Will: Last week on "Lego Masters,"
the builders took a wild ride...
All the way up to level ten!
...and mother and son team Emily and Liam
not only won the rodeo,
they also lassoed themselves some gold.
I am delighted knowing that we got the Golden Brick.
Grandpappies Kerry and Patrick couldn't hold on.
There we are. Look at those guys.
And in a crazy twist,
a new team has arrived in town.
- What? - My name's Ethan.
- My name's Dom. - What?
And we're here to win this thing.
( imitating explosion )
Will: We told you there would be
twists and turns this season,
but who could've seen this coming?
And now the builders live out their childhood fantasies
as they create their dream treehouses.
You're actually gonna be building them in real living trees.
But will dreams become nightmares for our newcomers...
We're here to win this thing. We're a threat.
Spot the new guy!
This is a rookie, and a rookie has to prove themselves.
...and turn the build room into a treehouse of terror?
I can't do this anymore.
"Lego Masters" starts now.
Man on PA: Here we go. Three, two, one.
- Whoa. - Whoo!
- All right. - We're going to a forest or something.
- Trees! - Oh, my God.
- Where's Will? - Where is Will?
Shouldn't he be here by now?
- Okay, one sec. - ( laughter )
All right, one second here. There we go.
Ahh, all right.
Yeah, I raided the kitchen,
and I got a bunch of snacks,
and I got marshmallows and cookies and junk food,
and it's gonna be so much fun.
- Hi, builders. How are you? - All: Hi!
- Brickmasters. - Both: Hey.
Finally got around to building a super cool treehouse.
And this kind of awkward but...
- Hey. - ( groaning )
Will: Don't blame me! We took a vote, you know?
And I was outnumbered by people who are really bad at spelling apparently.
Look, I was surprised, but then again,
this season is full of surprises.
You know, like last episode when I surprised you
by adding a new team to the competition.
- Amy: Yes. - Yeah, you should've seen your faces.
Actually, let's see your faces.
( laughter )
Nick, Stacey, and Emily, your expressions were priceless.
We should put that on a T-shirt.
Actually, you know what?
Yeah.
Nick: I'm on Will's chest.
- There we go. - That's cool.
- I would've never imagined... - I never thought that would happen!
...Will would be wearing me and you.
Yeah! Yeah!
I wanna be on Will's chest.
On the shirt! On the shirt!
This week we are challenging you
to build your very own treehouses.
- ( cheering ) - This is going to be fun.
- I'm excited for this. - So that's the easy part.
Oh.
You're actually gonna be building them
in real living trees.
- What? - Whoa.
- Oh! - What?
Yeah, so behind me you'll notice
that we loaded up our gallery with ten trees.
Your treehouse will have to sit up there in your tree
without any connection points.
- ( whistling ) - We have to balance?
- What? - Oh, my God.
- Will: That's right. - I have no idea how
we're gonna build on a tree with no connection points.
I have no idea what to build in a tree with no connection points.
We wanna see you set your inner child free.
We're gonna be judging you on your imagination
and how unique your treehouses are.
We really want you to be creative,
not only with how you secure your models in the tree,
whether it's between the branches, below the branches,
on top of the branches,
and make sure it stands out in the room,
but when we go closer, we see those gorgeous details.
We are giving you ten hours to build the most impressive,
most magnificent treehouse on the block.
We have to build in a live tree
with zero stud connections in ten hours.
- This is insane. - Are you ready?
Get your brick on!
- Whoo! - Let's go, let's go.
That's our tree. Get it, get it.
Get our tree. Get our tree.
We're super pumped about building a treehouse
because it's a house in a tree.
We like trees and we love building houses.
Wheelhouse locked in!
And then what do we make the platform out of?
I can do a frame with a Technic plate.
That would give it a lot of rigid structure.
- It'll hold a lot of weight? - It'll hold a lot of weight.
- What's our story? - We could do a community center down in the middle.
- Rock concerts. - Yeah, dude.
- Let's try temples that we saw in China. - Yeah.
And I think all the pods should be connected by bridges.
Both of us and our six other siblings
were really big into playing outdoors.
So we're trying to bring every one of the siblings' personalities
to this one build.
So we decided to call this build the PK Clubhouse.
We have a reason for calling it the PK Clubhouse,
but we can't tell you. It's classified.
You have to be part of the club to know that.
It's based off of an imagination game
that us and our siblings would play as kids called Power Kids.
- You can't tell them that. - And I can't tell you too much about it--
- He just completely spoiled it. - You can know about the organization name--
I cannot believe you just said that on national TV.
