LEGO Pokémon 2026 - Rumours & Discussion

[Virginia_Bricks]

One struggle (or sales opportunity) with playsets that contain buildings is what Generations do they cover. For me the iconic designs and buildings are all Gen 4 or sooner, but I know there has been a lot of good stuff since then.

[Meaf]

2 hours ago, Virginia_Bricks said:

One struggle (or sales opportunity) with playsets that contain buildings is what Generations do they cover. For me the iconic designs and buildings are all Gen 4 or sooner, but I know there has been a lot of good stuff since then.

I suspect they'll start by mostly focusing on Gen 1, but considering that we're getting 20 sets I have to imagine they'll give every generation at least a little love. Also wouldn't be surprised if a lot of slots are dedicated to Generation 10, since that will probably be releasing next November.

[BrickBob Studpants]

Blaspheming time: Gen I is one of the most overrated things in existence in my book, so I sincerely hope they give the other Gens lots of love too! 

Also: Charizard and Mewto are particularly overrated in my sacrilegious opinion. Those two don’t even crack my top 100 Pokémon, maybe not even 200  

Edited September 2 by BrickBob Studpants

[CF Mitch]

8 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Blaspheming time: Gen I is one of the most overrated things in existence in my book, so I sincerely hope they give the other Gens lots of love too! 

Also: Charizard and Mewto are particularly overrated in my sacrilegious opinion. Those two don’t even crack my top 100 Pokémon, maybe not even 200  

As an utmost fan of the Kanto region and the Gen 1 Pokémon (any generation/remake), this hurts to the very bottom of my core 

But I sincerely doubt they'll only tackle Gen 1 stuff even in the first year, even if it is the 30th(?) anniversary year...

Regards,
Mitch

[Felkin]

3 hours ago, CF Mitch said:

As an utmost fan of the Kanto region and the Gen 1 Pokémon (any generation/remake), this hurts to the very bottom of my core 

But I sincerely doubt they'll only tackle Gen 1 stuff even in the first year, even if it is the 30th(?) anniversary year...

Whatever the sets are, I'm sure they'll have a mix of popular Pokémon from across the generations. Probably the Gen 1 starters plus Pikachu and Eevee, possibly the new Gen 10 and/or Z-A starters, and then various fan favourites from across all the generations. (I'm hoping for Mimikyu, personally.) There's no way they'd avoid favourites like Lucario or Greninja for too long, regardless of which generation games they debuted in.

[LegoDakin]

There more likely to make Gen 1 than other generations because of the nostalgia factor

[BrickBob Studpants]

26 minutes ago, LegoDakin said:

There more likely to make Gen 1 than other generations because of the nostalgia factor

Gen II came out like a year later, how’s that any less nostalgic?  And how about kids who grew up with Gens III, IV, V, or VI who are also adults now?

[TeriXeri]

8 hours ago, LegoDakin said:

There more likely to make Gen 1 than other generations because of the nostalgia factor

For sure, I even notice more pokemon merchandise in stores now, and even the small things are mainly Pikachu, and the 3 original starters.

7 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Gen II came out like a year later, how’s that any less nostalgic?  And how about kids who grew up with Gens III, IV, V, or VI who are also adults now?

You do have a good point, nostalgia is different for everyone, even in LEGO people grew up with classic space, or perhaps Space Police 3 , but both are Space nostalgia.

(Edit : off topic stuff removed irrelevant to LEGO)

 

 

Edited September 3 by TeriXeri

[neithan]

I`m really nervous and want to see spoilers as soon as possible (normally not the case).

 

Lego with their decreasing quality and Gamefreak with their low quality (at least since sixth Gen) together will be... interesting.

Hope to proven wrong, but I already see the 200 pieces set with one special mold for a pokemon, selling for 40€ or more...

[thebricksbear]

On 9/3/2025 at 12:57 AM, LegoDakin said:

There more likely to make Gen 1 than other generations because of the nostalgia factor

New pokemon will always get less and less attention because they occupy less and less of the space/importance in the IP. Even if GF came up with a new Pikachu-level mascot, it'll never touch Gen 1 popularity because there are 1000+ others at the time of creation.

