HONG KONG— Intricately detailed Hong Kong protester figurines have become the latest must-have collectibles as toy stores recreate the prodemocracy movement’s street battles with police in their shop displays. “We hope the figurines can reconstruct the situation with authenticity,” said Charlie, a 30-year-old freelance photographer by day, who asked to use a pseudonym. Their models boast many features of the street protests, which have upended Hong Kong for the last seven months in the most serious challenge to China’s rule since the city’s 1997 handover from Great Britain. “I want to raise peoples’ awareness within the movement and hopefully the figurines will allow more people to know what has happened in Hong Kong,” Charlie said. In some of the city’s toy shops, the protest figurines are selling like hotcakes.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 20, 2020 20:48 UTC