HAMISH BLAKE: Previously on LEGO Masters...
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
..a jaw-dropping elimination build.
BRICKMAN: Each one of you
is gonna get a three-storey apartment,
as we go into the penthouse suite.
Nice!
Maddy and Jimmy's spooky haunted house...
I feel like, for the first time,
you've actually hit your ambition level.
..took the win.
(GASPS) Well done.
Love you.
DINUSHI: We are so far behind.
I haven't even finished that yet.
But an unfinished build...
It's a bit of a disaster, let's be honest.
..meant we did have to say goodbye
to Dinushi and Gayan.
Tonight - this is the LEGO bridge-building challenge.
You've gotta make a bridge that spans
2m from one side
to the other.
It's a feat of strength.
It just needs to be as strong as possible.
Structural triangles coming in here.
And the teams find out that
suddenly becoming a bridge engineer...
You hear "crack, crack, crack".
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Oh, dear. ..is actually pretty tough.
This is the real deal.
But which bridge
holds out
the longest?
44 kilos!
We're hearing some cracks.
Oh! (ALL GASP)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
TEAMS: Oh.
Oh, here we go.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(MUSIC SWELLS)
Welcome. Come on in.
Welcome back. (GIGGLES)
MAN: Oh, no. (TEAMS LAUGH)
Significant amount of nodding and peeking around the room.
Welcome back, guys.
Welcome back to another LEGO Masters.
Is all the nodding and saying, "Yep, yep, yep,"
'cause, like, you're so excited to see me again?
Or...? (LAUGHTER)
DAVID: Oh, yeah, yeah. ..is it to do with
already trying to piece together what today's build might be?
Bit of both. Bit of both? Oh, thanks, David.
Appreciate that. Well, before you get today's build,
has anyone got actual finger fatigue? Like, is that a LEGO thing?
Yeah. A bit of blister action.
A little bit of blistering? Yeah.
Take that, Ninja Warrior. This is a tough...
This is a tough show. (LAUGHTER)
Getting those calluses on your fingers is a badge of honour.
OK?
You guys are probably all...
wondering as you look around at the table,
about what this could be.
Any guesses? Bridge challenge.
Bridge? WOMAN: Bridge.
G, do you reckon it's a bridge? It may be a bridge.
Congratulations to those
that have guessed correctly.
This is...
the LEGO bridge-building challenge.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
As you can see, you've got two sides of a canyon.
You have got 2m of water in between.
Wow. Using just LEGO,
you have gotta make a bridge that spans from one side to the other.
2m is a long distance
to cover with LEGO.
They don't make parts that big.
LYN: At my age, I'm meant to be
playing bridge,... (LAUGHS)
..not building a bridge.
MADDY: Not gonna lie -
I am totally terrified about this.
But it doesn't just stop there.
At the end of the build,
I will be driving a remote-controlled truck
laden with ever-increasing weights
across it.
We'll probably be starting around
one or two kilos.
(GASPS)
The bridge with the highest breaking point
will be the winning bridge,
and they'll be safe from an elimination build,
which is the next build.
BRICKMAN: In the event of a tie, if by
some miracle a couple of teams
finish on the same weight,
I will judge it on aesthetics.
How bridge-y is your bridge?
(LAUGHS)
The second thing is - your bridge must have
enough room for Hamish's truck,
and the bridge does have to be
continuous the whole way across, OK?
So, our bridge has to be able to hold itself
and weight on top of it without any central support.
Cade and I don't have an engineering degree.
We have never built a bridge, so...
this is gonna be interesting.
KALE: Yeah, I'm feeling pretty confident going in.
Oh, I think we've got this in the bag.
Today is all about engineering.
(LAUGHTER)
So hopefully you bring your A-game from an engineering perspective.
It's gonna be tricky.
I'm like, "Show me the engineering." Like,
having an engineering background, building similar structures at work,
we feel like we have an advantage,
but there's also the niggling pressure behind you,
thinking, "Yeah, if we don't pull this off,
"we might look a bit stupid."
Guys, you've got ten hours...
(WHISTLES) ..to build this bridge.
All the parts are in the brick pit. I'm gonna say time starts now.
Good luck. TEAMS: Good luck.
Yeah! Go, go, go!
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
I've got a whole heap of Technic.
Ruthless.
Can't help but feel this is in your wheelhouse.
Are you feeling confident? Yeah...
I feel confident.
Dave has an idea, and... He's already got an idea?
..I have no idea, so... When did that happen?
You just... (CHUCKLES) It's only been ten seconds.
Righto.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
When Hamish said this is an engineering challenge,
I was really excited, because...
..I was doing engineering last year.
I did drop out, because I didn't like it. (CHUCKLES)
Um, hopefully I'll be able to use some of the things that I learned.
The plan is to get
the actual bridge in there,
and then we're going to be getting, like,
structural triangles coming in here to actually hold it up as well,
because triangles are very strong.
Triangles are a lot stronger than a lot of other shapes.
Jordie, this is why we do triangles but not squares.
When you have a square and you put a lot of force on it,
it does that. Yeah.
If you have a triangle,
it doesn't... buckle.
Mate, you could practically teach
a masterclass. (SCOFFS)
Right now, I'm happy to play a
supporting actress to the...
lead role over here.
So if he says he needs something, I'm gonna go get it.
Jordan, Miller, how you guys going? Hamish.
Pretty good. I was actually studying engineering at university last year,
and we did an assignment on bridges, so...
You did an assignment on bridges? Yeah.
I mean, so that's a bit of experience for me.
What did you remember from that course?
I remember...
Um, triangles. (LAUGHS)
What you've come out with is, like, a shape that you learn in kinder.
I'm seriously starting to doubt our head engineer right now.
You could always go with Snell's Law.
Snell's Law? Yeah, yeah.
I'll ask you again, and just go, "I learned about Snell's Law."
Are there any other equations you remember?
Um...
Snell's Law?
There's no such law. You're making it up. See you, mate.
(BOTH LAUGH) Get wrecked, Miller.
Get wrecked.
I thought you said
you knew what you were doing.
(SIGHS)
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
BILSY: We need to just work as a team,
because when we work as a team, we're unstoppable.
