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Didn't realize a 'toy hall of fame' existed. The region spanning from Upstate NY to northeast Ohio sure is the national mecca for halls of fame, even given the departure of soccer's for Texas from Oneonta some years back....
Didn't realize a 'toy hall of fame' existed. The region spanning from Upstate NY to northeast Ohio sure is the national mecca for halls of fame, even given the departure of soccer's for Texas from Oneonta some years back....
The Strong Museum is one of the best childrens museum in the country. It's also for adults, and they also have the Video Game Hall of Fame which is appropiate as so many gamers are trained at RIT. I also notice the Buffalo childrens museum seems to be copying many aspects of the Strong Museum of Play.
The Strong Museum is one of the best childrens museum in the country. It's also for adults, and they also have the Video Game Hall of Fame which is appropiate as so many gamers are trained at RIT. I also notice the Buffalo childrens museum seems to be copying many aspects of the Strong Museum of Play.
Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if they are/have--I know of the Strong Museum of Play's reputation. 'Explore & More' was originally located in East Aurora before opening at Canalside, as far as I know, but I assume the new downtown location is much larger and could therefore be more of an imitation SMoP.
ETA--just googled Explore & More, and apparently it occupied 6,000 square feet while in EA, while it now occupies 43,000 square feet in downtown Buffalo. So...much more room to potentially imitate the standard-bearer here, heh.
Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if they are/have--I know of the Strong Museum of Play's reputation. 'Explore & More' was originally located in East Aurora before opening at Canalside, as far as I know, but I assume the new downtown location is much larger and could therefore be more of an imitation SMoP.
ETA--just googled Explore & More, and apparently it occupied 6,000 square feet while in EA, while it now occupies 43,000 square feet in downtown Buffalo. So...much more room to potentially imitate the standard-bearer here, heh.
If you ever get a chance to visit The Strong, specifically the Happiest Hour events are a lot of fun. They are after normal hours, adult only and the entire museum is open.
As JWRocks mentions, the Video Game Hall of Fame is also at the Strong. And there is an exciting expansion happening right now with a good portion of the expansion targeting Video Games. They are going to have some sort of a walk through video game immersive experience. I can't wait to see what they come up.
If you ever get a chance to visit The Strong, specifically the Happiest Hour events are a lot of fun. They are after normal hours, adult only and the entire museum is open.
As JWRocks mentions, the Video Game Hall of Fame is also at the Strong. And there is an exciting expansion happening right now with a good portion of the expansion targeting Video Games. They are going to have some sort of a walk through video game immersive experience. I can't wait to see what they come up.
I am definitely partial to matchbox cars making considering I still have dozens of them from my childhood.
I, too, had DOZENS of Matchbox cars, trucks, gas stations and fire houses, when I was pretty young. When the "slot car craze" hit my area, when I was about 13-14, I sold the Matchbox collection to finance the slot cars....
I every single series 1 Matchbox toy (75 total) with the steel wheels, original box and my mother gave them away. We used to buy them for $.25 at the United Cigar stores in Toronto. Those were the days.
I every single series 1 Matchbox toy (75 total) with the steel wheels, original box and my mother gave them away. We used to buy them for $.25 at the United Cigar stores in Toronto. Those were the days.
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