Plastic toy and brick museum

[Josh]

Has anyone ever been there? It’s only ~90 minutes away down near wheeling (Belair, Oh).

http://danstoymuseum.blogspot.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWTel5ln6iA&feature=related

I’m thinking a group field trip is in order at some point.

[Tim]

Yes, I went there last year.  It is very interesting and has some really nice large scale creations.  We should road trip there for one of our meetings.

[Paul Boratko]

I have bought parts from them in the past.. They asked me to donate one of my cars to their museum.. I might give them one of my 69 camaro models…

[Greg Schubert]

I went a few years ago.  Dan Brown gave me and my family a personal tour of the place!  Of course it was February and no on other visitors wer there.  He has a lot of stuff to see and yes much of it is way too big for the average person’s home.  I used to get a lot of parts from him, but his store has not come up very often on my searches it the last two years.

[Dan Brown]

Good morning, and thank you for the invite.  Yes, I still sell LEGO but not as much as I used it.  I took my career back a few years ago to “pay the bills”, and I have not been as active as I used to be.

 

http://www.brickmuseum.net is still up and running and I have branched out to Facebook as well (I am a MOD for another site there).

 

While I still have limited involvement in the bricklink store, that mostly runs now as a clearing house for the excess material on the collection (and we have some serious excess).

The collection is still growing.  I invest around 10-15% of my income into the museum weekly now.  And the models and new toys are amazing!  I am also looking at better ways to communicate and promote the museum nationally.  We were just on a episode of Shipping Wars, and I am hoping for some more national exposure.

The museum was a platform for my retirement.  And I am currently 44 years old, so I am way ahead of the curve.

So I plan to let it move along as it is for a few years, then I will “get the itch” again and I will be building up a storm!

Dan Brown

[Zemata]

Hell yeah I’d be down to take a trip there if you all go.   Looks like a great place!

[Josh]

Dan Brown wrote:

Good morning, and thank you for the invite. Yes, I still sell LEGO but not as much as I used it. I took my career back a few years ago to “pay the bills”, and I have not been as active as I used to be. http://www.brickmuseum.net is still up and running and I have branched out to Facebook as well (I am a MOD for another site there). While I still have limited involvement in the bricklink store, that mostly runs now as a clearing house for the excess material on the collection (and we have some serious excess). The collection is still growing. I invest around 10-15% of my income into the museum weekly now. And the models and new toys are amazing! I am also looking at better ways to communicate and promote the museum nationally. We were just on a episode of Shipping Wars, and I am hoping for some more national exposure. The museum was a platform for my retirement. And I am currently 44 years old, so I am way ahead of the curve. So I plan to let it move along as it is for a few years, then I will “get the itch” again and I will be building up a storm! Dan Brown

Thanks for stopping by, Dan!  What’s the name of the bricklink store now?  We’ll get a group organized in the spring to come check it out!

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