Lion King Posted March 3 Posted March 3 4 hours ago, Lyichir said: Realistically I don't think there was ever any chance of every Pokémon appearing in sets. But that's the same for most Pokémon merch. Things like starters, legendaries, and other popular Pokémon are on the whole more likely to get a lot of merch than things like, say, the middle evolution of a random Bug-type. I feel like that's definitely going to be the case with Lego, too, and would likely be even more limited if they'd gone the route of molded, minifig-scale Pokémon instead of largely having them brick-built. That said I doubt things will be limited to Kanto Pokémon for too long. It's a decent place to start but moving on to popular Pokémon from other regions will go a long way to keep things fresh. And I wouldn't even rule out regional forms or the like, just so long as there's a set concept that can m Meant I might have mispoken but I NEVER said taht Lego Pokemon theme shoudl be limited to Gen 1. And I agree with you on starters, Legendaries / mythicals, and popular Pokemon. I do think Gen 1 is a good start for Lego and move forward with other Gens. Although, it’s kinda odd to see Geodude showing up in one of the pouncing sets. Geodude is not quite popular but Gengar is very popular. I assume it’s Brock’s Rock Pokemon but defintiely not a fan favorite (jsut my personal opinion). Jsut no Mega/Paradox/Terra/Shiny/etc etc…. Quote
Takanuinuva Posted March 4 Posted March 4 Are Twitter links allowed here? As someone rebuilt the Eevee set into Bidoof. Quote
MKJoshA Posted March 4 Posted March 4 6 hours ago, Takanuinuva said: Are Twitter links allowed here? As someone rebuilt the Eevee set into Bidoof. They are allowed. I saw the same rebuild on Reddit Quote
BrickBob Studpants Posted March 4 Author Posted March 4 72154 is rumoured to be a buildable Pokéball with a scene inside of it, and it allegedly comes with minifigs! Rumour has it it’s the only Pokémon set this year with minifigs. Quote
squiz18 Posted March 4 Posted March 4 (edited) 8 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said: 72154 is rumoured to be a buildable Pokéball with a scene inside of it, and it allegedly comes with minifigs! Rumour has it it’s the only Pokémon set this year with minifigs. Sounds good, looking forward to seeing this one. Must be pretty big for that price, and to fit a scene in. Edited March 4 by squiz18 Quote
CF Mitch Posted March 5 Posted March 5 18 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said: 72154 is rumoured to be a buildable Pokéball with a scene inside of it, and it allegedly comes with minifigs! Rumour has it it’s the only Pokémon set this year with minifigs. Just saw this on IG now, too. God I hope it's real! Supposedly it will come with molded Pokémon too I'm guessing it will also be Gen. 1 and contain minifigs like Ash, Misty & Brock. Or maybe it's more game-inspired and it will be Red, Blue & Oak. Regards, Mitch Quote
BrickBob Studpants Posted March 5 Author Posted March 5 4 minutes ago, CF Mitch said: I'm guessing it will also be Gen. 1 and contain minifigs like Ash, Misty & Brock. Or maybe it's more game-inspired and it will be Red, Blue & Oak. I would definitely prefer game-based characters. To be frank, as a kid I always disliked Ash for being such a doofus who couldn’t remember even the most obvious of type advantages, among other things I don’t really care which Gen the minifigs are based on, but protagonist, rival, and professor sounds like a good selection to me, no matter which Gen! Speaking of minifigs, I’ve doubted they’ll go all out on minifigs ever since the theme was announced because almost every character, be they protagonists, rivals, professors, gym leaders, elite four, or villains would require a new hairpiece each, with all the crazy anime hair going on So the approach of only offering the occasional minifig set (maybe one each year?) makes perfect sense to me. Quote
CF Mitch Posted March 5 Posted March 5 2 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said: I would definitely prefer game-based characters. To be frank, as a kid I always disliked Ash for being such a doofus who couldn’t remember even the most obvious of type advantages, among other things I mean, the series never made much sense when it came to type advantages, if I remember correctly Not sure which I'd rather have, though. Somehow I watched the series before I played the games and as a kid never realized the series was based on the game instead of the other way around, and I guess that sentiment always kinda stuck with me Regards, Mitch Quote
Black Falcon Posted March 5 Posted March 5 I´ve played the game enough, but in the end the gen 1 characters are very basic and I would rather expect them to include the Series characters, so Ash, Misty, Brock and Oak - maybe even Jessy and James? Though probably we shouldn´t expect to many minifigs given there will also be moulded Pokemon, Pikachu is probably granted, the rest we have to see. Quote
thebricksbear Posted March 6 Posted March 6 The insinuation is that the pokemon molds are minifig scale right? It'd be so hilariously 'lego' if they made pokemon builds that weren't at scale with the figs in the set. If there are going to be molds for small pokemon and builds for bigger ones, I think we can safely guarantee there will be smaller pokemon minifig scale sets with the same pokemon. I could see 'builds' like bigger pokemon being exclusive to a big adult set like this, but lego doesn't usually spring for new pieces unless they plan to reuse them, ie. Zelda. I'm rationalizing of course, but the dream would be minifig scale sets with brickbuilt to-scale pokemon like Charizard but molded pikachu, squirtle, etc.. Quote
