The Lego Group and The Pokémon Firm are teaming up for Lego Pokémon units coming in 2026, a part of “a brand new multi-year partnership,” the businesses introduced Tuesday. A quick teaser for the partnership factors to, on the very least, a Lego set based mostly on Pikachu — but when the Lego Pokémon collab is something just like the toy maker’s cope with Nintendo, count on a number of units for years to come back.
The partnership will “convey the world of Pokémon to life in fully new methods, permitting followers to construct beloved Pokémon in Lego brick kind,” the businesses mentioned in a information launch. Particulars on which Pokémon and what fashion of units gamers can count on haven’t been introduced. However a brief FAQ factors to acquainted Pokémon favorites as potential candidates: “In 2026, we’re calling all Pokémon Trainers to get able to construct and catch a few of their favourite Pokémon!”
The Pokémon model already has a collection of buildable toy units with Mattel’s Mega Bloks and Mega Construx traces, however it seems that Lego’s taking up that enterprise beginning subsequent yr. Mattel has been making Mega Pokémon units for greater than twenty years now. (Mattel introduced in 2022 that it had renewed its license with The Pokémon Firm to make Mega constructing units “for years to come back.”)
Lego has additionally flirted with different gaming manufacturers, like Sonic the Hedgehog, Horizon, and Overwatch lately. However Pokémon is likely to be its largest get but.