Nintendo wont do a Gen 1-only license though, they have new products/games to sell and packaging new with old is how they succeed. The Zelda D2C is the perfect example of that- why alienate either new or old players of the games? (I say this but I skipped the set due to price, as I will also do with the pokemon d2c)

Us Gen 1 oldies have to realize even though Gen 1 is sacred, the VAST majority of pokemon fans know those pokemon from newer games, Pokémon Go, the TCG, etc...

 

Anyway, I cant imagine what the big set is. I would've said its a buildable pokemon but $600 is insanely expensive. My biggest fear is that lego and Nintendo cooked up some horrible new gimmick like the Mario play sets.

[CF Mitch]

On 9/2/2025 at 9:30 PM, Felkin said:

Whatever the sets are, I'm sure they'll have a mix of popular Pokémon from across the generations. Probably the Gen 1 starters plus Pikachu and Eevee, possibly the new Gen 10 and/or Z-A starters, and then various fan favourites from across all the generations. (I'm hoping for Mimikyu, personally.) There's no way they'd avoid favourites like Lucario or Greninja for too long, regardless of which generation games they debuted in.

I think this is a very plausible situation. For Gen 1, I think they might also do Meowth, perhaps with a soundbrick of him saying something vaguely unkind  
Personally I never saw why Lucario is/was so popular (probably a generation factor as well), but he is so I'm sure he'll appear rather soon, indeed.

What does everyone think the chances are of Legendaries and Mythical Pokémon, such as, respectfully, Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres and Mewtwo?
Not saying the first year per sé, just in general.

Regards,
Mitch

 

[TeriXeri]

Was just thinking, what the big set could be other then some big build model, or a stadium (Pokemon Champions is a new Stadium battle game) or something. Just a "what if" moment, if it's not what's generally expected.

Something like the Brave Olivine Airship from Horizons (if they do anything minifig related that is) , maybe not something entirely 30th anniversary like , but Pikachu and Charizard could definately be in it, as those are featured due to being the crew leader's pokemon.

Edited September 4 by TeriXeri

[Virginia_Bricks]

Really concerned Lego is going to go all in on these new "Smart Play" bricks with the Pokemon theme. The beauty of Lego has always been in the simplicity of bricks and no way these Smart Play bricks will be cheap and only increase prices.

Also will Lego replace faulty or old Smart bricks years down the road?

[CF Mitch]

On 9/5/2025 at 12:16 AM, TeriXeri said:

Was just thinking, what the big set could be other then some big build model, or a stadium (Pokemon Champions is a new Stadium battle game) or something. Just a "what if" moment, if it's not what's generally expected.

Something like the Brave Olivine Airship from Horizons (if they do anything minifig related that is) , maybe not something entirely 30th anniversary like , but Pikachu and Charizard could definately be in it, as those are featured due to being the crew leader's pokemon.

Ooh, interesting thought!
Captain Pikachu would be a terrific gimmicky build/mold  

Regards,
Mitch

[CF Mitch]

I don't know if anyone has seen the Pokemon: Pokopia game trailer on Nintendo Direct?
It's kind if a Animal Crossing meets Pokemon game and I love it already  
Anyway, I'm starting to wonder if some of the sets might be (lightly) based on the game. Like, some mid-sized builds of Pokémon with natural environments that they could influence, such as plants to water for Squirtle, trees to chop for Scyther, et cetera.

The trailer features mainly Gen 1 Pokémon though other generations do seem to appear as well.

Regards,
Mitch

[squiz18]

16 hours ago, CF Mitch said:

I don't know if anyone has seen the Pokemon: Pokopia game trailer on Nintendo Direct?
It's kind if a Animal Crossing meets Pokemon game and I love it already  
Anyway, I'm starting to wonder if some of the sets might be (lightly) based on the game. Like, some mid-sized builds of Pokémon with natural environments that they could influence, such as plants to water for Squirtle, trees to chop for Scyther, et cetera.

The trailer features mainly Gen 1 Pokémon though other generations do seem to appear as well.

