‘Lego Masters’ Season 5 Winners Sage & Ian Summers Open Up About Emotional Win

“All of it comes all the way down to this.” Phrases Will Arnett stated in the course of the Season 5 Lego Masters finale one final time. That’s earlier than Nick Cannon takes over internet hosting duties of the bricktacular Fox competitors subsequent 12 months. There have been weeks of enjoyable challenges from film themes comparable to Star Wars, Depraved and Batman to creating masquerade masks, objects from Arnett’s youthful years and builds that transfer a ping pong ball from one workforce creation to a different. 

In all, 11 groups narrowed all the way down to a Prime 3. The high-fiving siblings Ian and Sage Summers, fun-loving educators Joe Cherwink and Anthony Amoo, and strapping younger bros Ben and Michael Grayson labored arduous to impress specialists Amy Corbett and Jamie Berard. Through the “Corridor of Fame Finale” episode on July 28, they have been tasked with crafting their grasp construct signature. Ian and Sage finally walked away with the $100,000 money prize, Lego trophy and title of Lego Grasp. The superfans from Texas will eternally be immortalized into the present’s Corridor of Fame and can have their whimsical construct displayed at Legoland New York. 

The groups had 18 hours to showcase talent and creativity. Ian and Sage finally struck a wire with Corbett and Berard by way of the pair’s Zzz Wizard Keeper of desires. Every of the drawers created represented a particular dream. The pet sitters bumped into just a few hiccups between colour decisions to the wizard’s arm, however labored by way of it to see their real-life dream realized. 

Coming off the victory, we caught up with the comfortable pair to replicate on their expertise and discuss what’s subsequent. 

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As superfans, put in perspective what profitable this season means to you. 

Ian Summers: It’s so surreal as a result of we have now been such followers of the present. To be in the identical dialog of the earlier winners, it’s unbelievable. 

Sage Summers: Youngsters coming as much as us and saying now they appear as much as us means the world. We have been in that situation not that way back. 

Ian: It’s a full circle second. 

How do you look again on the season and the way you bought one another by way of these troublesome moments? 

Sage: I couldn’t have finished this with anybody else. My brother is my finest buddy. He’s so supportive of every thing I do. He’s simply the most effective particular person ever. To undergo this expertise was a dream come true. Any time I used to be burdened I’d be like, “Ian, are we doing okay?” He could be like, “Sure.” He’d stored a degree head and helped me by way of it. 

Ian: It actually helps to know your companion tremendous effectively as a result of there could be occasions the place we wouldn’t even have to speak. It might simply be a glance or a nod. I like to recommend anybody who needs to check out to know your companion is big. We wouldn’t have been capable of go as far had we not identified one another in addition to we do. 

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Through the finale construct you have been at a colour crossroads and bumped into the problems with the wizard’s arm, which was your essential focus. Discuss the way you overcame sure obstacles you confronted. 

Ian: The colour is essential, particularly on TV. How folks see it may be very completely different than in particular person. After we began the bottom a part of the construct, the deck the wizard could be on, we selected brown. The brickmasters came to visit and advised that brown wouldn’t go effectively. 

Sage: Particularly, if we have been to construct a brown desk on prime. 

Ian: That was a really tense second. Sage and I needed to take a break and have been like, “We have to cease constructing, get in the precise headspace and go searching and take a look at what colours can be found.” That’s when Sage had the good thought of selecting purple, which labored as a wealthy colour. Additionally, after I consider purple, I consider knowledge and the wizard. 

Sage: With the wizard, you could be sort of wacky. It additionally doesn’t need to all make sense in regards to the colour decisions. So, you’ll be able to actually make it stand out. 

How has life modified for you because the present has aired? Has the pet sitting enterprise gone up? Are folks high-fiving you in public after they see you? 

Sage: We’ve gotten extra pet sitting shoppers from being on the present. They’re like, “Are you able to care for our canine?” 

Ian: I used to be on the fitness center one time on the treadmill. I used to be trying by way of the window and there was a brother and sister doing our high-fives that we did on our present. Through the finale, they have been on the watch social gathering. They got here and stated, “We discovered your high-five.” It was such a cool second. A number of households come as much as us and inform us that it’s so cool to see our brother-sister relationship. They’ll say, “My children are desirous to get alongside extra.” 

Sage: Your sibling is like your built-in finest buddy. It’s cool to have the ability to present how siblings could be pals. They don’t need to all the time decide on one another. 

On the subject of all the time matching in your colour outfits, is that this one thing you do off the present as effectively? 

Sage: I believe it’s fairly enjoyable to match with my brother. We must always convey this extra off the present as effectively. 

Ian: It was extra like we wish to match as a result of we have been a workforce on Lego Masters. We wished to come back off as a workforce. In particular person, we normally put on completely different colours. 

Sage: I believe we should always begin matching. 

Ian: Followers are actually into the matching colours. 

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That is Will’s final season. What did you’re taking from attending to know him? 

Sage: He’s so superior. He’s like your uncle. You are feeling such as you’ve identified him for therefore lengthy, regardless that you simply met him. Particularly in these first episodes, it felt that method. Having the ability to construct The Lego Batman Film for him was so cool. We bought to listen to the Lego Batman voice, which was superior. He’s tremendous good behind the scenes. He would give us high-fives. 

Ian: And he actually cares about you. That is his fifth season, so he has been to Lego so much. He’s now brickmaster Will to us. 

What do you intend to do with the $100,000 prize? Are you planning to go to Legoland New York to see your construct on show? 

Ian: For the $100,000, I’m going to make use of it for future life stuff and reserve it for after we’re buying a house or one thing. 

Sage: Sure, and we positively plan to go to Legoland New York and see our construct in particular person. 

Ian: That shall be so cool to see it in particular person on show. 

What would you say you’ll stroll away with from this expertise? 

Sage: Going by way of this expertise, we’ve met so many extremely superb builders. The folks behind the scenes too. There are such a lot of superior crew members. Everybody was so good and type. We’ll take residence lifelong pals. They’re household now. Going by way of this expertise with my brother, I can’t even put that into phrases how superior it’s. 

Ian: Our purpose was we didn’t need to go residence as a result of we have been so hooked up to everybody. It was not about profitable. We actually wished to remain as a result of we have been having a lot enjoyable. 

What’s subsequent for you? 

Ian: We actually need to encourage the subsequent era of builders. Whether or not it’s meet-and-greets or conventions, we simply need to meet children as a result of we all know what the earlier winners of the present did for us. They impressed us, so we need to cross that on to the subsequent era of builders. 

Sage: Any likelihood we get to encourage younger lady builders or any children that need to be on Lego Masters. We need to present that even in case you are followers of the present, you could be on present and expertise this too. 

Ian: A few of my builds may also be displayed within the Masterpiece Gallery this 12 months in September. I’m going to be flying out to Denmark. It will likely be my first time [at the Lego House]  in Billund, so I’m excited for that as effectively.