Poll: Which Pokémon do you want to see in LEGO?
Posted by SetToBuild,
Yesterday, we saw reveals for LEGO sets based on Generation I of Pokémon. The press release suggests this is just the start of a relationship, so there are likely more to come, especially with Pokémon's 30th anniversary in February this year.
For those not familiar with the franchise, there were 151 Pokémon in Generation I (the Kanto region), launched in 1996. Now, there are nine generations of Pokémon, each from their own geographical area. That makes over 1000 different creatures for players to discover, adopt or battle.
It would be a bit overwhelming to write a poll for all the Pokémon that exist now, so let’s start by narrowing it down to the generations—which group would you most like the LEGO Pokémon collaboration to draw from? Let us know by casting your vote after the break.
Stay tuned for analysis of the results of the poll, alongside further speculation!
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Any region is fine but we need small size Pokémon that cost under $10 each.
Is this even a question about the region? Nothing will ever come close to Kanto in terms of popularity and nostalgia.
Johto and Unova are my top picks!
The region that doesn't sell out within hours.
The big trio, but in phase I form.
We need Number 399 the god Pokémon Bidoof!
@Yrraabb said:
"Any region is fine but we need small size Pokémon that cost under $10 each."
Affordable options definitely.
I have no specific interest in the license, but I do like good looking creature builds - so I for one could be tempted IF there were affordable options.
72153 has 3 beautiful creatures but at an unaffordable price unless you're a hard core fan (in my opinion)
Give me a Snorlax and that's it.
As an elder millennial who was there at the beginning, I would cast my vote for Kanto... But honestly I actually hope they don’t focus too much on Kanto; I want there to be an even spread of representation across all the generations, so everyone gets to hopefully see their favourites be made.
… And if they’re making Pokémon I’m less familiar with and don’t have that nostalgic attachment to, it’ll mean I’m less tempted to buy them all!
All that said, LEGO? Give me Snorlax and my money is yours.
Oh, well, you know. Thanks for asking. I'll have Megamon, Ganomon, Samusaramon, Simon and Richterbelmon, Captainfalmon, Supermarimon, Splatomon, Pikmon, Pac-Mon, Min-Mon, Kazuyamishimon and aaallll the other characters missing from that famous Pokémon spin-off title, Smash Bros.
In minifig-format, mon.
Just like with the F1 cars, but then 100x bigger, LEGO can easily just slowly release every single Pokémon. I was interested to step away from Star Wars/City/Castle for once for Pokémon to get myself a Bulbasaur/Ivysaur/Venesaur, but not at €650.
I'd be happy with less detailed €30 pokémons, but for sure only generation I.
I’m less interested in a specific pokemon than I am in something that doesn’t cost stupid amounts of money.
But I would like to see a Lego Magnemite at some point.
@FlatSixLego said:
"Just like with the F1 cars, but then 100x bigger, LEGO can easily just slowly release every single Pokémon. I was interested to step away from Star Wars/City/Castle for once for Pokémon to get myself a Bulbasaur/Ivysaur/Venesaur, but not at €650.
I'd be happy with less detailed €30 pokémons, but for sure only generation I."
there are 1025 pokemon total, it'd take them a while
Dont want brick built Pokemon i want minifig scale!
Just do CMF or pickabrick but for all original 151 or something and take my money.
I don't want big and expensive display pieces. Give me toys to interact with, give them some posability. Bowser 71411 was a masterpiece, with fun play features. Don't know what happend to this poor Pikachu...
Whatever the generation, i hope for some simpler sets next.
WHAT ????
(...sorry I am 53 Years of Age and all that Pokémon Hype passed me by...)
(... but I am happy for all Pokémon and LEGO Fans since the Wave presented Yesterday were some decent Sets and especially 72153 | Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise looks awesome as LEGO Set)
There are generations?
For those amount of money - none
@inversion said:
"Is this even a question about the region? Nothing will ever come close to Kanto in terms of popularity and nostalgia."
