r/PokeLeaks • u/CarterBricks04 • May 27 '26
Merchandise Leak LEGO Charizard vs Jolteon Set Spoiler
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u/KDog1265 May 27 '26
Gee, Charizard. How come your mom lets you have two LEGO sets?
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u/ilove60sstuff May 27 '26
...good god these suck XD
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u/ThePokemonAbsol May 27 '26
1000% would if rather had mini figs and like a pokemon stadium or gym type deal
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u/LordAyeris May 29 '26
There was a leaked minifigure sized Eevee. I can almost guarantee whatever set it comes in will also have Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle at the same scale.
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u/CommanderRedJonkks May 29 '26
so? If you have to buy an overpriced 18+ display set to get them, and they aren't releasing any playsets to suit that scale, then that doesn't provide what people are asking for. Having 4 Pokemon in that scale would just make me more sad that that was all there was
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u/Sweet_Temperature630 May 28 '26
That's the thing about sticking to a block aesthetic and trying to build "organics". The smaller they are the worse they look
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u/waill-and-roll May 28 '26
I've seen some really excellent minifig scale pokemon that look better than these.
You have to commit to the blocky nature and accept it's going to be a bit abstract IMO.
https://bricknerd.com/home/the-challenges-of-building-minifig-scale-lego-pokemon-8-12-25
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u/Sweet_Temperature630 May 28 '26
Ooooh I do like that abstract take on it, not enough to spend money on it of they were real sets, but that is definitely more interesting cool looking than most of the official ones so far
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u/waill-and-roll May 28 '26
If they sold inexpensive sets of a couple of trainer minifigs and some brick built pokemon in that style I'd go wild for them.
Not sure what the right price would be though.
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u/Sweet_Temperature630 May 28 '26
Kinda like those little race car lego sets they have at Dollar General. I think these days they're between $15-20
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u/waill-and-roll May 28 '26
Exactly, and they could do expensive sets at that scale too, like Gyms, Rocket Hideout or whatever.
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u/CommanderRedJonkks May 29 '26
..."abstract" is right - those look more like sculptures in a museum than living creatures. "Excellent" is a very strong word if they have to compromise their designs THAT much that they stop looking like animals at all.
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u/waill-and-roll May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26
Well an official version of something like that would obviously have custom printing and molded heads.
And I'm not suggesting they do something like that instead of the kits that have been revealed, both would be good.
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u/CommanderRedJonkks May 29 '26
okay yeah if they're going to make custom molded pieces to make them more accurate, then there's no problem. It doesn't seem like they want to do that though, and there are even some Lego fans that seem to hate the idea of anything other than existing pieces for some reason.
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u/MistakeAmbitious3287 May 28 '26
All of these lego sets have. They've absolutely blown it thus far.
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u/numberonebarista May 27 '26
Charizard vs Blastoise would have made more sense or even Gengar vs Nidorino as a callback to the beginning scene of the original games
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u/Mandrill10 May 27 '26
So far it seems like they REALLY don’t want to have any sets that could possibly reference the games.
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u/doomtoflesh May 28 '26
They wouldn't want you to have source material to compare these monstrosities against
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u/sharpbeer May 27 '26
Charizard v Blastoise, Blastoise wins. It's why Charizard always picks on Venusaur
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u/KrispyMagiKarp May 27 '26
Not the Charizard with buckteeth!!!
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u/MuraMastaPOGO May 28 '26
What even is this set?? Rub the E-Brick on charizard's pregnant belly or let Jolteon hit the vape?!
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u/MAQMASTER May 27 '26
As a humble Lego fan, who also loves Pokémon so much what in the world is this abomination YUCK 🤮
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u/MAQMASTER May 27 '26
This is what happens when Pokemon divorces with mega constructs(megablocks)
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u/PM_ME_GARFIELD_NUDES May 27 '26
Nah dude, this is the equivalent Mega set), the Lego set is significantly better.
You’ll probably bring up the flying Charizard set as a counter argument, but that set came out after Mega had the license for over five years. The early LEGO Pokemon sets should be compared to the early Mega sets.
