It was a little corny, but Will Arnett is funny and a lot of the humor is from them being self aware that they are a corny game/reality show. If you have any kids who are into Lego, they will probably enjoy it.

My kids can't wait to watch. It comes on too late for them to watch it live - plus, who watches TV live anyway?

Was hoping it wouldn't fall into the same exact format as other reality contest shows, but it did. They are so interchangeable nowadays.

Would have liked for it to get more involved with the contestants and show more of the building process.

Texaggie7nine said:

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Was hoping it wouldn't fall into the same exact format as other reality contest shows, but it did. They are so interchangeable nowadays.

Would have liked for it to get more involved with the contestants and show more of the building process.

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I think they did well, I would like to have been more involved with the builds but that would be extremely difficult since it was a 15 hour build in 1 episode, not sure how much more time they could give without it just being a camera watching people put bricks together. Maybe if they spread it across multiple episodes? But you would probably lose interest by general population, so I think they struck a good balance.

I will say, my wife and I really wanted the lumberjack's build to work, that looked insane (also having them move complex builds without even sweeping the floor seems like something would end in disaster, and I would prefer to see the finished product over unexpected disasters).

Flashdiaz said:

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They should also make them walk around barefoot as an added parent obstacle.

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HA! One of the weekly extra challenges!

It was pretty funny to see a couple of the teams realize that they are in WAY over their heads. A few of the teams seen to just be on a completely different level.

Vernada said:

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My kids can't wait to watch. It comes on too late for them to watch it live - plus, who watches TV live anyway?

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It's recorded regardless.

IrishAg said:

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Texaggie7nine said:

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Was hoping it wouldn't fall into the same exact format as other reality contest shows, but it did. They are so interchangeable nowadays.

Would have liked for it to get more involved with the contestants and show more of the building process.

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I think they did well, I would like to have been more involved with the builds but that would be extremely difficult since it was a 15 hour build in 1 episode, not sure how much more time they could give without it just being a camera watching people put bricks together. Maybe if they spread it across multiple episodes? But you would probably lose interest by general population, so I think they struck a good balance.

I will say, my wife and I really wanted the lumberjack's build to work, that looked insane (also having them move complex builds without even sweeping the floor seems like something would end in disaster, and I would prefer to see the finished product over unexpected disasters).

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I'd have been OK with some time lapses of the builds...

Watched for a while. Thought it was a little boring.

Me and my boys enjoyed it.

I watched the Australian version with the family when we were they last May and it was great. So far it looks like the American version is sticking to the same script. The smash/blow up episode next week should be good.

My favorite episode from the Aussie version was the contest to build the strongest bridge - that one definitely put some distance between the artists and the engineers.

Definitely hope that duck lover is voted off early.

I enjoyed last night's episode, although Flower Power scolding his partner was awkward.

Second episode had some good creations except the one that was complete garbage. Was not at all sad to see that team go since one member was constantly making bizarre faces.

Good show so far.

Im through episode 3. I enjoy the building and the challenges, but why is there so much crying? There are people crying about something every episode and in one of the episodes multiple people crying.

Classic reality TV formula. Got to have lot's of drama and nothing brings drama more than crying.

How many macho guys do you know that spend countless hours playing with legos?

I know many Legoheads and most of them are pretty eccentric like the people on the show.

I went to a Lego convention one time because the in-laws bought tickets for the family. There was some cool stuff there, but man they were a bunch of nerds. I told my wife that my eyes were opened to a whole subculture that I never knew existed. People there were having well-informed discussions about things like the year that Lego switched to a different shade of gray for their pieces. It was bizarre.

LEGO is an adjective...just saying. People build with LEGO bricks, elements, etc.

Beta out

Im pretty sure that this show is intended (or at the very minimum with smart contestant casting to make it happen) to be almost a parody of this style of reality show. Its hilariously fake.

They advertise their youtube channel. They should have more in-depth coverage of the builds on there.

I'm curious on the format not shown on on TV. Do they build for 15 uninterrupted hours? Surely there are breaks for food and sleep.
If not, that might explain some of the drama on the show. I'd be pretty dramatic after spending uninterrupted 15 hours doing anything.

Good for you. I think the "betas" as you call them have red blood as well...

I read an article that said each episode is filmed over 3 days, so I could see that time being split up over two days.

boooo would rather see 15 continuous hours where they must decide if they have time to eat, nap and poo.

Flashdiaz said:

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boooo would rather see 15 continuous hours where they must decide if they have time to eat, nap and poo.

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"Its been ten hours, when do we get a bathroom break?"

"Legos are right there, get to building. But remember, the timer doesn't stop"