Don't start there. Don't start there.
Don't?
The attitude is the same as always - positive, polite, respectful.
No.
(TENSE MUSIC)
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
What are you gonna do first?
The game plan is we're just
gonna follow my lead. That's it. That's the game plan.
So, we're gonna start by using this and see how we go.
We're just gonna make a basic lattice.
The idea with the lattice build is if there is flex and weight on it,
they're actually gonna lock more and spread apart more.
The road on top kind of helps it hold it all together as well.
This technique is what Kale has actually showed me.
I know it's a signature technique of his or something,
but this challenge suits really well.
We're starting with the internal structure.
And then we're gonna make a story around that structure.
You keep going, and then we'll test.
I love nothing more in life than a good problem to solve. And, yeah,
I'm looking forward to the chance to solve it.
Hello, Brickman. Now, I reckon people at home will go,
"Oh, cool. Six bridges - they'll all look pretty similar."
Yeah. Do you think they will look similar?
Not a chance.
There are all gonna take
different approaches.
Like many things with LEGO,
there's many different ways to skin a cat, alright?
The obvious one for me is jump straight for the Technic LEGO,
because you think that's what bridges are made -
rivets, pins,... Yeah.
..all those kind of things.
And that's where you get your strength - with LEGO Technic.
It's all about strength. Yeah, right.
OK. And I'd be really curious to see,
particularly people like Maddy and Jimmy, where the story's
been their forte. You know what?
It's the tie-breaker.
It means nothing if your bridge is flimsy, alright?
So you wouldn't be worried about the tie-breaker?
I would not even give two hoots about the tie-breaker.
It's all about strength.
Maddy and Jimmy -
I think if that truck makes it across there,
they'll be high-fiving themselves,
let alone with any weight in it.
Do that...
They're not gonna get three times. Be very curious to see.
This is... Who would have thought...
bridge-building could be prime-time excitement?
It's gonna be cool. But I am excited to see...
I can't wait either. It's gonna be awesome.
JIMMY: We love creating new worlds and populating it with
crazy characters. However,
things like maths
and physics and mechanics
have never been a part of our builds. (LAUGHS)
Oh, that looks... That looks so solid.
It's definitely gonna hold. (LAUGHS)
Today's build is our worst nightmare.
I feel like vague memories of science
are coming back, and I feel like
bridges have these things,
and when I go through the city,
I see bridges with these things. (CHUCKLES)
You are talking to two arts students.
Is that straight? No. No.
I don't think Brickman could've designed a more
inappropriate challenge for these two artistic wallies.
If you were to go on the bridge right now,
you'd be, um... No.
(CHUCKLES) Doing those ones underneath.
But we're praying that if we get a whole bunch of these
and then put crossbars and then, obviously, these holding them up,...
Hopefully.
..it'll look like a bridge. Yeah.
And that's half the battle.
It's actually only about 5% of it,
but good luck. (LAUGHS) Thank you.
See you, mate.
Oh, god, we'll need it.
CADE: How you doing, man? HENRY: Yeah.
Alrighty, guys,
that is two hours down,...
MAN: Is that two hours?
...eight hours to go.
Oh, dear.
Your bridge is open for testing in eight hours,
whether you like it or not.
Run, run, run, run, run.
Come on.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
DAVID: This is our challenge to win.
If we lose this, I think the guys back home
might rip into us a little bit.
We're both from Perth,
and we build drill rigs.
We're building big, tall masts for drill rigs,
and it's a similar kind of structure as a bridge.
So we're gonna use some of that engineering
to throw into this build,
and hopefully it'll work with LEGO.
This will need to be solid.
Solid.
The plan is G's gonna do the road base,
and I'm gonna do the frame around the outside.
Because I was going for strength,
we wanted to do it out of Technic with some solid triangles,
so I've ran in the brick pit
and just filled one tub full of the longest
Technic pieces they had and just load up.
You need to have a plan
and a good structure from the start
to win it.
I feel like you've come alive here a bit, G, in this challenge,
because this is very, very different to every other challenge.
Yes, it's just...
..need to be as strong as possible.
Aesthetics is gonna be the tie-breaker.
Yes. You're just all in now and going,
"There'll be no tie-breaker"? Yes.
It might not be pretty, but I want it strong.
Yeah, look at me.
I'm ugly outside
but so pretty inside.
(LAUGHS)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
HENRY: We're dealing with maths and physics here.
This is an engineering class.
All of that force,
we need to transfer it into these.
Triangle going down
as well triangle going across.
Triangle going up.
Obviously, when you're building a bridge,
there's a lot of engineering involved,
and maybe it's not everyone's strong suit.
Should have researched bridges.
So I knew in my heart there's a little bit of common knowledge
that would be handy for everyone to know.
Alright, guys. Sorry, if I could have your attention
for just a second?
I've jumped online
and got you a copy of the RambergPOsgood relationship
between stress and strain.
Have a good look at that for ten seconds.
(QUIRKY MUSIC)
'Course you recognise Young's modulus there on the side.
Three,
two,... I can't even see it.
..one. That's enough. OK, good luck. Get going.
(LAUGHTER) You're welcome.
Yeah, I think that sunk in.
I'm gonna walk on this. I am not kidding you when I say
we are putting it on the ground and walking on it.
In the space build,
we used a lattice frame to make sure that it could be supported
and move before it got dropped.
And that thing
was rigid, so we're doing it again.
This is the right plan as far as I'm concerned.
I'm very confident that this will work.
It is rock solid. I think...
we've got this one nailed.
Yeah, I'm confident.
Fellas. Hamish.
How you doing?
How's it going? Good, good.
We're going for structure and strength first.
Where's all the strength come from?
It'd be in this latticework.
You can feel already the strength. Try twist it.
I don't wanna break it. Is it...? You won't. You're gonna be able to.
In fact, using all that brute Hamish strength,
I want you to do your best to break this one.
(CHUCKLES)
Hamish is there, and I hear Kale, "Just smash it.
"Here, pick up what I've built and..."
I've looked. I'm like, "What are you doing?"
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
You want me to see if
I can break that? Seriously.
