Brick to the Past
  • Home
  • Portfolio
    • Tigelfah Castle
    • London 1875
    • The Wall
    • England 793
    • Hastings 1066
    • Caithness Broch
    • Jacobite Risings
    • Henry Morgan
    • The Peterloo Massacre
    • Mosaics
    • Board Games
    • What's next? Have your say
  • Commercial
  • Blog to the Past
  • About
  • Contact

Blog to the Past

På Kloss Hold 2018

9/5/2018

0 Comments

 
Last month we sent Dan Harris on our first ever foray outside of the British Isles. Luckily for Dan, we sent him to  På Kloss Hold in Norway’s beautiful city of Trondheim. The show gathered 87 exhibitors from across the world, including builders from Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, South Africa, Sweden, USA and the UK (...and of course Norway!). There were many, many highlights, but perhaps what wowed the 4,700 visitors most was the World’s largest LEGO Ferris wheel by Tomáš Kašpařík; it's absolutely amazing!
Picture
Trondheim. Who would not want to be sent here?
Due to the restrictive nature of our baggage allowance, we were there with a slightly more modest collection of models than usual, which were chosen to give a taste of Scotland's rich history. On our table were LEGO Corgarff Castle, the Caithness Micro-broch and, linking Norse and Gaelic cultures, our intricately built Ard Ri set. Lessons were learnt in packing  when we discovered that LEGO Corgarff had taken a bit of a knock during our flight and had arrived in a somewhat less than complete state. However, four hours of slightly panicky repair work saw it back in action and the model was able to take its place as the centrepiece of our collection. You'll be pleased to know that LEGO Corgarff has made in back to Scotland in more or less one piece and is ready for its next outing; stay tuned for an announcement!
Picture
#Nightmare
Picture
The show is on!
The show offered a wealth of superb models. One of our favourites, partly because it is unlike anything we do, was the international collaboration that gave us Norway's largest ever Great Ball Contraption, usually just referred to as a GBC. You can see it in action in our slightly shaky, totally unedited video below. Other favourites more in our area of building was the superb recreation of  Dresden Frauenkirche by Holger Matthes, the mad historical and landscaping skills displayed on norlego and northern_lego's Bree and Buckleberry Ferry collaboration and Rocco Buttliere's world famous micro-builds. We would love to call out-everyone but the quality on offer makes it impossible.
We were blown away by the hospitality of our Norwegian hosts, the enthusiasm of the crowds and the general laidback atmosphere of the show and hope to return next year with a different collection of models. A huge thanks to the event organisers Are and Harald and the folks at  Brikkelauget for all their hard work!
The Great Ball Contraption
You can see more photos from the event on our Instagram feed.

Also, if you have not done so already, please follow us on Facebook and Twitter for all our latest LEGO models and news.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    BLOG TO THE PAST
    On LEGO, History and other things by Brick to the Past

    Archives

    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    June 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    May 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015

    Categories

    All
    America
    Anglo Saxons
    Archaeology
    Board Game
    Britain
    Broch
    Bronze Age
    Chartism
    Christmas
    Classics
    Commercial
    Competition
    England
    Europe
    Field Trip
    History
    Instructions
    Iron Age
    Jacobites
    Lego
    Lego Show
    MOC
    Northern Ireland
    On This Day
    Protest
    Romans
    Scotland
    Tudors
    Vikings
    Wales
    WWI
    WWII

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Home
  • Portfolio
    • Tigelfah Castle
    • London 1875
    • The Wall
    • England 793
    • Hastings 1066
    • Caithness Broch
    • Jacobite Risings
    • Henry Morgan
    • The Peterloo Massacre
    • Mosaics
    • Board Games
    • What's next? Have your say
  • Commercial
  • Blog to the Past
  • About
  • Contact