Lego Masters

Lego masters, brilliant show concept shoved into trashy scripted US reality TV show, why oh why use the same tired garbage reality TV module that's been seen with all the US cake shows, granny's acting like kids, over the top show host spewing bad gags & every contestant acting like kids on a sugar rush, the only positive about this show is the lego. Good idea executed really stupidly.

I'll make this short and to the point. The LEGO building is amazing! The writing and jokes are not. Their is terrible, unnecessary drama and people crying ALL THE TIME for dumb reasons. This would've been better as a straight up reality competion instead of a scripted, melodramatic-"try hard to make the audience chuckle"-type show. I do reccomend though because the creations are stunning!

"Lego Masters" is a competition show in which ten teams of two builders each compete for $100,000. In the pilot, host Will Arnett introduces the two judges and explains the concept of the "golden brick"---awarded to the winner of the day's competition, it gives that team immunity from elimination when redeemed.

The teams are extremely diverse, from all demographics. And there is a variety of relationships: newlyweds, father-son teams, fellow cosplayers, etc.

The first episode had the teams building theme parks over the course of 15 hours. That sounds like plenty of time, but they needed all of it to design, build and motorize their themed amusement parks.

The tone of the show is light and humorous, thanks in large part to host Arnett. But the teams are very serious about winning and displaying their talents. Lego-philes should love it. For anyone who likes creative play, this is great fun.

The first episode was very promising but the second episode is mainly drama with a sprinkling of LEGO. How about a LEGO competition show where we get to see all the models in detail.

The show is way over produced with loud dramatic music, animation, perfectly manicured and coached contestants playing characters, the newlyweds, the underprivileged, the grannies, the nerds, and so on; every one with a story. The focus is on Will Arnett and guest judge. Between Arnett doing uncle jokes there are brief flashes of Lego construction with lots of concern and hand wringing over whether the contestants will finish, which they always do somehow, and friendly jibes between contestants. The Lego constructions are sometimes shown in animation that looks almost real which makes one wonder how much is real. In episode 2, Arnett smashes Lego constructions, maybe, something looks off, the unsmashed remainder doesn't match between shots vs the "slow motion replay" which is certainly animation. The end product is a show that looks fake top to bottom, I definitely don't buy it and so feel no investment.