(CHUCKLES) If you can break it
with your bare hands, your dump truck certainly will,
so give it your best shot.
(CHUCKLES)
I need to know.
If you don't, I will be.
Are you happy for me to smash it on the...
Do I have to watch? No.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Uh-oh. That...
(MUSIC SWELLS)
(BLOCKS CLATTER)
We're going for structure and strength first.
Be in this latticework.
You can feel already the strength. Try twist it.
I don't wanna break it. Is it...? You won't. You'll be able to.
In fact, using all that brute Hamish strength,
I want you to do your best to break this one.
And you want me to see if I can break that?
Seriously, give it your best shot. Do I have to watch?
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Uh-oh. Taxi.
(MAN CHUCKLES)
(TEAMS MURMUR)
Thank you.
You're welcome. (BOTH LAUGH)
Oh, that's...
That held up. We've definitely got on camera where
you said, "Please do it."
Three times, I believe.
Dude, that held up excellently.
I am actually really happy about this.
No worries. Hey, these are running tests.
Good, yep. No, all going well in the testing phase.
Let me know if you need any more testing.
No, we're good. One's enough. Give you a wide berth from now on
in terms of coming over and smashing your work.
Give us a wave.
10-2, mate. Thanks, mate.
OK, bye. (LAUGHS) (CHUCKLES)
Testing phase one - big tick.
Big tick. Yeah.
And now I wanna make a lattice frame even more.
It's super strong and rigid.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
MAN: OK.
CADE: We're used to making beautiful things, and today we've gotta
build a 2m bridge. It's gotta take as much weight as it can.
(SIGHS) This is not what we're used to.
HENRY: Hamish is driving a truck across our bridge
with ever-increasing weight.
(TEAMS CHATTER)
We hope that our bridge
actually takes the minimum load. (CHUCKLES)
You alright? Oh, sorry, sorry.
No, no. It was just sitting on top.
Sorry, shouldn't have done that.
We're already flustered, and looking around the room,
you can actually... this is the one build when you can
really compare how people are doing
out of the gate.
Can I have a look? Yeah.
Dave and G's is as strong as an ox.
Man, that's nice.
That's not going anywhere.
No, it won't.
Nice work.
Yeah, it'll be solid.
That needs to be a double pin.
Triple pin...
Those boys are killin' it, mate.
We are so nervous,
but we've gotta remember, like,
we just wanna get the best build we possibly can.
And hopefully we can pull this off.
(MAGICAL MUSIC)
Oh. Look at that beautiful smile.
Well, it's... (CHUCKLES)
That's very nice.
It's got no flex at all.
Compared to the other teams,
we're doing a build a little bit different.
I'm kind of focusing on my struts along the sides of the bridge,
which is Technic bricks reinforced on the outside with LEGO.
I'm focusing on the beams
and just put the road over the top.
It will actually be really strong.
You're using a very different technique -
kind of making tubes with, like, a sleeve inside the tube.
Is that how you describe it? Yep. It doesn't really matter
what else we stack on top. It's not gonna break.
I've tried this technique with some other builds I've done at home.
He has made a chair
at my house that he was able to sit on using this technology.
If we do it right,
it could be the strongest one.
When Brickman sees the way
Matt has built the supports,
he is absolutely flabbergasted.
And, uh, testing, Lyn?
Are you gonna sit on it for us, or you gonna jump up and down on it?
Or what's the...? That's an idea.
I hadn't actually thought about that.
But, you know, you come up with some great ideas.
Alright. I look forward to seeing it.
Yeah. Good luck.
Alright. Thank you. Thank you.
Today we are the architect and the labourer.
Matt is very keen on
doing technical builds.
And I want him to do well.
I am so proud of Matt.
He knows all about what we're doing, don't you, Matt?
Yeah. (CHUCKLES)
Hello, Brickman. Alright,
Bilsy and Kale?
Now, the technique they're going for
I really love - the whole latticework that they're doing.
My only thing is - I don't think they've gone thick enough.
And what's gonna happen is -
that is really gonna sag and bend.
(SIGHS)
Do you wanna lift it up and do a quick test?
Dave and G - they're off to a flier. They are.
If I was to pick a favourite coming into this, they are
the bridge-building guys.
I'm feeling pretty confident now.
Some people make LEGO with their hands.
Maddy does it with her feet. (LAUGHS)
Jimmy and Maddy -
there's a huge leap?
Their bridge is gonna look amazing. That's good.
That's nice. And let me tell you -
when it collapses, it'll look incredible.
Yeah. (CHUCKLES)
Jordan and Miller -
I had a chat to them. Miller has some
experience with bridges at uni.
They've kind of got some techniques
that seem OK.
I'm not sure if they can pull it off or not.
Gotcha.
Alrighty, guys, you are building a bridge to avoid elimination
in the next build.
Five hours gone.
What? Five hours to go.
Halfway it is.
Sort of running out of time.
We've got our...
main platform done.
Our bridge has to be able to hold itself,
but we have been relying on this pillar
in the centre of it, because...
..we really need this bridge to stay intact.
But now it's time to take out...
..the support. The column in the middle won't be allowed
at the end, so we need to get rid of that.
I really hope that this bridge stays up.
Are the whispers true? Are you guys gonna take out the support?
Yep. (YELPS)
Thank you so much for inviting us to the big moment.
We've got Brickman and Hamish Blake
watching on, waiting for the bridge just to...
collapse.
Let's just do it. Bless the bridge.
I don't know how this is gonna go. (CHUCKLES)
I'm worried this isn't gonna work.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
You're just gonna break it away?
OK. Ooh! Hey!
Happy with that?
It's standing up by itself. Like, that is just awesome.
Our bridge is a lot stronger than we thought.
I'm a little bit surprised,
but I am very happy.
I think we're both starting to feel pretty confident,
because it's just coming together a lot better than...
we thought.
OK, I'm actually gonna go, 'cause I need to get a whole heap
of those things, and I've gotta... I've got a plan.
When Jordan started on this show, I made him a solemn oath
that I would never allow any footage to be aired
that made him look like a bit of a goose.
Alright.
(LAUGHTER)
I've broken my promise.
Whoa.
It's all good.