- You can know about the organization name... - He's out.
...but you can't know anything about the organization.
I'm sorely disappointed in you right now. Yeah.
What if we did each branch as a different, like, realm?
Oh, yeah.
At the end of the last challenge,
it turned out that we were the big twist.
- My name is Ethan. - I'm Dom.
And we're two friends who make Lego TikToks.
This is my Lego robot, The Heart of the City.
( whooshing )
I love Lego because Lego is for everyone.
You can be any age and like Lego.
Dom: "Lego Masters" is our first opportunity to be on our own.
This is the first time we've ever been this far away from our parents.
We're a little late to the game, but, you know, we'll give it our best.
That one's good. This one's good.
They get weaker as we go up.
We are building an imagination treehouse.
In the center of the tree, you're gonna have the main clubhouse,
a lot of toys, and four characters.
And then we're gonna have four other branches
representing their imagination.
Rather than using minifigures,
we're gonna build our own characters out of bricks
to show the finest details.
This is our time to make an impression,
to show the other builders that we're here to win this thing
and that we're a threat.
I wanna build a little structure right here to sort of...
- Lock it into this? - ...lock it in around there.
- Hello! - Nick and Stacey, hello.
We've got something I think you might recognize a little bit.
I've loved Lego my entire life since I was a little kid,
and I never gave up on that passion.
So, Stacey and I are imagining a giant treehouse.
A Lego Lego treehouse.
I just have this vision in my mind
of this beautiful big red brick
with cute little windows in the studs,
a hidden door, that is kind of a paradise
for kids to play in and let their imaginations run wild.
What's super interesting is that you guys have been building on the table
whereas most of our other teams are actually building on the tree.
So what is your plan to attach that?
We have some small holes already kind of starting to take shape.
We're making sure to do some reinforcement around them.
And then once it can hang on its own,
we're gonna quickly build around it,
so that way the Lego brick
is truly integrated into the treehouse,
just like a real treehouse would be.
I think this is a really great opportunity for us
to really pour our love and passion into a build.
I absolutely loved playing growing up,
and Lego is what has really allowed me
to pursue my career as a content creator.
Getting to kind of have this build celebrate that
is honestly really, really special.
- How do we start? - How do we start?
Well, we could just start focusing on structure.
- Okay. - Then we think about theme.
What I was thinking, fairytale themed,
is that we could always just still feature our families somehow.
Michelle: But if we do the family thing,
that's not a thing that we would like as kids,
because we as kids were not married
or had any kids or anything.
Right now I feel like we're a little bit out of sync.
I pitched some ideas,
and she doesn't like any of them.
I cannot relate to this because I did not grow up with a treehouse.
I grew up in a concrete jungle in the Bronx.
- Instead of making a basic color staircase... - Yeah?
...we can have a Roy G Biv thing
slowly getting towards the top.
Cool. We are making Fort Puno.
Xavier: Jon's gonna have a lower level with a bunch of his hobbies and activities.
I'm gonna have a top level with my activities.
And it's gonna be connected with a Lego brick ladder.
- Jon: Lego is what actually connects us together. - Xavier: Yeah.
So having that symbolic ladder I think is striking.
How posable do we want?
- This pose. - Okay.
- Ethan and Dom. - Hey, how's it going?
- What's going on? - Hey, guys.
What do you think
about coming into this challenge
at this point? Is it scary?
- It is. - It's very scary.
- Steep competition. - Yeah.
But I think we're good.
And you both have channels on TikTok?
- Both: Mm-hmm. - Is that right?
Hate to ask-- who's got more followers?
- No. - I have over one million followers on TikTok.
That's wild.
By the way, when you get on TikTok,
do your parents have to fill out a permission slip or anything?
- Uh... - We just do it, and they just get--
What do your folks think about it?
Did you have to explain it to them?
Yeah, it was, like, sat them both down. "Here's what it is."
Wow, it must be hard for older people to get it.
They're probably way older than me, so I'm not gonna ask.
Right? I mean, this guy,
practically 32 or whatever.
- And I'm just, again-- - That's old.
Yeah, that is so old. That's what I'm saying.
- Yeah. - I wouldn't want to be that.
- Mm-hmm. - I'm saying I want to be my age,
which is firmly in my twenties or whatever you think it is,
and we obviously could play brothers.
Guys, who cares?
Oh, my God.
I need this piece right now! Nobody panic!
I'll tell you now, you need to slow that roll.
No! I mean...
Spot the new guy!
