Obsessed: Building Enormous Snowmen With the Boss of Frost
Released on 11/28/2012
[Narrator] Marc Asperas spent years developing
the ultimate snowman using hollow spears that hold
snow on their surface and stay light enough to lift,
no matter how big they get.
To get the snow to stick, he creates a textured surface
using LEGOs.
When snowflakes are pressed against a hard surface,
their pointed tips break creating a small amount of heat
and melting the flakes slightly so they bond
to the LEGOs when they refreeze.
This is called centering.
With Asperas patented invention, you don't have
to wait for a big snowstorm to make a big snowman.
In this case, Asperas didn't even wait for winter.
His local ice hockey arena dumps huge piles
of rink ice shavings which makes Frosty sculpting possible
on an 80 degree day in July.
Boulders this size would be impossible to lift
if they were solid snow.
But, they're hollow and light.
Asperas didn't stop there.
He created armatures that can support snowy limbs
like arms, or in this case, the distinctive snout
on his Red Baron Snoopy.
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