Toy Museum — Attraction in George Town

We actually visited the museum years ago before it moved from its previous location at Tanjung Bungah next to the defunct Copthorne hotel. To this day I still remember vividly how we bumped into the founder himself in person and saw how he tirelessly walked under the hot island sun with a straw hat on (he's always seen in a formal button-up attire) as he pass around leaflets promoting his proud 'museum'.

Which is why we decided to visit again at his new location, thinking the kids would enjoy them (lies, we just need a place nearby to kill time). Little did we know that the new location was just 'indigestible remnants' of our past visiting experience. I do admire the fact that he'd actually collected something from my time (Buffy the vampire slayer) so western pop culture is a huge theme here. Definitely a memorable walk down the memory lane considering the creepy classical background music that serenades the atmosphere of the container box exhibit with anxiety-induced fluorescent lighting (cue footages from The Backrooms?) and A/C that leaks hot, stuffy air.

For first timers, you will enjoy it so go on, be your own guest. For return visitors, you might/might not enjoy the visit anymore but at least you get to tell someone about how it went. For better or for worse. The founder of this museum is a former engineer anyway, said the friendly...

Okay. Like this. I’ve been to places, therefore, toy museum is not new to me. Basically, its a venue for kiddos joy. Some overgrown adults I believe will fit in perfectly as well, especially those who want to cherish back their childhood toy years or those who were deprived of toys. I guess I'm one of them who never really had toys. My toy games were five stones, snake and ladder, sage seeds, ice-cream sticks and potato patch work. These yesterday games obviously had died a natural death to be over-taken by hour glass Barbies, Super-The-Man, Brawoman, Fisher and Paykel expensive toys and what not. These days, we must include angry bird, your bird and my bird. Oh, before I forget, actually, I should have mentioned Ipad and Iphone first before anything else.

So, at Toy & Fantasy Museum housed in the former premises of a nightclub called Shock Egypt, 10 minutes the most being among the happily grinning kids who if given a chance would have monstrously ripped apart the toys mostly displayed on metal shelves. I left. Honestly, I was quite disappointed, then again, no one is to be blamed. I read on-line and I...

A hidden gem of childhood memories in Penang, and it is hidden, to be real. Because of the location in Teluk Bahang quite far from Georgetown, and i overlooked its small & simple signboard several times when searching for direction. I had mix emotions when arrived there. Thought it was close, to be honest. Wild grass and bushes around the place. Probably due to post-MCO, the owner need some time to recover(positive thought). However it is worth the ticket to get around inside the museum. Most of the toys are from ouside countries, from tiny size to man-size action figures. In fact, some will surely reminiscing our old days adventures with our "imaginary friends" lined up in our collections some time ago. The owner must be over wealthy to make such place like that, like he's doing in just for personal satisfaction. Hope the place can do little more tweaks & changes to give more cheerful surrounding inside, especially the outside landscape, thus brings good impressions for visitors. Just another interesting place to...