Bellaire OHIO's Toy and Plastic Brick Museum

BRAND NEW to the Unofficial LEGO Museum

2012-01-05T05:39:00.003-05:00

This Hagrid is HUGE. Come on down and see it for yourself.

2012-01-05T05:33:00.006-05:00

New Duck Pond made of LEGO.

New LEGO display for the museum

2012-01-05T05:33:00.005-05:00

This is a very rare Mushroom house.

Now on display at the Unofficial LEGO(r) Museum.

We have our Bellaire, Ohio version of this statue!

2011-12-25T04:43:00.002-05:00

In case you did not know, Dora Diego and Boots are here!

2011-09-20T19:02:00.002-04:00

Welcome to the Toy and Plastic Brick Museum. The home to Dora, Diego and Boots! They were touring the museum today!

Some new pics of the work being done!

2011-09-20T18:56:00.002-04:00

LEGO Death Match 2011!

2011-08-15T19:53:00.003-04:00

If you saw it, WOW. If you missed it. SHAME ON YOU!

LEGO Death Match 2011. AWESOME!

Coming to the Unofficial LEGO Museum in Bellaire, OHIO

2011-07-24T09:01:00.004-04:00

This model was paid for by a grant donated to the Toy and Plastic Brick Museum by Sam Kazemeini. Thank you Sam for the new KING SAM model.

New to the museum LIMITED EDITION LEGO SET 6500

2011-07-16T08:06:00.002-04:00

This is a oddity among LEGO sets. There are only 1000 of these. They were made as a "facebook fan write in set". Enjoy the Shinkai 6500 Submarine.

Newest addition to the museum!

2011-07-13T13:44:00.002-04:00

This is a model from a LEGO employee! Looking forward to getting some more history on him!

A loss of one of our visitors.

2011-07-09T23:56:00.004-04:00

Sadly Mary (plucky husband Steve shown in the picture above) passed away from breast cancer last year. She will be missed. Thank you for being part of our legacy.

http://pluckysurvivors.com/roadtrip/plucky_2009/day07.htm

Had a famous guest over the weekend!

2011-06-20T12:39:00.002-04:00

I hope he enjoyed our 'little gem' of a museum in Ohio! I was at Brick World during his visit. I always miss the fun stuff. Dan Brown www.brickmuseum.net

Direct from the program Trading Spaces, Jason Kidd made from LEGO.

2011-06-11T13:28:00.003-04:00

We got this from the Kid's room. No not Jason Kidd, but the kid whose room was made over in LEGO. Jason Kidd's statue was shown on the program Trading Spaces, and now is home in the Unofficial LEGO(r) museum in Bellaire, OHIO.

New to the Unofficial LEGO museum. BABAR the elephant!

2011-06-02T10:16:00.004-04:00

This was made in 1993. It has been sitting in the lobby of the Yale New Haven Children's Hospital. Babar is now in his new home at The Toy and Plastic Brick Museum in Bellaire, OHIO. Will upload more pics of us moving this huge model in the next few days!

LEGO Atlas in 14ft scale!

2011-05-19T21:42:00.002-04:00

This new artwork was done by a local artist Mandy Moore for the Toy and Plastic Brick Museum. Those are 7ft large scale bricks!

LEGO cannon now in the Unofficial LEGO(r) Museum

2011-05-18T16:22:00.002-04:00

This cute little model is now in the Unofficial LEGO(r) Museum in Bellaire, OHIO

Now in the Unofficial LEGO Museum. Hagrid!

2011-05-16T12:39:00.004-04:00

This unique, one of a kind model was made by a professional builder for a friend. He is now home in the Unofficial LEGO(r) Museum in Bellaire, OHIO. This model is a bit special! If you look close there are numbers on the bricks! From what I have been told those numbers were used to count the bricks and then upscale the model!

NEW Lego Polar Bear. 10 on the CUTE SCALE!

2011-05-08T09:55:00.002-04:00

This is an incoming models for the Unofficial LEGO(r) Museum. This little polar bear is coming home to the Toy and Plastic Brick Museum.

Sara Defehr in the Unofficial LEGO Museum.

2011-04-30T08:48:00.004-04:00

During the later parts of her life she built with LEGO. Her collection was thought lost until her family found the Toy and Plastic Brick Museum in Bellaire Ohio.

Her room is almost complete!

This is the only known video of her building.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7ztgSC56c4

New LEGO Policeman

2011-04-22T18:46:00.002-04:00

Landing in 2 weeks!

