Hamish Blake finds the secret to LEGO creativity while building Eve from Wall-E

During filming of LEGO MASTERS Australia Season 2, Ryan McNaught gave Hamish Blake a hand to build Eve from the Pixar animated film Wall-E.

LEGO MASTERS host Hamish Blake decided to build a romantic gift for his wife. Having already built LEGO Ideas 21303 Wall-E, he wanted to build an Eve to go with it as it was one of the first films they saw together.

“It’s pretty hard to build Eve BUT, if I pulled it off, I would be a hero,” he wrote on Instagram. “After a few weeks stealing lots of parts from the Brick Pit on the show, I was ready to try and get her going. Wow. It was so hard. But I was determined to not let my wife down.”

Thankfully, he had a LEGO Certified Professional working with him all day, so turned to the show’s Brickman, Ryan McNaught.

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“I tried and tried and was ABOUT to give up but then, one day, I discovered the secret of getting past my block. I found out what was holding me back. It was my skill. So I just asked @mcnaught.ryan. With me out of the picture the project took off! He made what you see above in about an hour!”

Ultimately, the story taught Blake a lesson about LEGO creativity: “It’s like I tell kids, what you can make out of LEGO is only limited by what your imagination can think of to ask Brickman to build.”

The LEGO MASTERS final proved a ratings hit for Nine.

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LEGO MASTERS Australia Season 2 coverage

Interview with host Hamish Blake
Interview with judge Ryan McNaught

Episode reviews
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6
Episode 7
Episode 8
Episode 9
Episode 10
Episode 11 – The Final

Post-final interviews
Jackson and Alex
Andrew and Damian
Trent and Josh

Exit interviews
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 6
Episode 9
Episode 10

Meet the contestants
Summer and Iona
Jackson and Alex
Trent and Josh

Jay and Stani
Jennifer and Jodie
Tim and Danii
Andrew and Damian
Annie and Runa

Author Profile

Graham
Graham was the BrickFanatics.com Editor up until November 2020. He has plenty of experience working on LEGO related projects. He has contributed to various websites and publications on topics including niche hobbies, the toy industry and education.

Follw Graham on Twitter @grahamh100.

Graham

Graham was the BrickFanatics.com Editor up until November 2020. He has plenty of experience working on LEGO related projects. He has contributed to various websites and publications on topics including niche hobbies, the toy industry and education. Follw Graham on Twitter @grahamh100.

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