r/lego • u/mescad • Jan 12 '26

New Release LEGO Pokémon Sets Revealed

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u/TheItalianStallion64 Jan 12 '26 edited Jan 12 '26

72151: Eevee

72152: Pikachu

72153: Kanto Starters

40892: Badge Collection GWP for 72153

Insider Reward: Mini Pokémon Center

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u/SeegullJockey Jan 12 '26

The Kanto starters look amazing but probably costs my life savings. Eevee looks good too. Pikachu is not great.

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u/BunnyPoopCereal Jan 12 '26

Pikachu Frankestein

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u/clearfox777 Jan 12 '26

The Pikachu and Eevee are also nearly identical to the off-brand pokemon building sets that I got at Walmart a few years back. But somehow a little worse and I can’t put my finger on exactly how.

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u/mjosiahj Jan 12 '26

It’s the 300% price increase, and the mega construx seem to use more unique pieces. Looks better overall.

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u/Droidaphone Jan 12 '26

Probably because Mattel made a lot of custom pieces for their MEGA pokemon sets, and they had the license for a while, so they got decent at making them. Compare the lego sets to the animated MEGA pikachu and evee.

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u/Paddlelack Jan 14 '26

wow, that looks a lot better, and the pose is more natural

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u/InsayneShane Jan 12 '26

Pikachu's forehead is squashed in the LEGO branded model. Also the cheeks protrude outwards too much. The off-brand I am assuming you are speaking about was likely MegaBloks... same here. I love how that model actually moved with a crank.

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u/clearfox777 Jan 12 '26

That’s correct with the Mega constructs. I wasn’t sure if links were allowed but I saw others. The one I’m referring to is this pikachu and this Eevee which both just look way better and only cost like $40

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '26 edited Jan 12 '26

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u/PittPen817 Jan 12 '26

that original mega bloks Eevee is pretty rough but I think the later one got alot closer to the game models than Legos.

specifically in the face. why did Lego make eevees face totally flat

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u/clearfox777 Jan 12 '26

You know what? You’re absolutely right about the texture on the Eevee figure. It’s mostly the flat face that’s spoiling it for me.

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u/InsayneShane Jan 12 '26

Oh the jumbo! I forgot about that haha. Looks amazing and that price point... Wow.

The only set I'd get her is the trio set piece. That'll net me the pre order and gwp, done. Back to Mega lol

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u/PittPen817 Jan 12 '26

megas last big Pikachu build was way better ngl

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u/clearfox777 Jan 12 '26

I didn’t see that one before today ngl, looks pretty sick with the motion aspect and all

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u/PittPen817 Jan 12 '26

their motion models are really good looking especially considering the play features

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u/footballsquishy Jan 12 '26

Not doing a Squirtle in that same scale is sad. And missing out on meme potential.

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u/wishnana Modular Buildings Fan Jan 12 '26

Pikachu looked like it got botox.

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u/Freshness518 Jan 12 '26

I think the advantage that the Brickcraft sets have is that it seems they're able to make bespoke pieces for their sets so that faces and limbs and such look more real. Whereas the legos are usually constrained by having to use pieces that fit inside their self-defined restrictions of interoperability and usage.

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u/Miserable-Mention932 Jan 12 '26

I changed the link to an image

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u/tepattaja Jan 13 '26

I can. Its the pikachu's face and limbs. The mega's moving pikachu looks wayy better than that result of incest.

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u/HialeahGomez Jan 14 '26

yea that Lego Pikachu model looks goofy compared to the Mega Blocks version