Hoenn rivals Kanto for sure!
The results are exactly what I would expect for brickset's likely demographic
Yeah to me the format of the sets matters more than the specific Pokemon.
Pokemon are different scale but I feel like they should be targeting a price point closer to $30-80 per. Having the most recognizable one be a $200 set and locking the three starters (well, their evolutions) behind a $650 model is crazy. The Eevee one is nice but she's one of the smaller Pokemon and it's already a $60 set. Doesn't bode well for say the legendaries or Gyrados or Pokemon like that.
I don't think we need all 1000. For instance Onix is more recognizable than Steelix. Cut out the various stages of evolution and you're probably at like half. From there you've probably got like 100 or so that they could really prioritize. It's still a lot but not nearly as much.
Easy, Psyduck. I don’t follow Pokemon in any way, but for some reason that creature has always had a draw on me.
I want a Growlithe!
Galar is the one based on the U.K. so I should say that, but I'm convinced that Unova and Alola are the best.
I'd only buy them if they were minifigure scale though, so I'm sort of relieved that they're not!
I wonder if similar size builds to the Mixels would better suit this theme. Small builds of each Pokémon which would hopefully put them at a price where kids can spend their pocket money and adult fans can collect them all.
Where are the minifigs and minifig compatible Pokémon?
This is the way.
All of the above
I voted Johto, but most we will see are probably overpriced Pichu, Togepi, Umbreon/Espeon and maybe the starters.
I'm more excited for minifig buildings/playsets instead of the big display sets.
Personally I'm really impartial to Hoenn, there's some really good designs there, including quite a few that would translate nicely to Lego - Blaziken, Metagross, Groudon, and Flygon are a few that come to mind.
But I'll also hop on the Gen 1 bandwagon and mention that I want Gengar, my favorite Pokémon lol
@SetToBuild, what about Hisui?
Pretty much only want a Snorlax, so its gotta be the original Kanto region.
They really need to do more reasonably priced sets though. The current reveals are utterly extortionate.
My individual favorite is Magnemite, but for regions I favor the 3DS generations.
@CommandrCody212 said:
" @SetToBuild, what about Hisui?"
Hisui is just Sinnoh.
Rowlet.
@jkb said:
"There are generations?"
The only generation is care about is The Next Generation ;-)
Kanto so we can get a 9,000 piece Caterpie for $1,700. With 6,000 of the pieces being a display stand.
Mega never got around to Noibat and Noivern, my beloved, so them.
All I ask is for a reasonably priced Lugia, Typhlosion, and Gengar.
Misdreavus set pls
I voted for Generation 3 - Hoenn, although I suspect Kanto will win fairly easily.
Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald were by far my favorite generation of games to play though (I have played all of the generations), and Blaziken is one of my favorite Pokemon.
@Big_Jarv said:
"Dont want brick built Pokemon i want minifig scale!
Just do CMF or pickabrick but for all original 151 or something and take my money."
Wouldn't every creature need a new mould? Then all a CMF would be is a single moulded part with legs and sometimes wings to attach.
Metapod. Always Metapod.
A UCS Gyarados would be INSANE and expensve
Let’s go Hoenn! Flygon, swampert, kyogre so many fun mons.
@CCC said:
" @Big_Jarv said:
"Dont want brick built Pokemon i want minifig scale!
Just do CMF or pickabrick but for all original 151 or something and take my money."
Wouldn't every creature need a new mould? Then all a CMF would be is a single moulded part with legs and sometimes wings to attach."
Well, some of them would be new molds. Some of them would have the opposite problem of "can be brick-built because they're way too big for a CMF."
@ScholtzTKO said:
"Kanto so we can get a 9,000 piece Caterpie for $1,700. With 6,000 of the pieces being a display stand."
Exactly, it's what kids want!
