agent......until I
emerged intact, with ears ringing!

Total casualties were light about a 1/2 dozen with only a couple a total loss. Bullet now resides on desk as a reminder.

That is sure hard to top. I know it happens but I have always wondered how you could accidently discharge a weapon that you were showing or cleaning. That does take a round in the chamber, which is the first and last thing I check to clear in both cases. Anyway glad you were so lucky, the Britains figures were likely the best target under the circumstances.