LEGO Pokémon 2026 - Rumours & Discussion

[danth]

It really seems more and more that Lego isn't for kids. These are priced like adult sets. Including the $60 Pikachu, assuming it's a single buildable model.

[BrickBob Studpants]

26 minutes ago, danth said:

These are priced like adult sets.

That’s because they are  The three March sets are 18+. A bunch of smaller sets will get released later in the year

[danth]

27 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

That’s because they are  The three March sets are 18+. A bunch of smaller sets will get released later in the year

Ah, thanks for confirming.

Hopefully the other sets will be more sensible in scale.

I'm getting sick of my age being seen as dollar signs by Lego. I want the same kinds of sets I wanted as a kid, not multi-hundred dollar monstrosities that I need a whole table to display and are too big too tear down for MOCs. 

[Coryo]

An image of the smart brick Pikachu set has leaked in the usual places

Spoiler

It looks genuinely shocking for an 18+ set, if Lego has to compromise so many elements of the design just to include the smart brick, I really hope the gimmick stays confined to this one specific set, and won't affect any of the non-18+ sets.

[BrickBob Studpants]

43 minutes ago, Coryo said:

It looks genuinely shocking for an 18+ set, if Lego has to compromise so many elements of the design just to include the smart brick, I really hope the gimmick stays confined to this one specific set, and won't affect any of the non-18+ sets.

That’s not the 18+ set, the smart brick Pikachu is a much smaller set

[Meaf]

Interesting that we're seeing this one first, I assumed we'd get a look at the first three sets to release before this one? Unless this one is actually also releasing alongside those. I guess the 2026 leaks have been weird in general though.

[Robert8]

That pikachu looks.......... rough 

Looks like something from the 2000s

[CF Mitch]

That... is not a great Pikachu.
At all.

Oh, well.
Hopefully the starters will be better, but I probably won't be buying anything from LEGO Pokémon anyway...

Regards,
Mitch

 

[Mr Hobbles]

The Pikachu looks a lot like the smart brick Mario. I dunno, I expected it to look different. Since I’ve heard they’re using the brick inside an X-Wing I thought it’d be shaped less like a character and more like a large normal brick.

But, as has already been mentioned, that is clearly not the 18+ Pikachu. That’s a different set, a play set.

Edited October 10, 2025 by Mr Hobbles

[VinnieCannoli]

I hope we will see "kids oriented" sets eventually. If not - there won't be anything interesting to me. These +18-priced black boxes for afols are my least favorite thing in Lego and i would never want pokemon in this style.

Sonic is a perfect example of sets that both-adults and kids love. +18 is those sets people post on reddit as black boxes they probably are not going to open because it's "an investment". I already see scalpers calculating profits before these sets even released.

Harry Potter is another good example - lots of fun stuf + afol stuff. I will be glad if Lego will go this route making all kinds of sets for everybody from holiday calendars, minifigure magazines and polybags to "adult" products. Pokemon cards hobby is already kinda stressful these days. At least make lego look fun, come on! 

Edited October 11, 2025 by VinnieCannoli

[MatthewRC]

On 10/11/2025 at 6:31 AM, VinnieCannoli said:

I hope we will see "kids oriented" sets eventually. If not - there won't be anything interesting to me. These +18-priced black boxes for afols are my least favorite thing in Lego and i would never want pokemon in this style.

Sonic is a perfect example of sets that both-adults and kids love. +18 is those sets people post on reddit as black boxes they probably are not going to open because it's "an investment". I already see scalpers calculating profits before these sets even released.

Harry Potter is another good example - lots of fun stuf + afol stuff. I will be glad if Lego will go this route making all kinds of sets for everybody from holiday calendars, minifigure magazines and polybags to "adult" products. Pokemon cards hobby is already kinda stressful these days. At least make lego look fun, come on! 

This! We also need some minifigure-scale Pokémon sets one day.

[squiz18]

Seen some rumours today that the $650 set is Blastoise, Venusaur and Charizard, not squirtle, bulbasaur, charmander. 

Hopefully hear some more info soon. 

[Black Falcon]

Watch them making a Set where you can actually build all three versions ;). 

[Meaf]

I feel like I may have already made this point before but with regards to the Kanto starters set, I still cannot fathom why they're putting all three in one set. The three of them (regardless of whether its their first or final forms) are among the most popular pokemon ever and I have no doubt that there's zero chance they wouldn't sell incredibly well if they were each their own set. I'm sure it will still make plenty of money as is but this seems like such an unforced error. Imagine how many people would buy one of these for $200, if anything you might end up seeing people buy all three over time since it's less money upfront, whereas now a huge chunk of people who might be interested (dare I say the majority?) won't pick it up because it's way too much money to be spending on Legos. I dunno, it just seems like a stupid idea to me.

[TeriXeri]

New pink color in 31218 Japanese Cherry Blossom Landscape , really might be used for Pokémon as well, even just in Gen 1, there are the Clefairy, Chansey and Jigglypuff lines, and Mew which are well known by this point.

New pink also seems useful for accents like inner ears/mouth of some pokémon like Meowth.

