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Last year, Lego announced to much excitement and intrigue that—after years of Pokémon getting along just fine in the brick-based world with Mega Bloks—it was teaming up with Nintendo and the Pokémon Company to produce a range of sets based on the beloved critter-collecting games. Now, the first ones are here, and… hoo boy, are they pricey.
This morning Lego revealed the first 3 main sets of its new Pokémon collaboration, releasing next month timed with the franchise’s 30th anniversary. Unsurprisingly because of that, all these sets trend towards nostalgia for the original generation of Pokémon, giving us brick-built spins on the series’ premiere mascots, Pikachu and Eevee, as well as the final evolutions of the original starter Pokémon Charizard, Blastoise, and Venusaur.
See Pikachu and Poke Ball at LEGO
See Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise at LEGO
Eevee and Pikachu will have standalone releases, the former being a poseable little model clocking in at 587 pieces, the latter a more dynamic, sizeable model at 2,050 pieces that comes with a poseable Pikachu, a lightning-bolt-shaped stand to display them on, and a Pokéball (and even parts to modify Pikachu’s tail to identify them as male or female).
The grandest of them all, however, is the starter evolution display. A whopping 6,838 pieces, like the Pikachu set, it comes with poseable models of the three Kanto starters’ final evolutions, as well as a themed base that lets you pose them in environments befitting their typing: a lush junglescape for Venusaur, a crashing wave for Blastoise, and a lava-dripping spire for Charizard to fly over.
But, as is kind of the theme with Lego lately, all this is going to cost you a pretty penny. The cheapest of the three sets, Eevee, is not too bad at $60, but then the prices leap up exponentially for the bigger sets: Pikachu will cost $200, while the Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise display is a whopping $650.
Considering these are timed for the franchise’s 30th anniversary, it makes sense to go big for the first releases, but hopefully Lego is considering a bunch more Pokémon sets down the line that cover a range of scales and price points. After all, part of the endurance of Pokémon is that it has always appealed to a wide swath of people, from young kids to older fans who’ve now been capturing and battling for three decades. These are great for collectors (if they haven’t just had their wallets obliterated by all the January 2026 releases, that is), but to a lot of fans, Eevee is probably going to be the most popular set of the trio simply because of the price tag.
The first Lego Pokémon sets will release on February 27, with preorders starting today.
See Pikachu and Poke Ball at LEGO
See Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise at LEGO
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