I really hope to see hardly any Kanto sets it the most overrated region and even though I grew up with it I’m kind of sick of it gettin all the merchandise it gets
I remember Pokémon coming out, but I didn't actually play any of the games (except for the occasional few minutes on display Game Boys at Walmart) until SoulSilver came out, so I don't think of it in terms of generations. That said, if Lego did a set with all the Eeveelutions at an affordable price, I'd be all over that. Side note, Gee, I wonder what @ShinyBidoof will vote for?
Cubone, Growlithe and Joltik
Mega did it right with their smaller Pokemon builds. That way kids could pick up a few. They weren’t very advanced by any means, but they satisfied the desire for brick built Pokemon. If Lego did something similar, I think they’d print money more than they already do.
Anything but Kanto, please! I know it's nostalgic for everyone, but it's sooooo overrepresented. I have yet to find a jigsaw puzzle that isn't Kanto-only.
Alas, I will never see my goat Dragalge, everyone's 892th favorite Pokemon.
@sir_vasco said:
"Alas, I will never see my goat Dragalge, everyone's 892th favorite Pokemon."
I also love Dragalge! Without spoiling it, I was very pleasantly surprised to see that it was... remembered, you could say, in Legends Z-A. :-)
I could have guessed that AFOLs are by and large mindless Genwunners.
Don't want to be complainer but what is average age of active (reading and commenting) Brickset user? Basing on taste of sets and other polls I would say around 30 years :)
So I would asume that 90% of ppl don't know more than 2 or 3 generations
@Yrraabb said:
"Any region is fine but we need small size Pokémon that cost under $10 each."
I absolutely agree with you, like back when MEGA had those $7.99 Pokeballs that held one buildable Pokemon in 'em
I am so well versed in Pokemon lore that I had no idea there were generations and regions...
wow this is in depth. Makes sense why it has lasted so long then.
MissingNo.
@Yrraabb said:
"Any region is fine but we need small size Pokémon that cost under $10 each."
I can just imagine all the complaints about poor detailing and blockiness as they've only used 100 or so pieces per model.
@Jackthenipper said:
"MissingNo."
I think you could just slap that together with a Lego Classics bucket
I want Shoe. Shoe is my absolute favorite.
@Robot99 said:
" @Jackthenipper said:
"MissingNo."
I think you could just slap that together with a Lego Classics bucket"
And 129 1x1s.
@Robot99 said:
" @Jackthenipper said:
"MissingNo."
I think you could just slap that together with a Lego Classics bucket"
I had almost the exact same thought.
I like mew, articuno and Ninetales but those are to hard to make in lego
@TheOtherMike said:
" @Robot99 said:
" @Jackthenipper said:
"MissingNo."
I think you could just slap that together with a Lego Classics bucket"
I had almost the exact same thought."
I always thought that MissingNo. looked like a stack of Lego bricks, we're just coming full circle now.
@StyleCounselor said:
"Where are the minifigs and minifig compatible Pokémon?
This is the way."
Yes, 10 waves of Pokemon CMF's, please.
@Big_Jarv said:
"Dont want brick built Pokemon i want minifig scale!
Just do CMF or pickabrick but for all original 151 or something and take my money."
This is a great idea, it'd really embrace the "catch'em all" mentality and encourage trading with your friends, just like we used to do it back in the day. Though at $5 each, completing the set is an expensive proposition. They could even somewhat region lock the different species if they wanted to be 1) more like the game and also 2) far more frustrating to collectors...
@SpaghettiDish said:
"I could have guessed that AFOLs are by and large mindless Genwunners. "
Probably because with each iteration of games the designs get worse.
Just look at the pathetic Mega Starmie in Z-A.
Rayquaza, Grondoum and Kyogre as well the starters in regular sets. I also want the Jotho starters in normal sets.
Edit: things like the Pokémon Center and stores.
That poll is complete gibberish to me, I have no idea what I’m looking at!
@MegaBlocks said:
" @SpaghettiDish said:
"I could have guessed that AFOLs are by and large mindless Genwunners. "
Probably because with each iteration of games the designs get worse.
Just look at the pathetic Mega Starmie in Z-A."