Edited November 28, 2025 by TeriXeri

[Lyichir]

23 hours ago, TeriXeri said:

New pink color in 31218 Japanese Cherry Blossom Landscape , really might be used for Pokémon as well, even just in Gen 1, there are the Clefairy, Chansey and Jigglypuff lines, and Mew which are well known by this point.

New pink also seems useful for accents like inner ears/mouth of some pokémon like Meowth.

Oh, good point! The new bluish lavender color (seen in the Daisies botanical set) could also maybe be useful for some like Koffing.

[TeriXeri]

With Fortnite products having codes to redeem in-game, I really wonder if they have mystery gift stuff from buying LEGO sets.

On one hand I hope not, especially not exclusives , shiny legendaries or mythicals, but getting some redeem code for a pokémon in the set with something like OT (original trainer) named LEGO, that could be fun.

Edited November 29, 2025 by TeriXeri

[Lyichir]

16 hours ago, TeriXeri said:

With Fortnite products having codes to redeem in-game, I really wonder if they have mystery gift stuff from buying LEGO sets.

On one hand I hope not, especially not exclusives , shiny legendaries or mythicals, but getting some redeem code for a pokémon in the set with something like OT (original trainer) named LEGO, that could be fun.

It's possible, though I don't know if I'd expect it. I think I've seen other non-Lego Fortnite merch that offers redeemable codes like that, whereas that's not really a "thing" for non-Lego Pokémon merch. And the incentives for doing so with Fortnite (a free to play game available across pc, mobile, and consoles) are probably higher than with Pokémon (a game series that's mainly on mobile and one console and costs money on console, meaning a potentially lower install base to market freebies toward).

For that matter, the fact that Pokémon is "split" between multiple games and versions might be an issue if they were to do mystery gift codes, since I think mystery gift codes are typically game specific (i.e. a code for Legends Z-A could only be redeemed on that game, leaving people who only have Scarlet/Violet in the lurch). Fortnite is more "centralized" in a sense, so codes for that can be redeemed by anyone with that game and rewards can be used across various "modes" like Lego Fortnite.

[TeriXeri]

True, also LEGO seems to be focused on a Fortnite crossover with Ninjago, so I think that'll be a bigger focus.

 

Edited November 30, 2025 by TeriXeri

[TeriXeri]

Another new color in 2026 :  431 blue violet

Could be interesting to see it used for Starmie.

Edited December 1, 2025 by TeriXeri

[a_clay_brick]

According to @Lego_Minecraft_Goat, one of the Summer 2026 sets will be "Smart Play: Pikachu's House" for $70 USD.

Its main build is supposedly a PIkachu shape house and includes the Pikachu we've seen and a Smart Brick. 

[LegendaryArticuno]

Honestly, Megablocks did a really good job in designing their Pokemon sets. I don't see LEGO surpassing let alone meeting MEGABLOKS in terms of design quality.

Also Lego is going to be significantly more expensive than Megabloks.

[BrickBob Studpants]

We finally have a partial set list for the 2HY wave:

• 72156 Squirtle‘s Training Buggy Adventure
• 72157 Charmander‘s Wild Encounter with Geodude
• 72164 Pikachu‘s Training House (with Smart Brick)
• 72166 Cubone vs Gengar‘s Ghost Challenge
• 72167 Jolteon vs Charizard
• 721xx Scorbunny Evolution
• 721xx Stadium Bus (with Larvitar & Croagunk)
• 721xx Eevee Evolution
• 721xx Dojo House (with Riolu)
• 721xx Mewtwo Lab

And there‘s apparently even more!  Heavy focus on Gen I, as expected, but I‘m really glad to see Pokémon from other gens too. So far we have II, IV, and VIII then!

[BrickWild]

51 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

We finally have a partial set list for the 2HY wave:

• 72156 Squirtle‘s Training Buggy Adventure
• 72157 Charmander‘s Wild Encounter with Geodude
• 72164 Pikachu‘s Training House (with Smart Brick)
• 72166 Cubone vs Gengar‘s Ghost Challenge
• 72167 Jolteon vs Charizard
• 721xx Scorbunny Evolution
• 721xx Stadium Bus (with Larvitar & Croagunk)
• 721xx Eevee Evolution
• 721xx Dojo House (with Riolu)
• 721xx Mewtwo Lab

And there‘s apparently even more!  Heavy focus on Gen I, as expected, but I‘m really glad to see Pokémon from other gens too. So far we have II, IV, and VIII then!

Still hoping for a large 'life-size' Pikachu (with Sound Brick hopefully!)
I hope they answer my prayers!

[BrickBob Studpants]

34 minutes ago, BrickWild said:

Still hoping for a large 'life-size' Pikachu (with Sound Brick hopefully!)
I hope they answer my prayers!

Not anytime soon  We‘re already getting a $200 18+ Pikachu in late February / early March, and that one includes a Pokéball, so definitely won‘t be „life-scale“. Maybe in a coupla years ^^ Pikachu will be the theme‘s X-Wing or Hogwarts Express and thus always be on shelves, one way or another

Edited December 25, 2025 by BrickBob Studpants