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I ran across this listing on eBay:
Lego museum. DISPLAY, Statue, and DONATIONS NEEDED
We are going to open a LEGO museum. We need TONS of blocks, displays, and any
other lego stuff we can come up with. Presenters gain a place in HISTORY. We
are selling space on a Plaque that will be put on the front of the building, as
well as smaller plaques that will be put in front of individual display items.
We are also purchasing LARGE amounts of special items for this project. Those
people will not be included in the plaques, but will be put in a buying bio at
the computer room (lego games a running). We will have a web sight in the NEAR
future, and we already have purchased the building (old school house, 36,000
sq.) so we have all the room in the world to do this.
Anyone know anything about this? Id like to hear more if so.
jt
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, James Trobaugh wrote:
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I ran across this listing on eBay:
Lego museum. DISPLAY, Statue, and DONATIONS NEEDED
We are going to open a LEGO museum. We need TONS of blocks, displays, and any
other lego stuff we can come up with. Presenters gain a place in HISTORY.
We are selling space on a Plaque that will be put on the front of the
building, as well as smaller plaques that will be put in front of individual
display items. We are also purchasing LARGE amounts of special items for this
project. Those people will not be included in the plaques, but will be put in
a buying bio at the computer room (lego games a running). We will have a web
sight in the NEAR future, and we already have purchased the building (old
school house, 36,000 sq.) so we have all the room in the world to do this.
Anyone know anything about this? Id like to hear more if so.
jt
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Most curious ebay placement. The picture of the school building almost looks
like one of those old postcards (like from the 40s or 50s). Otherwise, I dunno.
Ray
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, James Trobaugh wrote:
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I ran across this listing on eBay:
Lego museum. DISPLAY, Statue, and DONATIONS NEEDED
We are going to open a LEGO museum. We need TONS of blocks, displays, and any
other lego stuff we can come up with. Presenters gain a place in HISTORY.
We are selling space on a Plaque that will be put on the front of the
building, as well as smaller plaques that will be put in front of individual
display items. We are also purchasing LARGE amounts of special items for this
project. Those people will not be included in the plaques, but will be put in
a buying bio at the computer room (lego games a running). We will have a web
sight in the NEAR future, and we already have purchased the building (old
school house, 36,000 sq.) so we have all the room in the world to do this.
Anyone know anything about this? Id like to hear more if so.
jt
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The bid is listed as being from Bellaire, Ohio which is way down south-east on
the border with West Virginia, across the river from Wheeling. An interesting
and very out-of-the-way place to put a museum.
Id think that TLC would be interested in what these guys are trying to do. If
only to protect their trademark.
Adrian
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, Adrian Drake wrote:
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, James Trobaugh wrote:
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I ran across this listing on eBay:
Lego museum. DISPLAY, Statue, and DONATIONS NEEDED
We are going to open a LEGO museum. We need TONS of blocks, displays, and
any other lego stuff we can come up with. Presenters gain a place in
HISTORY. We are selling space on a Plaque that will be put on the front of
the building, as well as smaller plaques that will be put in front of
individual display items. We are also purchasing LARGE amounts of special
items for this project. Those people will not be included in the plaques,
but will be put in a buying bio at the computer room (lego games a
running). We will have a web sight in the NEAR future, and we already have
purchased the building (old school house, 36,000 sq.) so we have all the
room in the world to do this.
Anyone know anything about this? Id like to hear more if so.
jt
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The bid is listed as being from Bellaire, Ohio which is way down south-east
on the border with West Virginia, across the river from Wheeling. An
interesting and very out-of-the-way place to put a museum.
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Thats what I was thinking also. Why would you put it in the middle of no
where (no offense to anyone that lives in that area) but you would want it in a
location that people would visit on a trip or something.
I also find it strange that theyd have a building of that size if theyre still
looking for items to fill the museum with. Most of the time you get the stuff
then find a building.
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Id think that TLC would be interested in what these guys are trying to do.
If only to protect their trademark.
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Good point, I wonder if they have talked to anyone at LEGO about this project.
I did email the person who put the listing on eBay to find out more.
jt
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, James Trobaugh wrote:
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, Adrian Drake wrote:
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, James Trobaugh wrote:
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I ran across this listing on eBay:
Lego museum. DISPLAY, Statue, and DONATIONS NEEDED
We are going to open a LEGO museum. We need TONS of blocks, displays, and
any other lego stuff we can come up with. Presenters gain a place in
HISTORY. We are selling space on a Plaque that will be put on the front of
the building, as well as smaller plaques that will be put in front of
individual display items. We are also purchasing LARGE amounts of special
items for this project. Those people will not be included in the plaques,
but will be put in a buying bio at the computer room (lego games a
running). We will have a web sight in the NEAR future, and we already have
purchased the building (old school house, 36,000 sq.) so we have all the
room in the world to do this.
