CRAZY COLLECTIONS

By: Sandra Martínez

A hobby is an activity, interest, enthusiasm, or amateur pastime that is undertaken for pleasure or relaxation, typically done during one's leisure time.

Collection hobbies Competition hobbies Observation hobbies

Indoors Antiquing Art collecting Book collecting Card collecting Coin collecting Deltiology (Postcard collecting) Element collecting Modelling Record collecting Stamp collecting Stone collecting Vintage Books Vintage clothing Movie collectingOutdoors Antiquities Auto audiophilia Flower collecting and pressing Fossil hunting Insect collecting Leaf collecting and pressing Metal detecting Mineral collecting Rock stacking Seaglass collecting Seashell collecting 

 PIKABELLECHU AND HER PIKACHU COLLECTION

Have you ever played of Pokemon duel? According to the Guinness Book of World Records, a woman by the name of Pikabellechu has the largest Pokemon collection in the world. Although she has an enormous collection of different varieties of Pikachu itself, she has a massive collection of figurines of each one of the characters. Plus, she has toys, posters, cards, and even cars! With this, she has already been considered as a Pokemon expert whenever she shows up in conventions and other Pokemon events. 

PIKABELLECHU AND HER PIKACHU COLLECTION

With over 5,000 different bars of soaps, the 65-year-old Carol Vaughn from Birmingham, UK, is considered as the largest collector of soaps in the world. She said that she has been collecting soaps since 1991, when she thought it was a good way to pass the time while constantly looking out for her mother. With over 22 years, she has amassed soaps of different kinds from her hometown to as far as Australia.

 CAROL VAUGHN AND HER SOAP COLLECTION

Barry Chappell is not only considered as the largest collector of chewed gum but he is also a non-smoking advocate! His insane collection of chewed gum started when he was sitting in a plane for an international flight. Since he can't smoke inside the plane, he started chewing a Nicorette gum instead. Afterwards, when he realized that he can't throw it anywhere, he decided to just hold on to it and started twirling it with his fingers until he formed a ball. After six years with over 95,200 pieces of gum, he was able to create a 175-pound of gigantic ball of chewed gum!

Barry Chappell and his Chewed Gum Collection

Bath time sure is the most fun time for this lady's kids! Valli Hammer currently holds the title as the largest collector of rubber ducks, accounting for almost 2,469 pieces with no two of them alike. However, there are some who say that her collection is a hundred pieces fewer than another collector from California who claims to be the largest collector of rubber ducks. Nevertheless, this one is certainly an insane collection. 

Valli Hammer and her Rubber Duck

If you expect that only girls and women collect Barbie dolls, you are wrong! A 33-year-old man from Singapore has a massive collection of 6,000 varieties of Barbie dolls stocked in a pink living room in his house. Jian Yang, a director at Omicom Media Group in Singapore, started collecting dolls when he was still 13 years old after buying the "Great Shape" model. Then, this sudden interest turned into a crazy obsession for 20 years and counting! 

 JIAN YANG AND HIS BARBIE COLLECTION

Probably one of the most coveted collections in the world, Chris Reid has an insane collection of over 340 varieties of Super Soaker water guns! You can already feel the envy in kids right now! The Super Soaker water gun was first introduced in the market in 1989 and has since became the most favorite water gun for kids because it is designed with a pump-action system that lets you shoot water for very long distances, unlike other common water guns. His very first Super Soaker was even signed by the water gun inventor himself, Lonnie Johnson!

Chris Reid and his Super Soaker water guns collection

Creepy as it sounds, there is really an actual collection of celebrity hairs out there. While other die-hard fanatics collect memorabilia of their favorite superstars, John Reznikoff decided to take it to a higher level by collecting their hair. He has a personal collection of different DNA's from the world's most famous people including Abraham Lincoln, Marilyn Monroe, and even Albert Einsten! At first glance, the museum may look like a collection of albums but inside there are locks of hairs. 

John Reznikoff and his Celebrity Hair Collection

While other people collect porcelain dolls or Barbie dolls, spouses Bob and Lizzie Gibbbins, 60 and 55, has a massive collection of almost 240 different kinds of love dolls bought for almost $160,000! This strange fascination for dolls started when Bob used to buy rag dolls for their two children. Then, he started to collect mannequins until he moved to amassing love dolls. Their first ever love doll was Beverly, a silicone doll, bought for $4,000 in 2007. Since then, the two started buying more dolls, including blow-up dolls. They love to dress them up and even take them for shopping sprees!

Bob and Lizzie Gibbins and their Love Dolls Collection

Yes, believe it or not, someone has been collecting his navel lint for the past 26 years! The man behind this overly insane collection is Graham Barker, a 45-year-old librarian from Australia. So what sparked this brilliant idea? It started when he was doing nothing one night and he suddenly became curious with how much navel lint a man will be able to produce in his lifetime. Surely, the only way to find out is for him to collect his every single day - and that is what he did! Every day, before stepping into the shower, he spends at least 10 seconds to collect his own lint and put it in a jar. As of today, he is able to fill three jars! 

Graham Baker and his Navel Lint Collection