From a single doll to a collection worth over 100.000€. Here's the story of my sister, Mande.
Mande Walschot resides in Belgium and currently owns over 1,350 boxed My Little Ponies, around 500 boxed dolls, 52 polly pockets, 25 plush care bears, 30 Tsum Tsums, about 3,000 Pokémon cards, around 200 comic books and lots of stuffed toys!
- Gemr Collector Spotlight https://blogadmin.gemr.com/blog/collector-spotlight-mande-walschot/~
In 2009 Mande started collecting the colourful My Little Ponies. In the meanwhile, she has over 1.300 ponies.
"It feels like a toy store. That's the feeling I want to create. If my dad would invite me for a visit to the toy store, I was overjoyed. Just entering into a toy store is a magical sensation. I still have that feeling so I still go to a toy store three times a week"
In 2012 she began collecting dolls. Not any dolls, but unique, limited edition collector dolls.Disney dolls, monster high, ever after high and polly pocket are amongst the secondary collection she has.
By now, my sister has the biggest collection of toys in belgium and amongst the largest collections worldwide.
Her dream was to never let go 'things from your childhood that made her feel happy' and her ultimate goal is to open a museum for her toys and dolls.
Her collections are getting picked up by online communities, national television and national newspapers. Some links showing her collections, interviews and more:
- Gemr https://blogadmin.gemr.com/blog/collector-spotlight-mande-walschot/
- Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mandesevilkingdom/
- Tumblr http://mandesevilkingdom.tumblr.com/
- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mandesevilkingdom/
- Twitter https://twitter.com/MEvilkingdom
- Website http://www.mandesevilkingdom.com/
National Television (dutch) http://ringtv.be/nieuws/mande-uit-halle-heeft-grootste-poppenverzameling-uit-regio
National Newpaper (dutch) http://www.hln.be/regio/nieuws-uit-halle/mande-leeft-samen-met-1-357-pony-s-a2797213/
I hope to give her some extra attention by posting a blog on Steemit so she could chase and realise her dreams of opening a museum for her collection to share it with the world.
I might not always been the best brother for her, but she was always near when i needed her, so this is my way of saying her "Thank you"
Please give her some likes, retweets, or whatever you can do to support her love and effort for her dream!