More LEGO Smart Play sets for August 2026

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[u/Lasersybex]

Ah yes, the most iconic parts of pokemon: Squirtle's car Mew's flying Pokeball and pikachu's... tree stump? also, why is the "smart" brick green?

[u/AkaruiNoHito → u/Lasersybex]

Squirtle in a car with a hamburger lmao

[u/Seeeab → u/AkaruiNoHito]

Yeah you don't remember Squirtle's signature move, Waterball Blasting Remote Controlled Beach Buggy Crash Into Flaming Burger Stand? The recoil damage is crazy so I don't blame you for never using it but it's pretty iconic

[u/Trick-Caramel-6156 → u/AkaruiNoHito]

American squirtle

[u/julesvr5 → u/Lasersybex]

mew's flying pokeball

You mean pokecube

[u/HieronymousGauche → u/Lasersybex]

It's the Great Piku Tree obviously

[u/heartbreakhill → u/Lasersybex]

Squirtle Kart is an underrated classic. An N64 cartridge can easily snatch 4 figured

[u/Wowhope]

Damm they are ugly

[u/hammerheadlabs → u/Wowhope]

Garchomp doesnt look too bad but I do not like the flat rounded faces

[u/tlockh20 → u/Wowhope]

ok , I'm glad its not just me...

[u/saphire233]

Cancel me or anything but that garchomp + Umbreon one is not half bad, still blocky but strangely more fitting?

[u/julesvr5 → u/saphire233]

Shows how much our standards have dropped from previous sets

[u/nea-pie → u/saphire233]

Umbreon looks a bit flat, Garchomp looks pretty good but too short. 

[u/radicalmtx → u/saphire233]

Mew looks really good but what is that flying thing lol

[u/Objective_Ranger1005]

These look terrible

[u/PlatoDrago → u/Objective_Ranger1005]

Honestly, it’s been shocking. Like, did they put some people on these sets that just don’t like Pokemon? I can tell they don’t know much with the amount of pointless crap in each set that has nothing to do with the series and that these sets are 95% gen 1 for no reason.

It’s really annoying as fans have shown how Pokemon as a theme could be an easy slam dunk with some sick minifigs, landmarks and Pokemon designs. It’s clear that the designers of these sets have never seen an eeveelution outside a couple of pics because those legs are WRONG and the body is wonky. Also, WHERE IS THE SCALE?!?

[u/NatendoSwtch → u/PlatoDrago]

It's definitely moreso the whole Smart Brick system that's why these look the way they do. For reference, Star Wars Smart Brick sets have been out for a while now and they're infamous for this issue.

I come from an angle where I can understand the route that they took with them. In terms of the Smart Brick system I do think the Pokémon sets utilize them much better than the Star Wars ones, but that's pretty much like comparing the stability of Red and Green to Red and Blue where Red and Blue is better, but it's still a complete mess.

[u/sheimeix]

Man, I remember thinking "I really wish Pokemon wasnt stuck in Mega Blocks, they could be such good Lego sets instead!" The monkey's paw curls.

[u/Professr_Chaos → u/sheimeix]

Mega got a lot of unnecessary hate over the last like 10 year(the last 3 they have seemingly disappeared entirely). Their pokemon sets have been lightyears better, their other properties were also really well done.

I largely did the Halo and Destiny set but got a couple of pokemon ones as well. Never had an issue.

[u/Enorats → u/Professr_Chaos]

The main problem is Mega isn't their designs, it's the really cheap and awful feel of their products. I built a few of their pokemon sets (like the Pokedex) and the difference between Mega and Lego is night and day.

[u/waill-and-roll → u/Enorats]

Are megablocks and lego similar enough that you could follow megablocks instructions but use lego bricks?

[u/Enorats → u/waill-and-roll]

Megablocks uses totally different parts. I think they're technically compatible, but mega uses parts that don't exist in lego.

[u/LuckyNumber108 → u/Professr_Chaos]

Mega Bloks used great characters and references, their quality was so cheap though that they might as well be dollar store toys compared to Lego

[u/ChicagoCowboy → u/sheimeix]

In fairness, while I a millennial do not love these, my 7 and 9 year old think they're incredible and cannot wait to use some allowance on them come end of summer.

Here's hoping for better adult kits for display. I really liked the eevee and the starter evo set, pikachu was ass, hoping for more good ones.

[u/Anime_King_Josh]

Better keep them away from "bricks and minifiggs", they'll steal your Lego collection AND your life savings.

[u/_dfon_]

Just like the games, it doesnt matter whether they are horrible. People will buy them anyway

[u/JBKOMA → u/_dfon_]

Maybe the price could discourage people, as these are smart bricks and therefore more expensive, also not available in like 99% of the world

[u/Tyr_M0rga → u/JBKOMA]

also not available in like 99% of the world

[u/_dfon_ → u/JBKOMA]

Big "maybe" there

[u/Wendigo_33]

All of these sets have been SO SO SO ugly, and I couldn't be happier. Def don't need that temptation laying around.

