Pokemon’s first Lego sets are officially here, and whether you’ve bought and built them already or this first wave is a little too expensive for your liking, you might already be asking “what’s next?”. Well, a Lego leak may have revealed exactly that, and bad news if you have passed on these initial sets for being too pricey, as the leak suggests Pokemon Lego ain’t getting any cheaper.
We Might Be Getting A Big, Expensive Lego Poke Ball To Build This Summer
According to a.clay.brick and brick.tap, both reliable leakers who provided accurate details about the first three Pokemon sets before they were officially revealed, claim that one of the next Pokemon sets will be a buildable Poke Ball. Not like the small one that Pikachu’s jumping out of in its own set, but a big, 2,239-piece Lego Poke Ball for you to display.
2,239 pieces would make it Pokemon’s second-biggest Lego set so far, with only the $650 Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise set having it beat. The leak suggests that the Poke Ball will have a hefty price tag to match and will cost $260. That’s $60 more than the Pikachu set, which is roughly 200 pieces smaller, so the prices and piece counts match up.
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It’s still officially Lego, it’s just not officially Pokemon.
There is a silver lining. A couple of them, actually. First of all, the Poke Ball set won’t be released until August 1, 2026, if the leak is accurate. That gives you five months to save up for it. The second is an even thicker silver lining regarding the final detail leaked about one of Pokemon’s next set – it’s going to include minifigures.
Pokemon’s Lego Poke Ball Will Reportedly Be Filled With Minifigures
What would you expect to find inside a Poke Ball? Pokemon, of course, and it sounds like there are going to be a few of them. The Lego leakers claim that they will be molded minifigures, too. That means they will be made in the same way as standard Lego minifigures and not go the Mario route. Mario’s Lego characters have proved unpopular, and since Pokemon is partly-owned by Nintendo, some feared that if we were going to get Pokemon minifigures, they might fall in toy brick Mario’s unpopular, interactive footsteps.
The other good news is that, like the first wave, the Poke Ball probably won’t be alone. A prior leak that did the rounds before the official reveal claimed that other sets are coming this summer, including a battle between Jolteon and Charizard, an Eeveelution set, and Mewtwo’s lab. I hope that we get an easier, cheaper way to collect every Pokemon in Lego form. Now that we’re one step closer to Pokemon Lego minifigures becoming a reality, that dream is starting to feel a little more realistic.
- Created by
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Satoshi Tajiri
- First Film
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Pokemon: The First Movie
- Latest Film
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Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle
- First Episode Air Date
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April 1, 1997
- Video Game(s)
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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, Pokemon Legends Arceus, Pokemon Sword and Shield, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, Pokemon Sun and Moon, Pokemon Black and White, Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, Pokémon GO, Pokemon Snap, Pokémon Unite, New Pokémon Snap, Pokémon Masters EX, Pokemon TCG Live