(LAUGHS)
It's all good.
Jordan, I'm so sorry.
But it is a bit funny.
Guys, you've gotta test your bridges.
Uh, Cade, that didn't count as a test
there just where you squeezed the bridge.
(LAUGHTER)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
DAVID: Now, we are building a bridge out of LEGO right now.
How fun is this? And not a littlie bridge.
And it's a massive bridge.
For a living, we build drill rigs together.
So I'm feeling confident but not cocky. I don't wanna be arrogant,
'cause I haven't looked at what anyone else is building.
What do you reckon, G? Stand back and have a look.
I mean, I'm gonna do those braces on both sides
and then just tie them together.
At the moment, we've pretty much
got a solid structure here.
We've strengthened it all up and braced everything.
Do you wanna put a couple of stools on there to test that?
Oh.
Did it even move? No, nothing moved on it at all.
Good.
JIMMY: Maddy?
(UPLIFTING MUSIC)
Shit. Jimmy.
It's holding two chairs. (LAUGHS)
We went with the two stools. Didn't even move.
Then we thought, "No, we'll try four stools."
I mean, that's spread out over the whole thing, but...
Yeah. ..it barely moves.
JORDAN: Whoa! Just saw David and G's.
MILLER: I know. That thing,
that's gonna hold a lot.
Pretty happy with that.
I think G might've smiled.
I think I saw it, but...
It is a grimace, not a smile.
Was it a smile? Yeah.
Man, we saw a smile from G.
Get excited, everyone.
(FUNKY MUSIC)
KALE: The lattice looks awesome, so...
it's time to get the lattice into place and test it.
We need to test.
There is a bit of bow there, isn't there?
We put the latticework into position,
and there is way too much sag.
Initial tests have been a little... wonky.
To say the least.
I think I've got a solution.
I see how we can
not only make this a bridge that supports the dump truck
but that I could walk on.
No, no, no, no.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
We turn it 90 degrees -
it is rock solid.
See it? Yeah, I do. I do.
This is so solid the other way.
So solid.
Kale and Bilsy, the amazing...
Technicolor dream bridge. Yeah.
This is a huge amount of latticing.
This will be the walls...
Yeah. ..of it.
We want no flex. Like, even just have a quick go yourself.
Try flex it like a rainbow. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It ain't moving. No. But the other way,
it absolutely was moving.
BOTH: Yeah. And I'm hoping it'll support me.
(TENSE MUSIC)
What do you reckon the winning weight across will be?
I reckon 20. 120.
20 kilos? Yeah.
120. 120?
I'm gonna go 120, yeah.
Good luck.
Get latticing. Thank you. Cool.
I'm all in on being able to walk across this thing.
I'm all in.
(TENSE MUSIC)
MATT: If I were Bilsy and Kale,
I wouldn't be confident in their bridge.
Just the technique
that they're using - they're attaching
these lattices on to the side.
They're gonna be...
But they haven't really thought about any of the sideways forces
or the stretching or bending.
Alright.
It's gonna be really strong with any weight on the top,
but if you get any sort of bend in the bridge at all, those elements
are gonna snap right off the side,
and the whole thing's gonna fall down.
Here we go.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Alright, guys, three hours...
Oh, baby.
..until we find out
which bridge will be the one left standing.
Will it be yours?
(TENSE MUSIC)
That was a rhetoric... It was a rhetoric...
You don't need to answer. (MADDY SIGHS)
It's OK. This just looks good.
MADDY: Bloody hell.
Why did I never study engineering?
I have made the really bad mistake of, like,
looking at everyone else's builds.
And I'm... Yeah, I'm really scared.
Can you help me lift it back up? Yep.
Hee-yup.
Maddy's been working on this awesome,
really strong bridge structure,
and I've been working on some struts using Technic bricks.
We'll just do a little test. You ready?
So now's the big moment.
It's testing time.
We are the only team left who hasn't tested their bridge.
She pops it on top.
We try and connect it all together,
and we realise something's not right.
So, my end is, like...
It's even on my end. Yep.
Is it even on yours? Yeah.
Things aren't adding up.
Feel like it's gonna break. (GASPS)
Oh, dear.
(BLOCKS CLATTER)
JIMMY: We are the only team left who hasn't tested their bridge.
She pops it on top. We try and connect it all together,
and we realise something's not right.
So, my end is, like...
It's even on my end. Yep. Yep.
Is it even on yours?
Things aren't adding up.
Feel like it's gonna break.
(GASPS)
Oh, dear.
I made these Technic struts,
but they are just not connecting properly.
And they're certainly not measured well at all.
Alright, let's take it out.
Why? What's happened? 'Cause it's pulled it all back.
Let's take it off.
I made them too high -
bulking the bridge up,
and knocking all the support struts out of their sockets.
Three to four hours of work on these struts
has almost been for nothing.
The time is very quickly running out.
We need to come up with a solution.
Alright. (EXHALES)
DAVID: So, we're we happy with what we've built.
It's a really solid bridge.
I'm feeling more confident.
Really wanna win this challenge -
show what we can do with our aesthetics and technical abilities.
What I'm thinking about - keeping going up with the A-frame.
So, I basically wanna, like, continue this on.
This is what we need to do to get that edge, to really get in front.
So we're just gonna try to add to the A-frame.
We're hoping, even if it just added 1 kilo of strength,
it's 1 kilo of extra strength.
And then if it comes to a tie-breaker,
we need aesthetics,...
..and that's really gonna make us stand out.
(MAJESTIC MUSIC)
Alrighty, guys, you have got one hour...
(SIREN WHOOPS) ..until I fire up my truck.
Far out. Man, one hour.
Whether you like it or not. Sorry. One hour.
Whoo! (SIREN STOPS)
KALE: We're in the final hour now -
putting the final touches on before we have a bridge-raising ceremony.
And I'm actually excited - we're gonna have a good bridge.
It feels strong.
Now, we'll place for now. Yeah.
So, lift.
Oh, that's strong.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
A couple of the other teams, their... their builds look strong.
But they don't look as strong as ours -
or as dope as ours.
I'm going to get on the table
and put more force on to it. Why?
Because I really wanna see how much it can hold.