Anyone know anything about this? Id like to hear more if so.
jt
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The bid is listed as being from Bellaire, Ohio which is way down south-east
on the border with West Virginia, across the river from Wheeling. An
interesting and very out-of-the-way place to put a museum.
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Thats what I was thinking also. Why would you put it in the middle of no
where (no offense to anyone that lives in that area) but you would want it
in a location that people would visit on a trip or something.
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The same reason the professional baseball and american football hall of fames
are in out of the way spots?
-Orion
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, Orion Pobursky wrote:
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, James Trobaugh wrote:
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, Adrian Drake wrote:
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The bid is listed as being from Bellaire, Ohio which is way down south-east
on the border with West Virginia, across the river from Wheeling. An
interesting and very out-of-the-way place to put a museum.
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Thats what I was thinking also. Why would you put it in the middle of no
where (no offense to anyone that lives in that area) but you would want it
in a location that people would visit on a trip or something.
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The same reason the professional baseball and american football hall of fames
are in out of the way spots?
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Well, the Pro Football Hall of Fame is in Canton because one of the most
dominant football franchises of the early days was the Canton Bulldogs.
The baseball hall of fame has a slightly more
convoluted history. But
it has history.
What history does Bellaire, Ohio have with Lego?
Adrian
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, Adrian Drake wrote:
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, Orion Pobursky wrote:
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, James Trobaugh wrote:
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, Adrian Drake wrote:
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The bid is listed as being from Bellaire, Ohio which is way down
south-east on the border with West Virginia, across the river from
Wheeling. An interesting and very out-of-the-way place to put a museum.
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Thats what I was thinking also. Why would you put it in the middle of no
where (no offense to anyone that lives in that area) but you would want it
in a location that people would visit on a trip or something.
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The same reason the professional baseball and american football hall of
fames are in out of the way spots?
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Well, the Pro Football Hall of Fame is in Canton because one of the most
dominant football franchises of the early days was the Canton Bulldogs.
The baseball hall of fame has a slightly more
convoluted history.
But it has history.
What history does Bellaire, Ohio have with Lego?
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Probably the fact that the owners/curators live in the area and found a building
on the cheap there.
I would imagine theres a slightly smaller following for Lego than there is for
football, baseball, or basketball (HoF in Springfield, MA, where hoops was
invented, incidentally) - so those rules dont apply.
-nk
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, Nick Kappatos wrote:
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Probably the fact that the owners/curators live in the area and found a
building on the cheap there.
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That was my guess too. If it were Lego doing the organizing, theyd probably aim
for a larger vacation area spot (balanced with cheap real estate of course),
but considering how this looks more privately run, its probably what they could
find for cheap in a reasonable distance.
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I would imagine theres a slightly smaller following for Lego than there is
for football, baseball, or basketball (HoF in Springfield, MA, where hoops
was invented, incidentally) - so those rules dont apply.
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I have to admit Im curious as to what crowd they hope to attract-- I expect
mostly kids and not AFOLs. That is, I dont expect theyre looking for antique
Lego sets, hordes of master-class MOCs, etc., but more for
interactive-child-targeted displays.
36,000 square feet though? Thats pretty impressive. Does BLOC still have
regular meetings (I notice the website and NG look mildly inactive)? That may be
a great place for public displays! Or a good BLOC meeting space :)
DaveE
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, Orion Pobursky wrote:
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The same reason the professional baseball and american football hall of fames
are in out of the way spots?
-Orion
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Im sorry, but are you implying that Lego was first made in Ohio, like the
baseball bat comes from Cooperstown, NY?
Maybe it is near Samsonite!
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, James Trobaugh wrote:
> I ran across this listing on eBay:
>
> <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1186&item=5951844123&rd=1
> Lego museum. DISPLAY, Statue, and DONATIONS NEEDED >
>
> {
> We are going to open a LEGO museum. We need TONS of blocks, displays, and any
> other lego "stuff" we can come up with. Presenters gain a place in HISTORY.
> We are selling space on a Plaque that will be put on the front of the
> building, as well as smaller plaques that will be put in front of individual
> display items. We are also purchasing LARGE amounts of special items for this
> project. Those people will not be included in the plaques, but will be put in
> a buying bio at the computer room (lego games a' running). We will have a web
> sight in the NEAR future, and we already have purchased the building (old
> school house, 36,000 sq.) so we have all the room in the world to do this. }
>
> Anyone know anything about this? I'd like to hear more if so.
