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Re: LEGO museum in Ohio?
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Date: 
Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:56:38 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh, Orion Pobursky wrote:
   In lugnet.loc.us.oh, James Trobaugh wrote:
   In lugnet.loc.us.oh, Adrian Drake wrote:
  
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?


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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  Re: LEGO museum in Ohio?
 
(...) 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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  Re: LEGO museum in Ohio?
 
(...) 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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