A real blockbuster - KIWI MUMS' LEGO DREAM

Brick by brick, Emily and Sarah are taking on the world's best

- Rebekah Hebenton

When Lego Masters NZ competitors and best friends Emily Fryer and Sarah Mosley received the offer to compete in the Australian version of the show, the idea seemed too far-fetched to be real, so they assumed it must be a scam.

Luckily, Sarah threw caution to the wind - against Emily’s advice - and responded to the message. Now the pair are competing against some of the best teams from around the world for the title of Grand Masters of the Galaxy.

“It’s a surreal feeling,” tells Sarah, 43. “When we got the call to say we were going, we were in shock.”

Adds Emily, 44, “We were huge fans of the original season of Lego Masters Australia. If anyone had told us six years ago that we’d now be competing against the winners, we would have laughed at them.”

Sarah and Emily, who met when their eldest children were in primary school together, were runners-up in the first season of Lego Masters NZ, so they came in with strong credentials.

They entered the competition determined to finally bring home the win, but walking onto the set, and facing teams they had admired and fangirled over from international seasons, brought on a wave of imposter syndrome.