But in saying that,
you never know what could happen.
Here we go.
Why?! I'm feeling the rush,
Jordie.
Dude, that's a lot of weight.
(WHIMPERS)
I'm putting weight on it.
(WHISPERS) I think you could lie on it.
Hamish is even telling me that I could lie on it.
I feel like he's being the devil on my shoulder.
Yeah, you can lie on it, man!
Miller, don't do it. It's a bad idea.
Don't listen to this guy. You put your blood,
sweat and tears into this thing.
Thankfully, we've got the little angel over here.
It's a bad idea.
You'll be a hero.
Don't do it. I'll be a hero?
(BOTH LAUGH)
Good testing. Keep it up. Thank you.
At this point, I've got a bit of a spring in my step.
It's able to hold a fair bit of weight.
Miller literally leant on the bridge,
so we might have a better chance than we think.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Alrighty, guys. Ten minutes. Ten minutes to go.
Not long. Matty and Lyn,
you look like you're almost calling it, but...
the next ten minutes could be the difference between 14.6 kilos
and... 14.75.
Good luck! Another one.
JIMMY: So, I've ditched the Technic rods.
I've gone back to basic bricks,
and hopefully that doesn't cost us.
The next time I go over a bridge,
I am going to pay my respects,
'cause this is a lot harder than it looks.
We can do this. We can do this.
I don't know how much weight it will hold.
But we're gonna make sure it looks as good as it can,
so we're putting some story into it.
The worst pun possible.
We are paying homage to Jeff Bridges on our bridge,
and this is his character, The Dude, from The Big Lebowski -
hangin' out. (CHUCKLES)
We've got a bridge
covered in Jeff Bridges.
Alright, guys,
you've got one minute. Last minute!
(TENSE MUSIC)
What are you doin', man? What, are you modelling or something?
Yeah.
We could do it as a centrefold for LEGO Magazine.
I feel like Leonardo da Vinci, painting the Sistine Chapel -
only this is not our masterpiece.
BILSY: It looks pretty good. It's strong. It's up on the pylons.
I'm prepared to go through with my "standing on it" bet.
I'm... I'm confident. Now we need trolls.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Henry and Cade, is that you guys,
stopping me from driving across? Yeah, it's not finished.
Don't do it, Hamish.
I've gotta do it - it's the rules of the episode.
You've got five seconds to finish.
Four, three,
two...
One... That is it. That is too...
Well done, boy. Well done.
Well done, everyone. (APPLAUSE)
(GROANS)
MAN: Great job.
(UPLIFTING MUSIC)
Well done, everybody. Great job.
(EXHALES)
So, we... we've done the best bridge we possibly could in the time,
and... I'm thinking the bridge could possibly hold
20 kilos, but, I mean, you pick up a 20-kilo dumb-bell -
that's fairly heavy. So...
Ten?
Ten would be nice. 20 would be awesome.
Yeah, 20... Anything else than that...
I think 20 will be max for...
20 would be... That's pretty heavy. 20 is very heavy.
Whoo-hoo! How good is this feeling?
We actually finished one - again.
We didn't get it... make it as aesthetically pleasing
as I would like -
you know, give us another 15 minutes, maybe.
But structural, we killed it.
I reckon this might...
Yeah, I'm prepared to... walk on it. Yeah.
This build - I'm sorry, but it was one of my least favourite builds.
This is just way out of our comfort zone. We're building a bridge.
MADDY: To stay out of an elimination
and get immunity from the next build would just be...
oh, a blessing, really.
I'm really terrified about Hamish's truck.
Our bridge - I...
don't know how much weight it will hold,...
but I feel like it'll last at least the truck driving across,
without weights inside.
Alrighty, guys. Well done -
epic build. You guys ready to see
whose bridge will be the last bridge standing?
ALL: Yeah! Alright. Good, good, good.
(CHEERING) MAN: Alright. Good.
I'm gonna go and get the truck, OK?
Be excited, 'cause it's...
it's a pretty intimidating truck. (CHUCKLES)
Behold -
the truck!
Yes, clap. Good instinct.
MAN: It's a beast.
Where's the rest of it? I was expecting something this big.
We'll take that truck without even blinking, mate.
JORDAN: It's absolutely tiny.
(CHUCKLES)
It's a bit of an insult, really. (BOTH CHUCKLE)
Can your bridge withstand
this quite light truck? I hope so.
But can it withstand it with a lot of weight on the back?
That's what we're gonna find out.
You ready to test?
Let's do it. Yeah.
(EXHALES) Alright, Matty and Lyn,
how are you guys feeling? Good.
(MOMENTOUS MUSIC)
The main part of our structure
is those blue sleeved Technic beams down the side.
And I think they're gonna take a lot of force on the top of them.
They're gonna take a ton of force on the top of them.
Confident for me to put the unladen truck on?
Yep. Go for it.
That's a kilo, right there.
This is a kilo. It's done a kilo. Whoo!
Yay! Alright! (CHUCKLES)
Matty, you've been quietly confident this whole challenge.
Yeah. Would you say you're smug
at this stage?
I'll be smug at the end of it. (CHUCKLES)
OK. Good. Nice little smug warning.
Lyn, are you just as smug?
It's... Yep.
Team smugness. Team smugness.
(CHUCKLES) Team smugness. Great. OK.
Before we load it up,
I have to ask a question -
what weight do you think your bridge can handle?
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
I think it could safely handle quite a lot.
Is this a waste of time?
Yeah, I think it is. I... (LAUGHTER)
I think it... I would be willing to put, like, 20 K on there.
20kg? Yeah.
(JIMMY CHUCKLES)
Alright, 20 kilos. Well, we've gotta do it...
We've gotta do it fair. Right, Brickman, what's our first weight?
We are going to go for 8kg.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Alright. Let's load her up.
Here we go.
LYN: I'm very confident in the beams.
The beams are strong along the sides.
I'm just concerned that, the plates on top,
they're not quite strong enough.
(CRACKING)
Alright. We're loaded up. (EXHALES)
You guys ready?
Yeah.
BOTH: Ooh. (BRIDGE CREAKS)
Ooh! Oh!
