“Oh yeah, with Grandpa Joe,” he mentioned recalling the character within the Roald Dahl basic. “Thankfully, my grandpa has got better use of his legs. It is kind of similar. The same kind of whimsy.”
For Edlavitch, the suspense started nicely earlier than the collection was filmed final spring on a set exterior of Atlanta. He knew the time dedication would imply having to withdraw from the 2023 spring semester. For a number of weeks, he, Levin, and his dad and mom, Jenny and Steve, weren’t certain what would come first: the deadline to withdraw and get well tuition money, or the inexperienced mild from producers signaling Edlavitch and Levin had been chosen as certainly one of 12 pairs of contestants on “Lego Masters.”
It got here all the way down to hours.
“There was a lot of going back and forth on that. Lots of phone calls, lots of pacing back and forth in the dorm room,” Edlavitch mentioned.
He and his Poppy received phrase the present had chosen them “literally the day before the withdrawal [deadline].”
Phew.
“You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of.” – Willy Wonka
This edict, uttered by actor Gene Wilder within the 1971 basic movie adaptation, rang true to Edlavitch as he and his grandfather, David, rolled up their sleeves and started working on their first problem: making a toy boat out of Legos.
They had 10 hours of build time, from task to completion, on the primary episode of “Lego Masters,” which aired final week. Five million Lego items have been at their disposal.
One pair of contestants, who have been ultimately eradicated within the first episode, took hours for scheming earlier than they laid a single brick.
No so for Edlavitch and Levin. “We worked very well together in the first episode. We were on the same page within the first 10 minutes,” Edlavitch mentioned.
“We both contributed ideas and decided on the best way to fuse them together. That’s how we got our nuclear-powered riverboat idea. Poppy was good at rolling with the ideas that I pitched. Usually he’s the instructor and mentor, but I took the lead on the show,” he mentioned.
Their respective building chops, as a budding architect and a former store trainer, served them nicely on the primary present.
Kittens and the ‘Golden Brick’
Grandfather and grandson superior to episode two, which airs Thursday night time at 9 p.m. That’s when the remaining 11 groups tackle an lovable cost: build a pet palace for a kitten.
In preview footage teasing the all-new “Catropolis” episode, host Will Arnett of “Arrested Development” fame and the voice of Lego Batman within the Lego Movie movie collection, tells rivals: “We have some friends that really need a home of their very own. You should meet them. Come on out!”
A door opens and a cuddly clutch of adoptable kitties enters the studio to thrilled “ooohs” and “aaahs” from the rivals.
“Each team is going to build them the most unbelievable pet palace on the planet,” Arnett explains.
How will Edlavitch and Levin do with their self-described Ford assembly-line impressed system for getting builds collectively? Will their kitten, an orange tabby named Tiger, like his new digs?
And would possibly Edlavitch and Levin, sooner or later, win the coveted “Golden Brick” that provides a staff security from elimination throughout a problem within the competitors? Edlavitch isn’t allowed to say, so we’ll should tune in to seek out out and see how far the pair advances within the season.
Reflecting on Wonka’s recommendation to by no means doubt one thing nobody is certain of, Edlavitch thought of his time on “Lego Masters.”
