-Is this your wife? -Yes.
-Would you want one for your lovely wife?
-Sure.
-Lovely wife, early Valentine's present.
-Thank you so much. -Thank you.
-It's from him.
I'm Adam Ward.
I'm a professional freelance LEGO artist.
Yeah. That is my real job.
I'm gonna help you build amazing LEGO creations
that make this world a little more awesome.
This is "Brick X Brick."
Welcome back to "Brick X Brick."
I'm your host, Adam Ward.
And we have an awesome Valentine's Day episode
just for you.
And even if you hate Valentine's Day, don't worry.
Don't turn it off 'cause we are about to remix
the way you feel about Valentine's Day
'cause Valentine's Day is all about love.
So we're gonna create something that helps you spread love.
We are gonna build these little LEGO hearts.
And one rule is,
if you build these, you can't keep it.
You got to give it away. Ooh.
I think it's time for a heart-to-heart.
Love can be shared in a really simple gesture,
just giving somebody something, with nothing in return,
for the sake of spreading a little bit of joy
one person at a time,
one day at a time, one act at a time.
Now it's time to build our LEGO heart.
I'm gonna get the pieces.
Ooh. Look at that. They just magically appear.
If you have some trouble remembering
the different LEGO terminology...
the plate is flat,
but it's got these little notches on top.
A tile is the same height as a plate but no notches on top.
It's nice and smooth.
And a brick is three plates tall.
So a brick is the same as three plates.
You got three plates, you got a brick.
So, we've got 5 of these 2x8 plates,
we've got 2 of the 1x8 tiles,
one 2x2 brick,
6 1x2 bricks,
and 10 1x1 bricks.
And then one of the things that makes the heart
really cool is the angles.
To get that curve, we use these 1x2 inverted slopes
and these 1x2 regular slopes --
five of these, five of these.
These pieces are awesome,
and they work really well together.
And then to give our heart the really cool effect
when you hold it up to the light,
we have 90 of these little 1x1 translucent plates.
Now, I'm using yellow,
but they come in all sorts of different colors.
And of all the LEGOs that you can step on,
it's probably like a 3 on the pain scale,
I'd say, of the LEGO foot-pain scale of 1 to 9.
One thing to remember while building this
is that the entire build happens on its side.
So all the LEGO dots will be on one side.
So, if you feel like it feels weird
or you're doing it wrong, don't worry.
You're not. Your heart is just lovely.
Here we go.
The first thing we're gonna build is the top of the heart.
The next thing we build is the bottom of the heart.
One thing that's really helpful
is putting in the 1x2 translucent pieces
while you're building the bottom of the heart.
That way, you don't have to open it up again
and try to squeeze them back in.
So, here's our first part.
This is the very bottom of the heart.
Remember, these are plates.
So they're 1/3 the height of a brick.
We've got 2 bricks to go up, so we need 6 of these...
...just like that.
For the next row, we need to go up 4 bricks high,
so we need 12 1x1 translucent plates.
12. Whoo-hoo!
So, sometimes when you stack them,
they get a little bit funky and off-center.
So you find a flat surface and just push down on them.
You can even them out...
'cause you need them to be square so they all line up.
There. That's better.
Awesome.
Now we have the top of the heart.
We've got the bottom of the heart.
We even have our translucent pieces started.
All that's left is four more rows
of the translucent pieces and then our top.
Schew!
So, to finish our heart,
we need 4 columns 6 high of 1x1 translucent yellow plates.
Six high. There's three per brick.
That's 18.
18 times 4 -- ch-ch-ch-ch -- 72.
#Mathskillz.
Gonna be here for a while.
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Here we go.
All right.
And final few pieces.
When you put one of these final plates on,
don't just push down with both your thumbs as hard as you can
'cause your heart will go all over the place.
So, what you want to do is start on one side.
Apply just a little bit of pressure.
And then work it all the way over.
I like to put some finishing tiles on top
so our heart is nice and smooth.
There. This heart is complete.
So, let's give them away...
'cause I didn't make one.
I didn't make two.
I didn't make three or four or five or even six.
I made 50 of these things.
So, we're gonna hit the streets
and spread a little bit of love right now.
I've got a basket full of the hearts that I made.
We're gonna give them away. It's time to spread some love.
Let's do it.
What's happening, man? How are you?
Hey, do you have a second for love?
-I've got to get to work. -Okay.
-Man, how you doing?
Could you use a little bit more love in your life?
Oh, you're chasing him?
How you folks doing? -Hi. How are you?
-Would you care for a little bit of love in your life today?
-No, thank you. Thanks, though.
That's nice of you to ask.
-You're welcome.
-Oh, cute. -Yeah.
-Can I have it? -Yeah. It's for you.
Would you like a free heart? -Thank you.
-There you are. -Oh, thank you.
-There you go. -Thank you.
-You're welcome. -Thank you, man.
-There you go, man. -Thank you.
-See? Even at a stoplight,
no one's safe from getting hit with a little bit of love.
Next stop, a little bit of love, my friend.
That's for you.
You got four granddaughters?
Well, I think you got to take four hearts, then.
Putting hearts in random places
Yo, my man. -That's nice, man.
-Yeah. Thank you very much. -All right. Thank you.
-We're giving out hearts. We're spreading love.
-Oh, sweet, man. Thank you.
-There we go. -Right back at you.
-Enjoy.
You get a heart. -Oh, cool.
-You get a heart. -Oh, man...
-You get a heart. Everybody gets a heart.
That was amazing. I'm all out of hearts.
Thank you so much for participating.
I love you. I'll see you next time.
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Bye!
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