There are almost 30 years of under-utilised Pokémon designs between 1st generation and Legends Z-A. Surely you don't think that they got worse the second the franchise "left" Kanto.
Generations 3 and 4 specifically have a lot of designs that are recognisable to people all over the world but aren't as obvious as the Kantonian Pokémon.
+ If I may offer my highly subjective take to you as you did to me. To me as an early zoomer Charizard is very under-designed. I do not like its flesh horns and pear-like figure and I do not like how the whole premise is just "what if a dragon but the tail is on fire". Typhlosion is way cooler.
Eeveelution 9-pack that's priced at like $70, or individual Pokemon of any variety that are priced at like $20 each. LEGO has shown what kind of quality they can do at the Speed Champions price point, so let's have more of that, please!
@inversion said:
"Is this even a question about the region? Nothing will ever come close to Kanto in terms of popularity and nostalgia."
you know Pokemon is aimed at the modern youths, right, not "Gen 1 only!" oldheads? everyone knows that Gen 5 is the best in terms of worldbuilding, storytelling, and setpieces
Having played all pokemon videogames and seen all cartoon episodes ( also with my kids…..over and over and over…., I’ve developed a connection with certain pokemon. With the ones that looked the coolest/cutest or were the best in-game or had some sort of story-arc in the cartoon. Those are the ones I’d like to see in lego ( with a reasonable price of course ) . Bulbasaur, Charizard, Gyarados, Snorlax, Mewtwo,Heracross, Tyranitar Groudon, Rayquaza, Garchomp, Lucario, Giratina, Greninja, Hoopa, Solfaleo and my fave: Mimikyu
I'm pretty well versed in Japanese geography (just returned last night from my 22nd visit), but apart from Kanto (Tokyo and the surrounding prefectures), I have no clue where those other regions are supposed to be.....
I’m easy. I’m most familiar with Gen 1 & 2 - keeping up with buying consoles was not particularly doable after awhile - but the only ones I don’t really like are the ones that go from cute animal to humanoid as they evolve, because if I wanted that I’d be more of a Digimon fan. Based on other merch lines there’ll be a heavy weighting towards Gen 1 + the eeveelutions and the odd breakout star like Mimiyku from Gen 7 or Wooloo and Sirfetch’d from Gen 8.
… all that being said I would really like Lapras in particular.
@WizardOfOss said:
"I'm pretty well versed in Japanese geography (just returned last night from my 22nd visit), but apart from Kanto (Tokyo and the surrounding prefectures), I have no clue where those other regions are supposed to be....."
Because the other regions are UK, France, Spain, New York etc.
This is just an age demographics poll for the site LOL
@lupia13 said:
"This is just an age demographics poll for the site LOL"
Brickset users are never beating the boomer allegations after this one lmao
@Stinger_X said:
" @lupia13 said:
"This is just an age demographics poll for the site LOL"
Brickset users are never beating the boomer allegations after this one lmao"
… I do not think *Boomers* are the target demographic for any generation of Pokemon, given they were kids two decades before Pokemon was a thing at the very youngest they come in. But certainly Millennials, maybe some Gen X.
@Stinger_X said:
" @lupia13 said:
"This is just an age demographics poll for the site LOL"
Brickset users are never beating the boomer allegations after this one lmao"
Even the youngest Gen X were just about entering adulthood when Pokemon started, and Boomers were already 30+. I imagine there are plenty of Millenials voting for the first generations.
Discountax, noncrumblobrick, stickerburna, printathalon, licencendo, historithematica, gimmickignorio, agendachew, pharrellwilliamsiac.
@Stinger_X said:
" @lupia13 said:
"This is just an age demographics poll for the site LOL"
Brickset users are never beating the boomer allegations after this one lmao"
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
@SpaghettiDish said:
" @MegaBlocks said:
" @SpaghettiDish said:
"I could have guessed that AFOLs are by and large mindless Genwunners. "
Probably because with each iteration of games the designs get worse.
Just look at the pathetic Mega Starmie in Z-A."
