I never really counted how many figures I have, but I would guess that if you include all the little one it would be around 250 figures. So it really is not that big of a collection. I collect mostly museum lines, all the major lines and some obscure ones.

I have always been fascinated by dinosaurs all my life. Growing up in the Philippines, I didn't have much access to toys or literature, so most of my early exposure to dinosaurs was via TV shows like Land of the Lost.
My very first dinosaur toy was a dimetrodon my mother gave me. I still have it in my collection, that’s how much I treasured that thing!

I started collecting dinosaur figures about 11 years ago. It all started after a desert road trip from Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and Utah. We dug fish fossils and visited many roadside dinosaur attractions. We also visited the Dinosaur National Monument. Along the way I started collecting dinosaur figures. I started collecting only my favorite group of dinosaurs, the sauropods and ceratopsians. It would be a few years before I expanded my collection.

It all started with the release of the Battat line of dinosaur figures. Still considered as one of the best line of figures ever produced. I first laid eyes on them in a museum shop, thinking I could find them back home I decided not to purchase any at that time. I was wrong. After searching unsuccessfully, I contacted Battat directly and asked if they know of any retail store in Washington state that sells the figures. It turned out that there was one store in Seattle, 60 mile away from where I was living at that time, that carried the whole line. So I traveled 60 mile and finally found the store. I was hooked after that. To this day, the Battat rearing diplodocus is still my favorite dinosaur figure.

That’s how my collection expanded. Now, I pretty much collect all the major lines. I also started collecting prehistoric mammals and birds which are not very well represented. Prehistoric Marine reptiles/amphibians and Pterosaurs are the latest group that I started developing interest in, so I am always on the lookout for new figures.

I mostly based it on documentaries. I also wonder a lot how the landscape will look like if the dinosaurs are still around. Every-time I go on a hike or camping I always try and picture how the scenery looks like with dinosaurs in them. I am also interested in how museums display their collections.

If I were to direct JP4, I think I will take it to a direction in which it parallels what is currently going on in our natural world. I find it totally unbelievable that the citizens of the world will just let a group of resurrected prehistoric animals be forgotten and not protected and not do anything. In my version, it would be all about trying to protect what was once viewed as something that needed to be eliminated . After years of neglect and isolation, the whole island has now become free for all. The dinosaurs are being hunted indiscriminately starting with the top predators. Realizing that the whole fauna is on the verge of a "second" total extinction, a group of citizens and a few scientist starts lobbying to try and save what is left of the island and it's prehistoric animals.

A massive international effort to save the animals starts to take place. But there will be lots of bad guys still around who see the island and it's fauna not as an international treasure, but a very lucrative source of income. They want the island to remain unprotected and push to have it sold to a powerful private company before any international agreement is reached on its designation and proper management and protection. There will be a lot of conspiracy and action. Lots of dinosaur chase scenes.

That's how I would direct the movie. Now would people want to watch it? I don't know. If done correctly, I think it has potential. Viewers appreciate a good story line and not just all about chase scene and special effects.

To be honest, that's my biggest issue with the last two JP movie. The first one was really good, but the ones after that was all about special effect and chase scene and not much substance. I'm sure I'm going to get criticism for saying that.