In our universe, this is a rookie,
and a rookie has to prove themselves.
That's how you're building it?
Huh? No. Don't ask.
So, we're looking to see what these new guys can do.
Ethan and Dom have a pretty strong social media presence in the Lego world.
- Expectations are high for these guys? - They are.
I think they're quietly confident,
but they are definitely feeling the pressure
because they have so many fans expecting them to succeed.
Well, it is gonna be really interesting to see who's gonna play it safe
and who's gonna have the guts to go out on a limb.
For this challenge, we're asking our teams
to build unique and imaginative treehouses inside real trees
that have no preexisting Lego connection points.
So they have to be really clever
in how they use these connection points
as an anchor for the rest of the build.
I don't want you to keep waiting on the structure
because I know your strength is details.
I'm a city boy. I have never been in a treehouse.
- Xavier: We're from New York. - Really not our element.
- There's no a trees on our block sometimes. - We have apartments!
And they're probably smaller than an actual treehouse.
- Yeah! - I think shape-wise, it's beautiful.
- Hey, Will. - Dave and Emily.
- Hey, there she is. - Hi, Will!
What is your game plan here for this treehouse?
So we're gonna build a treehouse that honors our mother's Dutch heritage.
Our mom has a huge sweet tooth,
so we're gonna make it a candy dream house.
What kid doesn't want to live in a house made of candy?
Yes, "Hansel and Gretel" without the witch.
- Yeah. - Yes.
- I'm the witch. - Okay.
So you're gonna have everything? Like, bedrooms?
Or is there gonna be a kitchen?
Will you have a Dutch oven?
Dave: This guy.
Is this a sushi restaurant in a tree?
Ah! No, but that would be yummy.
For this challenge, we're making Panda Playtime.
Liam: Because what kid would not love
to go up in a treehouse and get to play with pandas?
Emily: And it's way more fun to play with the pandas
when Mama Panda is napping
and the kids can do all sorts of crazy things with the pandas.
You guys should come visit.
- Like, we're open to visitors. - Open to visitors?
- We would love-- yeah. - Love it.
- Everyone's welcome. - Well, you have the Golden Brick,
so everyone is attracted to your natural aura.
Oh, gosh. Yeah, right.
Liam and Emily have the Golden Brick.
They're already one of the top teams, which they've proven by their win record so far.
We're really gonna have to watch out for them.
I'm thinking stacked, maybe off-center, might be really cool.
It looks like books sitting on a shelf almost.
When we were kids, we both really enjoyed reading quite a bit.
So for our treehouse, we're planning on building
some realistic-appearing books as sort of the base
or the foundation of each kind of level of the treehouse
with a story on top of each one of those books.
I'm sort of working on the bases
to make it look actually like books.
We'll see how it works.
How far out? Out there. Yes.
We're building Treehouse University.
Both of us love continuing education,
and I actually played school with my friends.
- Love it. - Hey, guys.
- Firefighters? - Both: Yes, sir.
Have you had to do the classic rescue a cat from a tree?
- Absolutely. - Many times.
- For real? - Six times.
The first time it happened, were you like,
"I can't believe this is actually a thing?"
- Both: Yup. - Every time we get called, I say that exact same thing.
You do? So it there a hidden cat?
- Always. - Oh, we did better than that.
If you look over on this side,
there's a firefighter and a Dalmatian
teaching cats not to get stuck in trees.
- No way. - It's a little more dangerous than you would think
rescuing a cat from a tree.
You tend to get bit, scratched.
You ever seen a cat skeleton in a tree?
- No, you haven't. - No!
Just leave them. They'll be fine.
They got up there. They'll get down.
( music playing )
- Looks bad-ass. - Thanks.
- It looks really good.
Top three material right here.
Yeah! Getting her solid. Getting her solid.
We are building a girls only pirate ship clubhouse.
It's called Girrrls Rock,
where we have our giant purple pirate ship.
The reason behind this build
is because when she was growing up,
her brother did not let her play with his Lego.
And he had the really cool pirate ship set
that she wanted it so badly.
It's my Lego now!
All right, we're nearing the midpoint,
which means it's time for the mid-episode twist!
- Yeah! - What?
- No way! - Get ready for to yell timber with me!
- No! What? - What?
What do you mean we're not doing it?
- We're not doing it? Fine. - Oh, thank God.
All right, you're halfway through your build.
Five hours left. You've got five hours left.
Jon: Thanks for not chopping our trees down.
I'm keeping this.
So I keep doing this?
