#The LEGO Pokémon announcement has one fan group fearing the worst – Destructoid
The LEGO Pokémon units are actual and coming in 2026, leaving many gamers enthusiastic about this new set of collectibles. However there’s one group of followers who’re particularly dissatisfied and anxious about the way forward for their collections.
As Pokémon followers put together for this launch, which has already been teased to incorporate a buildable Pikachu, there’s nonetheless loads of hypothesis about what precisely can be accessible at launch. Whereas different Nintendo franchises have already had LEGO units, together with Mario and Zelda, that is the primary time in Pokémon’s 29-year historical past that LEGO will formally produce units for the sequence.
However this additionally means a fan group that has been rising for the final eight years is probably going about to be left empty-handed.
The MEGA Pokémon Assortment, that are Pokémon-themed constructing blocks, is owned by Mattel and has been the one formally licensed Pokémon constructing block set since 2017, at the least till LEGO’s announcement.
Mattel hasn’t revealed any new MEGA Pokémon units for 2025, regardless that it was nonetheless releasing smaller units in 2024. Now, with The Pokémon Firm’s new LEGO deal, it doubtless means the tip of Mega Pokémon units, and MEGA collectors are afraid that is true.
“I actually don’t know what the long run seems like for Mega anymore,” one fan wrote. “That is most likely the dying knell,” one other one added.
Different followers have been fast so as to add that there are instances when an organization licenses its model to competing firm, however they don’t promote competing merchandise. For instance, you’ve gotten Mattel making miniature Method 1 automobiles whereas LEGO has Method 1 constructing units.
“Pokémon is MEGA’s largest license,” a fan defined. “If Lego has efficiently stolen it, then MEGA is nearly as good as useless. The model can’t survive off Sizzling Wheels.”
This deal doesn’t imply gamers won’t ever have the ability to discover these Mattel blocks once more, however MEGA Pokémon manufacturing will doubtless cease someday this 12 months. It’s uncommon for a corporation to license its model to 2 completely different firms to supply competing merchandise, so LEGO Pokémon will doubtless take over.
That’s additionally doubtless as a result of the Pokémon and LEGO deal didn’t begin instantly—that means the licensing settlement between Pokémon and Mattel might be legitimate till late 2025, when LEGO will truly have the ability to begin creating and releasing its personal units.
Destructoid has reached out to Mattel for remark.
