LEGO Pokémon 2026 - Rumours & Discussion

[Scarilian]

1 hour 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!

The execution of the Pokemon will make or break this theme... but considering they apparently all have the Smart Brick I'm expecting poor quality and expensive unfortunately.

Only interested in Mewtwo's Labratory at this time.

[BrickBob Studpants]

1 hour ago, Scarilian said:

... but considering they apparently all have the Smart Brick I'm expecting poor quality and expensive unfortunately.

I think only Pikachu does, the others are merely compatible with the Smart Bricks. At least that‘s what the list implies

[cosmic]

So I have always wanted a Pokemon line and tbh I am quite bummed that they chose to go the super mario route and have buildable characters. Tbh I don't particularly feel this saves on costs for the company because many of these buildable figures go on to have specialized moulds anyways. I guess its somewhat streamlined since most characters have the same feet and arms and the rest is brick built over at Mario, its still not the ideal situation for me as a fan. From Pokecenters, Gyms, marts, homes to even the Battle Arenas, there are plenty of buildings that a minifigure in the Lego Pokemon line can and should interact with. Not only that but manydesigns can be brick built, its really just the heads that needs specialized moulds. What aches me is knowing some of these brick built Lego Pokemon will get specialized moulds, making this feel even more unnecesary because we could just get specialized moulds but make it figure scaled!! Onix, Gyarados, Steelix, Snorlax and more can and should be brick built and still be figure scaled! You could say the same about Charized its really just the head we need. I wanted a Pokemon CMF series, unstead we're basically getting an official vsrsion of how Mega Bloks handled the license. No finesse and no taste just a monsy grab that won't live up to the hype. Really hope they ditch this approach and give fans what they want as the years go by.

[Lyichir]

On 12/25/2025 at 4:32 PM, cosmic said:

So I have always wanted a Pokemon line and tbh I am quite bummed that they chose to go the super mario route and have buildable characters. Tbh I don't particularly feel this saves on costs for the company because many of these buildable figures go on to have specialized moulds anyways. I guess its somewhat streamlined since most characters have the same feet and arms and the rest is brick built over at Mario, its still not the ideal situation for me as a fan. From Pokecenters, Gyms, marts, homes to even the Battle Arenas, there are plenty of buildings that a minifigure in the Lego Pokemon line can and should interact with. Not only that but manydesigns can be brick built, its really just the heads that needs specialized moulds. What aches me is knowing some of these brick built Lego Pokemon will get specialized moulds, making this feel even more unnecesary because we could just get specialized moulds but make it figure scaled!! Onix, Gyarados, Steelix, Snorlax and more can and should be brick built and still be figure scaled! You could say the same about Charized its really just the head we need. I wanted a Pokemon CMF series, unstead we're basically getting an official vsrsion of how Mega Bloks handled the license. No finesse and no taste just a monsy grab that won't live up to the hype. Really hope they ditch this approach and give fans what they want as the years go by.

As a fan of how the Mario theme has handled things I feel the opposite. I think "minifig-scale" would largely be a suboptimal approach to Pokémon, allowing for less detail and articulation for most Pokémon (excepting those big enough that they could be brick-built anyway). Even if a Pokémon theme does end up needing specialized molds for certain features those are still likely to be more versatile and useful for MOCing than something like a solid single-piece Pikachu would have been. This approach would also make it easier to build additional Pokémon or customize the ones that come in sets, instead of being constantly reliant on an inherently limited range of molded figures to add to your collection.

Things like locations and human characters might sometimes work better with minifigures, but I don't know if that would be worth it if the buildability/playability of the Pokémon themselves suffer for it. Ultimately they're more of a draw and more of the focus of the franchise than locations or human trainers are.

[Scarilian]

On 12/25/2025 at 12:52 PM, BrickBob Studpants said:

I think only Pikachu does, the others are merely compatible with the Smart Bricks. At least that‘s what the list implies

In the leak, usual place, it states that "All summer sets are Smart Play sets" which they state would "allow the Pokemon to react to the sets and each other" so it sounds like they either include them or bricks that would interact with them - which is certainly going to be a factor in how the figures and sets are designed along with the pricing.

[BrickBob Studpants]

According to @a_clay_brick, some of the Pokémon sets should be revealed this month, which makes sense considering the first wave‘s release date. However, he also implies there could be minifigs  How would that work? Do the three 18+ sets come with random trainers?

[Felkin]

Is there any chance that the third CMF series this year could be Pokemon themed? The 30th anniversary video games come out in autumn 2026, so a tie-in CMF series would make sense, and CMFs typically have more budget for new molds like minifig-scale animals (or pokemons).

[Black Falcon]

Not going to say it is impossible, but I kinda think we would have heard if that one is Pokemon by now already, but who knows

 

[Sinistereo]

I wish we were getting sets based off the Generation 10 games coming out this year

[squiz18]

The Kanto badges GWP has leaked online. Looks pretty good, though the 4 piece transparent lid does detract from it. 

