Pokemon

This post is a review of the nanoblock Squirtle build. Squirtle is part of the nanoblock Pokemon collection. Wondering what else is part of the Pokemon Collection? Click Here for a list.

Number: NBPM_004

Number of Pieces: 120

Difficulty Rating: 2/5

Squirtle is the water type starter from generation 1. It eventually evolves into Blastoise. In the anime, there is a gang of Squirtles that is terrorizing the town and wearing sunglasses. The gang is are known as the Squirtle squad and they end up being firefighters that help the town.

The build is very straightforward, like with most early Pokemon builds. It starts with a base and builds up to create the Squirtle. The directions are very straightforward building around the edge. Unlike some builds that get split into parts this build is just one solid build which makes the build very simple.

I find the build to be very recognizable. I’ve looked into trying to build sunglasses for the turtle but because his eyes are so big I haven’t been able to come up with a plan.

Things I liked:

• Cute and straightforward
• I think it could be easy to make a shiny becuse of how the shell it built

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This post is a review of the nanoblock Sobble build. Sobble is part of the nanoblock Pokemon collection. Wondering what else is part of the Pokemon Collection? Click Here for a list.

Number: NBPM_061

Number of Pieces: 210

Difficulty Rating: 2/5

Sobble is the water type starter from generation 8. Generally, this Pokemon looks sad in merchandise, so I was glad that the nanoblock version has a natural face.

Sobble is made up of 4 main pieces, the body, the tail, the head, and the fin on the top of his head. All of the individual pieces are relatively straightforward. The body and tail are rectangles that are built up. The head is a standard sphere shape. Things get a bit for detailed when you get to the fin. For the fin, as you can see in the photo before the fin has a lot of chaining with bricks that are single brick in depth.

Things I liked:

• That it doesn’t look like Sobble is going to cry

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This post is a review of the nanoblock Bulbasaur build. Bulbasaur is part of the nanoblock Pokemon collection. Wondering what else is part of the Pokemon Collection? Click Here for a list.

Names:

• English: Bulbasaur
• Japanese: Fushigidane

Number: NBPM_003

Number of Pieces: 120

Difficulty Rating: 2/5

Bulbasaur is a pokemon I feel that people are super polarized about. I know it is probably the least popular of the generation 1 starters, but I have always thought it was cute.

This was one of my early builds, so I was still learning how to follow the directions. I really learned how to use the arrows from the first step to make sure things are lined up, which was less critical with the rounder pokemon.

Overall, I felt Bulbasaur was a bit of a letdown compared to the other pokemon I had done. It doesn’t really have the detail, and I think the colors don’t flow together like they do on the actual pokemon.

Things I liked:

• I liked how they gave the spot detail by having the dark green on the body

Things I didn’t like:

• I feel like the greens from the main body and the bulb clash

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This post is a review of the nanoblock Pikachu build. Pikachu is part of the nanoblock Pokemon collection. Wondering what else is part of the Pokemon Collection? Click Here for a list.

Number: NBPM_001

Number of Pieces: 130

Difficulty Rating: 2/5

Who else could be the first nanoblock Pokemon other than the famous Pikachu? Everybody knows him on sight and is generally part of any pilot for any kind of merchandise. I picked up my kit at a local toy shop and was super excited to build him. I could tell from the picture that it was closer to the classic fat Pikachu from the original Pokemon compared to the current more trimmed form.

Overall the build was pretty straightforward because there were apparent color cuts between the yellow body, the brown of his stripes, and the bright red for his cheeks. The two most challenging things were his ears and tail, but even those weren’t too bad. These had breakout very detailed directions.

Pikachu seems to defy physics a little, as he constantly slopes forward between the bottom layer to the top of his head.

Things I liked:

• It’s like a fat pikachu

Things I didn’t like:

• I think his nose looks a little odd but I’m not sure what color would have been better knowing what colors exist.

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This post is a review of the nanoblock Charizard build. Charizard is part of the nanoblock Pokemon collection. Wondering what else is part of the Pokemon Collection? Click Here for a list.

Number: NBPM_008

Number of Pieces: 200

Difficulty Rating: 3/5

Charizard is the most popular final evolution of the generation 1 starter Charmander. Even when the other gen. 1 Pokemon haven’t been available in the game, this Pokemon is still there. When mega evolution was introduced in generation 6, Charizard was one of 2 pokemon to get a Pokemon X and a Pokemon Y form.

Charizard is broken down into 5 builds, the body, 2 wings, the head, and tail flame. The body is straightforward and made up of orange and tan bricks. Then there are 2 wings; they are the same but mirrored. I had the most challenging time getting the wings right for some reason. I think my husband ended up fixing the wings. The head was another straightforward, and there are excellent directions for where to attach the head. I love the way that nanoblock uses transparent blocks for the flame tails on the Charmander family.

I would describe the Charizard build as frustrating. I found the wings impossible to put together and he ended up needing a base because it was tippy.

Things I liked:

• The transparent bricks that make up the flame on the tail

Things I didn’t like:

• Tippy and needed to have a base for it

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This post is a review of the nanoblock Charmander build. Charmander is part of the nanoblock Pokemon collection. Wondering what else is part of the Pokemon Collection? Click Here for a list.

Number: NBPM_002

Number of Pieces: 120

Difficulty Rating: 2/3

Charmander is by far the most popular of the generation 1 pokemon. I believe that this is because he evolves into the super-powerful Charizard. I personally think he is cute.

Overall, this build has a fairly usual build for the pokemon sets where you start with a base and build your way up through the rest of the build. He is a bit unusual because of the jut out for his tail. The most unique thing about Charmander is that they use transparent blocks for the flame on this tail.

Things I liked:

• The transparent blocks in the tail

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