You know something? Maybe we just take five minutes
and just come up with something, 'cause we keep changing it.
This design process hasn't been easy,
but at the moment, I need to start building something.
- Hello. - Hey, Christine and Michelle.
- How are we doing? - We've been struggling, honestly,
on picking what theme.
Right now we're basically scraping by.
That's not what we wanna hear, that you're scraping by.
I mean, this is such a fun challenge,
but what's so important in the start of a challenge
is that you yourself love your idea.
I want both of us to be married to the idea.
- That's the thing. - Jamie: Exactly.
- So... - And you're not right now?
( sniffles )
At this point, I was just hoping to-- yeah.
- We're scrimped for ideas. - ( sniffles )
And you gotta keep building because we need to deliver something.
- ( sobs ) - Just going to give you a wee hug.
Michelle: The clock is running,
and we still have no idea behind the build.
I'm getting very discouraged.
( sighs, sobs )
- ( crying ) - Pardon?
Has anyone seen Michelle?
We have a room full of artists,
people who want to create something beautiful.
And it can be really hard when you have artists
and you don't agree on a creative concept.
And I think that's really the challenge that's happened with Christine and Michelle.
It is a competition, and we really wanna have something to judge at the end.
So there comes a point in time where you have to just make a decision,
go with a concept, and get building.
Michelle: I am very frustrated.
I wanna come back to an idea.
And I'm looking around the room
and there's some huge builds out there.
So we're way, way behind,
and I'm stressing about it.
Come here. Grab something to drink.
Do you want an applesauce
or something that will calm down the nervous system
if you suck on a little mint or something?
As a fellow woman and mother,
I am having a hard time
not wanting to step away from our build
to check in on Michelle and Christine
because I can see they're struggling.
So, yeah, my heart's really feeling for them.
So why you don't do that thing
where you just throw out every idea
that comes to mind on the paper,
and as you throw them out, you'll kind of spark new ideas.
- You're awesome. - You've got this.
Okay. It's gonna be awesome.
Michelle: I feel embarrassed at this point.
I feel like I'm not delivering.
All right, here's another funny thing.
All right, so the plan right now is to build a fairy garden.
- Okay. - All right?
So we're gonna focus on the iconic points,
which are gonna be the mushrooms.
Michelle: We've already lost a lot of time.
I'm having hard time thinking
how are we gonna make this a beautiful build at the end?
So during this time apart, I decided to personalize it.
I thought of my daughter.
She talks about the time we went to the zoo
and we had visited the fairy gardens,
and how there were mushrooms everywhere
and little gnomes and fairies.
And that was kind of my a-ha moment.
I'm like, "Mushrooms."
So we finally landed on an idea.
It's a fairy garden.
I'm just gonna trust you on this one
and I'm gonna do the landscape for now, right?
- That's fine, that's fine. - Yeah?
I like our concept, honestly.
Michelle: I'm just worried because
we only have three hours and a half left,
and at this point, we just have to build super, super fast.
Man.
Ay, jeez. I'm so nervous.
I'm so nervous, so nervous, so nervous.
Liam: What do you think? Looking cute?
Let me see, let me see.
So cute.
I'm gonna work on the motor.
Being here, it's like you're really in the moment,
and the pressure is real and the stress is real
and the expectation is high.
Brendan: We both live a long way apart now,
so it's a cool opportunity for us to get to spend time together
- over this shared interest. - Passion.
- Yeah, this shared passion that we have. - Absolutely.
And so that ability to bond as two brothers
and then get to compete at the highest stage...
So I can just press and hold the button to make it go up and down.
Yep. 100%.
- Did you knock my ladder off? - I sure did.
- I hate you. - I know.
- Will: One hour left! - ( screaming )
- Come on! - Are you serious?
You've got one hour to finish your treehouse,
and then you gotta stop playing,
come inside, and wash your hands.
- Aw, Dad! - Yeah, because dinner's ready.
- Oh! - Whoo-hoo! Dinner!
I kind of went into dad mode just automatically.
But still one hour left.
Okay.
All right, Ethan, we gotta-- we gotta hurry up.
- Awesome. - Great.
Dom: My biggest concern is trying to keep up with everybody.
Typically, our TikTok videos only take a minute.
We can't afford for something to break, so let's avoid it.
- It's not really on anything. - It's not.
Can we get sideways so it hits the branch?
We really need to use the tree branches for support here.
Okay, first time you've mentioned it.
Liz: I'm in charge of the hull,
and every time we go to put it on the support,
we're having a harder and harder time
lining it up and making it stable,
and both of us are becoming really, really frustrated with it.
