This post is a review of the nanoblock Pompompurin build. Pompompurin is part of the nanoblock Character collection. Wondering what else is part of the Character collection? Click here for a list.
Number: NBCC_182
Number of Pieces: 140
Difficulty Rating: 2/5
This build begins with the building of the bottom of Pompompurin’s body. It starts by building a base layer that includes the custom printed brick.
Then, the body goes up in layers. There are a ton of slanted bricks to create Pompompurin’s curves.
After the body is built, the head is built directly on the body in continuing layers. The head includes adding the eyes, ears, and mouth.
The final step is to build Pompompurin’s hat, which is built directly on his head.
Things I liked:
I like how the curves are created
Things I didn’t like:
Compared to the other Sanrio builds that came out at the same time (nearby NBCC numbers), I feel that Pompompurin has a lot less detail
This post is a review of the nanoblock Pochacco build. Pochacco is part of the nanoblock Character collection. Wondering what else is part of the Character collection? Click here for a list.
Number: NBCC_181
Number of Pieces: 130
Difficulty Rating: 2/5
The kit begins by building the head. The first step is to create the base. The second step adds the nose and the first layer of the eyes. I like that the nose is 3d and sticks out a bit. I needed to be careful because the piece with the nose kept liking to pop off the main head section. The rest of the head went up in straightforward layers.
After building to the top of the head, I flipped the head over and added the details at the bottom of the head.
The next section is to build the body. Pochacco wears a red shirt, so the body uses white and red bricks. I like how the arms are created and stick out.
The next step is to attach the body to the head.
Next, I built and added the ears.
The final step was to attach Pochacco’s little tail.
Things I liked:
I like how Pochacco’s nose is 3d and pokes out a bit
Things I didn’t like:
The final build is tippy and is difficult to make it stand up straight
This post is a review of the nanoblock Cinnamoroll build. Cinnamoroll is part of the nanoblock Character collection. Wondering what else is part of the Character collection? Click here for a list.
Number: NBCC_180
Number of Pieces: 130
Difficulty Rating: 2/5
The first step is to build the head. It takes about 6 to make the main section of the head. At that time, I added the mouth, cheeks, and eyes.
The next step is to build the ears. They are very straightforward and are built and attached in 1 step.
The next step is to build the body. This was fairly straightforward. When I added the legs and the clear brick to stabilize the build.
The last step is to attach the head to the body. When I added the head, the body became very tippy.
This post is a review of the nanoblock Kuromi build. Kuromi is part of the nanoblock Character collection. Wondering what else is part of the Character collection? Click here for a list.
Number: NBCC_179
Number of Pieces: 160
Difficulty Rating: 2/5
All of the details for Kuromi are in the head.
Kuromi begins with building the head. The first step creates the base of the head, and the next step locks everything into place. The rest of the top of the head goes up in straightforward layers.
Then, the head is flipped over, and a ton of detail is added. First, the nose is added. Then, the head is rounded out. Then, the details of Kuromi’s hood’s collar are added.
The next step is to build the body. Since there isn’t any detail, the steps are very straightforward.
Then, the head is attached to the body.
Next, the tail is added.
The final step is to build and attach the ears. I really like how the ears are at an angle.
Things I liked:
I like how the ears are at an angle
Things I didn’t like:
I wish they had used black bricks instead of light purple for Kuromi’s hood
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_178
Number of Pieces: 170
Difficulty Rating: 2/5
All of the details for this build are in My Melody’s head. Their body is very simple.
The build begins with creating the base couple layers of the head. Then more layers are added to make the main face and hood covering My Melody’s head.
Then you add her bow.
Then, you build the ears onto the head. First, you make the floppy ear. This ear looks a little funny, in my opinion, depending on the angle from which you look at it. Then, you build the ear that stands up.
The second section to build is the body. The body is very straightforward until the final layer. The final layer is a bit tricky because bits overhang and are placed on gap-filled platforms.
Then, the back of the arms and legs are added.
Next, the head is attached to the body.
The final step is to add the little tail.
Things I liked:
I like how the bow is created for My Melody
Things I didn’t like:
I don’t love how the ear falling forward looks. I think it looks a little stumpy
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_177
Number of Pieces: 140
Difficulty Rating: 2/5
The build begins with building the head. The base layer takes a couple steps to complete. These steps include the eyes and nose.
The rest of the head goes up in straightforward layers.
The next major section is to build the body for Hello Kitty. This time, she is wearing blue overalls and a yellow shirt. The body is very straightforward.
Then, the head is attached to the body.
Next, Hello Kitty’s bow on her ear is added. I really like how the bow looks and the bricks that are used to create the bow.
The final step is to add Hello Kitty’s tail.
Things I liked:
I really like how rarely used bricks are used to create the bow
Things I didn’t like:
I’m not sure if I like the fact her nose is yellow. I think of her nose being white
This post is a review of the nanoblock Kirby Sword build. Kirby Sword is part of the nanoblock Character collection. Wondering what else is part of the Character collection? Click here for a list.
