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

Published 04/28/2021, 09:00 AM
Updated 04/28/2021, 09:00 AM
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By Adrian Portugal
APALIT, Philippines, April 28 (Reuters) - From the age of 5,
Filipino graphic artist Percival Lugue has had a passion for
collecting toys from fast-food restaurant chains like
McDonald's, Burger King and home-country favourite Jollibee.
Now, nearly five decades later, the 50-year-old has about
20,000 toys packed from floor to ceiling in his home and holds a
Guinness World Record from 2014, when his collection reached
more than 10,000 items.
"The toy is like a storyteller in itself," said Lugue,
explaining his hobby while sitting among an eclectic mix of toys
in his three-storey home.
"For example, it gives me a glimpse of that particular
period when I got it, the story of what's going on, what are the
incidents that are attached in the acquisition," he said.
Lugue, who lives in Apalit in Pampanga, a province northwest
of Manila, built his home especially to house his collection.
He likens the excitement that getting new toys gives him to
Christmas morning.
He has always played with the toys, but even as a child took
good care of them and put them on display "unlike the other
kids, who would tear up their toys into smithereens."
While most of his toys were obtained through personal
purchases, some were donated by friends and family.
"I would invite my friends to... have lunch at McDonald's...
and in one sitting I would be able to complete the whole set,"
he said.
One 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 eventually put his collection on display
for the public or even open a museum to "give others a chance to
revisit their own childhood memories."

(Writing by Ed Davies. Editing by Gerry Doyle)

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