#715 Noivern: The Soundwave Pokemon
They fly around on moonless nights and attack careless prey. Nothing can beat them in a battle in the dark. The ultrasonic waves it emits from its ears can reduce a large boulder to pebbles. It swoops out of the dark to attack. |
Noivern, coming after the Chars and Natu, is my third favorite Pokemon of all time! Strangely enough, when I first saw him, I wasn't too much of a fan because I thought he was overdesigned. Now that I realized he is basically a badass looking dragon-bat wyvern creature, I love him. I love everything about his design - the cute lip spikes and fangs, the fluffy mane, the color scheme and overal lean and agile stature. Noivern is cute and cool at the same time, and somehow, he reminds me of Charizard as to the "type" of Pokemon he is.
Going against all my expectations, Noivern hasn't received much attention by the Pokemon Company at all! :c There are only a few official items and no single official plush, so unfortunately, though being a main collection, this collection is small. Nevertheless, I love every single one of my little dragon-bats with all my heart. <3 Since there is not much Noivern merch (yet?), I hope to pick up all there is one by one, and then continue my collection with customs. |
Custom Noivern Pokedoll
LOOK AT THIS CUTIE!! OWO This is one of the BEST custom Pokedolls I have ever seen, period. This lovely little bat was made by the absolutely amazing awesome yellow_fr3ak on the pkmncollectors community! She did such an amazing job with this plush, he could easily be an official Pokedoll except for the fabric used, which is fair trade fabric especially requested by me. The fabric is called velour and is velvety soft, but not quite as soft as minky. However, it was very important to me, and as you can see, the plush turned out great. I named this little sweet butt "Joey"! <3 The ears even point inside and, as the artist told me, are secured with hard styrofoam pieces beneath them, so that they stay in shape. The best part about this plush is that the lip spikes are loose which makes him 100 times cuter than he already is. This plush is the pride and joy of my Noivern collection!
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Custom Noivern Beanie Plush
This amazing custom plush is also by yellow_fr3ak from the pkmncollectors community. I named her Annie. She made it together with my Pokedoll, and I love them equally well! This plush is super floppy, especially the wings, which are not stuffed. I absolutely love it O3O The ears are made with the same technique as on the Pokedoll's. I just can't get over how cute she is when she lies with her head tilted to the side. I love to take her and put her on my tummy or shoulder like a pet. I absolutely love this plush to bits and pieces, and she is one of the gems of my Pokemon collection as a whole.
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Noivern Tomy Figure
Release: Japan, Tomy, 2014
Found: pkmncollectors, 2015 This was actually the last official Noivern figure as of the beginning of 2016 which I added to my collection, even though the Tomy figures count among the basics of most collections! This figure was part of a trade I made with one of my friends on the pkmncollectors community. I absolutely love it, it has amazing, flawless detail and is an accurate representation of the Pokemon, just as you'd expect from a Tomy figure - the heart of my Noivern figure collection. |
Noivern Kid Figure
Release: Japan, Bandai, 2014
Found: pkmncollectors, 2014 Noivern's Kid figure design is just gorgeous and makes his cheeks look super puffy, and his lip spikes even cuter. I love how this figure glimpses to the side. Sadly, my Noivern has a little "wound" on his tail as I once put him near a candle for a certain photo shoot. Actually I was super careful with that since I considered the danger of the plastic melting before, and actually did that several times without anything happening. Once, I must have positioned it in the wrong way, and and then the plastic started to melt. Luckily, I realized it soon enough to rescue him lol. Poor Noivern! Makes him kind of special now though :D |
Noivern Attack Kid figure
Release: Japan, Bandai, 2014
Found: pkmncollectors, 2014 I love the pose of this figure! The ear things are supposed to represent the attack called "boom burst" I guess. Looks a bit funny, almost as thought fluff was growing out of his ears, but the pose of this figure with the spread out wings definitely makes up for this. |
Noivern Chupa Figure
Release: Japan, 2014 (?)
Found: pkmncollectors, 2015 This figure is really small and te plastic is of lesser quality than most other figures. It's also very bendable. For its small size, it has a pretty good amount of details though. What I like about this figure is that it is in a flying pose. It's hard to position because of this though. |
Pokemon Time Noivern Custom Figure
I made this figure myself and I am pretty happy with how it turned out. I am not an expert on sculpting at all, but for the purpose of making a few pieces for my collections, I am quite satisfied with it. This figure has a lot of uneven places and imperfections, but I am just happy with how cute his face and pose turned out overall. This was my first time using colored clay so I didn't have to paint it afterwards. In some places, the colors are smudged a bit, but luckily, it's not that prominent everywhere. I love this figure very much, probably also partly due to the fact I formed a bond with it by being present at its "birth" ^^
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Custom Shiny OC Noivern "Fynn"
This amazing tiny figure was made by winterellybean on the pkmncollectors community! She makes these special figures depicting Pokemon with foods or drinks which is simply gorgeous! I love this figure to bits. It represents my own shiny version of Noivern (white base color, darker, slighly more berry red tone for claws and nose, basic red tone for eyes and grey mane) who I named "Fynn" with a cup of hot chocolate <333 From the moment I commissioned this figure I decided that the special feature of Fynn would be to be associated with hot chocolate because it fits just so well with his color scheme. This figure is no taller than a coin and it's so incredibly detailed for its small size. It's definitely a special little gem in my collection!
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Noibat and Noivern Dex Charms
Release: Japan, Pokemon Center, 2014
Found: pkmncollectors, 2015 These were the first dex charms I got, and I have to say, I absolutely love them. They are almost like little pieces of jewelry. They have pretty standard poses, which is the only disadvantage. On the other side though, it also fits the theme of Pokedex charms since they are meant to represent the Pokemon in a somewhat generic way. |
Noivern Clearfile
Release: Japan, 2013 or 2014 (?)
Found: pkmncollectors Secret Spring Swap, 2015 I am honestly no big fan of clearfiles except for the fact that they make nice background decorations for one's collections. So that's what I regard this clearfile as. Wanting to complete all the official Noivern pieces as far as possible, I am glad I was able to get this clearfile as one of my secret spring swap gifts and not having to spend much on it. As you can see, this clearfile has a pretty generic standard Noivern pose which makes it a bit boring, yet also a solid background at the same time. |
Custom Fynn Pokemon Time Bookmark by agui_chan
As you can see, here is another adorable custom piece featuring Fynn, my shiny Noivern! This bookmark was made by agui_chan on the pkmncollectors community, and I absolutely love it! The background color and pattern just fit the theme of hot chocolate so well and creates a beautiful harmony with the white and purple parts.
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