A man from Philippines cumulated 20,000 toys from fast food restaurants in 50 years

Percival Lugue, a Filipino graphic artist, has been collecting toys from fast-food restaurant chains such as McDonald's, Burger King, and home-country favourite Jollibee since he was five years old.

Presently, nearly five decades later, the 50-year-old has 20,000 toys stacked from floor to ceiling in his home and holds a Guinness World Record for having the largest toy collection in the world, which he set in 2014 when his collection surpassed 10,000 pieces.

"The toy is like a storyteller in and of itself," Lugue explained as he sat amid his eclectic collection of toys in his three-storey home.

"For example, it gives me a glimpse of that specific moment when I got it, the tale of what's going on, and what events are associated with the acquisition," he explained. Lugue, who lives in Apalit, Pampanga, northwest of Manila, designed his house specifically for his collection.

He compares the joy he gets from receiving new toys to that of Christmas morning.

He has always played with the toys, but unlike the other kids, who would rip up their toys into smithereens, he has always taken good care of them and displayed them.

Although the majority of his toys were purchased by him, others were given to him by friends and family.

Lugue's certificate of Guinness world record for the largest fast-food toy collection with his toy collection in his home.

"I'd invite my friends to have lunch at McDonald's... and in one sitting I'd be able to finish the whole meal," he explained.

His mother gave him a "Hetty Spaghetti" figurine, a mascot from the Jollibee chain, in 1988, and it is one of his most prized possessions.

His current ambition is to place his collection on public display or even open a museum to 'allow others to relive their own childhood memories.'