>
> jt
I asked the seller a question through ebay and received the following answer.
Eric
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We are looking for anything Lego. If you have a collection you wish
to donate send it to:
Dan Brown
c/o Old First Ward School
1731 Belmont St.
Bellaire, OH 43906
if you have any ideas for the museum let me know. If you wish to be on the
mailing list/update list also let me know. The MOC page for the museum is
http://www.mocpages.com/home.php/1721.
If you want to send money I will not stop you, but I am all set on that side
so far. I am mostly looking for items/creations/unique items/displays/etc...
Anything Lego. If you have a item you want to keep, but donate for show send me
the size (dimensions) so I can build a display case for it. Then I will send
you a rental contract for the item, and a thing for what you want put on the
display case (plaque), then you will be added to the donations list for the
museum.
Dan
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I have contacted them about a week ago, they said theyd get back to me, but no
contact since then. Id love a place that I can reach in 2 hours, and where I
can park my Lego collection. If this turns out to be a legit museum, Ill be
more than happy to fill a room (or 2, or...).
It kinda bugs me that I have a quarter+ of my basement stuffed with boxes full
of nice lego sets that never see the light of day. Id be more than happyto loan
these out to a place where people can enjoy them, provided they have insurance
etc. Filling an old school with Lego has always been my plan for (early :) )
retirement, guess Ill have to moove out of Ohio so there will not be that much
competition. Feel free to suggest places I (and my family, and my Lego) should
retire.
Paul
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, Paul Janssen wrote:
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It kinda bugs me that I have a quarter+ of my basement stuffed with boxes
full of nice lego sets that never see the light of day. Id be more than
happyto loan these out to a place where people can enjoy them, provided they
have insurance etc. Filling an old school with Lego has always been my plan
for (early :) ) retirement, guess Ill have to moove out of Ohio so there
will not be that much competition. Feel free to suggest places I (and my
family, and my Lego) should retire.
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I too had the same dream but in a bit warmer climate. There used to be this old
church for sale on Amelia Island in Florida that I thought would be a great
location for a LEGO museum / shop. Of course I need to win the lottery or
something so that I can actually afford to retire early.
jt
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, Ray Sanders wrote:
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, James Trobaugh wrote:
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I ran across this listing on eBay:
Lego museum. DISPLAY, Statue, and DONATIONS NEEDED
We are going to open a LEGO museum. We need TONS of blocks, displays, and
any other lego stuff we can come up with. Presenters gain a place in
HISTORY. We are selling space on a Plaque that will be put on the front of
the building, as well as smaller plaques that will be put in front of
individual display items. We are also purchasing LARGE amounts of special
items for this project. Those people will not be included in the plaques,
but will be put in a buying bio at the computer room (lego games a
running). We will have a web sight in the NEAR future, and we already have
purchased the building (old school house, 36,000 sq.) so we have all the
room in the world to do this.
Anyone know anything about this? Id like to hear more if so.
jt
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We opened to the public in Aug. We are the Toy and Plastic Brick Museum
www.brickmuseum.net
We are not just LEGO(r) brand. We have a pile of other toys, and we are working
on other brick related displays as well. We welcome AFOLs to come and build at
the museum, and create a unique place!
We are sponsering the Brick Show 2008
www.brickshow2008.com
And will be having a ton of stuff leading up to it in the coming weeks
Dan
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, Orion Pobursky wrote:
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, James Trobaugh wrote:
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, Adrian Drake wrote:
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, James Trobaugh wrote:
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I ran across this listing on eBay:
Lego museum. DISPLAY, Statue, and DONATIONS NEEDED
We are going to open a LEGO museum. We need TONS of blocks, displays, and
any other lego stuff we can come up with. Presenters gain a place in
HISTORY. We are selling space on a Plaque that will be put on the front of
the building, as well as smaller plaques that will be put in front of
individual display items. We are also purchasing LARGE amounts of special
items for this project. Those people will not be included in the plaques,
but will be put in a buying bio at the computer room (lego games a
running). We will have a web sight in the NEAR future, and we already have
purchased the building (old school house, 36,000 sq.) so we have all the
room in the world to do this.
Anyone know anything about this? Id like to hear more if so.
jt
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The bid is listed as being from Bellaire, Ohio which is way down south-east
on the border with West Virginia, across the river from Wheeling. An
interesting and very out-of-the-way place to put a museum.
