[Christina Hitchcock, Steve Barile, Holger Matthes]
LEGO fans from USA and Germany visit Billund (October 2003)
In 1982 eight-year-old Christina Hitchcock had an experience that changed her life forever. The American girl was on holiday in Europe with her parents and one day the family visited LEGOLAND Billund. Christina was already familiar with LEGO bricks. She used to play with her older brother’s sets but as she walked around Miniland in Billund a new world opened to her. ”It was so inspiring for me,” she recalls.
These days Christina (WAMALUG) is back where it all started – in Billund. Together with fellow LEGO fans Steve Barile (PNLTC) and Holger Matthes she is visiting the LEGO headquarters to get inspiration for her work within the community of adult LEGO fans. Christina is organising fan events for the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area LEGO User Group and she likes building LEGO castles – whenever she has the time for it. Steve Barile spends a lot of his spare time with International LEGO Train Club Organization and Holger Matthes is a member of the German LEGO User Group 1000Steine. They are both fascinated by LEGO trains.
[Holger Matthes,
Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, Steve Barile, Christina Hitchcock, Jake McKee]
The three fans have been in Billund since Wednesday and they have been busy meeting LEGO employees, touring LEGOLAND, going thorugh the LEGO archives and visiting the LEGO factory. This morning they had a meeting with Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen to discuss the role of the LEGO User Groups. They are all very pleased with their visit to Billund. As LEGO fans they are all used to struggling with finding the right elements so it was a great experience for them to see the building in Billund, where all the elements are stocked. ”Back home we have often talked about how LEGO Company manage to keep track of all those elements. Now I can go back and tell my friends that it is done in a highly sophisticated way. If the lift ever breaks down, I wouldn’t mind climbing up and down all day to find the right elements,” Christina says. The three LEGO fans head back home later today after getting plenty of inspiration for their work with setting up small and big fan events in Germany and the US.
23rd October 2003 Troels Witter Reporter, Corporate Communications LEGO Company
[LEGO
archives]
July 5th/6th, 2003 – 1000steine-Land in Berlin
The biggest LEGO®-Event in Germany ever! We had a weekend of fun and lots of work. Check out Ben's report at lugnet for more information and visit the website of the FGLTC (First German LEGO Train Club) for hundreds of gallery links and my brickshelf gallery.
Hattersheim – 29.12.2002
The big LEGO®-Fest in Hattersheim just after X-Mas was a great success! We had lots of fun and many many cool MOC's were shown. An overview with lots of links could be found at the website of the FGLTC (First German LEGO Train Club).
[The Riviera
Express in motion]
Mülheim –
14.04.2002
More and more people are attracted by the traditional Mülheim trade fair and meeting. See an overview at the FGLTC website.
[Mini Santa
Fe by Peer]
Mönchengladbach – 01.07.2001
A sunny Sunday in July. A perfect day for the "SNOT-Meeting" in Mönchengladbach.
[What is SNOT?]
[Oostende
Express by Strickshot.]
More pictures at:
- Strickshot's Homepage
- Thorsten.AC's Brickshelfgalerie
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