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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? I’d 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.
I’d 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? I’d 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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That’s 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 they’d have a building of that size if they’re 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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I’d 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? I’d 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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That’s 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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That’s 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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That’s 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 there’s 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 don’t 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, they’d probably aim
for a larger “vacation area” spot (balanced with cheap real estate of course),
but considering how this looks more privately run, it’s probably what they could
find for cheap in a reasonable distance.
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I would imagine there’s 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 don’t apply.
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I have to admit I’m curious as to what crowd they hope to attract-- I expect
mostly kids and not AFOL’s. That is, I don’t expect they’re looking for antique
Lego sets, hordes of master-class MOC’s, etc., but more for
interactive-child-targeted displays.
36,000 square feet though? That’s 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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I’m 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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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, 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, 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, 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? I’d like to hear more if so.
jt
|
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.
|
That’s 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.
|
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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