I had the privilege of letting my imagination run wild as a child. There were comic book heroes like Zorro, Tarzan, the Phantom, Tintin, Major Alvega, or Walt Disney's must-see characters. Adventure books such as Enid Blyton's "The Five", the extraordinary adventures of Jules Verve or many stories from the Middle Ages. The Adventures of Gulliver, Pinocchio, Ali Baba, the Crusades, secret passages in castles and hidden treasures. Magical films like Charlot or Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (by Ian Flemming, the creator of James Bond 007, another of my favorite heroes). With all this wealth of influences, I started building my own toys using wood, wire, leather, burlap, plaster and others. I would draw them, cut them out, paint them, light them up... Toys that were always accompanied by a good story.