Lyichir Posted March 6 Posted March 6 5 hours ago, thebricksbear said: The insinuation is that the pokemon molds are minifig scale right? It'd be so hilariously 'lego' if they made pokemon builds that weren't at scale with the figs in the set. If there are going to be molds for small pokemon and builds for bigger ones, I think we can safely guarantee there will be smaller pokemon minifig scale sets with the same pokemon. I could see 'builds' like bigger pokemon being exclusive to a big adult set like this, but lego doesn't usually spring for new pieces unless they plan to reuse them, ie. Zelda. I'm rationalizing of course, but the dream would be minifig scale sets with brickbuilt to-scale pokemon like Charizard but molded pikachu, squirtle, etc.. Eh, it's not always a guarantee. The Lego NES set included a bespoke part for 8-Bit Super Mario, which would never see use in any other sets. That said if the molded Pokémon had articulation that might be even less likely, given that that'd likely involve even costlier preassembly. Quote
Lion King Posted March 8 Posted March 8 On 3/6/2026 at 4:30 PM, Lyichir said: Eh, it's not always a guarantee. The Lego NES set included a bespoke part for 8-Bit Super Mario, which would never see use in any other sets. That said if the molded Pokémon had articulation that might be even less likely, given that that'd likely involve even costlier preassembly. For some reason, I dobut it. It’s not like Super Mario as there are so many ministers, such as collected teams, gym leaders, ash and his friends. At same time, Super Mario has digifigures. But I can see why they ight not do 8-bit figures due to the cost of small molds. Quote
strangely Posted March 19 Posted March 19 Minifigure scale Eevee leaked and looks really good. This does make me wonder how many Pokémon molds we'll get this year. I would love a yearly cmf for Pokémon. Quote
BrickBob Studpants Posted March 19 Author Posted March 19 That Eever looks great! I’m curious to see how many moulded Pokémon we’ll get in total ^^ Quote
Virginia_Bricks Posted March 19 Posted March 19 1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said: That Eever looks great! I’m curious to see how many moulded Pokémon we’ll get in total ^^ If we are getting Eevee in the Pokeball set it feels safe to assume there will be at least a few in that set alone. Pikachu seems like a no brainier. If this is off the original anime, the eevee could be Gary's so each trainer will get their iconic Pokemon. Onyx for Brock seems easy enough and gives some size variety to the moulded Pokemon. Quote
BrickBob Studpants Posted March 19 Author Posted March 19 6 minutes ago, Virginia_Bricks said: If we are getting Eevee in the Pokeball set it feels safe to assume there will be at least a few in that set alone. Pikachu seems like a no brainier. The Pokéball is the only set said to have minifigs and moulded Pokémon this year, so this goes without saying Pikachu is a given, but I wonder what else they may pick. My money is on a Gen I starter ^^ Quote
doclord Posted March 20 Posted March 20 Pikachu, Eevee and the Kanto Trio is the most logical bet IMO. Quote
hikouki Posted March 20 Posted March 20 Eevee looks great and I hope they continue... but I can imagine they would also start making brick-built ones. Quote
BrickBob Studpants Posted March 20 Author Posted March 20 (edited) 8 hours ago, hikouki said: Eevee looks great and I hope they continue... but I can imagine they would also start making brick-built ones. That’s what the majority of the sets is gonna be We have the 3 large-scale Pokémon that just got released, 3 more in August (Arcanine, Rayquaza, and Munchlax), the Pokéball that comes with minifigs and moulded Pokémon, and the other 12 sets are all small-scale buildable Pokémon that are compatible with the Smart Brick system. The small-scale Pikachu has leaked months ago to give you an idea what they’ll look like (i.e., a bit Mario-esque except a bit less blocky) Plus another GWP and two paperbags. Edited March 20 by BrickBob Studpants Quote
Lion King Posted March 20 Posted March 20 On 3/19/2026 at 12:22 PM, BrickBob Studpants said: That Eever looks great! I’m curious to see how many moulded Pokémon we’ll get in total ^^ Ugh, Eeve look so good! I never care for licensed themes but now this Pokemon theme tempts me to buy once there are more molds! I love molded creatures. Quote
Lyichir Posted March 21 Posted March 21 On 3/19/2026 at 8:33 PM, doclord said: Pikachu, Eevee and the Kanto Trio is the most logical bet IMO. That would certainly make sense as those are the main Kanto starters (Pikachu and Eevee from Yellow version and the Let's Go games). Eevee looks good. My concern with minifig-scale characters is less their quality and more whether the variety will end up being good. That, and I'm curious how the human characters will look as minifigs (I expect regular minifig faces instead of "anime-style" like Exo-Force). Quote
CF Mitch Posted March 21 Posted March 21 (edited) Molded Eevee definitely looks good! Can't wait to discover what the other Pokémon will be and how they look. I also saw a rumor, yesterday or something, about a set of Prof. Oak's lab coming with minifigs and molded Pokémon. Has that already been debunked? Can't find it anywhere now, and noone in here has mentioned it Regards, Mitch Edited March 21 by CF Mitch Quote
Black Falcon Posted March 21 Posted March 21 40 minutes ago, CF Mitch said: Molded Eevee definitely looks good! Can't wait to discover what the other Pokémon will be and how they look. I also saw a rumor, yesterday or something, about a set of Prof. Oak's lab coming with minifigs and molded Pokémon. Has that already been debunked? Can't find it anywhere now, and noone in here has mentioned it Could aswell just be that the inside of the Pokeball is Oaks Lab and it is the same set. Quote
BrickBob Studpants Posted March 21 Author Posted March 21 2 hours ago, Black Falcon said: Could aswell just be that the inside of the Pokeball is Oaks Lab and it is the same set. Most likely, yes. After all, the leakers have confirmed that the Pokéball is the only set with minifigs and moulded Pokémon this year ^^ Quote
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