DIY: Lighting for nanoblock

The only official method of lighting your nanoblock creations is by using the nanoblock LED Base Plate. That is useful for bigger designs, but what if you want to light up something smaller? Here is a simply DIY solution that will cost you RM5 and just a minute of your time.

Buy this LED key chain from Daiso. You can also search eBay for it.

What's cool about this particular LED keychain is that
the LED + battery holder + switch is all in one removable
module as you can see above.

As you can see, it is pretty compact.

It is also bright and colourful. It cycles through the
various colours in alternating slow waves and
fast flickers. 

Here you can see the battery. They should be good
for 10-12 hours of use.

You can stick it to a piece of 2x4 brick using bluetack,
or hot glue gun if you want it more permanent. Now, it is
ready for use. 

Here is an example of our DIY LED light being used
to light up a tiny house. The switch is accessible thru
that small hole you see behind the house.

Here is what the house looks like lighted up.

Below is a video of the lights in use. Looks like they are having a party in there =D

nanoblock LED Base Plate Review

Item Code: NB-011

Price: Not Available in Malaysia

The nanoblock LED Base plate is a 20 x 20 clear plate with 3 LEDs positioned near the center of the plate, powered by 3 AAA batteries. The three LEDs are in red, green and blue, and it slowly transitions   between the three LEDs when turned on. 

Contents of the box

The base plate is 20 x 20

Unscrew to open the battery compartment

3 AAA batteries needed

This is what it looks like when turned on

The switch for turning it on or off

There is only one switch on the side that lets you turn it on or off. Unfortunately, you have no control over which particular colour LED to turn on.  Here is a video of how it looks like when it is on.

This base plate was originally designed to be used with the Tokyo Skytree nanoblock set, but you can find other creative uses for it. In the photo below, I removed the bottom of the nanoblock Jack-O-Lantern and placed it on the LED base plate.

This nanoblock LED Base plate is only officially available in Japan, though some parallel importers in some countries may import it.  I bought mine online from Plamoya.  You can also find it in my Amazon.com store.