From Crocs to Minions, get inspired by these record-breaking collections!
Over the past year, we’ve seen lots of amazing and record-breaking collections!
People from all around the world counted up their collections, made of hundreds and even thousands of unique items, to make sure they were officially the biggest.
Do you collect anything?
Get inspired to achieve record-breaking greatness by some of the most jaw-dropping collections out there…
Largest collection of bricks
You’ve probably never heard of someone collecting bricks – but then again, 87-year-old Clem Reinkemeyer is no ordinary collector.
He owns a barn in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA where he’s been storing 8,882 different bricks over the last 40 years, each one telling its own amazing story!
Did you know that bricks have names and that you can trace them back to specific places and points in time?
About his collection, Clem said: “It’s unusual, but I like it.”
Largest collection of Minions memorabilia
Liesl Benecke from Australia has been collecting a curious amount of canary-coloured buddies… Minions, that is!
The first time she saw them was way back in 2010, when she took her daughters to see the movie Despicable Me.
From that moment on, she couldn’t stop thinking about how funny they were…
“I remember laughing so much at the cute, little pill-shaped henchmen. They certainly made a huge impression on me,” she said.
“I'm just a big kid at heart. Since then I have always been on the lookout for Minions everywhere I go.”
Today, she has over 1,035 Minions from all over the world – spanning clothing, movie posters, stuffies, keyrings, figurines, and even a tattoo!
That’s why people call her ‘the Minion lady’…
Largest collection of egg cups
It’s hard to imagine someone being as fascinated with egg cups as María José Fuster from Spain, who collected egg cups for over 50 years.
In fact, by the time she counted them all up to officially apply for the world record, she had 15,485 of them!
WOW.
Largest collection of Crocs shoes
Meet “Croc King” Doogie Sandtiger, a croc lover from USA who had dreamed of breaking a world record since he was a kid!
And who doesn’t, right?
With over 3,500 pairs of Crocs in his collection, he officially made his childhood dream come true.
But what inspired him to buy all these shoes?
Well, Doogie grew up in foster care and amidst the constant moves from family to family, he never learned how to tie his laces.
Do you know how to tie your laces?
That’s how he found himself drawn to slip-on Crocs...
And he loved them so much, he decided he simply had to get as many pairs as possible!
“I didn't really know anything about them other than that everyone thought they were ugly, but I saw art in them,” he said to NBC.
And the rest… is history!
Largest collection of Polly Pocket items
YouTuber Kerchie has an INCREDIBLE Polly Pocket collection, and we wish we could play with it all day long!
Are you a bigger fan of Barbie or Polly Pocket?
Kerchie has 534 different Polly Pocket dolls that she found by scouring the internet.
Are you inspired? Start your own collection in 2026!