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This post is a review of the nanoblock My Melody build. My Melody is part of the nanoblock Character collection. Wondering what else is part of the Character collection? Click here for a list.
Number: NBCC_002
Number of Pieces: 90
Difficulty Rating: 1
This kit was re-released as number NBCC_002B.
This build of made up of 2 sections. There is the head and the body.
I began by laying out the base layer of the head on my nanoblock pad.
The head goes up in very straightforward layers. I added the nose and eyes.
When I got to the top, I added the ears. One is bent forward and one is upright.
To start the body, I lay the base layer of bricks on the pink base plate.
The body goes up in layers, adding the legs and arms.
The final step is to attach the head to the body. There are very clear directions as to how to attach the head so it is properly lined up.
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This post is a review of the nanoblock Blue-Eyes White Dragon build. Blue-Eyes White Dragon is part of the nanoblock Character collection. Wondering what else is part of the Character collection? Click here for a list.
Number: NBCC_204
Number of Pieces: 350
Difficulty Rating: 3/5
There were 2 things that were tricky with this build. First was picking the right color to use. The greys and clears appear to be similar in the instructions so i can be hard to tell which color to use. Second, was choosing the right ball socket pieces to use.
The build begins with creatings a stand so that the dragon can appear to be floating. The base is made of clear bricks.
Next I built the body section. This included a bunch of ball joints for the rest of the dragon to be attached to. Once I finished the body I attached it to the base.
Next I built the tail which consisted of 2 identical sections and the tip section.
Next I built the legs and feet. I had a hard time figuring out how to connect the feet to the legs so that it would look correct on the body. I was able to figure it out.
THen I built the wings. Each wing was very straightforward but took 9 steps to complete and attach to the bulid. Since the wing is held in place by 1 ball socket it ended up floppy and not very posable which was disappointing.
Then I built the arms and neck.
The last section to build was the head. The head was a bit tricky because of how fragile the picece was. I did break it a couple time trying to attach it.
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This kit is a re-release of Hello Kitty NBCC_001. Read the review here.
This post is a review of the nanoblock Hello Kitty build. Hello Kitty is part of the nanoblock Character collection. Wondering what else is part of the Character collection? Click here for a list.
Number: NBCC_001
Number of Pieces: 110
Difficulty Rating: 2
This kit was re-released as number NBCC_001B.
This is a build of Hello Kitty sitting and holding an apple.
This build is made up of 2 sections. There is the head and the body.
I began by laying out the base layer of the head on my nanoblock pad.
The head goes up in very straightforward layers. I added the nose, eyes, and whiskers.
When I got to the top, I added the bow and ears. Both the bow and ears look awkward in my opinion.
To start the body, I lay the base layer of bricks on the red base plate.
The body goes up in layers, adding the legs, arms, sleeves, and apple.
The final step is to attach the head to the body. There are very clear directions as to how to attach the head so it is properly lined up.
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This post is a review of the nanoblock Seto Kaiba build. Seto Kaiba is part of the nanoblock Character collection. Wondering what else is part of the Character collection? Click here for a list.
Number: NBCC_203
Number of Pieces: 270
Difficulty Rating: 2/5
The build begins by taking 2 steps to create the base layers of the head.
From there the head goes up in layers added the eyes and ears. Eventually the focus is all on the hair. The hair continues in straightforward layers until the head is finished.
The next section is to build the coat that is billowing. I had a bit of difficulty following the cramped instructions and telling which bricks had been used. But I was able to build it on the first try.
The next step is to built the torso. The torso was very fragile and kept falling apart while I was building it and after I had put it together. I think this is because there were multiple sections that weren’t pinned down well.
Then I connected the torso to the coat base.
Then I build the hands and connected them. I’m not sure what he is supposed to be holding but I’m guessing cards.
Then I built the hips and attached them. This was another spot where I had problems with the torso.
Then I built the legs and attached them.
Next I built the stand to help the finished model stay up.
The final step is to build and attach the play board.
