Ryan McNaught

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

Early life and education McNaught was born in 1973 and grew up in Shepparton, Victoria. His parents owned a travel agency in Melbourne. 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.

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.

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. Season 2 started in 2020.

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

Personal life McNaught is married to Tracy Britten.