Meet the man who owns more than 10,000 Barbie dolls

• Jian Yang from Singapore owns more than 10,000 Barbie dolls
• He claimed that he has spent more than £350,000
• He also shared that he started to like the doll when he accidentally opened his sister’s Christmas gift

A 38-year-old businessman from Singapore named Jian Yang has a huge collection of ‘Barbie’ dolls in his house.

Because of his 30-year hobby, he now owns more than 10,000 dolls and claims that he had spent more than £350,000.

He said he bought his dolls from his travels around the globe.

@punkiedonna here you go 🙂

A post shared by Jian Yang (@jianyang1979) on Mar 23, 2018 at 5:59am PDT

Forgive the spam: but many people are asking for photos of the collection. So for recency, here are some. Just so they’re easy to find. If anyone’s using the images in media, please credit #visualtextarchitects. #barbie

A post shared by Jian Yang (@jianyang1979) on Apr 9, 2018 at 7:18am PDT

 

Yang, as per reports, started to love Barbie when he accidentally opened his sister’s Christmas gift in 1984.

“I’ve been buying Barbie ever since. So I never started ‘collecting’. I just continued buying. I’ve never even seen myself as a collector,” he said.

He also emphasized social stigma for guys who collect dolls like him and said: “I think there will always be a social stigma for guys who collect dolls, and I’m very proud to say I probably don’t fit into any of those stereotypes.”

17 years ago, I was in university, had blonde surfer streaks and went to raves with glow sticks and without a shirt on. One of the earliest #jiandoll incarnations was born out of that. Here’s a photo an old friend found of us. (If you’re judging this photo, just remember this was the era of the Backstreet Boys and N’sync)

A post shared by Jian Yang (@jianyang1979) on Apr 12, 2018 at 4:09am PDT