Yes, but what's he going to do with it when he's done? Just to display it will take up more room than is available in the average semi. Or is it just the 21st century equivalent of building a Greek folly on the south lawn? 

Absolutely amazing.

To misquote that French general about the Battle of Balaclava - c'est magnifique, mais c'est pas le wargaming 

Where on earth does he put them all? You'd need to live in a mansion just to display them all properly or in a shed and let them take over the house

I would do it if I had a venue to game it in the Olympic stadium is still empty and you could offer a company command for £5 or Regimental £10 Brigade £30 Division £50 Army £100 so if you had both sides and filled all the command  postions A what a Game B you would recover your cost's possibly as I would pay to take part in that
Martin

There's a town in Japan which is widely famed for top-quality pierces for shogi (Japanese chess). They have buildings shaped like them, parking meters shaped like them...you get the idea.
Once a year there's a festival for top players. If you're in town, you can contact the organisers and be a shogi piece in a Kasparov-level game. I imagine they give you a crash course in Japanese so you can follow instructions like "knight to rook-side silver six, check". The online application form asks what piece you'd prefer to be; I wonder if shaggy round-eyed backpackers all end up as pawns.