[BrickBob Studpants]

That’s an awesome GWP, but I seriously hope the TCG scalpers don’t catch wind of it. The poor LEGO Store employees have no idea what madness awaits them otherwise

[BrickBob Studpants]

And we have a picture if the Pikachu & Pokéball set!  Pikachu looks a bit chipmunky, but it’s a cute model and I like how dynamic the pose is!

[Virginia_Bricks]

34 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

That’s an awesome GWP, but I seriously hope the TCG scalpers don’t catch wind of it. The poor LEGO Store employees have no idea what madness awaits them otherwise

If it is tied to 72153 as rumored, it will be harder to scalp. Buying a $650 set, to get a GWP that can be completely brick built with a dupe sticker sheet doesn't seem like the smartest idea. That being said I'm sure it somehow still ends up $100+ on the secondary market.

[squiz18]

4 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

And we have a picture if the Pikachu & Pokéball set!  Pikachu looks a bit chipmunky, but it’s a cute model and I like how dynamic the pose is!

yeah I like the lighning bolt base and that it's coming out of a pokeball. But the face looks a bit off. Not going to be rushing out to get that one. 

The GWP press release stuff confirms it's Venusaur, Bulbasaur and Charizard as the huge expensive set. The GWP is exclusive to that. 

[Virginia_Bricks]

28 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

And we have a picture if the Pikachu & Pokéball set!  Pikachu looks a bit chipmunky, but it’s a cute model and I like how dynamic the pose is!

And just like that the posts have been removed from Reddit. I'm guessing the official reveal is this week though with Smart Bricks last week.

EDIT: Just to be officially revealed a few minutes later

Edited January 12 by Virginia_Bricks

[Scarilian]

Pikachu looks terrible, it's stretched and elongated in varying sectors. The pose doesn't really look good when on the stand and it's about 4x more expensive than the running Megabloks version with less posability and no features. The face is the worst part of it, which is pretty much the main thing you need to get right on Pikachu, the eyes look like they are attached to a visor instead of naturally being part of the face. The mouth bending outwards so they can get the nose looks really silly, his nose is supposed to be out, not his upper mouth. The Pokeball just isnt curved enough, it's just a box with some curved segments put on it.

When the entire point of the set is for display you have to nail the visuals and this just doesn't. On the bright side it means despite being a massive Pokemon fan this is an incredibly easy skip. Still hope they can nail the designs at a smaller scale with hopefully some molded pieces.

[squiz18]

the big set is now on the Lego website! 

 

https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/venusaur-charizard-and-blastoise-72153

[Ngoc Nguyen]

For those who can't load the website.

 

[TeriXeri]

Doesn't look great considering the prices. 

Even if generous at €150 pikachu looks quite bad.

Eevee looks better then Pikachu, choosing for a more flat design with just tiles/prints works for it.

And then €175-200 blastoise/venusaur/charizard each don't look worth that at all, and I already went lower due to the huge base that's included.

Even as a big pokémon fan, I think Creator 3-in-1 sets or whatever offer better value if you want some animal on display.

 

A Switch 2 + HOME + Online + 1-2 pokémon games (depending on DLC) is a better gift for a kid imo, even scarlet/violet.

Edited January 12 by TeriXeri

[BrickBob Studpants]

All three sets can be pre-ordered, including the GWP! That’s a welcome change ^^

[Virginia_Bricks]

Pikachu is a miss for me, but the Starters and Eevee are great.

I don't have the budget for the starters and Minis Tirith so going to have to choose one over the other, but definitely picking up Eevee.

[Lyichir]

Yeah, Pikachu sadly looks a bit disappointing, with some rough shaping and a fixed pose that looks a bit awkward when removed from the stand. Eevee looks fantastic, though! And the badge set looks like a very nice GWP.

The three evolved Kanto starters all look excellent and the very impressive display stand does partly explain the choice to do them as a single set instead of separately.

Still don't know whether I'll get any of these, though... I'm less into Pokémon than I used to be and while I still enjoy the games here and there, I'm less confident about buying huge display pieces like these for it.

[squiz18]

There are a limited number of GWPs available (around 22000 apparently). You do get it with a preorder.

Edited January 12 by squiz18

[Virginia_Bricks]

6 minutes ago, squiz18 said:

There are a limited number of GWPs available (around 22000 apparently). You do get it with a preorder. Sold out already in the US apparently. 

Still available in the US (at least for me)

[squiz18]

16 minutes ago, Virginia_Bricks said:

Still available in the US (at least for me)

Good to know, I've edited my post. Think there might have been some confusion as it wasn't showing with pre orders straight away. I've seen people cancelling and re-ordering and getting it. 

Think people are assuming the worst with this as trying to buy pokemon cards is a nightmare at the moment.