I was kind of building a ship that was gonna be front and back heavy,
so I did not build out to the side.
If we push it all the way down, it's gonna come apart.
- Oh, my God. - What?
The whole thing just came apart.
We have to restart.
Panic has started to set in.
Hey, um, just real quick,
have the Brickmasters tried to get up there at all?
( high-pitched gibberish )
Okay, well, they're just gonna tell you that they wanted to see more color
and you gotta be wise with your time.
( high-pitched gibberish )
Wanna bet? Let's go back and watch the show.
Guys, we're really deep into this.
Not a lot of time left.
What are some of the builds right now
that are catching your eye?
I mean, you cannot miss that red brick in the room.
And it even looks like treehouse.
It has those little windows.
It has some little balconies coming off it.
And they're even starting to hang some little star details down from the tree,
so attention to detail is happening too.
I'm actually quite surprised to see Jon and Xavier,
a team that's really strong,
surprised us with so many things,
and their starting point was actually quite simple.
They almost made shelves. And we're like, "When are you gonna bring the treehouse in?
When are you gonna bring your playfulness in?"
I don't know if that color's gonna look good.
Ethan and Dom have already just kind of-- they've gone running.
They came right into this competition ready to go,
and it's great to see their imagination already coming through
with some great character builds.
It's one of the first things that they did,
but they also made compelling characters in different positions.
They're actually quite a diverse cast of characters with really fun stories.
I really think there's a lot of potential in that team.
The new kids have a treehouse with Lego-built characters.
- Brick-built? - Yeah.
Okay, they're gonna make a stand right away.
Minifigures are great, don't get me wrong,
but they tend to blend in together I feel like,
where brick-built characters very much stand out.
Ethan: Yes.
Sometimes you might hear us talk about minifig characters
or brick-built characters,
and you might wonder what difference that means for your builds.
Yeah, it's actually pretty simple.
Minifigure characters are minifigures.
They're made of premade pieces and have a lot of accessories ready for you to go.
And brick-built characters
are made from standard Lego bricks
that become this character that you can pose,
you can give dynamic energy in the hair,
all kinds of things.
But when you make brick-built characters,
it also means you have to scale up those accessories to match,
so it can mean a lot more work and a lot more time.
- Is it in? - It looks good.
Liz: We were stuck, and we lost time with our build.
And I'm like, what if we make the simplest Technic frame box possible?
We now have a flat surface.
Literally. Four beams around those three branches.
So essentially we built a box around the tree
and now we can build up from there.
That's part of the challenge.
How are you feeling about our tree situation up top?
Good, good. That'll be really quick for me to bang out, to be honest.
Can you make minifigures? I need one that looks like a rock star.
Hey, Jon, Xavier. You feeling good? Where are you guys at?
We're making details right now.
Have you taken a step back and looked at your build from across the room?
- Uh, a little bit. Yeah. - Yeah?
- Yeah. - Right now, to me,
there's loads and loads of great details.
I wanna get up close there and look.
But when I stand back, I'm losing that first visual
that really makes me say, "Wow."
We're struggling with trying to connect the two platforms
in a very meaningful way
and having it look striking from afar.
Right now there's a real negative space there that's drawing my eye.
I'd really like to make sure that we see that midsection really stand out.
- Cool. - Okay.
Because of the Brickmasters' advice,
we're trying to add more treehouse elements,
so we fill up the negative space with a bunch of barricades.
So, like, one, two, three, four. Maybe one more.
We gotta build something at least to cover it up.
I'm hoping it'll work out in the end.
I'm nervous. So nervous, dude. So nervous.
- 30 minutes! - ( all groaning )
- Aah! - Lot of groans.
I know that we're not gonna have the most refined or intricate build,
but at this point we have a strong story
and a build that stands out from afar.
Girl, that looks good.
- How you coming? - Coming.
Okay, where's the door?
- Hey. - It's crooked.
- One minute. - One minute.
- One minute left! - One minute!
I'm going for the cardboard monster.
- It's gonna be small. - Okay, okay.
Can you make me a flowerbox in, like, two seconds?
Oh, my God. We need to just add texture.
- Will: Less than 30 seconds. - 30 seconds, Emily.
It takes 30 seconds. But doesn't that look cool when it falls down?
- Yes, it does! - Dave's yelling at Emily again.
Classic Dave.
- That looked really cool. - Yeah.
Judges: Ten, nine, eight,
seven, six, five,
four, three, two, one.
