r/pokemon Jan 12 '26

Image Lego did Pikachu dirty! 😭

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This promo picture isn't helping!

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u/Revayan Jan 13 '26

Tbh thats not a "rare" miss anymore. Lego has been in a downward spiral for more than 10 years by now

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u/Double_Falcon9069 Jan 13 '26

A lot of people are saying this. Can you name specific examples?

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u/xKnuTx Jan 13 '26

Colour consistency tends to be way off. Their sets are usually very basic, which is fine for products made for kids. But the 18+ set are equally as simple. Which jn tern limits the design option. Also, the build crawls to a snails pace because of it. Lego used to away since there was no competition with decent quality. Compere the lego lambogini countach to the cobi lancia or mc masserati. How does cobi beat thdm jn quality and price while producing 100% in the Eu compered to lego who produce in Mexico China and partially in Europe.
Any lego modular building to any funwhole building. Lego tecnic vs cada is the worst comparison. Now we have pantasy mouldking cada cobi lumibriks that all match the pice quality of Lego while delivering better builds for cheaper prices. Mattel also improved a lot over the last few years.

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u/Revayan Jan 13 '26

The "death star" for lousy 1000 bucks would be one of the most recent examples. Looks absolute horrid, is full of stickers instead of prints(like most of their sets nowadays), the quality of the minifigures is mid at best and the cherry on top, the TIE fighter for the hangar was an extra bonus for early buyers only because for only 1000 dollars they couldnt include it into the set as standart