Yep. The LEGO's really under tension.
It's really creaking and moaning.
It wants to move. BOTH: Ooh!
(LAUGHTER)
(BRIDGE CREAKS)
And that - I'm gonna call it a win.
You're across. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
(UPLIFTING MUSIC)
Nice and smug. Feelin' good. Alright.
It's really nerve-racking,
because it makes noises.
You don't want your bridge to be making noises. That's bad.
Alrighty, Kale and Bilsy,
you ready for 8 kilos? We're ready.
(MOMENTOUS MUSIC)
KALE: Since we've decided to go the sideways lattice,
I'm feeling pretty confident.
That lattice is super strong and rigid.
During the build,
you said it's gonna take 120kg.
MAN: 120!
120!
This is gonna be a nine-hour episode tonight
of LEGO Masters. (CHUCKLES)
KALE: Yeah, I'm all in on saying
that this bridge will take 120.
You guys ready? (SINGSONGY) Best of luck.
(BRIDGE CREAKS)
(BLOCKS CLATTER)
Alrighty, Kale and Bilsy,
you ready for 8 kilos? We're ready.
(TENSE MUSIC)
KALE: Since we've decided
to go the sideways lattice,
I'm feeling pretty confident.
That lattice is super strong and rigid.
BRICKMAN: During the build,
you said it's gonna take 120kg.
(SINGSONGY) Best of luck.
(BRIDGE CREAKS) Come on, bridge!
(BRIDGE CREAKS)
Do you want me to hit the trolls? Hit 'em.
Sure. Hit 'em. Hit 'em.
We're across. Alright!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
How far can we push this bridge?
Let's bring horses across it, you know?
Let's make it a Melbourne Cup event.
Alright, alright, alright.
Hey, guys.
The moment normal bridge-builders don't fear.
(JIMMY AND MADDY CHUCKLE) But are you guys scared?
Yes. A little bit.
(MOMENTOUS MUSIC)
I made these pretty solid basic brick struts,
and they've got a really solid base.
But it's time for the first test, and I've never been more
fearful of a child's toy in my life.
Alright, Jeff, may you remain standing.
Go, Jeff. Come on, Jeffy.
As it gets to the middle, you just hear this...
(BRIDGE CREAKS) "Crack!"
Ooh.
Oh, don't break on the first run!
Well done. Made it!
Yeah!
Boys, boys, boys.
Do you reckon you could bench 8 kilos?
Oh, be a bit hard, but... Yeah, me too.
That's close to my PB. But let's see if it's your bridge's PB thus far.
(MOMENTOUS MUSIC)
Our bridge has an arch structure
with lots of triangles, which hold up the main platform of the bridge.
Alright. (EXHALES) Good luck, fellas.
Would you like to make any final adjustments
to the bridge, to secure it up? Too late.
Alright. Here we go.
I'm backin' my boy. He did a couple of engineering classes.
Yeah! (APPLAUSE)
He doesn't leave me hangin'. (LAUGHTER)
Boys, boys, boys. How are ya, Hamish?
Hey. How are ya, Brickman?
(EXHALES)
Whole series, I've never seen you guys this nervous.
Yeah. But you've done a hell of a job.
I mean, it looks...
like a bridge. (CHUCKLES)
Thank you. But, unfortunately,
that is not the test. Today's test is...
is it actually a bridge?
(MOMENTOUS MUSIC)
HENRY: We've got massive girders underneath the bridge to prop it up.
And we've cross-braced it with cross-hatching.
Still, we are so nervous.
Good luck.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(BRIDGE CREAKS)
Don't stop.
(BRIDGE CREAKS) Wobbly, but...
(CHEERING)
We're there. Bringing the goods home.
Great job.
Yes! Yes!
David, G, you ready to take the leap to 8 kilos?
Absolutely.
Go for it.
G, do you find this insulting,
at 8 kilos? Yes.
You do? Yes.
(CHUCKLES) (BOTH LAUGH)
(MOMENTOUS MUSIC)
So, we've got this bridge structure with triangles in it, and we've put
this A-frame on, just... just so it adds a little bit of extra strength.
Here we go. Best of luck.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
Look at that - as easy as you like. Oh!
Too easy.
(LAUGHS)
Alright, guys,
just want to call a bit of a time-out,
a little bit of a family meeting, because -
full transparency - I don't think anyone on the show
expected the bridges
to hold much more than 8 kilos.
(CHUCKLES) Oh.
We all win!
As I'm sure we've noticed, the truck is dying.
Next challenge - build your own truck.
(CHUCKLES) It's dead.
It smells fried.
I don't think it can go higher than 8 kilos.
This is the part of the episode where they'll be,
"Technical difficulties -
we'll be right back." Yeah. "Beep!"
Look, I've been in the entertainment industry for a long time.
Do I remember when I was trying to pretend that 8 kilos
would break the bridge? Not really.
TV moves on. Very fast-paced industry.
Well done to every single person in this room for beating the truck!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
But we've got plans. We have contingencies.
Brickman and I are bringing in something a little bit heavier, OK?
BOTH: Ooh.
MAN: Oh.
What is that?!
A tank? ALL: Oh!
MAN: Oh, we're in trouble.
Lot of kettlebells, G.
We've got a lot of kettlebells here.
If you beat all the kettlebells, we're gonna have to
get a real car
to go across this. (ALL LAUGH)
We're going straight to 16-kilo kettlebells - just gonna be placed
in the middle of the bridge.
Good luck.
Just a weights delivery.
(BOTH CHUCKLE) Lyn, I hope you don't mind -
we went to your house, raided the garage and got your kettlebells.
Good. (CHUCKLES) Alright.
MATT: This is a little worrisome.
It's probably ramped up a little bit too much in seriousness,
with the kettlebells. (CHUCKLES)
(EXHALES) Here we go.
(CLEARS THROAT)
You can feel it.
You can feel 16 kilos.
(TENSE MUSIC)
(BRIDGE CREAKS) One,
two,
three...
(GRUNTS) Alright! (BOTH CHUCKLE)
You could feel it starting to come up at the edges.
But you've made it. You've made it.
Looking down the line of the LEGO,
it looked like a soup bowl. It actually really bent the LEGO.
