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| I ran across this listing on eBay: (URL) 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 (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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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 (20 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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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 (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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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 (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) The same reason the professional baseball and american football hall of fames are in out of the way spots? -Orion (20 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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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 (URL) convoluted history>. But it has history. What (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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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, (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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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 (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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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! (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) I asked the seller a question through ebay and received the following answer. Eric ---...--- 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. (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general)
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| I have contacted them about a week ago, they said they'd get back to me, but no contact since then. I'd 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, I'll be more than (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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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 (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Brick museum in Ohio?
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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 (...) (17 years ago, 27-Feb-08, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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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 (17 years ago, 27-Feb-08, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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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 (17 years ago, 27-Feb-08, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) I don't know if this makes a difference but Ebay removed the listing, wonder why? John P (17 years ago, 27-Feb-08, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) Hey Dan, you do realize you are replying to a post from 2005 right? :) (17 years ago, 27-Feb-08, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) Maybe because I posted that on Mon, 24 Jan 2005 (17 years ago, 27-Feb-08, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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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: (URL) (17 years ago, 27-Feb-08, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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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 (17 years ago, 29-Feb-08, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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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 (17 years ago, 29-Feb-08, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) never mind...did not see any dates. We just did that listing about 3 weeks ago. Dan (17 years ago, 29-Feb-08, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Bellaire Ohio Plastic Brick Museum, still going strong!!
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| Home of the world's 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 (...) (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | A Trip Worth Taking!
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| My wife and I met Peter Barth, another IndyLUG member, at Dan Brown’s Toy and Brick Museum in Bellaire, Ohio on Friday April 11 to see what it was all about. Like this post’s title says, it was well worth the trip. I was so impressed that I wanted (...) (17 years ago, 13-Apr-08, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, FTX)
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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 (...) (17 years ago, 17-Apr-08, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, FTX)
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| (...) I stumbled upon this very cool museum a few weeks ago, while traveling for work. They hadn't 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. (...) (1 year ago, 30-May-23, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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