- Time's up! Bricks down. - ( cheering )
Good job, Nick!
- I'm happy with it. - Eh.
Ay-yi-yi.
Xavier: We did what we could.
I kinda wish we had that Golden Brick right now.
Emily and Liam have proven that they know how to build,
so they don't really need that brick for security.
We need the brick!
Congratulations, you're all the proud new owners of a brand new treehouse.
( cheering )
Now before you roll down your ladders and let us explore your builds,
Emily and Liam, you've got the Golden Brick.
You could use it to save yourself from elimination today
if you don't feel good about your build.
What are you thinking?
We are very happy, I think, with how our build came out,
so we're not using it today.
- Damn it. - You have chosen to keep the Golden Brick.
- Yes. - And that means no one is safe from elimination today.
And if your build lands in the bottom two,
the Golden Brick goes back into play.
Oh, I want it back in play.
Let's take a look at your treehouses.
- Ethan and Dom. - Yep.
- The new guys. - Yes.
Tell us about your first build.
Dom: Meet Ben, Arnold, Lucy, and Susie.
Ethan: Four friends gathering at our magic treehouse
to launch into the world of imagination.
Dom: Ben dreams of sailing the high seas
looking for the next crazy adventure.
Ethan: Arnold is blasting off on his rocket
to explore the unknown.
Dom: Lucy the Great is taking over the biggest castle
in all of the land.
Ethan: And Susie is scaling an ancient pyramid,
trying to get the forbidden jewel on top.
Brickmasters?
This build has such a wow factor from across the room
because you have gone so big in your scale,
and you've built really big characters that you can even see from far away.
Jamie: I love that you're actually brick-building your characters,
but you're also using that scale to capture so much emotion
right down to the positioning of the legs crossed.
Minifigure legs don't cross. By going up in scale,
you're telling a story of casualness where legs can cross,
and I like that you took advantage of it and showed us why you did that.
Dom: After hearing what the judges had to say,
I was definitely feeling a bit more confident about our build.
Being in the top two after our first challenge
would really show the competition that we're here for real.
I think you should be very proud.
- Thank you, thank you. - Thank you.
Holy smokes, the rookies can build.
But we're feeling good. We have a great story.
The build came together in the last hour.
We have a very good chance.
- Stephen. - Hey.
- Stephen. - Both: Will.
Oh, that was nice. I really like that.
Tell us about your treehouse.
Stephen: This is Treehouse University.
One of the places that Steve and I have both loved being in is school, believe it or not.
So we took that and we built it into the tree in an eco-friendly way.
We wanted to make sure that there was a very good study session going on,
so there's a firefighter with his Dalmatian
teaching cats about the perils of getting stuck in trees.
Amy: When I go in close, I can get lost in it.
There's little stories everywhere,
and that attention to detail is great.
I like the fact that you created the curvature
because that does to speak to a tree university.
You wanna see it actually harmonize with nature.
Well, you guys really captured university life.
I also enjoyed horticultural activities in university.
Okay, great job. Congrats.
- Thank you. - Hi, Liz and Erin.
- Hi. - Hello.
Tell us about your treehouse build.
The name of our build is Girrrls Rock.
Growing up, I always wanted to be a rock star.
And I just thought "pirates,"
because we wanna be up in the treehouse
looking out of a pirate ship.
Those sails give it a real wow factor from far away.
I think where there's been a few challenges
is on making the form of the pirate ship.
I would've loved to just see a few more curves in that
so it really obviously looked like a ship.
I love that you built big again,
but then you were smart to secure it
right into that cradle of arms coming off of the tree.
- Thank you. - Thank you so much.
Austin and Justin. Oh, my gosh, I just touched your build.
- Whoa. - I just came in with so much momentum.
I see that. I'm glad your excited to see us.
I'm excited to get into it.
Austin: This is the ultimate dream treehouse.
Justin: We really tried to capture Austin as a child
storming down the slide with his Mohawk.
And I'm sailing the high seas looking through my telescope
on the pirate ship in the back.
Jamie: I like that we can tell that they're books.
It's really nice the way that you've used
this little profile brick that has these grooves.
It gives you the subtlety of the pages.
It looks great.
Dave, Emily, tell us about your build.
Emily: This is our Hagelslag Candy Tree House.
It's inspired by our childhood. Our mother is Dutch,
and Dutch children eat candy sprinkles on bread for breakfast,
and we call it Hagelslag.
And inside the treehouse is our mom making us tea
to go with all the candy and sugar that we eat.