Yep, that's left a dent.
Good luck, boys. (EXHALES)
(BRIDGE CREAKS) Three,
two,
one... Ooh!
BOTH: Oh! Just made it.
MAN: Well done.
Just made it.
Guys,
are you as stressed as what the bridge was right then?
That was actually a smaller lean,
from where I was standing.
(LAUGHS)
Some serious bend on the bricks there.
Nah! There's 90 kilos on the cart - let's do it all at once.
(TENSE MUSIC)
One,
two,
three...
Oh, my god! Yes!
I think we're getting to the stage now,
where people at home are going,
"Maybe we should build real bridges out of LEGO."
Yeah. Like, it's pretty strong.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
Three,
two,
one...
Alright! Well done! She's good.
Three, two,
one...
Alright! That didn't move.
Is there a bit of pride
beginning now to creep in?
That just, out of LEGO, you've built a pretty strong bridge?
I'm actually surprised - genuinely surprised.
Yeah, so are we, man. We only had enough weights
for 8 kilos on the truck.
Our bridge doesn't even budge.
It's a freakin' miracle.
G, nervous yet?
No. OK.
Oh, gentle. Gentle. Gentle.
DAVID: Ooh.
Three,
two,
one...
She's good. Alright!
Alright, guys, a bit of real talk -
obviously, your bridges are very, very good.
(ALL CHUCKLE) Well done.
You're the best at LEGO - probably should have seen this coming.
So, to speed up
the scientific process, here's what's gonna happen -
we'll keep adding weight now on the bridges until they fail.
This is gonna be cool. (CHUCKLES)
There's just gonna be weight upon weight upon weight
until it breaks, and... now I'm even more excited.
The bridge with the highest breaking point will be safe
from the next elimination build.
Alright, let's do it. I wish you luck.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE) I wish you a strong bridge.
Here we go.
And well done again. Yes, you got it. You beat the show.
You nearly beat the show. It's our first season.
We don't know what we're doing.
We're trying to make this up as we go along. Alright, here we go.
(LAUGHTER)
Lyn and Matt, we know this is it.
Two 12-kilo kettlebells,
for 24 kilos,... Ooh.
..and it's gotta stand for ten seconds.
OK. Then we'll add ten.
If at that point, it's holding at 44...
I don't know - we'll add 14,
and then it's 58.
Are you talking for real?
This is the real deal.
Right.
Whatever happens here, great LEGO bridge. Well done.
Three, two...
(BRIDGE CREAKS)
BOTH: Oh!
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
She's bent.
I heard those things break in there.
I don't think we're getting above 30.
OK. BRICKMAN: Go the next ten.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(BRIDGE CREAKS) Ooh!
(BLOCKS CLATTER)
She's bent.
I heard those things break in there.
I don't think we're getting above 30.
OK. BRICKMAN: Go the next ten.
(EXHALES)
(BRIDGE CREAKS)
Ooh. You are on 34.
It's hammocking.
Look underneath it.
Two, one...
ALL: Oh! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
(CHEERING, WHISTLING)
(CHEERING)
34 was your last solid weight, so we'll rate it at 34.
This technique that you've developed here,
clearly, is strong enough to hold well over the weight.
It was only the plates basically separating
and delaminating that caused the failure in your bridge.
Even though we might not win, we've impressed Brickman,
and that's good enough for me.
Alright, guys.
Kale, 120 kilograms is your call.
KALE: I think we've got this one nailed.
Yeah. I'm confident.
Alright, Brickman. Let's start with 12 each.
Goin' on.
Three, two, one.
Ooh. Stay.
Oh, my gosh.
Come on, that's ten. (CHUCKLES)
Waiting for the call.
Whoa!
At 24 kilos, it held the weight,
and, all of a sudden, you hear, "Crack! Crack! Crack!"
(ALL EXCLAIM)
At 24, we have fallen some 96kg short
of the estimated rating.
Oh, I'm happy with 24. But, um,...
well done, guys. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Guys, you're cuddling each other tight.
Do you feel like you're at the funeral of a bridge?
I feel like this might be our last one, Hamie. (CHUCKLES)
She's impressed us before, the Jeff Bridges, and...
and surprised us. Let's see if it can do it again.
Come on, Jeffs! (CHUCKLES)
Don't let us down.
Three, two, one.
(BRIDGE CREAKS) BOTH: Oh!
It's good. Sh... She's holding.
This is the longest ten seconds...
of my entire life. She's creaking.
Moving to 34.
(BRIDGE CREAKS) Oh, there you go.
ALL: Oh! MAN: Nice!
She's good at 34.
(ALL EXCLAIM)
Aah! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Jeff surfed it all the way down. (LAUGHS)
We really surprised ourselves. And we didn't come last!
We didn't come last!
Alright, fellas.
24 kilos for ten seconds?
She'll be right. (ALL CHUCKLE)
Here we go.
Three, two, one... Oh, boy.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Now to 34.
(BRIDGE CREAKS) ALL: Ooh.
We're hearing some cracks,
but she's holding. This is about to put you into first.
For 44 - the first team to support 44 kilos!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE) It's gotta hold for ten seconds.
I never would have expected that our bridge could take this much,
and they just keep adding on more and more weight.
This is 58!
(BRIDGE CREAKS) Holy dooley! (CHUCKLES)
(CHUCKLES)
This is 72.
Come on!
DAVID: We're gonna be beaten here.
We're gonna have to go home and tell 'em how a bunch of young kids
beat us in engineering.
We're running out of weights!
BRICKMAN: No more weights! You're beating the show!
Yes! (CHUCKLES) We're at 72 kilos!
I told you. That's amazing.
That's, like, heavier than Miller.
I mean, nobody thought... Dude!
it was going to 72.
It was looking likely, at this stage,
that we were gonna have to go to my car and get some of my...
600kg or 700kg kettlebells
that I just have in case I need to do a quick workout.
We're bringing a 16 in the middle.
This will take it to 88. Ooh!
(BRIDGE CREAKS) Oh, my god!
Yes!
Oh, my god! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
It's gotta hold for ten seconds.
MADDY: That's insane.