There are almost 30 years of under-utilised Pokémon designs between 1st generation and Legends Z-A. Surely you don't think that they got worse the second the franchise "left" Kanto.
Generations 3 and 4 specifically have a lot of designs that are recognisable to people all over the world but aren't as obvious as the Kantonian Pokémon.
+ If I may offer my highly subjective take to you as you did to me. To me as an early zoomer Charizard is very under-designed. I do not like its flesh horns and pear-like figure and I do not like how the whole premise is just "what if a dragon but the tail is on fire". Typhlosion is way cooler. "
How dare you. Nothing will ever surpass the designs of the first games. I especially liked "Pokéball w/ eyes", "Christmas Ornament", "Fart?", "Double Fart??" and "Some Eggs".
As as they're double the size and cost of the first wave - I'm good.
@Crux said:
" @SpaghettiDish said:
" @MegaBlocks said:
" @SpaghettiDish said:
"I could have guessed that AFOLs are by and large mindless Genwunners. "
Probably because with each iteration of games the designs get worse.
Just look at the pathetic Mega Starmie in Z-A."
There are almost 30 years of under-utilised Pokémon designs between 1st generation and Legends Z-A. Surely you don't think that they got worse the second the franchise "left" Kanto.
Generations 3 and 4 specifically have a lot of designs that are recognisable to people all over the world but aren't as obvious as the Kantonian Pokémon.
+ If I may offer my highly subjective take to you as you did to me. To me as an early zoomer Charizard is very under-designed. I do not like its flesh horns and pear-like figure and I do not like how the whole premise is just "what if a dragon but the tail is on fire". Typhlosion is way cooler. "
How dare you. Nothing will ever surpass the designs of the first games. I especially liked "Pokéball w/ eyes", "Christmas Ornament", "Fart?", "Double Fart??" and "Some Eggs"."
While most of those are obvious I confess I’m stumped by “Christmas Ornament”.
@Hiratha said:
" @Crux said:
" @SpaghettiDish said:
" @MegaBlocks said:
" @SpaghettiDish said:
"I could have guessed that AFOLs are by and large mindless Genwunners. "
Probably because with each iteration of games the designs get worse.
Just look at the pathetic Mega Starmie in Z-A."
There are almost 30 years of under-utilised Pokémon designs between 1st generation and Legends Z-A. Surely you don't think that they got worse the second the franchise "left" Kanto.
Generations 3 and 4 specifically have a lot of designs that are recognisable to people all over the world but aren't as obvious as the Kantonian Pokémon.
+ If I may offer my highly subjective take to you as you did to me. To me as an early zoomer Charizard is very under-designed. I do not like its flesh horns and pear-like figure and I do not like how the whole premise is just "what if a dragon but the tail is on fire". Typhlosion is way cooler. "
How dare you. Nothing will ever surpass the designs of the first games. I especially liked "Pokéball w/ eyes", "Christmas Ornament", "Fart?", "Double Fart??" and "Some Eggs"."
While most of those are obvious I confess I’m stumped by “Christmas Ornament”."
It's the kindest way I can describe Metapod.
Just give me a Ryan Reynolds Detective Pikachu with a Cup of Coffee!! Tbf, that's the only bit of Pokémon I've consumed!! I'm was a few years out when it all came into popularity & I never saw the need to jump in!! Xx
@Crux said:
" @SpaghettiDish said:
" @MegaBlocks said:
" @SpaghettiDish said:
"I could have guessed that AFOLs are by and large mindless Genwunners. "
Probably because with each iteration of games the designs get worse.
Just look at the pathetic Mega Starmie in Z-A."
There are almost 30 years of under-utilised Pokémon designs between 1st generation and Legends Z-A. Surely you don't think that they got worse the second the franchise "left" Kanto.
Generations 3 and 4 specifically have a lot of designs that are recognisable to people all over the world but aren't as obvious as the Kantonian Pokémon.