2011-04-22T17:06:00.001-04:00

This 7ft tall Woody from Toy Story will be in the museum and will be on the road with us going to shows in May, 2011-

For the 1st time in over 10 years LEGO SOCCER CITY

2011-03-26T15:00:00.003-04:00

This is the 1st time in over 10 years that both sections of the famed SOCCER CITY have been in the same place at the same time.

Enjoy!

Wooden LEGO Toys on display!

2011-03-26T13:20:00.003-04:00

New to the Unofficial LEGO museum.

These rare wooden toys are now on display for a limited time.

New General Store in the Western Room.

2011-03-26T13:16:00.002-04:00

New to the Unofficial LEGO Museum

This is our new Western Room General Store.

A dragon rebuilt!

2011-03-05T06:08:00.003-05:00

This little guy was damaged by an overactive kid at the museum! We had a guest builder in this week Mike from PennLUG. He kindly rebuilt the little guy for all of your enjoyment! Thanks Mike!

LEGO based Giraffe now in the Unofficial LEGO Museum!

2010-12-24T05:24:00.002-05:00

On Dec 28th we will have a Giraffe Building event.

This 10ft tall creation will be at the museum along with the builder who made him.

Come and see this new addition to the museum!

NOW IN HOUSE AND SETUP! Comes and see the newest addition to the UNOFFICIAL LEGO MUSEUM!

New models at the museum.

2010-12-23T05:34:00.003-05:00

These are two models from a very large collection.

Come on over and see the new models. Now on display at the Toy and Plastic Brick Museum.

How do you measure up to a 7ft tall LEGO basketball player?

2010-12-16T04:13:00.002-05:00

Downstairs we have MANY models, but this 7ft tall basketball player is one of the most popular!

Scooby Doobie Doo and friends too!

2010-12-16T04:12:00.005-05:00

In the ONLY LEGO(r) based museum in the world, we have some fun friends!

Small spiderman at the museum

2010-12-13T18:30:00.001-05:00

This is a small scale replica of a LARGER THEN LIFE SPIDERMAN!

Now at the museum!!!

2010-12-12T07:19:00.000-05:00

Come and see the AMAZING LEGOLAND replica of the White House. This is a 6ft replica of the main building in Washington. Made by LEGO professionals at LEGOLAND.

PennLUG Mike and Darth!!!

2010-12-12T01:30:00.000-05:00

Your guess is as good as mine. Who is taller?? During our recent event one of the AFOLs had a "who is bigger" contest! I still think Darth is, but that is for you to decide! (Mike was on his tippie toes maybe?? hehehe)

8ft Mini-fig...well maybe Maxi-fig!

2010-12-11T23:19:00.000-05:00

One of only 8 known to exist, this tall 8ft Maxi-fig is standing guard in the back hallway! Favorite pic spot!

Coming to the museum!!!

2010-12-10T20:01:00.000-05:00

This is a new McDonalds display for the museum! Will go nice with our Batman(tm) section!

Cactus "bob" made of LEGO products!

2010-12-10T07:58:00.000-05:00

This is a trophy made of LEGO.

Cactus "Bob" is now in the museum for you to see!

Mt. Rushmore.

2010-12-07T07:43:00.000-05:00

Brickshow1 048, originally uploaded by clarity2199.

This is a 50 plate Mosiac designed by BrickWorkz. The sky detail is AMAZING!

Come see it in person!

Blimey, its a CROC!

2010-12-02T20:00:00.000-05:00

This is a new store display for the museum!

New LEGO recycle program now available.

2010-11-14T14:12:00.000-05:00

We have opened a new LEGO recycle program.

Since we have massive storage space available to us, and we have all the tools to use and/or dispose of ABS plastic correctly! We have opened a new recycle program;

http://www.legorecycle.com

LEGO Enterprise, beam me up Scotty!

2010-10-03T07:30:00.002-04:00

New to the museum is a LEGO built enterprise.

Currently hanging in the masters room for all to enjoy!

Items from a LEGOLAND collection.

2010-08-14T08:26:00.000-04:00

We are always looking for unique items to add to our collection.

We found a person who collects LEGOLAND items.

Here they are for the Bellaire Ohio Toy and Plastic Brick Museum

More items from a LEGOLAND collection

2010-08-14T07:31:00.000-04:00

More item now in the Toy and Plastic Brick Museum in Bellaire, OHIO.

More items from a LEGOLAND collection

2010-08-14T07:29:00.000-04:00

These are more new items to the Toy and Plastic Brick Museum

BRICK SHOW 2010

2010-08-13T16:55:00.003-04:00

August 13th-15th BRICK SHOW 2010.