Guys, you've got 88!
We're in the lead now, by far. Like... This is just so cool.
Those pillars are strong, man. Alright,
we are going to 104 kilos.
That's impressive, man.
Oh, it's going. It's going, surely.
Oh. No!
(ALL EXCLAIM)
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
(ALL EXCLAIM)
Guys, 88. 88 kilos.
Realistically, you're probably
pushing the limits of what the physical plastic can endure.
Miller, you are going back to uni,
and you are gonna teach bridge-building.
(CHUCKLES)
88 kilos - that's a lot of weight.
But we've got two teams left -
Henry and Cade, and David and G.
OK, boys.
Where's your head at now? I mean, now you've seen
something incredible happen next door, with an 88.
That really was amazing to watch.
I know David and G's got a good build,
but if we can be top two again, you know,
that'd be amazing.
Alright, here we go. 24.
Good luck.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Nothing. Laughing. We'll leave it for ten seconds.
That is a solid structure.
We now move...
to 34.
(BRIDGE CREAKS)
34 kilos is the weight of a small child - a toddler.
Or Kale.
(CHUCKLES)
(BRIDGE CREAKS)
MAN: Yeah!
44.
It holds! It didn't even move.
(BRIDGE CREAKS)
58. Ooh.
Something's goin'. Oh, no.
The ends have popped up.
Oh, god, that's really popped up.
(BRIDGE CREAKS)
Oh!
ALL: Oh!
We did it! We didn't come last!
(CHUCKLES) We actually did pretty well.
The bridge is pretty much intact.
58 kilos, held up by LEGO, is insane.
Well done. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
(MOMENTOUS MUSIC)
JORDAN: Right now, we've conquered all the other Goliaths.
We've got one more team to beat, and that's David and G.
Alright, boys. Well, it's all come down to this.
G, you're absolutely jumping out of your skin.
(HENRY CHUCKLES) Yes.
(CHUCKLES) Alright.
88 is the score to beat.
88 kilograms -
it is a massive weight. That is a huge amount of weight.
Here we go - 24 kilos going on
in the middle.
No problemos.
(TENSE MUSIC)
We're now at 34.
(BRIDGE CREAKS) I can hear creaking.
(BRIDGE CREAKS) We're now at 44.
Wow. It's gotta be there for ten seconds.
My palms are sweating.
For 58.
(BRIDGE CREAKS) Ooh.
Creaking but not a lot of movement.
Three, two, one...
(BRIDGE CREAKS) 72.
MAN: Oh, my gosh.
DAVID: Another 16 kilos and we're tied, but that's another 16 kilos.
That's, like, almost what we were thinking it was gonna hold
in the first place. Oh, god. Yes.
There's no second place in this challenge. We... We need to win it.
We need to be safe from elimination.
Grab it - the other handle. Gentle.
Ooh.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(BRIDGE CREAKS)
(BLOCKS CLATTER)
Gentle.
Ooh.
We have to beat 88. Wow.
Ooh.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(BRIDGE CREAKS)
88.
(ALL EXCLAIM) 88.
(APPLAUSE) You are...
equal leaders if this holds for another three,
two, one...
You are equal leaders. We are now going
for 104 kilos. JIMMY AND MADDY: Oh, my god.
JIMMY: Go, boys!
(ALL EXCLAIM)
BRICKMAN: Well done, guys.
88! (APPLAUSE)
(CHUCKLES) 88.
(ALL EXCLAIM)
88 kilos. We have got... a tie. (LAUGHS)
(ALL GROAN)
It now has it all resting on aesthetics.
A-frame. A-frame.
Those aesthetics right now.
There is one man in the room that has some thinking to do.
Always fun to be the judge.
JORDAN: We've just gotta hope that our modern design
really beats their old-school,
A-frame style thing.
G: Our bridge was the one that was
supposed to outlast
everybody's, and now...
BOTH: It's a tie.
Hey, guys, what a day - ten hours, a 2m span...
Two bridges were able to sustain a clean 88 kilos
for the mandated ten seconds, as laid out
in the federation rulebook. Those two teams -
David and G, and also Jordan and Miller.
Well done, fellas. You are obviously our top two.
We all knew it could come down to aesthetics.
Pretty much everyone in the room,
at some point during the competition went,
"Pfft! Aesthetics - not interested.
"Just gonna take out the weight gold medal."
Well, well, well.
(BOTH CHUCKLE) Here we are,
with aesthetics gonna be the winner. Brickman,
your thoughts?
So, Jordan and Miller, your bridge - amazing.
And you know what? Even the colour scheme worked.
And those curved slopes that you've got on the outside
of the bridge - it actually worked.
Really impressed with your aesthetics.
I feel like it's the kind of bridge that, like,
a state government could have gone, like,
"We bloody promised it, and we built it."
(ALL LAUGH)
So, David and G.
You're a model of consistency, literally,
across all of your builds. Your realism,
taking things literally, really worked for you.
So, what a prize - safe from elimination.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
Only one team here today,
in the room, built something
a little bit different
than the others.
Today's winner -
(MUSIC SWELLS)
David and G. Well done.
(UPLIFTING MUSIC)
Well done, mate.
(CHEERING)
So, David and G, your A-frame, in the end, got you over the line.
(ALL LAUGH) Alright, David and G,
well done.
(CHEERING)
This is our first win of the competition.
I'm happy, G's happy, and everyone's just cheering us on.
(ALL CHATTER)
G's smiling - super happy.
That's probably the happiest you're gonna see me.
Turns out... I guess you did want it to be pretty after all.
Next time - the elimination challenge...
Wow. ..to make the most awesome lair
for a brand-new evil LEGO character.
Cactus Girl!
Robot Man!
Leprechaun Boy!
I wanna see booby traps,
escape paths...
I wanna see a monster mega-weapon.
JIMMY: This is the coolest challenge...
(WHOOSHES)
..ever. Some lairs will achieve
maximum lair-ness.
It's awesome.
This is the wow factor.
This is show-worthy.
But one will send its makers home.
I'm worried. We need to pick up the pace.
We could be up for elimination. (GROANS)
But it just ain't enough. Aah!
It can't just be good.
These have to be great.