Number: NBCC_201
Number of Pieces: 210
Difficulty Rating: 2/5
The build begins by creating the base of the Kirby. It took several steps to make the base, which looked a little odd. I decided it was likely because Kirby had his feet spread out mid-step.
After the base is created, the main body of Kirby is built. These steps use the custom-printed blocks, which I much prefer to stickers. In the steps to make the body, you add Kirby’s arms, cheeks, and eyes.
The following section is about building the green hat. First, a base of yellow is built around Kirby’s head. Then green is added, making smaller and smaller layers to close up the Kirby build. At the end, a yellow poof is added to the hat.
The next step is to build and attach Kirby’s feet. Since they are in an action pose, the legs aren’t identical.
The final step is to build the sword. The sword was very straightforward. Once the sword is built, it is placed in Kirby’s hand.
Things I liked:
I really like how dynamic the pose is for Kirby. He really does appear to be midstep
Things I didn’t like:
I feel that his hat still looks a bit chunky for how dynamic the rest of the pose is
This post is a review of the nanoblock Kirby Inhale build. Kirby Inhale is part of the nanoblock Character collection. Wondering what else is part of the Character collection? Click here for a list.
Number: NBCC_162
Number of Pieces: 200
Difficulty Rating: 2/5
The build begins with building out the base layer of Kirby over 4 steps. This includes the bottom of the mouth and the top of Kirby’s shoes.
Kirby goes up in layers around the outside and builds the back of Kirby’s mouth.
After several layers, Kirby is closed up.
Next, Kirby’s top is built. This includes the arms, cheeks, and eyes.
The next step is to build Kirby’s shoes. Then Kirby is rounded out on the bottom.
The final step is to build it to build the stand so that Kirby doesn’t fall over.
Things I liked:
I really like the use of the multiple shades of red to create the inside of Kirby’s mouth
Things I didn’t like:
I don’t have any real complaints about this build. It was very simple
This post is a review of the nanoblock Kirby Sleep build. Kirby Sleep is part of the nanoblock Character collection. Wondering what else is part of the Character collection? Click here for a list.
Number: NBCC_161
Number of Pieces: 160
Difficulty Rating: 2/5
This kit begins with creating Kirby’s base. Over the first three steps, the entire base is created.
Step 4 adds the custom-printed face when the next layer is added.
Then, I began to build the hat from the back. Starting at that point, Kirby ends and the hat begins.
The hat was a little tricky because of all the slanty pieces. I needed to be careful to use the correct slanty pieces, which changed every brick. Other than the slanty pieces, the hat was pretty straightforward.
Then I flipped Kirby upside down to add the details to round out his bottom.
Next the tassel to the hat was added.
The final step is to build and add Kirby’s feet.
Things I liked:
I like the hat I feel that it looks like fabric
Things I didn’t like:
I didn’t find the instructions for adding the feet very clear
This post is a review of the nanoblock Kirby Clear Version build. Kirby Clear Version is part of the nanoblock Character collection. Wondering what else is part of the Character collection? Click here for a list.
Number: NBCC_160
Number of Pieces: 220
Difficulty Rating: 2/5
This kit is identical to NBCC_140, except it is made of clear bricks. Finding the correct bricks to use was a bit more difficult because the light pink and clear looked very similar, even on my white-backed tray.
This build is made up of 3 sections. There is Kirby, the star, and the stand.
Kirby begins by making a base in pink bricks. Then, the feet are added to the base. After that, Kirby begins going up in layers. Overall, things are fairly straightforward. In the step that adds Kirby’s mouth, I didn’t understand from the instructions that there was a custom piece with the mouth printed. Once I found the piece, the only other concern was the slanted pieces.
Kirby has 2 different slanted pieces. I appreciated that the colors in the instructions were different enough that it was very clear when to use which slanted piece.
The final step to building Kirby is to finish his hand and smooth out the top of his head.
The star is created by several layers of yellow bricks with a width of 2, so the final build is 2 bricks tall. The first step creates a gap in the 2 depth. I wasn’t sure why there was a gap, but it became clear when I put the sections together. The second step adds the socket of the ball joint, which is needed to connect the star to the stand.
After adding the socket, the rest of the star is fairly straightforward until the final step. There are 2 notable things about the final step. First, there is a custom-printed brick. I think it is for copyright, but I’m not sure for what exactly. Secondly, it wasn’t clear that it mattered what order sections were added. It was pretty easy to fix when I realized the order did matter.
Kirby sits on studs that point out the star, so he is very stable.
The stand is fairly straightforward. It begins by building up several layers of clear bricks. After building the layers, some additional bricks are added to the bottom layer. The stand is then laid on its side so the ball joint is up in the air.
Kirby’s star attaches to the ball joint on the stand. The part sticking up above the joint goes into the hole in the star to allow the star to sit at an angle.
Things I liked:
I really like how the final build turned out, and it was worth all the work to find the bricks
Things I didn’t like:
I didn’t like how hard it was to tell pink from clear on my building tray and how much digging I had to find the right piece
