I kind of lost interest in Nanoblocks and was surprised to see this set when I was looking for something else. It's part of a series of 4 that came out December 2011 in Japan. Probably last fall I put the bunch of nanoblocks I had picked up away in a box. I didn't have an immediate use for them so they went into storage. The lack of interest kept me from following the Nanoblocks Japan site. I started looking them up since I have an interest in Tintin. I more interested in the comics but I like saving pictures of toys and things related to the series. It's too much to expect to buy stuff like that when it's produced overseas and not marketed here. You can find them for sale on the internet but at a pretty high price. The rocket set is 81 bucks from someone on Amazon. That's a lot, even for 1100 parts. They are small parts and they're only red and white ones in the set. With those pieces you get to build the space ship from the Tintin story Destination Moon. That's actually kind of cool. It's a good story and one that's pulled out to read. I have to finish the couple of books about Herge first and one is taking a while to get through. It's often that way, some books drag, some don't. There's a Herge drawing on the box cover and it's from the Tintin comic book. It's a nice rocket. They do a fair job on getting the shape to work out. It's hard making round shapes with just plain bricks. I don't think they look good. It's not something I tend to try to build. I'm still not interested in buying one but I do like it. I'll enjoy the pictures for sure.
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