This post is a review of the nanoblock Mega Man build. Mega Man is part of the nanoblock Character collection. Wondering what else is part of the Character collection? Click here for a list.
Number: NBCC_132
Number of Pieces: 170
Difficulty Rating: 2/5
Mega Man is the main hero of the Mega Man video games. The original game came out in 1987. For more information about him, check out his Wikipedia article here.
Mega Man is broken into 2 parts. There is Mega Man and an Energy Tank.
Mega Man
The actual Mega Man build is broken up into 4 sections. There is the head, the body, the base, and the shots.
The head goes up in generally straightforward layers. The front builds up a pixilated face, and the rest of the way around builds his helmet. Building the head is a bit tricky because of the face. The face is built with several stacks of single bricks, so it is easy to pop a column out of place and tricky to keep things lined up.
The body begins with a square of dark blue. The body goes up in several layers. Unlike many nanoblock builds, Mega Man isn’t square because he is turning backward, so the body layers aren’t square. The body is finished by adding the arms. One arm is curved under his body, and the other is going backward, held out to shoot.
The shots are extremely straightforward. They are a chain of clear bricks with the shots on top of the chain.
The last section is the base. The feet are laid out on the base. The legs are then added in layers to the feet.
The next step is to put the 4 sections together. There is a great side-view diagram to get the base, body, and head lined up properly. The last step is to attach the shots to the outstretched arm.
Energy Tank
The energy tank is a simple collection of layers to build the tank. The only challenge is that you can’t build it on the nanoblock pad because the base layer isn’t square.
Things I liked:
- I like that he isn’t square and sifted on his hips
Things I didn’t like:
- I don’t love the face because the eyes are so big, but it does look like the original pixel video game image