This is really great to see,
and your supports are pretty straightforward and simple,
but surprisingly clever.
Awesome. Great job, you two.
All right, Brendan, Greg.
Greg: This is the PK Clubhouse.
We're two of eight kids,
so each of us are represented by these individual little pods.
For example, my sister Heather
has been a horse trainer
and teacher for years.
I'm big into wildlife and the outdoors.
Brendan has a very engineering, technically oriented mind.
My sister Jess is a real fitness buff,
and she's a giant bowl of salad
with a water bottle and a barbell.
Brendan: We have a little motorized lift here.
It is a kids' treehouse,
so it's not the most state of the art engineering.
Wait, just a little pail going up into a treehouse
is very state of the art.
Amy: I mean, what a dynamic treehouse.
You really brought the personality out in each of those pods.
And those colors, going so bold and strong
may look like it's more simple,
but it's actually a much braver choice
and I think it has a real wow effect.
- Both: Thank you. - Brendan: We wanted to put story
and personality into this one.
At the end of the day, I think it's a build that we can legitimately be proud of.
- Hi. - Hi, Christine and Michelle.
- Hi. - Do you wanna talk to us about your build?
Yeah. Welcome to the Fairy-BNB.
Christine: I had to think of my daughter.
What would she want to build?
And she's obsessed with the fairy gardens.
Michelle: Taking that as her inspiration,
we really wanted to make something
very colorful, very attractive for a child.
We have this amazing host that is welcoming you to just join the party.
This challenge was a challenge for you guys.
Oh, yeah. I was very, like, struggling
because we couldn't come up with a theme
- that really resonated with both of us. - Yeah.
I am so happy and impressed to see what you've accomplished.
To think you did it in so few hours, it's mind boggling.
But I think it really comes down to time.
I think your characters already prompt us to see more magical moments.
Like, when you have a swing, we wanna see a character on the swing.
- Christine: Swinging there. - And you have a very large tree to cover,
and fairies fly.
There's so many opportunities for these little stories
where they could just almost,
like, pollinating, go bounce around.
If you had more time, we could've had everything bigger,
everything a bit more wow,
and a lot more of those stories and details
that we're really looking for.
But, for sure, you should be so proud
of what you've managed to achieve in the four hours.
There are builds out there that used their whole time.
I'm worried a bit.
- I don't wanna go home. - I don't wanna go home.
- I'm not ready. - Emily and Liam.
- Hello.
Emily: This is Panda Playtime.
Liam: My mom and I both loved pandas as kids, and still do.
So we have this dream world where kids can come
and play with pandas and they're up to a lot of fun.
Emily: We have pandas frolicking in the water and playing with fireworks.
Ooh.
I don't know if that's advised.
Amy: There's just so much fun in this model.
I love that you have Mama Panda sleeping up there--
even the comedy of Zs--
unaware all her little kids are running riot around the tree.
And you've used the entire tree
to really frame all of these adorable little stories.
Some really strong elements here, so, well done.
- Thanks. - Thank you.
Thank you.
- Xavier: I'm nervous, dude. - Jon: Yeah.
Like, I don't know if our tree stands out
- compared to everyone else. - It does not. Yeah.
Xavier: I don't wanna go home, dude.
Jon: I really don't want to go home.
- I wanna keep building. - I think there's still
more stuff that we can show to everyone.
- But I think we might be going home, dude. - I think we're going home.
Jon and Xavier.
- Will: Hey, Jon and Xavier. - Hey.
- How are you guys? - Honestly, a little nervous.
That's appropriate. Being nervous is appropriate.
Tell us about your treehouse.
Jon: This is Fort Puno,
a tree fort made of space and earth materials
where we can do our favorite things.
Xavier: A UFO ship lands to bring more space material.
Jon: On the bottom floor, we got rock climbing.
Xavier: Friends playing Dungeons & Dragons.
Jon: And a mech for people to ride around in.
Xavier: Follow up the Lego ladder, where you can enjoy
a rock star idol concert, ride your bike,
and even throw it down in the wrestling ring.
You have some really clever builds
and you ended up with two very solid shelves,
and they do give you a very nice presentation place for those sub-stories.
But it was a little bit disappointing to see you choose more brown and tan elements
because you're actually camouflaging a lot of your model.
What you could've done is taken a few colors from the stepladder
and put them into the treehouse and given that real visual wow.
Jon: That's not the best that we can do.
Xavier: I still love our treehouse.
I love all the details.
But if we just moved some stuff around
and changed the color,
it would add a little more vibrance.
