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Penang Toy Museum - A Place For Fun & Laughter
Inspiring Creativity at Penang
Toy Museum
Toy may be
children best friend, but when you talk about large museums that are
filled with hundreds of thousands of toys - it is no more a
child’s play.
Reputed as the largest of its kind in the world, the Museum house over
100,000
toys, dolls and others fun collectibles. It has also entered Malaysia
Book of Records
as the first toy museum in the country and with the largest toy and
figurine
collection.
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Passion for toys
is where it all begins, says the proud owner Loh Lean Cheng of his
collections. He was inspired
with toys collection after visiting the London Toy and Model Museum at
the age of 19.
For the past 30 years - Starting from the first toy that he bought in
1973 at 0.5 pound (Popeye), his
collection just keeps on growing & growing. Today, almost
everything that you ever think of (on toys) can be
found here.
The 650 sq m.
museum are located in Jalan Tanjung Bungah,just in front Copthorne
Orchid Hotel. Pretty easy to find if you just follows the
road that are heading towards Batu Ferringhi.
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Inside, the
museum is divided into few categories that consist of:
- Chamber of Horror
- Chamber of
Monsters
- Chamber of
Fantasy
- Chamber of Comic
Book Heroes
- Cave of Dinosaurs
- Fields of Combat
- Hall of Virtual
Reality
- Hall of Rock
Legends
- Hall of
Celebrities
- Halls of Cartoons
- Hall of Beauties.
- Star Wars
Collections
- & More...
According
to Mr. Loh, some of his toys come from a rare limited edition that he
acquired during his traveling around the world. One of the most
expensive
collections that he has is the 1.8m-tall Gundam robot from Japan, which
cost about
RM9, 000.
When you walk around certain section of the Penang Toy Museum, you'll
get to
experience chilling voices, weird sound and motion effects triggered by
motion
sensors that are installed to enhance the atmosphere of the
surrounding. The wall
of the museum is creatively decorated with the famous ancient Egyptian
monument
such as the Great Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza. Picture's below
tells a thousand words. And if you still want more, click
here to see video version of the museum.
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| A Bug's Life |
Barbie Dolls |
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| Dinasour
Collection |
Doraemon |
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| Fantastic Four |
Garfield |
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| Japanese Doll |
Ninja Turtle |
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| House of Horror |
House of Horror |
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| Sleepy Hollow |
Smack Down |
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| Snow White |
Spiderman |
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| Superman |
World War
Collection |
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| X Men |
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Visitors who
have been to Penang Toy Museum are pretty much happy and satisfied
with what they see.
- A Doctor from
Singapore Mr. Kumar who
brought his family of 5 to the
museum conclude that it
is a great place where by adult and children can
experience the finest
collection of toys which are very rare. The sound effect
triggered by the sensors really
freaks me, he says beamingly.
- A housewife from
K.L Madam Gan who
went together with her children's says
that it's interesting
& amazing to know that - How her young children are able
to recognize the
cartoon characters they usually see from the movies.
- An Architect
from Thailand said - The
exhibition is a treasury of toy
masterpiece representing the
most beautiful toys in the world.
- A group of
children who came here
from a tour organize by schools just
enjoys what they see in
the museum. It's an unforgettable experience for
many of them.
There
will more toys collection to be added, according to the museum owner
who
received a healthy 1000 ~ 2000 visitors per day.
And with so many people flocking to his museum, looks like his passion
for toys did
bear fruits. Don't you agree?
Opening Hour :
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Open daily from
9:00 am to 9:00 pm including weekends & Public Holidays.
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Getting There :
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Penang Toy
Museum is located at Jalan Tanjung Bungah in front of Copthorne
Orchid Hotel. You can drive (FREE parking) or take a Taxi.
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Admission :
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Adult : RM10 ;
Children : RM6
Last Admisson at 8:30 pm. H/P: 6012-460 2096
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