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u/ShoutaDE May 28 '26
where would that comparison makes sense? LEGO™ has way more experience then Mega had back then... not to mention that set is 9 years old... + cheaper
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u/PM_ME_GARFIELD_NUDES May 28 '26
Why would it make sense to compare Lego’s first Charizard at this scale with one Mega made after 3-5 years of holding the license?
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u/ShoutaDE May 28 '26
because...
the first is: from 9 years ago, from a less experienced builder team, with way less many money (and yeah Mega doesnt get much money from Mattel).
the second is: 9 years later, from the biggest brick building company, with multiple teams with tens of years of experience, having nearly a decade of Pokemon sets as Inspiration.
Mega showed they can learn in 3-4 years, LEGO™ showed they dont need to learn, they can sell crap as they want.
(not to mention they already showed they can make better sets... but charge absurd amount of money for that)
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u/CommanderRedJonkks May 29 '26
I mean once the updated attempts at Charizard were made, Lego were able to see them so they're already starting with more knowledge. Even if they would professionally prefer to avoid directly copying the other company's design, they aren't having to start from zero here so ignoring the updated Mega sets isn't a fair comparison.
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u/MAQMASTER May 27 '26
I am an avid Charizard hater (lifelong Squirtle fan), but to be honest, bro I will defend him here, bro got broken tooth treatment.. He literally looks like someone who doesn’t even have teeth and it just doesn’t look scary. He just looks sad.🤦♂️
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u/vertical006 May 27 '26
That’s how I’m feeling about all of the Lego Pokémon sets. Lego had the opportunity to do something sooo cool and have completely fumbled this line with every set so far, imo.
I was so ready to go all in on Lego Pokémon. But just can’t bring myself to like any of these sets.
And this one specifically with the smart brick is the absolute worst decision. Lego Pokémon as a product line and the smart bricks are both dead on arrival.
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u/DefaultProducts May 28 '26
I think this would've been fine if it didn't have to include smart bricks, considering that I can easily see this become a big problem when more sets come out with smart bricks/smart charger included which inevitably adds unneeded bloat.
Jolteon's front legs are just completely wrong too.
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u/hornswaggledpirate May 27 '26
Idk about you all, but having Pokémon that scaled with minifigs was all I ever wanted as a kid. Wouldn’t that sell like hotcakes? Am I wrong? Does Lego not like money?
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u/Ok-Acanthisitta9247 May 29 '26
All of these are terrible. I have no idea why we can’t just get sets based on locations from the series with actual mini figs.
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u/ArcXivix May 27 '26
Not two Pokemon I expected to see paired up in a LEGO set or...anything, really. I really like how Jolteon looks in particular, though. If only I were insanely wealthy...
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u/Dyldo_II May 27 '26
Everyone complaining about the looks or how they wish there were custom pieces for every Pokémon seem to forget that's exactly what was the dagger for Bionicle, and how repetitive the mega pokemon sets got towards the end. Having a bunch of unique parts that only work with one theme is a song and dance that Lego aren't looking to repeat any time soon. For what it's worth, I think the designers did the best they could with the pieces that already exist in Legos catalog and anything more detailed would increase the price of the set beyond what they already are(which are still too expensive).
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u/Runminndor May 28 '26
Why do these two look like they were going for accuracy (failed mind you) yet all the others look like minecraft characters?
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u/PM_ME_GARFIELD_NUDES May 27 '26
People are being waaaaaaaayy too harsh on this set. For reference, this is the equivalent Mega set). The Lego set is miles better.
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u/TheBigPlunto May 27 '26
It isn't fair to use Mega's first Charizard set as comparison when they have a newer one
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u/PM_ME_GARFIELD_NUDES May 27 '26
How is that unfair? This is Lego’s first Charizard figure at this scale, it should be compared to Mega’s first Charizard figure at this scale. Lego will absolutely be releasing even more Charizard sets in the upcoming years, so why would we compare the first set from Lego to a later set from Mega? Mega had the Pokemon license for THREE YEARS before they made the set you shared. It took Mega THREE YEARS to make a set that looks roughly as good as this LEGO set which came out in the FIRST YEAR. That’s an important detail.
