{"id":381,"date":"2008-12-01T21:03:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-01T21:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brickbuildr.com\/index.php\/2008\/12\/01\/brickshow-2008\/"},"modified":"2018-04-08T19:48:23","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T00:48:23","slug":"brickshow-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brickbuildr.com\/index.php\/2008\/12\/01\/brickshow-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Brickshow 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nBrickshow2 068<\/a>
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Despite the controversy and personality behind the Toy and Plastic Brick Museum<\/a>, I really admire the work Dan Brown has put into getting the museum off the ground. I met Dan when he first approached COLTC<\/a> to create some displays for his museum. Dan’s background was in corporate salvaging. Up until then, Dan had been collecting retired LEGO models used in various LEGO stores & roadshows. The LEGO group sold Dan many broken models, and with Dan’s love for the hobby, he hired several individuals to help restore them.<\/p>\n

Dan had also bought a retired school building in Bellaire, OH — he’s spent hundreds of thousands of dollars (and the last few years) bringing the museum up to code; and hundreds more making it all legit both with local authorities & with TLG.<\/p>\n

As an observer, I’ve thought that several of Dan’s ideas & approaches with regards to the LEGO community has been bass-ackwards. Then again, Dan was running a business, not mayor of a community. But even from a business perspective, his approach seems unpolished and a little bite-the-hand-that-feeds him. However, his perseverance is paying off… earlier this year, Dan announced Brickshow 2008<\/a> on the heals of BrickFair in DC. And without much fanfare, he’s release some of the first pictures from it on Flickr<\/a>. The building is looking better, the rooms\/displays look good, the turn-out looks small, but for the most part, it looks like a museum.<\/p>\n\n

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