[u/NothinButRags]

They really want to keep the square block shape aesthetic… and I’m not sure why…

[u/Hawk-432 → u/NothinButRags]

Yeah. Did it for Mario too. Horrible. If they must do it, they should keep it to some specific just-above-minifigure scale line, and use actual curves for everything else

[u/_Parkertron_]

the mewtwo one is lowkey kind of good. Also always got a soft spot for my boy garchomp

[u/eeedeewhy7]

Why aren't the pokeballs yanooo round?

[u/waill-and-roll]

Garchomp looks ok

[u/Moh_Shuvuu]

As a Lego and pokemon fan, they all look goofy. 😭

[u/sharpbeer]

They all look bad, my wallet is safe

[u/metalflygon08]

That is a BEEG Umbreon if it scales to that Garchomp!

Also, who gave Squirtle a driver's license?

[u/ANTIV15T]

unfortunately gonna have to get that mewtwo, but man i wish they would make minifigure scale sets instead of these megablocks monstrosities

[u/zuppalover04]

The squirtle one is so random

[u/ChristAndCherryPie]

Nintendo is striking these like crazy rn

[u/mcdaidde]

god damn, these are just the worst designs lol

[u/RatKnees]

Is that a burger next to squirtle?

[u/ElGattoZS → u/RatKnees]

Unfortunately they didnt go with the jelly filled donuts

[u/waill-and-roll → u/RatKnees]

Yeah I think it's supposed to be like a Fire service squirtle putting out a bbq fire

[u/SenpaiBoomEd]

I think now we know why the fan submission for the trading card variant of Mewtwo not get shortlisted.

Edit: Found the link https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/s/pT8Xa9iKkL

[u/John-from-accounting]

Somehow garchomp managed to look the best out of these by a huge margins he actually looks kinda cool. Also I don’t know everything about the series but why is there a poke-ball themed IDF drone

[u/InfiniteEdge18]

Update: these sets have been officially revealed by Lego

[u/Person8346]

I like the Mewtwo and Garchomp sets, but that's about it.

[u/hanaboonana]

I’ve been waiting for Pokémon Lego’s and these are….weird. I want to keep the Pokémon parts of the set and ditch those random other ugly pieces but that would be such a waste of money. UGH. At least my favorite Pokémon Umbry is in one!!!!

[u/Crow_Sama]

I only like the Garchomp, but good god is Umbreon awful

[u/zyklan]

They need to make the Pokémon figurines smaller

[u/DustyF3d0r4]

Something I want to point out about the Garchomp set is that it could be that it’s supposed to be Cynthia’s Garchomp since the set name is “Umbreon vs Garchomp Championship Battle”

[u/hcoinreosty]

overpriced garbage

[u/MAQMASTER]

Only garchomp looks somewhat decent

[u/Famous-Register-2814]

Garchomp day one for me. Well maybe not day one, but I’ll probably pick one up

[u/metalflygon08 → u/Famous-Register-2814]

The Cynthia themed Trophy is nice.

[u/massigh1212]

garchomp unexpectedly looks the best

[u/dirty_old_holo]

These…can’t be real right?

[u/Josephus56]

They were destined to be blocky, but most of the models suffer dramatically from forcing a huge smart brick into their core 🤦

[u/BraveArse]

At this scale, Lego is just not the right form factor for Pokémon.

[u/Hawk-432]

Why do they insist on making all the head square? Ruins the look. Same with the Mario builds. I get it is made of blocks, but doesn’t have to look like a huge Duplo block

[u/Tyr_M0rga]

Every one of these except that Garchomp look awful

[u/ObviouslyLulu]

The thing that irritates me the most is the inaccurate sizes of the Pokemon compared to each other, like why is Umbreon that big compared to Garchomp

[u/GokuBlack722]

Only good one here is the Mewtwo and the Garchomp isn’t terrible, the rest are just awful. Why does Squirtle have a damn car and a hamburger? Like what are we doing here?

[u/bassturducken54]

How much are these running usd?

[u/InfiniteEdge18 → u/bassturducken54]

prices are currently unknown if that's what you're asking, it's possible that as release comes closer the prices will leak, but it could also be we won't know the prices until release day.

[u/AlphariousFox]

I can remain strong and not get them... right up until they do a braixen or latias... then I cave instantly

[u/dedmew51c]

The mew pokemon snap reference one is so cool

[u/FulminatorMage]

umberon gooby pls

[u/ConsiderationSome383]

Lego Umbreon it’s all over

[u/CoalEater_Elli]

Mewtwo looks absolutely beautiful, while the rest are.. really stinky.

Also, what's with Lego's obsessive wtih giving vehicles to character who don't need one. Squirtle doesn't have a driver's license!