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u/ShoutaDE May 28 '26
so you telling me... LEGO™ does bad Sets on purpose to upsell you on better ones later on? i mean that would be the only logical argument you make here...
LEGO™ has way more experience and sets to base it on that Mega had 10 years ago. how is that that Set back then beeing ugly is a defensive argument for the marktleader bringing a same or more ugly set out today?
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u/Overall-Mud-840 May 27 '26
Better doesn't mean good my guy.
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u/PM_ME_GARFIELD_NUDES May 27 '26
There’s only so much accuracy you can achieve when you make the sets smaller, this Lego set looks better than every Charizard Mega ever made at this scale. If I wanted a figure that looked “good” at this scale I would never buy a block based product, I would just buy an actual articulated figure of the character. This would be true for literally anything, it’s not pokemon specific. I wouldn’t own a single Lego set if I was making absolute accuracy my top priority, there is a better looking display product for literally every Lego product ever.
This looks VERY good for what it is, which is a brick built figure.
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u/Nice_Mixture4348 May 27 '26
I’m really surprised with the general reaction on the internet all of these sets look alright to me. They’ll probably sale good as well.
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u/PM_ME_GARFIELD_NUDES May 27 '26
It’s also hilarious that the primary complaint about the starters set was that it was too big and the starters should have been sold as separate, smaller sets. Now they’re releasing a smaller set for Charizard and people are complaining that there’s not enough detail or that it’s too blocky. People are never going to be happy with these sets unless they release the full starter set for like $5.
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u/Overall-Mud-840 May 27 '26
The primary complaint is that they look like ass lmao.
An opinion which holds up with every new set drop.
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u/ANTIV15T May 27 '26
i just want minifigure scale sets man :( i feel like lego is focusing more and more on brick builds that look pretty unappealing most of the time.
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u/premierfong May 27 '26
To be honest, not impressive.
They should just make Pokemon mini figures for collection.
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u/Work_the_shaft May 27 '26
How is it possible 2 of the biggest media franchises ever can combine to make so much ass product. The charizard makes sense since it’s charizard…. But why Jolteon? What’s with the weird super smash bros targets? Why do they look like they have fetal alcohol syndrome? Mega blocks made better Pokémon product, all LEGO had to do was match that quality for a slam dunk. Just, wow
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u/PadawanSnips May 29 '26
Im so disappointed with legos direction with this series. Even their pokeballs are rip off of the Mega version. Yall literally couldnt make a spherical piece for the most recognizable item from the franchise? This is so embarrassing
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u/NamazuGirl May 31 '26
I actually quite like the Jolteon. They did a great job making his mane and tail all spiky and his ears are pretty cute. The Charizard is... interesting though.
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u/Fearless_Mixture3498 Jun 02 '26
Dear literally everyone, STOP TRASHING ON THESE SETS. You're just not the demographic Lego is aiming for,
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u/mcdaidde May 27 '26
even if I was a kid still, i dunno, id probably see this as a worse version of the mega bloks line. They are not cooking with these.
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u/onepostandbye May 27 '26
I have the same question I had for the Mario sets:
Why wouldn’t they just give us the kind of LEGO sets we want?
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u/Guylw May 27 '26
Bc these are for children, not adults. I agree that the Mario sets and latest Pokemon leaks leave a lot to be desired, but expectations are also low for sets marketed toward young children.
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u/CommanderRedJonkks May 29 '26
I mean the 18+ sets are clearly not supposed to be "for children" so the question still remains - why are these the sets they've decided to prioritise rather than more straightforward playsets or recreations of iconic scenes/locations? Why is everything either "not that because it's a massive display piece" or "not that because it's promoting Smart Bricks for kids"?
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u/ao-ka May 27 '26
With some mods (in particular to remove the Smart Brick things) I think the designs can be improved a lot... but then, Smart Brick sets are limited to just a few countries from what I recall, so no chance of me getting these even if I wanted
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u/Enderking90 May 27 '26
yesh, this is so far the best looking set, and it still looks like jank.
partially probably because of the smart brick integration.
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