Lego has teamed up with pretty much every major IP that would suits its own sets at this point with one glaring omission – Pokemon. Despite Lego and Pokemon seemingly being the perfect pair due to their penchant for crossovers, there are currently no Pokemon Lego sets. However, a leaked teaser appears to have confirmed that’s all about to change.
Shared by u/Clay_Bricks on the r/Legoleaks subreddit, the short teaser shows a close up of some bricks coming together to form what is unmistakably a Lego version of Pikachu’s tail. Once the Lego tail is complete, electricity runs through it to briefly reveal the Lego and Pokemon logos before the Pikachu scurries away.
According to Wario64, the teaser was shared by Lego Mexico, almost certainly in error with it not appearing across any other official Lego pages. The page also claimed the first Pokemon sets will be released in 2026. Although Lego doesn’t tend to officially announce upcoming projects a full year in advance, it does make the odd exception for particularly big reveals, and this would be one of the biggest in its history.
As for why there has never been an official Lego x Pokemon crossover, the latter has been tied up in a deal with Mattel. That deal has given Mattel the exclusive rights to create officially licensed toy brick Pokemon sets with there being a lot Pokemon Mega sets out there. Some pretty impressive ones too, including larger, more elaborate sets that have cranks you can turn to make it look like the Pokemon are moving.
As impressive as some of Mega’s Pokemon offerings have been, they just aren’t Lego. It might be unfair, but Lego is the industry leader when it comes to toy bricks and Mega simply doesn’t compare. Mega’s biggest client by far, the one thing it really had left over Lego, was its contract with Pokemon. Now this yeaser appears to confirm that deal has come to an end, and if Pokemon really is about to collaborate with Lego, there will be no turning back.
The possibilities of a Lego x Pokemon crossover are almost endless. Lego has more than 1,000 Pokemon to choose from for starters. Not to mention human characters, locations, and different versions of many of those Pokemon. We already know there’s a Lego Game Boy coming our way later this year. I don’t know how, but if we are getting Lego Pokemon, something that combines the two as a part of the initial Lego Pokemon rollout would be a guaranteed hit.