If determination is any indicator of future success, Queensland toddler Imran Hussein is likely to go far in life.
The three-year-old from Moreton Bay was with his parents at a Lollipops playcentre in Strathpine last Thursday when a Minion soft toy caught his eye.
The only problem – it was inside a claw machine.
Unfazed, Imran hatched a plan worthy of the pint-sized, yellow cartoon characters themselves.
The cheeky toddler managed to give his parents the slip and climb inside a flap at the bottom of the machine.
His mother, Iferana Hussein, told 9news.com.au she had gone to the café to order some snacks when Imran made his escape.
“My husband was at the table watching him but when I came back he had disappeared,” Hussein said.
“We were looking for him everywhere.”
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Another parent spotted Imran inside the machine and raised the alarm.
Hussein said she could just see her son’s head poking out of the top of the toys.
“He got in there and then he had the Minion and was trying to get out,” she said.
Staff at the playcentre were very helpful in retrieving her son, Hussein said, adding he was only stuck inside the machine for about five minutes.
“The staff were so great and it was lucky they had the key to get in,” she said.
The mission was a success for Imran too, with Lollipops staff gifting him the Minion toy for his efforts.
“We did ask at the Lollipops if we could buy the Minion and said we’d be happy to pay, but they let him take it home and didn’t charge us anything,” Hussein said.