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Thats what I was thinking also. Why would you put it in the middle of no
where (no offense to anyone that lives in that area) but you would want it
in a location that people would visit on a trip or something.
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The same reason the professional baseball and american football hall of fames
are in out of the way spots?
-Orion
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It is only 1 mile from Rt. 70 between Columbus and Pittsburgh!
Even Pres and Mrs Clinton came to our town in the last 2 weeks!!!
We may be in the middle of nowhere, but nicely placed in the middle of nowhere!
Dan
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well everyone needs to be somewhere.
And in Ohio we are within driving distance of EVERYONE on the east coast!!!
Dan
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, James Trobaugh wrote:
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I ran across this listing on eBay:
Lego museum. DISPLAY, Statue, and DONATIONS NEEDED
We are going to open a LEGO museum. We need TONS of blocks, displays, and any
other lego stuff we can come up with. Presenters gain a place in HISTORY.
We are selling space on a Plaque that will be put on the front of the
building, as well as smaller plaques that will be put in front of individual
display items. We are also purchasing LARGE amounts of special items for this
project. Those people will not be included in the plaques, but will be put in
a buying bio at the computer room (lego games a running). We will have a web
sight in the NEAR future, and we already have purchased the building (old
school house, 36,000 sq.) so we have all the room in the world to do this.
Anyone know anything about this? Id like to hear more if so.
jt
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I dont know if this makes a difference but Ebay removed the listing, wonder
why? John P
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, Dan Brown wrote:
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well everyone needs to be somewhere.
And in Ohio we are within driving distance of EVERYONE on the east coast!!!
Dan
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Hey Dan, you do realize you are replying to a post from 2005 right? :)
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, John Patterson wrote:
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, James Trobaugh wrote:
I dont know if this makes a difference but Ebay removed the listing, wonder
why? John P
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Maybe because I posted that on Mon, 24 Jan 2005
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, Dan Brown wrote:
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well everyone needs to be somewhere.
And in Ohio we are within driving distance of EVERYONE on the east coast!!!
Dan
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I hope to get there some day soon.
Ohio is an interesting state, demographically. I never extended this, but it was
in response to a posting about Ohio:
http://news.lugnet.com/market/shopping/?n=11573
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, John Patterson wrote:
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, James Trobaugh wrote:
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I ran across this listing on eBay:
Lego museum. DISPLAY, Statue, and DONATIONS NEEDED
We are going to open a LEGO museum. We need TONS of blocks, displays, and
any other lego stuff we can come up with. Presenters gain a place in
HISTORY. We are selling space on a Plaque that will be put on the front of
the building, as well as smaller plaques that will be put in front of
individual display items. We are also purchasing LARGE amounts of special
items for this project. Those people will not be included in the plaques,
but will be put in a buying bio at the computer room (lego games a
running). We will have a web sight in the NEAR future, and we already have
purchased the building (old school house, 36,000 sq.) so we have all the
room in the world to do this.
Anyone know anything about this? Id like to hear more if so.
jt
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I dont know if this makes a difference but Ebay removed the listing, wonder
why? John P
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Ebay did not remove the listing, it ran its 10 day course!
I sold 2 tickets off of it, and got a couple of NICE sponsers as well.
Dan
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, John Patterson wrote:
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, James Trobaugh wrote:
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I ran across this listing on eBay:
Lego museum. DISPLAY, Statue, and DONATIONS NEEDED
We are going to open a LEGO museum. We need TONS of blocks, displays, and
any other lego stuff we can come up with. Presenters gain a place in
HISTORY. We are selling space on a Plaque that will be put on the front of
the building, as well as smaller plaques that will be put in front of
individual display items. We are also purchasing LARGE amounts of special
items for this project. Those people will not be included in the plaques,
but will be put in a buying bio at the computer room (lego games a
running). We will have a web sight in the NEAR future, and we already have
purchased the building (old school house, 36,000 sq.) so we have all the
room in the world to do this.
Anyone know anything about this? Id like to hear more if so.
jt
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I dont know if this makes a difference but Ebay removed the listing, wonder
why? John P
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Ebay did not remove the listing, it ran its 10 day course!
I sold 2 tickets off of it, and got a couple of NICE sponsers as well.
Dan
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, James Trobaugh wrote:
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, John Patterson wrote:
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, James Trobaugh wrote:
I dont know if this makes a difference but Ebay removed the listing, wonder
why? John P
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Maybe because I posted that on Mon, 24 Jan 2005
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never mind...did not see any dates. We just did that listing about 3 weeks ago.