+ If I may offer my highly subjective take to you as you did to me. To me as an early zoomer Charizard is very under-designed. I do not like its flesh horns and pear-like figure and I do not like how the whole premise is just "what if a dragon but the tail is on fire". Typhlosion is way cooler. "
How dare you. Nothing will ever surpass the designs of the first games. I especially liked "Pokéball w/ eyes", "Christmas Ornament", "Fart?", "Double Fart??" and "Some Eggs"."
Don't forget Regular Bird.
Its so hard for me to get in my head the context of what would actually sell well when Im so deep into pokemon, but I wanna say gen 1 and then current gen sets would make the most sense.
Maybe some gen 2 mons are iconic enough. People recognise pichu and togepi right? Im not XKCD 2501-ing am I?
None!
I want my GOATS Manaphy and Wooloo
@jkb said:
"There are generations?"
It's been going on for 3 decades, I'd be surprised if there weren't.
@Oli said:
"None!"
I agree. As an older AFOL, there is Too much licensed merchandise and not enough traditional themed sets. But I know I am in the minority since my first set only had a three-digit set number in 1971.
I’m a big Pokemon fan, but I only collect Legos with minifigs in minifigure scale. So unless they are going to do the Pokemon center, gyms etc. with Ash/Misty/Brock/Oak then I’ll be passing on the theme altogether.
Bring on Trubbish and Garbodor!
A fair amount of Pokemons are hard to very hard to reproduce in Lego due to their shape: Gengar is very rotund and not very easy to do; Dragalge is very spindly, etc. I am not immersed enough into the theme to suggest something specific but I'll say this: try to do beasts that are as far as possible as real life animal (because it then just become a colour pack of animal creator 3-in-1). I suppose, at one point, they will also have to do a few Legendary: Yveltal, Eternatus and Rayquaza are nice but I don't know at all if they are popular and/or desirable.
As far as 72153 is concerned, I believe the set should have been split into 3; still each with their base and when you get the 3, it forms a cohesive whole.
@Andrusi said:
" @Crux said:
" @SpaghettiDish said:
" @MegaBlocks said:
" @SpaghettiDish said:
"I could have guessed that AFOLs are by and large mindless Genwunners. "
Probably because with each iteration of games the designs get worse.
Just look at the pathetic Mega Starmie in Z-A."
There are almost 30 years of under-utilised Pokémon designs between 1st generation and Legends Z-A. Surely you don't think that they got worse the second the franchise "left" Kanto.
Generations 3 and 4 specifically have a lot of designs that are recognisable to people all over the world but aren't as obvious as the Kantonian Pokémon.
+ If I may offer my highly subjective take to you as you did to me. To me as an early zoomer Charizard is very under-designed. I do not like its flesh horns and pear-like figure and I do not like how the whole premise is just "what if a dragon but the tail is on fire". Typhlosion is way cooler. "
How dare you. Nothing will ever surpass the designs of the first games. I especially liked "Pokéball w/ eyes", "Christmas Ornament", "Fart?", "Double Fart??" and "Some Eggs"."
Don't forget Regular Bird."
The best thing about LEGO making these sets is that it produced both Pokémon & Gen Group wars. Also didn't know some guys here are older than my parents
@WhileyFox said:
"Also didn't know some guys here are older than my parents"
Bob and Linda? They were good kids.
I don’t trust anyone who wasn’t alive yet when Titanic came out.
Whiley….I….am your father.
What are you, 6? 7?
functionally this is just a "what is the average age demographic of pokemon fans who use brickset" poll
@yellowcastle said:
" @WhileyFox said:
"Also didn't know some guys here are older than my parents"
Bob and Linda? They were good kids.
I don’t trust anyone who wasn’t alive yet when Titanic came out.
Whiley….I….am your father.
What are you, 6? 7?
"
Wow you guys are old.
I remember my parents telling me Titanic was the first movie they saw after getting married.
And I'm 26...
I haven't played any pokemon game except for pokemon go at the height of the hype around it, and all I want is a Magikarp, thank you.
