Philippine collector amasses super-sized collection of fast-foods restaurant toys

From the age of 5, Filipino graphic artist Percival Lugue has experienced a passion for accumulating toys from rapid-foodstuff restaurant chains like McDonald’s, Burger King and dwelling-place favourite Jollibee.

Now, just about five many years afterwards, the 50-yr-old has about 20,000 toys packed from floor to ceiling in his household and holds a Guinness Planet History from 2014, when his assortment reached extra than 10,000 merchandise.

“The toy is like a storyteller in alone,” explained Lugue, outlining his pastime although sitting down among the an eclectic mix of toys in his a few-storey dwelling.

“For instance, it gives me a glimpse of that certain interval when I acquired it, the tale of what’s heading on, what are the incidents that are attached in the acquisition,” he said.

Lugue, who life in Apalit in Pampanga, a province northwest of Manila, crafted his house particularly to house his selection.

He likens the enjoyment that getting new toys presents him to Xmas morning.

He has generally performed with the toys, but even as a kid took fantastic care of them and set them on display “not like the other young children, who would tear up their toys into smithereens.”

Even though most of his toys were being attained by means of personal purchases, some ended up donated by pals and family.

“I would invite my good friends to… have lunch at McDonald’s… and in one particular sitting down I would be in a position to finish the whole set,” he stated.

One particular of his most treasured pieces is a “Hetty Spaghetti” figurine, a mascot from the Jollibee chain that his mother gave him in 1988.

His dream now is to inevitably put his selection on show for the community or even open up a museum to “give some others a likelihood to revisit their own childhood recollections.”

Our Criteria: The Thomson Reuters Belief Ideas.