Key Points
- Five new LEGO Pokémon sets, with pre-orders open July 7, 2026.
- Rayquaza ($129.99), Arcanine ($109.99) and Munchlax ($69.99) release August 1.
- The 2,300-plus-piece Iconic Trainer Moments Poké Ball ($299.99) arrives October 1.
- The reveal debuts the first-ever LEGO Pokémon minifigures, including Red and Professor Oak.
Two of the most valuable franchises in the toy aisle are building out their partnership. LEGO and The Pokémon Company have revealed five new sets — headlined by brick-built versions of Rayquaza, Arcanine and Munchlax — that expand the growing LEGO Pokémon line and introduce the first-ever LEGO Pokémon minifigures, Game Informer reported. Pre-orders opened July 7.
Three sets arrive first, on August 1. The Rayquaza (72168, 1,083 pieces, $129.99) recreates the Sky Pillar scene from Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire and comes with an exclusive Lorekeeper Zinnia minifigure. The fully posable Arcanine (72160, 1,190 pieces, $109.99) is the largest build of the trio, while the Munchlax (72150, 757 pieces, $69.99) stands more than 18 centimeters tall with posable arms and a pile of treats, per Jay’s Brick Blog.
The centerpiece lands October 1: the Iconic Trainer Moments Poké Ball (72154), a more than 2,300-piece brick Poké Ball priced at $299.99 that opens to reveal a battle scene and Professor Oak’s laboratory, with minifigures of Red, Professor Oak and a Picnicker plus Pikachu and Eevee figures. An Up-Scaled Red minifigure (40868, 930 pieces, $79.99) releases the same day.
The read: this is LEGO leaning into its most profitable customer, the adult collector. The company has spent the past few years turning 18-plus “display” builds — Botanicals, the Technic hypercars, elaborate Star Wars dioramas — into a growth engine, and a $299.99 Poké Ball with no play function is aimed squarely at that buyer, not a kid’s birthday list. Bolting that strategy onto Pokémon, the highest-grossing media franchise in history, is about as safe as licensing bets get. It sits alongside LEGO’s other nostalgia plays for grown-ups, from the Mach 8 Mario Kart set built for adults who never stopped racing to the $449.99 Technic Koenigsegg — and, on the sneaker side, its multi-year partnership with Nike.
The franchise licensing program ran into footwear as well: adidas Originals revealed a 30th anniversary Pokémon sneaker collection for September, priced $110 to $180 across the Superstar, Samba and Adistar lines.
Source: Game Informer, Jay’s Brick Blog, Pokémon.com.
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