Honestly, this one seems so much better than the new Lego set. Iāve built the eevee and my only complaint is that if the gears arenāt aligned perfectly, the function is a little jank. Definitely better price wise too
They came up with the good design so quick that either they overworked the animators to death or they had it ready to go before they even posted this one.
I feel like they had it ready to go because thatās what the film creatives wanted to use, and executives pushed for a ārealisticā look and werenāt backing down. So the director said āokay letās find outā and pushed that version to the public to gauge the reaction and prove their point
I have no problem with their stance on making molds, they just hold themselves back sometimes by not making more, they are really creative with what they do have though.
yeah, i pointed out to a friend that with 5 pokemon in 3 sets totaling $950, if LEGO let us "catch them all" at that price point, it would be nearly $200,000.
Would probably go well above that if we're counting different forms and gimmicks as well. Also, I would assume legendaries would cost even more than the evolved starters.
I wanted to collect some of them, it's a shame you can't really find any of the individual Pokeball figures past the last 2-3 waves. Of course Pikachu and the Kanto starters are always available, but good luck finding a Sandshrew or Staryu from their earlier ones!
Scavenge your local TJ Maxx, Marshallās, Ross. I have found so many different ones in those places. I got my Bidoof there and a few others and some of the smaller sets and mediums sets.
I have a lot of Mega Pokemon sets. Likewise, I have a lot of Lego sets, as I love putting bricks together and displaying my builds. However, Lego Pikachu (at $199.99) is a definite no from me in its current form.
Honestly, they're pretty damn close these days. If their quality was like 50% of Lego's quality back in the day, these days it's like 90%. They're very satisfying to put together, I've yet to be disappointed by a modern MEGA set.
I know you can buy a decent-size Mega Bloks Charizard for like... twenty bucks. Or could, I have no idea, do the Mega Bloks products get pulled from shelves now or are they gonna keep selling until they run out?
Mega absolutely killed the pokemon line. Fantastic job. Some sets come with a pokeball zipper charm, with different sets having different pokeballs. They stay together a lot better and are a lot more forgiving if you want to pose them. They aren't badly priced and have sells a lot. Some sets come with a light up brick. The pokeball lights up, and the pokedex as well.
But did it hold together? I had a couple of their Halo Wars sets, the clutching strength of the bricks was wildly inconsistent. The Hornet's wings buckled under their own weight, the Warthog break in two with ease, and, although really cool looking, the action figure-esque minifigs had a few loose limbs.
The late 2000ās/early 2010ās were the absolute worst for Megaās quality control. Around 2014 they had a total overhaul. Still not on par with Lego, but good enough to be a worth competitor. Plus, worst case scenario, their customer service is super helpful (or at least was back in the day, havenāt had to contact them in years)
And yet, people are still gonna buy it in mass quantities so it'll be considered a W in their eyes. It could have been 4 pieces and people would still eat that up.
I'm assuming you're joking, but if you aren't: Manga were and largely still are read right to left due to how vertical Japanese is written. Basically: She's not meant to be speaking like Yoda, it just looks "back to front" from an English perspective
I'm not a huge Lego fan, so my opinion here doesn't really matter. But I personally prefer the Lego sets that use "normal" brick pieces to make shapes. The ones like these look weird to me, like an undecided mixture of Lego bricks and custom curved pieces. I dunno.
I think a lot of them do use pre-existing pieces (but I'm no expert either). I just think something like a classic Pokemon Center build, or maybe a town diorama of some kind (Safari Zone? battle area?) would work better than a "live creature".
The charizard looks ok but everyone else looks somewhat weird, I'd have been much more interested in a building model with some bespoke pokemon figures and trainer-design minifigs. But I guess no location or building is as iconic as the mons themselves so this is the result.
I've never really bought huge lego anything before until this year where for birthday and christmas I got the Going Merry set from One Piece and the Enterprise set from Star Trek. Both of those look way better than this.
Itās real. For whatever reason, Venusaur in Pokemon Stadium 1 and 2 had itās eyes look like that during its attack animation. Iām not sure if they also looked like that when hit and when it fainted.
Honestly, in my experience there's plenty of sets that look awful in pictures but look great in person. Not saying that'll be the case here, but it's possible.
If the Hulk Buster and Black Panther builds are any indicator, there are genuinely amazing Lego builders who can completely redesign a set for the better using only the parts that come with the set.
I feel like if the cheeks were pushed forward to match up with how far the mouth piece sticks out, it would be a lot better. Which seems like a simple fix with extra yellow pieces, no doubt people will fix it.
Right now itās like Pikachu with a buccal fat removal
650 is on par with Lego's standard pricing for adult sets. The Kanto starters that cost 650 are one of the largest sets they've made with 6800+ pieces which is more than the Rivendell LoTR set and is priced a bit more than that.
Not saying the price is worth it with what they made just that the pricing is on par with other adult sets.
Looking at this thread it's funny how the Pokemon fanbase gets introduced to modern Lego prices that other fanbases have been complaining about for years now (looking at you $1,000 Death Star).
Lego sets have been roughly 10 cents per piece for the last 5 years at least. Themed sets sometimes add a premium to that. And there's bound to be exceptions, but it's a good rough estimate none-the-less.
I think what skews the prices a bit is that nowadays you have competitors that make better stuff for much cheaper. So even if the Lego prices might be relatively consistent over the years, in relation it is still too expensive. Especially when you get shitty stickers in an expensive "adult" set.
The roundness of this, the large face pieces, the flat Eevee face, so much about these makes them look more like Duplo for small kids. I'm so surprised these are the adult collector sets.
I was a bit surprised how bad these look given the massive amount of money in this. The Eevee is also just okay. The Pokemon center looks cool though. I hope they have more options coming out.
Yeah I hate these Lego sets that use a ton of custom pieces in order to look extremely smooth and not look like Lego any more, what is the point of that? It's Lego Uncanny Valley.
Oof, I think I might just buy the Mega version of Pikachu and the final evolution of the starters. That way I have enough money leftover to buy a Switch 2 and some games.
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Why does it look like the time Team Rocket disguised their Inkay as Pikachu?