All in all, it’s another brick in the wall
Block buddies keen to become masters of Lego
Pahiatua Lego fan, Glenn Knight, is entered in a team in the LEGO® Masters NZ challenge on TVNZ2. After taking over the world tiny brick by tiny brick, the global phenomenon LEGO® Masters NZ is exploding onto TVNZ 2.
Hosted by Dai Henwood, Lego Masters will test the imaginations and the building skills of six teams in our first national brick-off.
Dai’s sidekick, Brickmaster Robin Sather, will set a colourful mix of new and classic Lego building challenges, which will be judged on aesthetics,
technical and storytelling ability.
All in the hopes to find the first team in Aotearoa judged worthy to hold aloft the coveted Lego Masters trophy.
From father-and-daughter duos, longtime friends, to Christchurch mum friends, the teams of two from across Aotearoa will be asked to create awe-inspiring Lego structures, working against each other and the clock.
Ma¯ tanga Pereki, Brickmaster Robin Sather will test the teams with new challenges created especially for New Zealand — from a Kiwiana island getaway, a cricketing nation special, to Lego Masters favourites ‘cut in half’, this series will have it all.
We’ll also be introduced to the ‘Power Brick’.
Created by our Ma¯tanga Pereki himself, this unique brick protects and favours those who possess it. The
first episode of the series will see the teams compete for the ‘Power Brick’, a talisman that, if used wisely, will boost their chances of making the grand final.
With comedian Henwood running the show, be watching for some fun, along with brick toppling drama and the unscripted craziness that is sure
to happen when you let Lego brick fans loose with more than 2.5 million bricks.
Lego Masters NZ premiered on May 9, 7:30pm on TVNZ 2.
Knight and Jake Roos are Lego mates, excited to head into the workroom and take on the challenges set by the Brickmaster.
Meeting back in 2016 at a Lego building show in Upper Hutt, the two took note of each other’s skill, having both walked away with awards that year. Roos was keen to get involved when the series was announced.
He reached out to Knight straight away about working together.
Although they live two hours apart, they met up constantly to develop ideas and concepts for challenges the Brickmaster could create.
With Roos’ strong technical ability and Knight’s storytelling and aesthetics they’re hoping their background and balance will make them standout in the Lego Masters challenges.
Knight, 45, is an IT Administrator and 43-year-old Roos is a climate change consultant from Kapiti.
“I was most excited about the challenges we would be facing and seeing how far we could push ourselves — the opportunity to build with 2.5 million Lego bricks,” Knight said.
“Being able to focus on building and nothing else, to work as part of an effective team and be able to achieve things I never would otherwise, got me excited,” Roos said.
“I had Lego brick sets as a kid, but grew out of it like most people do, then in 2016 a friend brought me a Lego brick set for my birthday.
“I had this huge feeling of nostalgia and that was the start of my Lego building journey as an adult.
“Building gives me many things; it can relax me, it can give me problems to solve, I love the fact that if you can think of it, you can build it from bricks,” Knight said.
Roos got his first Lego brick set when he was four.
“It was a spaceship and because I was so young, my Dad helped me finish building it,” said Jake.
“But over the years I took it apart and rebuilt it into a hundred different things, along with the few other sets I got when I turned six, eight and 10.
“In my teenage years and twenties I took a break, but was drawn back eventually, especially when I had kids of my own, and then subsequently when I connected with other adult fans of Lego.
“I’ve always had a creative streak, and Lego building is a medium that everyone loves and is interested in.
“My passion for it comes from the joy of solving technical challenges and the reactions I get when people see my work.