Menahem Asher Silva Vargas has so many souvenirs from the wizarding world, he’s going to need a vault at Gringott‘s to hold it all — or at least an undetectable extension charm for his closet. The Mexico City native just snagged the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of Harry Potter memorabilia, having amassed 3,097 bits and bobs of Potter-related merchandise.
Vargas’s haul includes everything from posters and pillows, to Hogwarts house gear, to replica broomsticks and wands. And considering how hard he just grabbed that world record (the last record-holder had a mere 807 pieces of Potterstuff), he’s got to be feeling pretty darn good about every last piece of it.
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Funnily enough, with his brown hair, Deathly Hallows sweater, and replica wire-rimmed glasses, Vargas also bears more than a passing resemblance to a grownup Harry Potter — which means that in addition to impressing us with his memorabilia-collecting skills, he also offers a somewhat eerie glimpse of what the Boy Who Lived might look like as an adult, if he’d never been able to move on after the Battle of Hogwarts, and instead became that guy who peaked in high school and spent the rest of his life hoarding the trinkets of his early success.
Congratulations, Mr. Vargas! You are truly a fan among fans, and we raise our butterbeer to you.
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