25 most amazing things that people really collect

Do you ever want to start collecting something? You know, this hobby drags on. First in your collection a couple of items, and after a while under it already have to allocate a separate room and that may not be enough. People collect different things, and some collections are very, very strange ...

1. Toys of trolls

In folklore, they hid under the bridges and attacked the travelers. But in the form of pupae, the trolls, of course, are completely innocuous, and Sherry Grum knows exactly about this. Now there are 3254 toys in her collection. The first troll she was given at 5 years old.

2. Chickens

Cecil and Joan Dixon in them see more than just food. In their collection, 6505 chickens and objects, somehow related to them.

3. Sliced-stick

You probably saw them on sale, but hardly thought about how to collect. And at Menfred Rothstein, there are 657 cardinals from different countries of the world. The man collects them since the 70's and keeps everything in his own dermatological clinic.

4. Toys from McDonald's

Probably, Mike Fontaine is the most devoted admirer of the "Mac". He has 75,000 different toys from this fast food restaurant, which are stored in a room of 650 m2.

5. Alarm clocks

The first talking clock, Professor Mark McKinley bought a gift to his mother. So began his story as a collector. Now he has the largest collection of watches - 932 pieces.

6. Droids are far away

Such as in the series "Doctor Who." In these characters, Rob Hull is in love since childhood. Now he has 571 droid - a whole army.

7. Erasers

Today they are not used so often, but Petre Engels does not interfere with replenishing the collection, in which there are already 19571 erasers from different parts of the world. No one copy is repeated.

8. Scratch cards

People like fast lotteries. But Dave Mannix loves them with special love. He has 100,000 cards in the collection, and all of them have a protective coating. The man has been collecting them since 1994.

9. Water pistols

One fan of this weapon has as many as 275 pistols. Each with a unique design.

10. The Dalmatians

All that is related to this breed of dogs Karen Ferrier has been collecting since 1991. At the moment, there are 1117 different Dalmatian women in her collection.

11. Do not disturb

Since 1990, Eduardo Flores has collected 14 thousand different tablets.

12. The dice

In 2004, Kevin Cook was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the owner of the largest collection of non-recurring dice. He has 11097 pieces.

13. Sachets of sugar

Ralf Schroeder started collecting the collection in 1987. By 2013, he had accumulated 14,502 sachets. We hope that Ralph does not suffer from diabetes ...

14. Soap bars

Carol Vonn began to collect them, taking care of her mother. Now the woman has 5 thousand different brusochkov.

15. Model machines Scalextric

What a boy does not dream about an electric machine. Colin Hughes has 1200 pieces.

16. Wipes

Many use them for their intended purpose, and Martin Schellenberg collects. She already managed to collect 125,866 napkins.

17. Covers for umbrellas

In the collection of Nancy Hoffman there are already 730 cases that are brought to her from all corners of the globe.

18. Celebrity Hair

Louis Mushro had about 4,500 bunches of hair of different stars. But for a long time they do not stay with a man. Louis sells most of his collection to the fans.

19. Rubber dolls

The lucky owner of the largest collection of rubber dolls is Bob Gibbins. He has 240 "girlfriends" and his wife, it seems, is quite satisfied

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20. Surfboards

For more than 15 years, Donald Dettloff has collected 647 different boards.

21. Miniature stools

Barbara Hartsfield has 3,000 of them.

22. Mobile phones

The oldest gadget in the collection of Karsten Thuse is 33 years old. In total, the man has 1563 phones.

23. Road cones

David Morgan understands them, probably the best. In the collection of the man - 137 copies of different species.

24. Rag dolls

3 thousand pupae live in the house of Robin Amato, and their number is constantly growing.

25. Cropped nails

It's hard to believe, but Richard Gibson's collection is not the biggest. He began collecting nails in a jug in 1978. And when he filled up ... poured everything into another pitcher - a bigger one.