Whoever it was that stated you’ll be able to have an excessive amount of of a very good factor must shut the hell up, particularly the place new gaming Lego units are involved.
Now, I respect this will sound grasping contemplating the truth that there are already sufficient kits to fill a two-bed residence. However are extra gaming Lego units an excessive amount of to ask for? The reply is clearly “no,” in case you had been questioning. With that in thoughts, I have been having a very good take into consideration what I would like to see subsequent from the brick-makers in Billund. Though we have seen kits from a number of main franchises already (from Animal Crossing to The Legend of Zelda), we have barely scratched the floor in case you ask me. What if we bought a Fallout mannequin, for instance? It’d hop, skip, and soar its means onto our checklist of the finest Lego units.
Anyway, I am getting forward of myself. I’ve scribbled down a couple of options beneath that I would like to see myself. When you have gaming-themed Lego units you’d want had been dropped at life, shout about them within the feedback!
1. Professor Oak’s lab or Pokemon Middle
Like so many ’90s youngsters, my introduction to Pokémon concerned an not possible selection between three cute pocket monsters in some stuffy educational’s lab. After placing us by means of the emotional anguish of deciding which one we needed, Professor Oak then kicked a technology of players into the world to fend for themselves (which feels fairly negligent on reflection when you think about how our character was a literal baby). It is an iconic setup, and one which numerous players acknowledge from each the video games and anime – which is why it’d make for the proper Lego set.
It is already been confirmed that we’re getting a Lego Pokémon set in 2026, and the teaser suggests a mannequin of Pikachu is on its means. However as soon as that is accomplished, why not deal with Professor Oak’s lab as a playset within the vein of Lego Nook’s Cranny? In addition to Recreation Boy video games being an amazing match for the Lego remedy due to their inherent blockiness, the isometric viewpoint matches the ‘facade and cutaway’ method of most Lego buildings. This location additionally includes a host of immediately identifiable equipment from the collection as a complete, be it the Pokedex, a pc used to retailer spare Pokémon, and Poke Balls. Plus, it’d present an excuse to function minifigures of Oak, the participant character, your rival, and (most significantly) these Gen I starters: Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, Pikachu, and Eevee.
I select… who?
We all know for positive that official Lego Pokemon units are on the best way in 2026, however we solely have a Pikachu tail to go on by way of what they could possibly be. Judging by the dimensions of the items used, although, this would not be a minifigure; the two-by-four piece on the high suggests it is a lot larger than that.
A great different can be the Pokémon Middle, which you will discover in each main city all through the online game collection (it was even prompt for the Lego Concepts program by person Rydalch again in 2014). Very like Oak’s lab, it is full of memorable gadgets, beloved characters together with Nurse Pleasure, and virtually any Pokémon you fancy (together with Chansey, clearly). This might mark the beginning of a collection recreating the best-known places from the collection in an Animal Crossing-style village, which I would be completely right here for.
Hear, I am going to admit that the latter is extra seemingly. Actually, I would be shocked if we did not get a Lego Pokémon Middle in some unspecified time in the future, as a result of it seems in each recreation. Nonetheless, Oak’s lab nonetheless has a particular place in my coronary heart.
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2. Fallout Vault
Warfare by no means modifications, and Fallout’s Vaults do not both. That makes them the apparent selection for a Lego makeover, as a result of it ought to enchantment to followers of the online game collection or Amazon’s TV present.
To be frank, that is the gaming Lego set I wish to see most. I fell head over heels in love with the franchise after blitzing by means of Fallout 3 when it first hit cabinets in 2009, so I would throw cash at any official set sooner than you’ll be able to say “Pip-Boy.” I do not assume it is exterior the realm of risk, both; I can completely see a mannequin or two being produced as a fan-submitted Lego Concepts venture. Actually, there have already been numerous community-submitted designs through Rebrickable, a website devoted to reusing Lego items and creating one thing new. Qnadian Bacon produces a very convincing Mister Useful robotic, as an example, whereas MasterBuilderKTC made a Working Fallout Vault with a door that really opens (as seen above).
Personally, I would desire a cross-section design of a well-known vault like 101, 76, or 111 with a design much like the vertical Lego Gringotts Financial institution. On the high can be these imposing vault doorways that roll open (probably achieved through Technic items for further pizazz), and we might delve by means of rooms seen all through the video games in progressive ranges. The Overseer’s workplace. A classroom the place gamers study what makes them S.P.E.C.I.A.L. The cafeteria, full of ’50s allure. An ominous testing room that you simply completely should not fear about. You understand, that kind of factor.
This is only one idea of many who Lego may whip up as effectively. Fallout’s many bots, places just like the Crimson Rocket storage, and props together with the Pip-Boy would all make wonderful fashions I would placed on my shelf in a shot.
3. Baldur’s Gate 3 camp
Now that Lego D&D is definitely a factor, we are able to begin rolling extra concepts primarily based on the pen-and-paper recreation. Whereas there are many places you would select (it is one of many longest-running and finest tabletop RPGs, in any case), I feel I’ve bought a greater concept: one thing to do with Baldur’s Gate 3, which is ready within the Dungeons & Dragons world.
Though I spent a very long time pondering which location can be highest precedence for a Lego makeover (the Nautiloid you begin on? The Emerald Grove? Baldur’s Gate metropolis itself?), I really feel like your get together’s camp is a far stronger reply. The characters are the very best factor about this recreation, and your camp is the one location you will all the time return to. OK, so it modifications between areas. However its core – a set of customized tents which have already been mocked up as Lego on Rebuildable by person Hanilo – is all the time the identical. Meaning Lego can provide you with any backdrop it likes, or not trouble. As a result of let’s be actual, recreating these companions in minifigure kind is the principle attraction.
I do not know what the possibilities are of this taking place, however there are short-term options whereas we wait. You’ll be able to both decide up the precise D&D Lego set from Amazon proper now for a fantasy hit, or make the Baldur’s Gate 3 solid utilizing mix-and-matched elements from the official D&D minifigure collection.
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