<p>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.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>"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.</p>.<p>"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.</p>.<p>He likens the excitement that getting new toys gives him to Christmas morning.</p>.<p>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."</p>.<p>While most of his toys were obtained through personal purchases, some were donated by friends and family.</p>.<p>"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.</p>.<p>One of his most treasured pieces is a "Hetty Spaghetti" figurine, a mascot from the Jollibee chain that his mother gave him in 1988.</p>.<p>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." </p>
<p>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.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>"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.</p>.<p>"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.</p>.<p>He likens the excitement that getting new toys gives him to Christmas morning.</p>.<p>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."</p>.<p>While most of his toys were obtained through personal purchases, some were donated by friends and family.</p>.<p>"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.</p>.<p>One of his most treasured pieces is a "Hetty Spaghetti" figurine, a mascot from the Jollibee chain that his mother gave him in 1988.</p>.<p>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." </p>