Inspiring Creativity at Penang Toy Museum

 Penang Toy Museum is Asia’s first and largest museum comprising of more than 100,000 collectibles of international brands, this museum allures visitors from all age group. Penang Toy Museum is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Tanjung Bungah area.

 -  Penang Toy Museum was previously located at Subang Jaya, Selangor before it was shifted to Penang.
  -  Penang Toy Museum is spread on an area of 650sq m displays its lovely exhibits in 560 showcases and the museum is divided into various categories which ranges from Chamber of Horror and moving on to the Chamber of Monsters, Fields of Combat, Cave of Dinosaurs, Hall of Virtual Reality, Chamber of Fantasy, Hall of Rock Legends, Hall of Celebrities, Halls of Cartoons, Chamber of Comic Book Heroes and Hall of Beauties.
  -  To cast a spell on the visitors there is a unique segment in the Penang Toy Museum which consists of Star Wars collectibles and memorabilia featuring Princess Leia, Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker, all placed strategically to perform different scene from the movies of Star Wars series and other popular characters from movie which fascinates the viewers are Peter Jackson version of The Lord of the Rings.
  -  The diversifying range of amazing exhibits in the Penang Toy Museum includes characters found in famous stories, comics and movies like Spiderman, Batman, the Power Rangers, X-Men, X-Files, Tarzan, The Simpsons, Winnie the Pooh, Barney, Snoopy, Bananas in Pyjamas, Dalmations, Toy Story, Garfield and many more.
  -  The credit of conceptualizing this wonderful creation goes to the owner of Penang Toy Museum, Mr. Loh Lean Cheng.
  -  Penang Toy Museum greets the public from 9.00am to 9.00pm daily, with the last entry at 8.30pm and admission fees are RM10 for adults and RM6 for kids.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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...

 Design of Penang Toy Museum
The Penang Toy Museum’s façade is embellished with pseudo Egyptian-style hieroglyphics and watercolor prints of the sphinx and pyramids of Giza. Located in Jalan Tanjung Bungah (opposite Copthorne Orchid Hotel), the museum is divided into several sections: The Chamber of Horrors (designed for adults), 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, Hall of Cartoons, Hall of Beauties (for Barbie lovers) and Star Wars Collections.







Each area has been outfitted with special effects from chilling voiceovers and weird sounds triggered by motion sensors at the Chamber of Horrors to motion effects in the Star Wars Collections hall.

 Good to Know
The 6996sqft Penang Toy Museum was started by Loh Lean Cheng, who was inspired after visiting the London Toy and Model Museum. He began his collection with a Popeye doll, bought in 1973, and from then on the compilation grew.

The most expensive toy at the complex is a RM9000 Gundam robot from Japan: the 1.8m-tall robot is a rare, limited edition toy Cheng acquired on a trip. The museum receives more than 100 visitors a day.