Figure collecting is not only an expensive hobby - its also a dangerous one too. There are unseen dangers awaiting our figures everywhere. The first example of danger is when the relatives come around and bring their kids. The boys lunge for the Gundams/Macross stuff while the girls leap for the figures....
One thing I try to do is to tell the kids that they can have the crap gachapons that I have lying around if they be good and go to sleep until their parents go home. This does not always work as you can see from this pic of Lisa with my Kotori figure...