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- Still expanding. Under-construction yung 4th floor.- Some of his collections, siya ang gumagawa.- He was not deprived of toys, pero di masyadong nakakabili because he has no money of his own. And as a kid he wants to buy almost all toys.- His motivation to collect toys was his interest in toys. When he was a kid, hereally wanted his room to be full of toys. Nakikiuso din siya sa mga hobbies dati like tamiya, pogs nba cards.- From a small collection, naging museum siya dahi sas obrang adik niya sa toys.As in araw araw he collects or sculpts toys of his own. And if ever he gets a certain characeter. he does not just get one variation, he gets lots of differentvariations of it with different poses. From his room, the collection expanded to the sala. The house initially was just a bungalo type house, one floor. One time while he sleeps, he has 2 robots beside his bed. He has so much toys in his room that eventually it all of the toys didnt fit anymore, so he expanded to thesala. He went to japan to get money, then he made his house bigger, then added more toys. EVERYDAY he looks and buys toys. He even talks to other toy collectorsto ask what to buy or where to look for them.- Before the museum, his collection was as big as 2 big rooms na siksik na siksik. So he thought of spreading it. He plans on adding a minion room, hello kittyroom, and hall of armor of ironman.- First ever life-size was astroboy. He first saw astroboy somewhere sa street na sira-sira. So he traced it, till he found the place where it was made. he bought one for 3000 pesos (original), which is a bargain because if it was bought somewhere else, it would cost about a hundred-thousand. He traced the astroboy. He

learned how to make his own toys. He started sculpting small toys or small parts. Basics lang. He learned from sculptors din. He goes to toymakers / sculptorsin antipolo. The toymakers were from a company in japan. The company closed, butone sculptor sold the sculpted toys to yexel.- Worked as a magician, actor and dancer. Raket raket lang. Ang pinaka ipon niyais nagbebenta siya ng toys. Hindi siya mayaman sa pera, mayaman siya sa toys.- Sa sobrang gusto niya pa mag-toys, nag-japan siya. Sabi pa ng mom niya, if binenta na lang niya yung toys niya, may kotse na dapat siya at may bahay. Kasi naipon niya talaga is marami, and gusto niya pa ituloy ng ituloy.- His work in japan is not just for toys, but for his dreams in general. Ang toys ang nagpapahirap sa kanya in terms of money, kasi everytime na may lumabas, hebuys it agad. If he does not buy it daw agad, magmamahal na siya next month because kukunin siya ng hoarders and resell it for a higher price.

- Mas kuripot siya sa sarili niya. In financial terms, mas focused siya sa toysniya compared to his daily needs. Like hindi siya mahilig bumili ng mamahaling damit or shoes. There's this one time na nabangga car niya, he does not care. Banggain mo na lahat wag lang yung collection niya.- There were many points in his life wherein he wanted to stop collecting, the most memorable one was in japan. His plan A was to be successful in the philippines, which did not work out, so he went to plan B which was to be successful abroad and start his life. Not much about toys na, puro work na lang. Pero it was not easy daw that it came to a point na ibenta niya dapat yung what toys he has left in the philippines. He just let Go and let God.- When he arrived in the philippines, his all of his toys were either gone or damaged. Even the molds, they were hanged, deformed then thrown away. So as in walang wala na daw lahat. Then, there came a buyer. He wants to buy lots of toys, b

ut the molds were gone na. But then the guy said he'll give money to make more molds. After that, a friend came to him and then convinced him to make and collect toys again and sell them.

- 6 months in hapan. Then he was a TNT for 9 months.- Before japan, may collection na.- Normal day at the museum: Construction. Kung ano mga kailangang gawin na toy.when open ang museum, picture picture.- 4 magazines na as publicity

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- publicities help a lot, especially youtube- He decided to open the museum to public because it was too big. At first he wanted to open pero sa different place. The first people to push him into openinginto a museum was these 2 couples na naliligaw. They were so fascinated in yexel's collection. They enjoyed it more compared to ocean park.-Nobody believed him na people would go to his museum if the price is 300 per head, even his mom. Pero he thinks it would work because he can already imagine iteven during construction.- Nakakatuwa because of positive feedback, and smiles of kids.- Each toy has a story behind them. It's like he sees his life when he looks atevery detail of his toys. Like when he bought the life size tazmanian devil, hewas riding the car while holding the tazmanian devil in place so that it wouldntfall. From antipolo to las pinas.- there are times na nung nasa japan siya, so from his house, he wakes up, gets on his bike, goes to train station. From there he leaves his bike then goes toakihabara. From akihabara, he returns to the train, marami nang bitbit. Isasampay niya lang yung toys sa bike, then lalakarin na niya pauwi. Tapos he's gonna put them on a package and then sends them to the philippines. So when he gets home sa philippines, dun niya pa lang bubuksan, then ipapagawa niya yung cabinet then yung mga ilaw, then displays it. That is the story of some toys.- Another priced possession was the simpsons sculpture. This sculpture, he saw it sa megamall. It is owned by warner PH. He went there and inquired about it andfound out that there are only 5 in existence in the philippines. So nagpaordersiya ng isa. That certain one was on display sa mall during a show. So when it w

as done, he was promised that he could have it, but it turned out that someone bought it already. That was unfair according to him because he waited months forthat promised sculpture. So what he did, he went to the 5 malls to inquire if they are for sale. He went on all the rest of the malls, until on the fourth mall,he persuaded them by making the offer bigger. This mall was in gateway.- He can say that nagbunga lahat ng ginagawa niya is dahil sa mga taong nagpupunta. There was this time na they were doing good in terms of visitors, but then they were afraid in the following weeks to come because the tv spots, interviewsetc. were all done, they feared that no one will come anymore. But then, they were suprprised that people still comes, especially on vacations. Straight days namalaki ang kita. They dont understand where people are coming from. He was really happy that people he knows go there, but even more happier if people he doesnot know goes there as well. This is because from internet publicities. He loves

it when families with kids come. he loves kids. There was this time that therewas a field trip with 24 busses. all from one school. He went to the locals to warn them about the busses and the traffic it might cost, but they did not entertain him. So when the busses came, it was super traffic that the roads were almost closed. 24 busses in one day. After that, they agreed na 5 busses per day lang muna.- He gives back to his family by answering to majority of the expenses. groceries, bills etc.- He plans to continue it until he can. There was already a planned extension inocean park, but it was discontinued. If ever there are offers, he already has awarehouse with duplicates to populate the new extension. his original collections will stay in his first museum and he has no plans of taking it down no matterhow successful he gets.

- at 18, he started the thinking " I want to collect them all ", he said "i wantto start a museum " at 25. He went to japan at 20.- His first happy meals was the looney toons. The little ones. Those were his first collections. His own money. It is where it all started.- He plans to continue it forever. Kasi if wala daw yung museum, di daw siya masaya. if malungkot daw siya, dalihin mo lang siya sa isang toy shop na may toys na new.- Sa abroad, super dami daw ng laruan. Here, madali lang daw ubusin.- Pag nakakita siya ng new toy, he feels that he is compelled to buy them.- He has experienced selling outside the country, through ebay. even people whom

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he does not know calls him to buy toys.

- When he was in japan, he became a dancer, waiter, janitor. Or "hosto" or "entertainer" or "GRO". Minsan taga-hugas din ng pinggagn. He didnt do it for the toys though, but for himself. sinuot niya lahat ng butas ng karayom. Even people judge him for being a japayuki.