If you were at Ottawa Brick Expo in April 2025, you got to see this build early. It was one of the custom creations I had on display in the first iteration of my custom LEGO® Viking Island. Previously, I shared a Knarr (cargo ship) design here on the blog. I have now built a Viking Longboat MOC to sail alongside it. This design uses Thor’s Goat Boat from the Marvel Superheroes theme as a base, but I made some significant changes.

Firstly, I changed the figurehead at the bow. I really did not like that feature on the Goat Boat. It was split in two in a failed attempt to resemble the ship from the movie Thor: Love and Thunder. I thought it was ugly. So, I filled out the centre of the design in my own model. I also took the head design from the Harry Potter theme Durmstrang ship for the figurehead. You might notice the sail is also from that set.

I was going for dragon with the figurehead… I might have channeled more llama.

Speaking of the sail, I also added a mast to support the sail. The Goat Boat featured an empty deck with no sail. I suppose the mystical nature of Thor’s ship in the movie did not require one. However, my ship does. Similar to my Knarr, I included a crow’s nest. Viking ships did not actually have those… but they fit my stories nicely. I made a custom Raven Master Minifigure for my Knarr, and also included a new one on this ship. The Mast design is similar to what I used on the Knarr, which was inspired by the Harry Potter Durmstrang ship.

Otherwise, I removed the hut from the Goat Boat set, and filled the deck with some seats and storage space for the crew’s spears. The lead Viking shield maiden has a throne and uses a treasure chest as her table. As for the shields, I had nothing against the ones in the Goat Boat, but I replaced them all the same. Instead, I ordered a bunch of the Viking Village shields from Pick-A-Brick. Since my shield maidens on this ship all have a uniform, I thought they should all have similar shields.

A word of caution…

Despite being quite pleased with how this Viking longboat MOC turned out, the Goat Boat is not the perfect base for a Viking ship. Sure, it looks good. But, is it ever fragile! I didn’t notice it when I built the set and review it. However, in working with it now through modifications and more extensive photography, it falls apart so easily. The only other set that beats it in terms of fragility in my experience is the UCS Millennium Falcon. If you look at that one the wrong way, something falls off.

I have more landscape for my Viking island complete as well. So, once I’ve had time to really photograph it, I will be sharing that here. In fact, I have a number of MOCs in various stages of completion for this Viking project. The first section was on display at Ottawa Brick Expo. It will be even larger come November when I hope to display it a Bricks in the Six. Perhaps I will bring it to a show or two before then as well. What do you think? Let me know in the comments or reach out on social media.

Until next time,

Tom

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