Dan
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Home of the worlds largest LEGO(r) image.
Home of the largest private LEGO(r) collection
www.brickmuseum.net
The one, the only, Bellaire Ohio Toy and Plastic Brick Museum
We will reopen FULL TIME on April 16th, 2008.
also will be hosting Brick Show 2008 in Sept.
www.brickshow2008.com
Thanks
Dan
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My wife and I met Peter Barth, another IndyLUG member, at Dan Browns Toy and
Brick Museum in Bellaire, Ohio on Friday April 11 to see what it was all about.
Like this posts title says, it was well worth the trip. I was so impressed that
I wanted to tell others about the museum. There is a lot of everything LEGO at
this old neighborhood school building located right smack dab in the middle of
Bellaire. Its only 10 minutes from I-70 southwest of Wheeling, West Virginia.
Dan has accumulated a bunch of MOCs from well known AFOLs and LEGO Master
Builders. Youll also get to see many one-of-a-kind models, vintage store
displays, antique wooden LEGO toys, Roadshow cast-offs and AFOL layouts.
Take a look at these pictures, but they are only a fraction of whats there:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=313328
Be sure to call or email ahead to let him know you are an AFOL and hell meet
you at the museum for a one on one behind the scenes tour. One of the best
parts is when he takes you behind the closed doors in a couple of the classrooms
where he has oodles of loose brick piled waist high. (You will drool all over
yourself, guaranteed.) Hell also give you insight as to how hes acquired his
collection and what he has in store for the museums future events.
If you like LEGO, youll love the Toy and Brick Museum.
Brian Darrow
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, Brian Darrow wrote:
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My wife and I met Peter Barth, another IndyLUG member, at Dan Browns Toy and
Brick Museum in Bellaire, Ohio on Friday April 11 to see what it was all
about. Like this posts title says, it was well worth the trip. I was so
impressed that I wanted to tell others about the museum. There is a lot of
everything LEGO at this old neighborhood school building located right smack
dab in the middle of Bellaire. Its only 10 minutes from I-70 southwest of
Wheeling, West Virginia.
Dan has accumulated a bunch of MOCs from well known AFOLs and LEGO Master
Builders. Youll also get to see many one-of-a-kind models, vintage store
displays, antique wooden LEGO toys, Roadshow cast-offs and AFOL layouts.
Take a look at these pictures, but they are only a fraction of whats there:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=313328
Be sure to call or email ahead to let him know you are an AFOL and hell meet
you at the museum for a one on one behind the scenes tour. One of the best
parts is when he takes you behind the closed doors in a couple of the
classrooms where he has oodles of loose brick piled waist high. (You will
drool all over yourself, guaranteed.) Hell also give you insight as to how
hes acquired his collection and what he has in store for the museums future
events.
If you like LEGO, youll love the Toy and Brick Museum.
Brian Darrow
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Thanks, and we are getting bigger and better. I forgot to show you the room
downstairs, it will be AWSOME!!!
We will be building a sea serpent for the room, and it will allow the
kids/adults to bring in their bathing suits, and get soaked.
We are looking into a water cannon, and we bought some very cool water shooters
for the actual WET room, will be open in 2009!!!
Something to look forward to.
Thanks for the kind words, built the place for the AFOL community!!!
You will love it!
Dan
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, James Trobaugh wrote:
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I ran across this listing on eBay:
Lego museum. DISPLAY, Statue, and DONATIONS NEEDED
We are going to open a LEGO museum. We need TONS of blocks, displays, and any
other lego stuff we can come up with. Presenters gain a place in HISTORY.
We are selling space on a Plaque that will be put on the front of the
building, as well as smaller plaques that will be put in front of individual
display items. We are also purchasing LARGE amounts of special items for this
project. Those people will not be included in the plaques, but will be put in
a buying bio at the computer room (lego games a running). We will have a web
sight in the NEAR future, and we already have purchased the building (old
school house, 36,000 sq.) so we have all the room in the world to do this.
Anyone know anything about this? Id like to hear more if so.
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I stumbled upon this very cool museum a few weeks ago, while traveling for work.
They hadnt yet opened for the season, but luckily my job brought me back to the
area a week later, and I was able to take a sprinting tour on my lunch break.
Tons of very cool displays spanning many decades, with an interesting evolution
of building styles and parts along the way.
Also, Im happy to report, the site has a friendly attitude toward competitor
brick toys and actually has a number of official Mega sets on display.
Ill definitely had back for a longer tour when I get the chance, but I was
delighted to find this place totally by accident!
--Dave!
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