World's TALLEST tower made of LEGO

8683 mini figures, WE HAVE THEM ALL!

2010-06-24T18:50:00.001-04:00

Come on down. We have them ALL.

Complete sets available at our gift shop.

VERY LIMITED ADDITION FIGURE, get them while they are here!

Preview of "The Machine"

2010-06-05T12:43:00.003-04:00

Aok, the story goes like this.

Legs come in grey.
Get painted.
Go to the body install area
If they are not good figs, they go into the fire pit
Heads get put on (grey ones)
Heads get pulled back off (gotta love it)
Heads get painted yellow
Heads go "in one ear, and out the other", and get smileys
Heads go back on the figs
Hats go on the figs
Figs go into "The Machine"
Big figs come out!

You tube video of THE WORLD RECORD BUILD!

2010-05-23T10:41:00.001-04:00

This is video from The World Record build from 2007! Enjoy. The final product is in our basement to this day. Come and see it at The Toy and Plastic Brick Museum!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDHHdIyhE5s

Mandy makes the Castle room come alive!

2010-05-17T16:50:00.001-04:00

And we have Mandy, one heck of a graphic artist! I cannot draw to save my life, but this lady can paint...and she has! 2 rooms down! 2 to go!

Building THE MACHINE!

2010-05-17T16:48:00.001-04:00

One of the new rooms in the museum will be Dex lab and THE MACHINE.

Here is a pre-lim pic of the machine!

Reminder of what was done!

2010-05-08T00:46:00.003-04:00

During the 2007 show we broke a world record!

During the 2010 show we will break another one!

Come and join us!

New book in the museum!

2010-04-23T22:14:00.003-04:00

LEGO a love story is now at the museum! Come and grab your copy now!

A must for ANY LEGO lover!

New upstairs for the MUSEUM!

2010-04-17T07:11:00.002-04:00

This is the original collection from the original plans for the museum! Upstairs has been converted to a major pile of VERY cool toys! Everything you can imagine, and more! Come and enjoy the LEGO elements and non LEGO elements alike!

Now something for everyone! And ever expanding!

And more pictures from the NEW UPSTAIRS!

2010-04-17T07:07:00.005-04:00

Here are some of the new pics!

Bellaire Football comes to the Museum!

2010-01-28T10:54:00.002-05:00

Bellaire Big Red's Football comes to the Bellaire Ohio Toy and Plastic Brick Museum.

This one a kind LEGO made Football is made in original brown!

New models for the museum!

2010-01-17T18:16:00.003-05:00

Even during a $$ downturn there are new models coming in for the museum! Come on down and say hi to "Starkist the dolphin"

New figs in the museum and online!

2010-01-10T17:52:00.000-05:00

http://www.brickstore.net

New figures in the museum as well!

We have;

"Bandit" (above), "Biker Chick", "Mutant", "Killer" (above), "Little Pirate", "Terminator" (freekin cool by the way), "Alien", "Enforcer" (above), "King of Pop (above)", and many others.

Come and see our new fig wall assortment!

FUND RAISER!!!

2010-01-10T16:45:00.000-05:00

We are doing our yearly fund raiser! Buy a button and support the museum! Orders taken at toymuseum@hotmail.com

or

http://www.BrickLink.com/store.asp?p=warehouse&itemID=15988293

SR-71 Blackbird arrives safe in Bellaire, OHIO

2009-12-24T18:56:00.001-05:00

Super FIG wall in place!

2009-12-11T05:10:00.000-05:00

The long awaiting SUPER FIG WALL is now in place. Just in time for X-Mas! We also have a pile of sets awaiting your stocking stuffer needs. Feel free to come down and pickup (no tour needed). Just ask to go to the gift shop.

Molly Shannon's Mosiac is now in house.

2009-09-24T08:21:00.002-04:00

LEGO Mosaic Designed And Made By Molly Shannon And Her Daughter

We won this at a LEGOLAND auction. Enjoy.

Brick by the pound wall!!! Bring it on!

2009-08-19T18:55:00.002-04:00

aok, Ohio now has brick by the pound! Come and get it!

Fig wall, very cool stuff!!!

2009-08-19T18:52:00.002-04:00

We have GOT THEM, Taun tauns are in house!

2009-08-01T22:33:00.001-04:00

Gift Shop UPDATE!!!

2009-08-01T12:43:00.002-04:00

Aok for August you will have some new things in the gift shop;

Brick by the LB! Yes, that is brick by the pound! Come on down and see the HUGE assortment. Over 300lb and growing EVERY DAY!!!

