I hadn't had a chance to put together some nanoblocks for
quite a while now. If you watched my
YouTube video, you will know that I opened up the Statue of Liberty kit, but didn't
actually put it together. Finally the
opportunity to put it together came.
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| A close-up of the base |
I hadn't done one of these for a while, so I was a little
surprised at how difficult this one was.
The instructions were pretty solid, but this one was hard. I guess it had a lot to do with the fact that
this one is not symmetrical. I really
had to pay attention to this one, and as any hobbyist will tell you,
concentration is taxing.
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| The Lady is ready |
I enjoyed building this one, but don't think the result was
particularly amazing. I just don't see a
lot of detail in this one that I would like to see. Perhaps the only way to do that is to either
make it twice the size or fabricate a lot of specialty parts. The former would make the price to high, and
the latter would affect production cost and time.
When I first looked at this kit, I thought the blue bricks
were quite interesting, but outside the box they didn't really strike me as
different at all. Ten years from now, if
nanoblocks are still growing strong, perhaps my thinking will change.
There were quite a few leftover parts, and my collection of
them is growing. I should start to think
about what I would like to build with them.
I am thinking something architectural, but I have no idea yet.
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| leftovers |
I checked the Japanese homepage of nanoblocks (yes, I know a
little Japanese) and have discovered that they have quite a few new
releases. I don't know when (or if ever)
they will come here, but I am hopeful.
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| The growing collection of leftovers |
