Two years on, Mr Fellows said while their insurance company paid out fairly quickly, they have struggled to achieve any traction from their enquiries into the likely chances of compensation.
"We have tried to stay positive but as far as compensation is concerned, we have pretty much hit a blocked wall. Everyone we have spoken to, including the shipping company officials and insurers, and several lawyers, indicate our chances of success are pretty slim. The legal costs to fight for compensation would probably be too prohibitive anyway."
"It's not about taking anyone to the cleaners but we think we should be adequately compensated for the irreplaceable treasures we lost," he said.
Mr Fellows said as a family they have coped well, considering.
"But it is still pretty gut-wrenching, especially when we go to look for some important item or special mementos and you stop and think 'oh, far out, I forgot it isn't there'."
His children, Grace, 8, and Cooper who turned 7 last Thursday, are now of an age that they have also started to reminisce about missing treasured toys.
Only his daughter's sea-steeped school bag and his son's Halloween mask were recovered after their container was washed overboard. The items are still packed away in a box in their garage.
Mr Fellows said: "I was looking at them recently, and they are quite smelly and I have made various attempts to throw them away, but my wife always retrieves them."