IT IS a problem that many hobbyists face: space constraints for an evergrowing collection.

Civil servant Desmond Chua, 34, collects toy figurines such as 12-inch military figures, Transformers and Zoids.

To store his collection of more than 1,000 figurines, he converted one bedroom in his five-room HDB flat in Choa Chu Kang into storage space. He put in floor-to-ceiling glass shelves to display the figurines.

Read the full report in Saturday's edition of The Straits Times' Life! section.