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

Just in case it did not register!!!

I am the funny looking guy behind the record!!!

We now hold the official "Guinness Book of World Records, World's Largest LEGO(r) Image"

Which will soon be the "World's Largest Plastic Toy Brick Image"

Splash page for the Brick Show 2008

And so we begin.

We have 3 clubs signed, 2 builders ready, 2 companies on board for showing their wares!! We have over 100 signed up to attend, and 50 for the building contest!!!

This is our splash...it will be all over in the coming weeks!!!

Dan

Special Thanks to Comcast Newsmakers

Coming in April, we have a new sponser.

Comcast Newsmakers has been nice enough to do a special on the Toy and Plastic Brick museum and our upcoming show in Sept. BRICK SHOW 2008

Thanks for giving us the media attention, and a special thanks to Jennifer for helping a business in the Ohio Valley.

Coming in March!!!

Well it is MORE THEN MEETS THE EYES. Here is the personal collection of our pres. herself. THE TRANSFORMERS collection from the 1980s. This is ONLY A SPEC of what we will be showing. We have over 300 figs, INCLUDING THE ORIGINAL MINI BOTS!!!

Official Brick Art by Thomas Main

This was a feature at BrickFest 2003 (cm), and was created by Thomas Main

It will be at the museum in late Feb. for our "Art of Mosiacs" showing.

Included in this will be all the Mosiacs as well as a brand new work of art designed by Brickworkz(tm) and built by my staff. It will replace the San Fran skyline in the World Record Build and be a very cool and VERY well known image. For the Atty. out there, NON TRADE MARK build!!!

hehehe

Dan

Museum has gone batty.

This is one of the new displays at the museum! Come and see this new addition yourself along with some other new attractions!!

Studs up Harry Potter(r) Mosiac

aok, this is a new one for us. We have a stud up Mosiac upstairs, but this is an original LEGO(r). It is framed in a metal frame, and it is a Dithered Mosiac. It looks better through a lense then in person. Or if you step back about 10 feet it looks amazing. This is one of a specific group of promotional Mosiacs.

Dan

Space room additions.

In case you forgot, this is one very cool item we have had for some time. This work of art was created by Nathan Sawaya under license by the LEGO(r) group.

It will be a featured item in the new Space room coming to the museum in March!

Very rare TEST SHOT Collectors item

This is a VERY rare set of a test shot RED GHOST and Black Ghost. Good luck finding any of these in ANY set. They are the rarest of the prototype pieces!!! We now have them in the museum, and they will be added along with some other prototype items in the near future!

Coming to the museum in March!!!

From Eric Sophie the premier MECH builder of our time comes MECH 9, one of the classic MECH pieces known in the universe. This will be one of many of the new space items in the museum!!!

Come and see our space room grow!

New greeter at the museum. Gurgi was not doing his job.

As I said, in 2008 we are making some changes. Gurgi was not doing his job well. So he has been put out to pasture as our greeter.

So with our new built cash register in hand, we now show you our new greeter. Say "hi" to our new greeter....Buddy the Elf.

Exclusive set from The Toy Museum

We are working on the 1st run of the soon to be VERY POPULAR World Record Truck.

I have some information on it, but it will be coming out in the coming weeks. Pre-orders are being taken now. I am awaiting confirm from Guiness(r) on the Logo usages, or we would be selling the set now.

I will keep you posted on other exclusive models.

We have our approval from Guinness!!!

Option for Claim ID 197477
Congratulations! Your record has been approved and a certificate has been sent to the address provided in your profile. The current record for "Largest LEGO ® image" is:The largest LEGO® image in the world measured 80.84 m² (870.15 ft²) and was made by The Toy Museum during August 2007 in Bellaire, Ohio, USA, and was measured on 24 October 2007.

The Brick Festival dates. Sept 5th, 6th, 7th

We are trying to get the BRICKFEST name now, but we had to begin scheduling the BRICK FESTIVAL for Sept. 2008 in OHIO!!!

Check out the exclusive sight

www.brickshow2008.com

New unique bricks in the museum

To the right is the WORLDs smallest ACTUAL LEGO(r) 2x4 brick.

Also to show size it is next to a nickle!!

Then we have a REAL LEGO(r) Gold brick. This is one from Denmark.

Was given to an employee during the 50th party. Now it resides in the

Museum in Bellaire OHIO.

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.