Lego Ninja Warrior Season 1

Lego-opolis Course

While watching an exciting episode of American Ninja Warrior during the summer of 2016, an idea popped into my head - Lego Ninja Warrior! Turns out, others on the internet had already had similar ideas but that didn't stop me from making my own. After some serious thought and effort I built my first course that contained five obstacles, and had competitors like Batman and Zane taking on that course. The top four competitors would advance later to the finals.

Blockville Cours

In the following months I had put out two more episodes with a slew of Lego competitors and several new obstacles to overcome. The top four from each of those episodes would join the other finalists. With each episode, improvements were made to the background props, the crowds, and the filming techniques. Friends contributed some of their minifigures as competitors and spectators.

12 Finalists

The first season wrapped up with the final episode taking place in Las Legos, with the twelve competitors giving their best effort. Rey and Batman were the only two to finish the first course. Batman emerged victorious on the second course and became the season one Lego Ninja Warrior. This final set-up contained a handful of newly designed obstacles, a few upgraded ones, and a massive group of Lego minifigures to cheer on the finalists.

Masterchief's Training Video

The final stopmotion film to emerge from Season 1 was the Masterchief's training video, which showed off his preparation for Lego Ninja Warrior, included weight-lifting, parkour, and combat. In a few weeks, a compilation film of all five stopmotion episodes and clips will be released for anyone to observe the entire season. And between all five videos, there have been well over 45,000 views.

And later this year, I hope and plan on filming a second season with new and returning competitors taking on brand new obstacle courses. If you have any suggestions on new competitors or new obstacles, I am open to any input! The links to all of the videos can be found below!

Link to Episode 1 - Lego-opolis Qualifiers
Link to Episode 2 - Bricktown Qualifiers
Link to Episode 3 - Blockville Qualifiers
Link to Season 1 Finale - Las Legos Finals
Link to Masterchief's Training Video