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This post is a review of the nanoblock Tokyo Disney Resort Western River Railroad Canister build. This Western River Railroad is part of the nanoblock Disney Attraction collection. Wondering what else is part of the Disney Attraction collection? Click here for a list.
Western River Railroad was a canister kit that I bought totally opened; I did make sure there were bricks and instructions. Before starting the build, I pulled the kit that arrived apart and split all the bricks by size and color. I then started the build.
The instructions for this build were a bit different from most of the nanoblock builds I have done because they were black and white. You know which bricks to use because each color is labeled using mostly hiragana, so I was able to read the colors at least.
This build used 5 different colors: red, black, gold, a bit of blue, and white.
I started the build on my pad by laying out the base layer. I built up some layers, which created the width and body of the train. It was very straightforward for how and where to add each color.
After several layers, you start adding the windows. At this point, I stopped using the pad and held the build so that I could try to keep things more square.
After adding the final details of the roof of the cabin, chimney, and bell, you add wheels to connect the train to the base. It was a little hard to tell where exactly things went.
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This post is a review of the nanoblock Yami Yugi build. Yami Yugi is part of the nanoblock Character collection. Wondering what else is part of the Character collection? Click here for a list.
Number: NBCC_202
Number of Pieces: 320
Difficulty Rating: 2/5
The build begins with creating a base layer of of bricks. This includes the skin tone for the face and the red for the back of the hair.
The head then went up in slow layers with each layer taking multiple steps. The layers add eyes and ears along with the foundations of the hair.
Once the face is complete, the main focus is to complete the hair. I really like how much detail is included in the hair between the angles and colors. I also like how the hair in front of his face was created.
The next step is to build the body. When I was building it I wasn’t sure what was going on because there is a ton of detail in the back that I couldn’t see on the box. It turns out that his cape is floating behind him which is a cool effect.
After building out the cape, I built the main section of the body and arms.
Then I built the hands and connected them to the body. Then I built the board that he wears on his arm.
Next I attached the head to the body.
Then I built a stand to help him stand up.
Finally I built the 2 legs and attached them to the build.
When I tried to have the finished build stand, I wasn’t able to. I was super bummed that he didn’t stand after all the work I didn’t to build him.
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This post is a review of the nanoblock Tower of Terror build. Tower of Terror is part of the nanoblock Disney attraction collection. Wondering what else is part of the Disney attraction collection? Click here for a list.
The Tokyo DisneySea version of the Tower of Terror is a hotel from New York in 1912. The building has a lot of details that has a lot of details from the time period. You can see a picture of the outside of the building here.
The build begins by laying the outline of the building on the large baseplate. The building goes up fairly easily in layers.
What makes this build time-consuming is all the windows. Throughout the entire build, there are a ton of bricks that have a 2-stud opening on the bottom and one stud on top. A 1×1 brick was added to the top to create windows on the sides of the brick. Keeping the sides of the building square was tricky.
Other than fighting to get the windows squared up, the build was really enjoyable.
Overall, I really enjoyed the build. It took longer than most builds for me to complete since I wanted to keep anything super square. I do feel like the final product does look a lot like the Tower of Terror it is based on.
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This post is a review of the nanoblock Pompompurin Big Ribbon build. Pompompurin Big Ribbon is part of the nanoblock Character collection. Wondering what else is part of the Character collection? Click here for a list.
Number: NBCC_250
Number of Pieces: 180
Difficulty Rating: 2/5
I began the build by laying the base layer of bricks out on my nanoblock pad.
I added a couple of layers of bricks and started to work on the bow.
Next, I added the very large printed brick. My printed brick was loose, so it kept falling apart as I added more layers.
Then I added more layers of yellow and clear orange bricks. These steps build up the main body and the main section of the bow.
After building the main section of the bow, it was time to make the head.
I continued to add layers to build the head. I added the mouth, nose, and eyes.
After closing up the head, I added his little hat.
Next, I added a bow in the center of the bow and Pompompurin’s tail.
The final step was to add the ends to the ribbons. I like that the bow wraps around Pompompurin.
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