Also our new fig wall is up! It is SWEET! Grab up the Batman, Skeletons, Sponge Bob and other figs! Also a TON of Star Wars figs as well!

Have a great one, and as always make sure you ask about our weekly specials!

Masters room, say Hi to Bill.

2009-06-11T23:21:00.004-04:00

Bill was a LEGO employee that helped us get the museum off the ground. So now he is our very own Master Builder!

More goodies at the museum!

2009-06-11T23:14:00.003-04:00

Here are the gamblers at the museum!!! Story goes we were building the museum and one of our clubs (PENNLUG) did not like my LEGO cards! So they built their own! Add in some whisky bottles and you have a cool display!

One of a kind collection! NOW IN THE MUSEUM

2009-05-10T09:00:00.000-04:00

IMG_1128 (2), originally uploaded by clarity2199.

There were only 100 made of each of these! Rare enough on their own, but we found a complete collection of these VERY RARE LEGO Toby Jugs. These items were made in Australia by the Australian Lego Model Team. This is the only known complete collection of these rare items.

In house NOW!

Western Room

2009-05-02T07:58:00.003-04:00

One of my favorites is the crossed eyed horse in the Western Room!

Mission from Mars room

2009-05-02T07:57:00.003-04:00

Spooky, creepy and other wise just plain cool. The Mission from Mars room is off the hook!.

Now a 501c3!!!

2009-02-01T08:47:00.000-05:00

Our federal paperwork just came back.

We are now a 501c3 under the federal guidelines.

Feel free to contact us via email about donations and our up and coming projects.

This year we will (drum role please);

"World's Longest Structure made from LEGO(r)", we are working on the designs now, but it will be "The great wall of America".

Please feel free to contact us via email (toymuseum@hotmail.com) for building, donation, and planning details. We will also be doing a monthly newsletter starting in April/May on the project.

The gang is all here.

2009-01-05T07:42:00.001-05:00

Brickshow2 010, originally uploaded by clarity2199.

If you can see it, you can build it. These prototype models were made by the LEGO group under contract.

This could be you!

2009-01-05T07:39:00.001-05:00

Brickshow3 042, originally uploaded by clarity2199.

Pictures last a lifetime at the Toy and Plastic Brick Museum.

We have MANY picture moments at the museum!

Brick Store to you

2009-01-01T09:46:00.001-05:00

Brickshow3 001, originally uploaded by clarity2199.

Order online and sets will be delivered to your house via person (20 mile radius) or in the mail.

Support your local Toy and Plastic Brick Museum.

Over 1 million elements available to you, Thousands of mini figs, Hundreds of sets.

http://www.brickstore.net

Bellaire BIG Reds have a new player

2009-01-01T09:44:00.001-05:00

Brickshow3 027, originally uploaded by clarity2199.

Say Hi to Dirk! He stands 7ft tall, and he is the newest Bellaire Big Red!

Made from over 20,000 FLESH Colored bricks (not available!), he is a sight to see.

World Record LEGO Build, "No clowing around"

2009-01-01T09:42:00.001-05:00

Brickshow3 079, originally uploaded by clarity2199.

We are not clowing around. 2 WORLD RECORDS under our belt!

Our new professional builder

2009-01-01T09:37:00.001-05:00

IMG_0445, originally uploaded by clarity2199.

Straight from Alaska, this builder built this HUGE Monster at Brick Show 2008.

It is now on display at the museum!

Newset Mosiac

2009-01-01T09:35:00.001-05:00

IMG_0448, originally uploaded by clarity2199.

This was created AT Brick Show 2009 by Brian Korte and the public. Very cool Mosiac which will be part of the "Kings Court"

Link to the Brick Show 2008 pics!!!

2008-11-21T07:35:00.000-05:00

They are HUGE!!! So we had to host them off the blog site!

Mars keeps fit during obese times.

2008-11-21T07:23:00.000-05:00

The population of earth is going in the other direction. But on Mars they are keeping up the weight lifting to keep their poundage down.

Mars pictures, life on mars??

2008-11-21T07:22:00.000-05:00

Plastica, The band made from LEGO bricks

2008-11-21T07:15:00.000-05:00

This band has adorned our stage since we opened. Its long trip to Bellaire, OH was filled with twists and turns! Also alot of repairs were needed!

It is one of the best parts of the collection. Enjoy.

Black lit space room!!!

2008-11-21T07:12:00.000-05:00

For those of you who have been to the museum you know about the black lit room! For those of you on the fence, this is one of the coolest rooms in the museum!!!

