Zinogre, Monster Hunter. NBM-008R

Zinogre, Monster Hunter

NBM-008R - Kawada

Monster Hunter is a Japanese media franchise centred on a series of fantasy-themed action role-playing video games, beginning with the first instalment released in 2004.

The player takes the role of a Hunter, slaying or trapping large monsters across various landscapes as part of quests given to them by locals, with some quests involving the gathering of a certain item or items, which may put the Hunter at risk of facing various monsters. Players use loot gained from slaying monsters, gathering resources, and quest rewards to craft improved weapons, armour, and other items that allow them to face more powerful monsters.

Zinogre

Zinogre is a quadrupedal monster with superficially lupine features. It has highly developed limbs, sharp fangs and claws. Its body is covered in turquoise scales, whitish fur, and tan bony spikes, and it has two prominent horns. Closer observation of its horns and the spikes on its back reveal that they are porous, presumably for hosting Thunderbugs when the monster charges itself.

When charged with electricity, the spikes on its back and its fur will stick up, and many of the bony and furred parts of its body will start to glow bright blue.

Zinogre is a very agile monster, able to perform many impressive grounded and aerial manoeuvres despite its hulking size. It primarily attempts to outmanoeuvre its prey before attacking with swipes from its well-developed forelimbs and tail, the former of which are often strong enough to kill prey in a single blow.

Uniquely, Zinogre has a symbiotic relationship with Thunderbugs and is able to summon them from the vicinity, utilising their natural electrical abilities for its own purposes. Zinogre houses them within its horns and spikes and uses them to rapidly build up an electric charge throughout its body, although it must stop acting and leave itself open in order to do so. Once enough charge is accumulated, Zinogre's aggressiveness and strength will increase dramatically, and it becomes able to augment its physical blows with explosives bursts of sparks and lightning.

This nanoblock®, Monster Hunter model is a Level 4 build and has 590+ pieces.

The model stands 94mm tall, 108mm across and 180mm deep and consists of 590 pieces and is a Level 4 build.

nanoblock® is the original micro-sized building block. The smallest part is a mere 4x4x5 mm! Completed nanoblock® Mini-Collection models are small enough to fit in the palm of your hand.

Each nanoblock® set comes with spare blocks and detailed step-by-step building instructions.