Ryan McNaught

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Ryan McNaught
Born1973
Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Other namesThe Brickman
Occupations
  • Lego designer
  • TV personality
Known forJudge of Australian TV series Lego Masters
Notable workLarge Lego structures
SpouseTracey Britten
Website www.thebrickman.com

Ryan "The Brickman" McNaught (born 1973), is an Australian Lego designer and Lego Certified Professional. He is one of only twenty-one professionals globally. [1] In 2019, he joined the TV series Lego Masters Australia , as the main competition judge alongside host Hamish Blake.

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Early life and education

McNaught was born in 1973 and grew up in Shepparton, Victoria. His parents owned a travel agency in Melbourne. [2]

McNaught got his first Lego set from his grandmother when he was three years old. In 1978, at the age of five, McNaught won a Master Builders' Certificate in the Victoria finals of the Myer Lego National Building Competition. [2]

As a teenager, he turned his attention to sport. Playing football for Catholic College Bendigo, later for Kangaroo Flat; he also played cricket for Sandhurst. He left school and worked in information technology, moving to Melbourne, where he played cricket for South Yarra. In 2004, he started working at Regency Media, a manufacturer of CDs and DVDs, eventually becoming CIO. [2]

Career

Lego designing

McNaught exhibited an own-build remote-controlled Lego model of the Qantas Airbus A380 at the fourth Brickvention in Melbourne in 2010, winning the vote for 'Best in Show'. [3] [4]

McNaught took the A380 to the international Brickworld event in Chicago, and was seen by a representative of the Lego company. McNaught was asked if he would be interested in becoming a Lego Certified Professional (LCP). The LCP are a small number (21 as of 2021) of professional adult Lego builders whom the Lego Group consider to be trusted business partners, selected for their building proficiency and professional approach towards Lego fans and the public. After he went through the six-month qualification process he became the first and only LCP in the Southern Hemisphere. In 2013 he quit his job at Regency Media, and started his own business. [2] Based in Melbourne, McNaught is the managing director of The Brickman. He has two full-time and two casual employees, working as Lego artists and craftspeople. In his warehouse he holds five million Lego bricks. [2]

With his team McNaught has built Lego structures for Lego offices, produced four global touring exhibitions, models for museums, galleries and shopping centres worldwide. For the 2016 AFL Grand Final, he built a Lego MCG at Myer in Melbourne. He has also made large Lego models of the Colosseum, the Acropolis, and Pompeii for the Nicholson Museum at the Sydney University. [2]

Lego Masters

In 2019, McNaught was selected to be the judge in the Australian reality television Lego Master. A Lego Masters series based on the British series of the same name in which teams compete to build the best Lego project. The first season premiered on 28 April 2019 on Nine Network hosted by Hamish Blake. [5] Season 2 started in 2020. [6] [7]

Books

In 2020, McNaught published Brickman's Family Challenge Book. [8] In 2022, he published his second book: The Bricktionary: Brickman's ultimate Lego A–Z. [9] His third book Brickman's Big Book of Better Builds was released later the same year. [10]

Personal life

McNaught is married to Tracy Britten. [11]

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The sixth season of Australian reality television series Lego Masters, titled Lego Masters Australia vs The World, began airing on 14 April 2024. Unlike previous series’, four new Australian teams have gone up against four international teams who have competed in their own countries. Hamish Blake returned as host along with Ryan "The Brickman" McNaught as judge. The eight teams battle it out to win the title of Australia's LEGO Master and a prize of $100,000.

References

  1. ↑ "LEGO Certified Professionals" . Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dapin, Mark (13 April 2016). "The Brickman: Lunch with the Lego guy Ryan McNaught". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  3. ↑ Levy, Megan (26 March 2010). "'Big nerd's' A380 Lego dream takes flight". The Sydney Morning Herald . Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Qantas are not interested one iota
  4. ↑ Levy, Megan (18 May 2010). "Lego A380 model takes to the skies". The Sydney Morning Herald . Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Qantas has offered to fly Ryan McNaught and his Spirit of Australia model to the US
  5. ↑ Knox, David (15 April 2019). "Airdate: Lego Masters". TV Tonight . Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  6. ↑ Knox, David (30 January 2020). "Lego Masters Australia wins US Award". TV Tonight . Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  7. ↑ Knox, David (21 June 2018). "Auditions: LEGO Masters". TV Tonight . Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  8. ↑ Francesca Rudkin (19 February 2024). "Ryan McNaught: Australia's only LEGO Professional on his unique line of work". ZB Newstalk.
  9. ↑ McNaught, Ryan (12 May 2022). The Bricktionary: Brickman's Ultimate Lego A-Z. Murdoch Books. ISBN   978-1-911668-44-2.
  10. ↑ Richard Betts (19 November 2022). "Top of the blocks: Best Lego building tips". NZ Herald .
  11. ↑ "Exclusive: Lego Masters' Ryan "The Brickman" McNaught admits his kids are his toughest critics". Now to Love . 20 April 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
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