Coke sign made of LEGO

2008-11-14T22:36:00.003-05:00

Made by Jason Burik.

Displayed at the NCAA Final 4

1,800 Blocks 36" x 12"

Bonsai tree made of LEGO

2008-11-14T22:32:00.002-05:00

This very cool tree was made by Jason Burik.

World Record build 2008

2008-11-04T02:43:00.002-05:00

Here are some pictures of the world record build 2008. Just so you understand the scale of this thing, it takes up an entire classroom at the school!!!

Back part of the HUGE Yellow castle.

2008-11-04T01:50:00.000-05:00

During our winter months we will be completing the "fill" portion of the castle.

Our plan is to have you entire the kingdom and see it in the "round". Enjoy these pre-lim pictures. It only gets bigger and better in person!

Now 7 LEGO MEN exist!!!

2008-10-31T09:52:00.005-04:00

1st one is in Enfield, CT at the LEGO US Headquarters

2nd-5th are at the museum in Bellaire, OH

6th washed up on shore in the netherlands

7th is now in England

We have HEAT! Open Winter hours!!!

2008-10-18T14:01:00.000-04:00

Our 2.9 million FURNACE is now up and running!!!

Built by Nathan Sawaya....World Record boat made of LEGO

2008-10-08T20:57:00.002-04:00

And now we have 3.

World Largest Image made of LEGO (Guinness Record)
World Largest Castle made of LEGO
2005 World's Largest Boat made of LEGO

Just got back from Seattle (yup, drove over 2000 miles!!!), this will be in the museum during our artist days of Nov!!! Come by and see this MONSTER CREATION in person!!! It is as big as it looks!!!

Dan

Zoo in the museum

2008-09-10T09:28:00.002-04:00

For those of you who have not been to the museum. I present "The Zoo in the Museum"

feel free to watch the monkey's eyes!!! Very cool effect in person!

Dan

Our New Mascot!!!

2008-09-10T08:10:00.002-04:00

For all of you at the show;

You know the talent of this future Master Builder

For all of you just checking us out;

Now this is REAL art work. Built from memory in 4 days with thousands of elements. I bring you our new Mascot. I call him Bill.

Brick Show 2008 is OVER!!!

2008-09-07T22:24:00.003-04:00

And as quick as it began, BRICK SHOW 2008 is done!!!

Special thanks to my ARMY of builders!!!

We are NOW THE HOME TO the WORLD'S LARGEST CASTLE MADE OF LEGO!

Official measurements next week, as well as we will be putting in the display...get this;

OVER 1.4 MILLION bricks worth of displays made by MY KID ARMY!!!
Over 2100 figs
1 MASSIVE Kings Court Mosiac
Bionicle ARMY

This puppy is HUGE!!! I am sure you will be seeing pics, and made sure to order your pic CD, and tee shirt (we have a number of them left at 7.00 ea!!!)

Once again we have made history!!!

Dan Brown

New in the Museum, Girl made of LEGO

2008-08-21T06:20:00.003-04:00

Very cool item, as with the LEGO boy as well. She has very special hands. They can grab items due to a very neat trick with the fingers.

New plaque coming to the museum!!!

2008-08-20T21:16:00.004-04:00

Not here yet, but come see it after Brick Show!!!

Duanes bridge comin' to the museum

2008-08-20T21:13:00.002-04:00

Yea, thats me with the bridge. Never knew it would be coming to the museum a few months later!!!

Oh well...Check it out in person at Brick Show 2008!!!

Dan

Lobster Fest 2008 pic II at the museum

2008-07-08T03:46:00.002-04:00

Lobster Fest 2008 at the museum!

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Biggum FROG!

2008-07-08T03:44:00.002-04:00

Add to the goat a Frog and you have one heck of a model!

Name the goat contest!!!

2008-07-08T03:42:00.002-04:00

aok, this is our newest addition. We are running a "NAME THE GOAT" contest. Please submit your entries to toymuseum@hotmail.com

You will get a plaque with your name on it in the museum and online "cudos" for naming the life goat!

Picture of the "Circle of Life"

2008-07-07T22:24:00.004-04:00

aok as my story goes.

The Rabbits eat the carrots
The The Rabbits are eaten by the Chupacabra (above them)
The Chupacabra gets eaten by the lion next to him

and of course Garfield is the top of EVERY food chain!

Dan

BIG Duplo Rhino

2008-07-07T22:21:00.002-04:00

He is HUGE, and he likes to play baseball!!!