Sometime in mid-March, LEGO and The Pokémon Company teased an upcoming official collaboration. Although LEGO’s worked extensively with Nintendo to create some incredible franchise-focused builds, the brick company has never launched an official Pokemon kit – but you don’t need to wait for LEGO to drop their Pokémon collection – because a YouTuber has been working on one for years.
Going by the name of Brickmill, this talented LEGO builder has created an entire Pokémon universe out of LEGO bricks, building almost every possible animal you could think of. From tiny starter Pokémon to larger legendary creatures like Snorlax, Lapras, and Mewtwo, Brickmill’s built brick-based versions of them all. They’re adorable, detailed, and almost all of them are to scale, which means the Pikachu is smaller than a Charizard. The best part? You can build them too!
Designer: Brickmill
Brickmill’s Pokémon universe is extensive. It features all the iconic Pokémon including the Kanto starters – Squirtle, Charmander, and Bulbazaur, along with Pikachu and Eevee, as well as the other starter Pokémon from Johto and Hoenn games too.
Every pockemon is built with a fair level of detail (they’re minimalist but not to the point of being abstract). Bulbasaur has his bulb, Charmander has the fire tail, Squirtle the shell. The best part is that evolved variants of these Pokémon have their own brick forms too, with just as much detail from the large flower above Venusaur, to the dragon-like wings of Charizard, and those water-cannons on Blastoise.
The Johto and Hoenn starters are for kids who grew up without the Kanto series. You’ve got Chicorita, Cyndaquil, and Totodile for the Johto island, and Treecko, Torchic, and Mudkip for the Hoenn variant.
When I say extensive, I mean it. Brickmill’s been working on this collection presumably for years at this point, and his YouTube page has every single build he’s made. Perhaps his magnum opus is the creation of every single Eevee evolution out there, one for each category. Whether Jolteon, Vaporeon, Leafeon, or Espeon, every single evolution is the same size and scale, which makes Brickmill’s LEGO Pokémon universe feel rather well-planned.
You can’t buy these LEGO Pokémon yet, but Brickmill is selling DIY plans for you to build your own at home. Build instructions cost anywhere between $5 CAD ($3.5 USD) to $20 CAD ($13.9) based on Pokémon size, complexity, or even bundles like the entire Charmander bundle which includes all three evolution forms (not counting the different Charizard variants that exist).
You can even build your own Ash Ketchum to really add that final touch of magic to the entire Pokémon universe. I mean, why wait months (or possibly even years) for the LEGO x Pokémon official collab to drop when you’ve got a veritable ecosystem right here?!
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