Porygon! With a strobing light brick!
I'm a little unsure if excessively expensive sets like 72153 appeals to adult, even well-off, fans. If I'd been a Sensible Adult(TM) Pokemon fan, I would have preferred to buy one figure of my favorite starter, without any fancy base or somesuch. I'd then place it a little discreetly on a shelf in my living room to see if anyone visiting would notice/recognise it, indicating they too may be fans - basically a conversation piece.
This set OTOH (especially considering its price), is just a bit too much in-your-face, more suitable as a centerpiece for a Shrine of Obsessive Fandom, inbetween several thousand dollars worth of rare graded cards, comics and other expensive collectables. Essentially a penis extender to whack your equally Pokemon-obsessed friends over their heads with.
@ssgdave said:
" @Oli said:
"None!"
I agree. As an older AFOL, there is Too much licensed merchandise and not enough traditional themed sets. But I know I am in the minority since my first set only had a three-digit set number in 1971."
There are more unlicensed sets available now than when you were a child.
Just give me Onix.
@ToaofPlastic said:
"functionally this is just a "what is the average age demographic of pokemon fans who use brickset" poll"
Even if you've been playing the games since Red/Blue came out, that doesn't mean your favorite Pokémon is from Gen1. I'm sure there are a lot of people who've gotten a new favorite once a new generation came out, and that's happened multiple times.
Did anyone mention Gen 2, 4 and 8 have already been leaked for the "unidentified" Summer set numbers?
Odd they weren't doing anything for the most recent one.
I want a 1000$ Raging Bolt
@MegaBlocks said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
"I'm pretty well versed in Japanese geography (just returned last night from my 22nd visit), but apart from Kanto (Tokyo and the surrounding prefectures), I have no clue where those other regions are supposed to be....."
Because the other regions are UK, France, Spain, New York etc."
Not entirely.....Apparently Johto = mostly Kansai with bits of Shikoku and Tokai, Hoenn = Kyushu, Sinnoh = Hokkaido, Sevii Islands = Tokyo Izu and Ogasawara islands. Kinda weird that unlike Kanto, those didn't get to keep their original name.
The other areas are indeed based on different parts of the world, but seems like the names are completely made up as well.
@Robot99 said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
" @Robot99 said:
" @Jackthenipper said:
"MissingNo."
I think you could just slap that together with a Lego Classics bucket"
I had almost the exact same thought."
I always thought that MissingNo. looked like a stack of Lego bricks, we're just coming full circle now."
Look for the announcement in early April. Like the day it becomes April.
@MegaBlocks said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
"I'm pretty well versed in Japanese geography (just returned last night from my 22nd visit), but apart from Kanto (Tokyo and the surrounding prefectures), I have no clue where those other regions are supposed to be....."
Because the other regions are UK, France, Spain, New York etc."
Johto , Hoenn and Sinnoh are still japan.
I can't for the life of me understand why they haven't made EVOLVE sets, where you build each evolution like the 1-3 creator sets.. the format literally already exists. That would be an amazing kit to have and they'd sell hundreds (?) MILLIONS as you'd get fans buying 3 of one kit to build each one. They must've considered it but I wonder why they didn't move forward with it?
Anyway, Togepi or else!!!
@dellyot said:
"I can't for the life of me understand why they haven't made EVOLVE sets, where you build each evolution like the 1-3 creator sets.. the format literally already exists. That would be an amazing kit to have and they'd sell hundreds (?) MILLIONS as you'd get fans buying 3 of one kit to build each one. They must've considered it but I wonder why they didn't move forward with it?
Anyway, Togepi or else!!! "
We haven't seen any of the playsets officially announced, so we may see that yet.
Gen III has the absolute best pokemon ever. Flygon, Salamance, Deoxys, Jirachi, Rayquaza, Groudon, Metagross, Banette, Dusklops, Armaldo, Cradily, Sharpedo, Exploud, Gardevoir, Shiftry, plus the best starters. Love Gen III.