Regards,
Mitch

Thanks, hadn't heard about this but just watched the trailer. Looks interesting. I hadn't paid much attention to the animal crossing sets but think something similar for pokemon could be a good way of making some affordable sets. 

[Coryo]

On 9/14/2025 at 1:16 AM, CF Mitch said:

Anyway, I'm starting to wonder if some of the sets might be (lightly) based on the game. Like, some mid-sized builds of Pokémon with natural environments that they could influence, such as plants to water for Squirtle, trees to chop for Scyther, et cetera.

Mario had a cmf(?) series with buildable enemies on small environment stands. Having multiple blind box series similar to that approach could be a decent affordable way to fill out the roster and supplement the mainline sets.

On 9/14/2025 at 1:16 AM, CF Mitch said:

The trailer features mainly Gen 1 Pokémon though other generations do seem to appear as well.

Spotted my man Drilbur, plz lego

[CF Mitch]

On 9/15/2025 at 2:56 AM, Coryo said:

Mario had a cmf(?) series with buildable enemies on small environment stands. Having multiple blind box series similar to that approach could be a decent affordable way to fill out the roster and supplement the mainline sets.

Ooh, also a neat idea!

Regards,
Mitch

[icm]

The $650, 6838-piece set is now rumored to be sculptures of Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Charmander. Why in the world aren't they releasing those as three separate sets? Each one would still be $200+ and 2000+ parts, which is not a small set. Surely they would sell more sets and bring in more revenue if the paywall for your favorite starter Pokemon was $200 instead of three times as high, and if you didn't have to buy the ones you didn't want at the same time. It reminds me of when the DC Super Heroes D2C for 2019 was rumored to be a $500 set with both the 1989 Batmobile and the 1989 Batwing, and those were eventually released as separate $250 and $200 sets in 2019 and 2020, respectively. That made sense. This does not.

[squiz18]

Looking forward to seeing them, but man thats alot of money. Don't feel like we can be too far off seeing the february sets? 2 months or less?

A bit more info has been leaked: 

20 retail sets and 8 promos (some of which could be brickheads)

1 wave in feb focussed on buildable pokemon for adults 

2 summer waves. Summer waves will focus on the smart brick, similar to Mario. Smart Play pikachu's tail is the one that was revealed in the teaser video from Lego. 

 

 

[Robert8]

16 hours ago, icm said:

The $650, 6838-piece set is now rumored to be sculptures of Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Charmander. Why in the world aren't they releasing those as three separate sets?

This

 

It doesnt make any sense

...............

I wonder if they are going to relase Team Rocket's pokemon. At least Meowth should be a given

[Black Falcon]

22 hours ago, Robert8 said:

This

It doesnt make any sense

Well, we don´t really know what the set turns out to be. I doubt we will just get three big buildable pokemon sitting next to each other, in that case 3 sets would really make more sense. But it could aswell be a big buildable display with the pokemon batteling each other, in that case single pokemon wouldn´t make much sense ;). 

[BrickBob Studpants]

So the other two March sets are Eevee and Pikachu & a Pokéball respectively! I hope they‘ll remember that Gen I isn‘t the only one in existence for the remaining 17-ish sets

Edited September 25 by BrickBob Studpants

[squiz18]

Really looking forward to seeing these. I'm assuming based on the price that the pikachu & pokeball set will be at the same scale as the bulbasaur, squirtle and charmander set. You'd hope they will look incredible for the price and piece count. Question is will they look £800 incredible.....

[Meaf]

Honestly very confused by the strategy here on Lego's part. Judging by the sizes, Eevee is definitely going to not be to scale with the others, and Pikachu probably won't be to scale with the starters unless the Pokeball in the set is pretty small (which is totally possible, I just feel like it might be on the larger side since it's in the set's name). Maybe most people don't care but to me that just seems like a stupid design choice honestly. I'm all for sets of varying price points to be available but why would you want three different sets that don't look good together? I'm also just not a huge fan of the price points they've chosen to start the theme with though, I know we'll almost certainly see some smaller sets later in the year but it's kind of disappointing that there won't be anything I am interested in at the start (which is mostly down to price).