:____"Unofficial LEGO® Museum of the Ohio Valley"___

Brick Show 2008 is OVER!!!

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

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!!!

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

Duanes bridge comin' to the museum

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

Lobster Fest 2008 at the museum!

Biggum FROG!

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

Name the goat contest!!!

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"

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

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

Better pic of my Storming the keep!!!

This is a MUCH better pic of my "Storming the Keep"

And our car took first place...FEEL THE BURN!!!

And then there was our car. 1st place!!! Congrats on our team!

Now showing in the Plastic Brick Museum Scoobie and Company!!!

They may only be 20in tall, but the gang is coming to the museum in May.

Bring out your Scooby hats, and come visit the Mystery Gang at the museum

Clown made of LEGO

We just unpacked one clown, and now we have another (no offense to all the clowns running around out there!!!)

This is another 4ft fig. Come and see the new clown (not me by the way) near the zoo!!!

Dan

New Baseball player in the house.

This little model is from the UK. He makes a fine addition to the museum!

And a word from our founder!!!

Welcome to my dream. The ONLY LEGO based museum in the world. We are

http://www.brickstore.net
http://www.brickmuseum.net and soon http://www.plasticbrickmuseum.net/ / .com

During the past few months we have been getting advice from people on any problems we have been facing in the tourism market!

One of the main problems we faced was the name change game. Due to legal reasons that has been all over the place! We are now 100% secure, and approved for;

Toy and Plastic Brick Museum

In 2009 we will have a fluid campaign to advertise this.Our business model includes you, the MOC builder;We plan to have the following happen in 2009;

Continue to build the PBM Collection
Continue to feature LEGO builders in the museum
Continue to grow

New to 2010;

We are planning to open the new Dex lab
We are planning to open the new Lion's Den
We are planning to open the new Canadian room!
We are continuing to improve the museum and add to the "Toy and" portion weekly as well.

New to 2009;

We are planning a mass build of sets.
We are hoping to have one of each of the sets from 1970-date in house by 2010.
This means sorting, planning, building,and a bunch of effort from the community and staff to make this happen.
We are going to be working on the building during the winter and getting it more"green friendly". A 100yr old school is not very heat/cooling friendly!!!
We plan to complete the "Water Room" as well as the "Creators Lab".
These will be 2 new theme rooms coming to the museum as well.

We are now looking for a grant writer!!!
So if that is you please contact us.
We are now looking for a IPO business planner for future offerings for the for profit side of the business.
Again if that is you please contact us

Our contact information is;

Toy and Plastic Brick Museum
4597 Noble St.Bellaire, OH 43906
1-740-671-8890
http://www.brickmuseum.net/
toymuseum@hotmail.com

And again thanks to all the AFOLs that have made 2007 and 2008 great years for the ONLY LEGO based museum in the world!

Dan Brown founder

Special thanks section.

I cannot say it enough. So I am adding it to the website.

I would like to add special thanks to the following. I may have missed some people, so send me an E-Mail if you think you need to be on this list. The people and groups involved in the creation of the museum have made it a place I am proud of. I am hoping you will too when you come here.

Zondra from The Soccer Hall of Fame.
Bob from VP Productions.
Chrissy and Don Carter "getting the beast under control"
Larry Courtwright "Get 'er done"
Mandy Moore, the current "Wild Child"
Jon Bender for his new book "LEGO; a Love Story", will put us on the map!
Carol Brown, "getting it done"
COLTC especially Carol from Coltc. She put in the extra effort when needed and was a VERY welcome builder when needed.
Big Larry. Without you the place would be cruddy!
My tour guides. What a great group of people! A wonderful addition to the museum
PENNLUG...you guys ROCK!!
Eric Harshbarger...you started it all. With your crayons in the Strong Museum as well as allowing me to get your collection. People are AMAZED at your work...keep it up!
The Village of Bellaire. Local support was paramount to the sucess of the museum. THANKS!
The AFOLs. (adult fans of LEGO). Your continued support makes the museum a fun place.
Bill from The LEGO(r) group. Thanks for believing in me when no-one else would. This is not only my legacy but yours as well. With the last of the hand built models in our facility you helped make it happen!
The LEGO(r) group. Amazing people doing amazing "stuff" on a daily basis.
LEGOLAND(r) CA. When we were down, they came to help. Thanks guys. The addition to the museum was AWSOME.

I would like to add a generic but important note;

I would like to extent thanks to all the people who drove here, donated time and material to the museum, and made me feel good when things seemed overwhelming. It was a huge undertaking to complete the project. Without all of you I would not have kept going in the face of defeat.

A heart felt thanks.

Dan Brown founder Bellaire Historic Society and Toy and Plastic Brick Museum.