LEGO Masters Australia Episode 8 Recap – Train ride through time

May 14, 2019 | 3

Last night’s episode was the second last episode, as the four remaining teams must fight to survive elimination to make it to the Grand Finale.

It was a pretty long episode, but it went by so quickly as they hardly left in any time for fluff.

The challenge was the most gruelling one yet – a 16 hour free-building challenge, where teams were assigned a different territory – Prehistoric, Wild West, Medieval and Future, all connected by a Time Travelling Train.

To make it to the Finale, teams had to once again prove their creative mettle by building their selected scenes all from scratch.

Jordan and Miller picked the Medieval team, and despite being bogged down by their poor time management, managed to create a relatively massive castle.

They struggled greatly at the start, in spite of them putting together a schedule which was swiftly relegated to the floor. The Castle proved to be one of the most time-intensive parts of the builds, and they scrambled to fill in the other empty parts of the build with armies and even a joust scene.

I really liked the bright blue dragon that was attacking a bunch of knights, as it emerged from its cave.

During the scramble to complete the build, Jordan and Miller discover that they left a few loose bricks, which together with their sloppy organisation, was judged fairly harshly by The Brickman.

David and G were gunning really hard for the Wild West theme, and were disappointed when they drew the “Future” scene.

All they had was a massive blue canvas to build on, and after struggling to think of a concept (mostly G who isn’t into Sci Fi), decided to go with a rather dystopian take of the future.

Amidst rising seas that have engulfed cities lies an oil rig that blends futuristic elements like flying bikes, sprinkled with echoes of Mad Max.

Despite being uncomfortable with the theme, David and G managed to impress the Brickman with their attention to detail, and technique of building lopsided buildings and their storystelling strength.

Henry and Cade went to town with their Wild West scene as they made the most compelling case of why they deserve their title as frontrunners and favourites in the competition.

Once again, they demonstrated amazing teamwork and chemistry as Cade took on the gargantuan task of building a massive brick-built canyon as Henry went to work on the buildings in the Western town.

Their efforts paid off as the massive canyon did an amazing job of providing a grand sense of scale against the smaller buildings, in addition to it looking great.

During the build, there was a brief scene where Cade cut himself on LEGO bricks, which provided a bit of comic relief from Hamish, and led to The Brickman naming the canyon Blood Gulch.

Henry really shined in this episode as his collection of Wild West buildings such as the Saloon, Train station and crumbling church wowed the Brickman over with their designs and technique.

Unsurprisingly, they were picked by The Brickman as the winners, and head into tonight’s Finale with a considerable level of momentum.

You can probably see where this is going. Kale and Bilsy were last, with their Prehistoric setting.

From the previous episodes, viewers were made abundantly clear that Kale and Bilsy did not make for a good team and this episode really shone the spotlight on the mismatch.

Kale didn’t seem to learn anything from his last episode where he couldn’t complete his oversized Delorean, and once again attempted to build something at Kale Scale – which is short for very big.

Despite being warned by the Brickman and his teammate Bilsy that his T-Rex was just too damn big and wasn’t to scale at all, Kale continued to press on, seemingly confident that bigger is better.

Unsurprisingly, they ran out of time and Kale had to make do with half a dinosaur, lying on its belly, while Bilsy did his very best to salvage the situation, constructing (on his own) a rather sizable volcano and peppering the landscape with different minifigs and scenes.

When it came time to judging, there was no doubt in anyone’s mind that they were going home as the Brickman took Kale to task over his poor sense of scale and sent them both home.

Social Media was not kind to Kale, and celebrated his elimination, with lots of sympathy being gained from Bilsy. It’s clear that they could not work together as a team, and Kale’s over-confident, domineering nature stood in stark contrast to Bilsy’s more laid back attitude.

While this may be a reality TV show and we only see edited bits and pieces, it’s quite clear that Kale’s overconfident, sometimes smug “I’m better than you attitude” cost the team an appearance in the finale.

So that’s it, 3 teams headed to the Grand Finale for the title of LEGO Masters and the $100k prize.

I can’t wait for tonight and I’m tipping Henry and Cade to take it all the way home, although I’m expecting a big challenge mounted by Jordan and Miller.

Who do you think is going to win tonight? Let me know in the comments!

The Grand Finale of LEGO Masters airs on Channel 9 at 7:30pm tonight, so don’t miss out!

Check out the Episode 1,Episode 2,Episode 3, Episode 4, Episode 5, and Episode 6 recaps to catch up!

Thanks again for reading! If you’ve watched the episode, I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments section on the eliminated team and the judging!

Check out the Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4, or Episode 5 Recaps to catch up! Thanks again for reading! If you’ve watched the episode, I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments section on the eliminated team and the judging!

LEGO Masters Australia is a reality TV series on Channel 9 which pits 8 teams of LEGO builders against each other to test their creativity and design. It airs on Channel 9 on Sundays (7pm), Mondays and Tuesdays (730pm) and you can stream it on 9Now.