- A little bit more to help us stand out. - Right?
It's just I don't wanna go home for something like that.
Nick and Stacey, tell us about your treehouse.
Gladly.
Our treehouse is, of course, inspired by the Lego brick.
We really wanted to show that Lego is all about bringing out the play in kids
and just letting your imagination run wild.
Stacey: We have some kids playing pirates in the tree.
We have other kids that are defending their fort from a cardboard monster.
In the back, we also have an art room,
we have a disco dance floor,
and of course, because we're both gamers,
we've got a gaming room as well.
What's the wifi password real quick?
Not only are you going with a bold color
of a clear icon that we love,
but I think that you actually thought about it within your tree.
You said, "Where is the opening? How do we present this?"
So, well done for thinking that through. It's really fun.
And you even have a secret little door there too.
That is the coolest thing any kid can have in their treehouse.
Great job, you two.
I cannot help but feel so happy.
I feel like we're bringing our A-game.
We're up against the best of the best,
and I just want us to keep on building
- and leveling up our game. - Absolutely.
Builders, today you broke new ground
combing living trees with Lego bricks
to create mind-blowing treehouses.
Dom: We would really like to win this challenge
because it is our first challenge,
and that would really show the competition a lot about us.
There were so many fun treehouse builds,
but there were two that really
made us want to shrink down and be there.
The first team in the top two is...
Nick and Stacey.
- ( cheering ) - Oh, my gosh! Yay!
- Yay! Good job. - ( no audible dialogue )
Second team in the top two is...
Ethan and Dom.
- What? - Oh!
- Yeah, dude. Pound it.
- Yeah. - Nick and Stacey,
the way that you were able to build that model to lock into all those branches,
it was really strong, but gave you so much room on the inside
for all of those gorgeous details and all of that storytelling.
Ethan and Dom, wow.
What a way to make a splash
on your first week in the competition.
Jamie: We were so impressed with your amazing brick-built characters.
Will: Well, they're both incredible,
and I would love to spend a summer hanging out in either of them,
but only one can win.
So, Brickmasters, who won this week's treehouse challenge?
The winner of this week's challenge...
...is Nick and Stacey.
Oh, we won!
I am ecstatic! I am just-- I am on cloud nine right now.
It was a really great build. You guys should be very proud.
- Congratulations. - Nick: It feels so good to get
that amazing recognition from the Brickmasters.
- It just means the world. - Both: It's a great feeling.
Now it's time for the hard part.
Unfortunately, two of the teams just didn't rise to the top this week.
So I'd like to please call forward...
Christine and Michelle.
Our second team...
Jon and Xavier.
Jon and Xavier, when we zoom in,
we so many fun stories and great details.
But when we zoom out, unfortunately, your model got lost in the tree.
Christine and Michelle, we loved so much of your build,
but it was just lacking those details.
I can only imagine what would've happened
if you decided on your concept earlier
and used the whole ten hours to complete your build.
Well, we have to say good-bye to one team.
Brickmasters, who's it gonna be?
So, the team we're sending home today is...
Christine and Michelle.
- Yes. - ( no audible dialogue )
- Whoa. - Oh. Oh, my God.
You have no idea how grateful I am for this opportunity.
I got to meet all of you guys. Oh, my God.
I got to meet Amy and Jamie. I admire you both so much.
And I got to hear Will Arnett's voice in person, so I can't be sad.
I'm just too happy to be able to experience all of this.
It's been absolutely incredible having you on the show.
I can't believe how much energy and big smiles you're leaving with in such a sad moment,
but truly it has been inspirational to watch you grow in this competition.
And I know you're gonna inspire so many girls
who wanna grow up to be just like you and be on "Lego Masters."
Sadly, your Lego journey has come to an end.
- Please turn in your minifigs and say good-bye. - You ready, mama?
- Okay. - Bye.
Bye!
We're winners. We made it this far.
Oh, my God, guys. Thank you for everything.
We're in an environment with pillars in the Lego community.
Thank you for making this with me.
Thank you for, you know, reaching out.
- Can I hug you? - Careful of my taco.
- No regrets. - Nope.
It's been an honor.
Will: Next week...
It makes perfect sense for "Lego Masters"
to hold our first ever dog show.
Release the hounds!
Oh, my God! Puppies! I'm so excited!
Will: Your job is to build a perfect recreation of your dog.
Oh, no.
This is definitely the weirdest thing we've ever done.
They've got less than one minute right now...
- Oh, no! - ...until they completely are disqualified.
Oh, my God. This is it.