LEGO Pokémon Iconic Trainer Moments Poké Ball (72154): First Minifigures
LEGO has revealed the Iconic Trainer Moments Poké Ball (72154): 2,386 pieces, an opening ball with hidden scenes and the first-ever LEGO Pokémon Trainer minifigures.
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The First LEGO Pokémon Minifigures Are Finally Here
The headline of LEGO’s 7th July 2026 Pokémon reveal is not the piece count — it is the people. The Iconic Trainer Moments Poké Ball (72154) is a 2,386-piece brick-built Poké Ball that opens up like a locket, and inside stand the first-ever LEGO Pokémon minifigures: Red, Professor Oak and a Picnicker, joined by Pikachu and Eevee figures. Trainers have officially arrived in minifigure scale.
🔴 This story is part of our LEGO Pokémon hub – every set from LEGO’s long-awaited Pokémon line, built and graded by a dad.
Why It Matters for Dads
Minifigures are how LEGO tells you a license has graduated. The first Pokémon wave gave us brick-built companions — we rated the Pikachu and Poké Ball (72152) highly, but a Poké Ball with nobody to throw it always felt like half the story. This set fixes that, and it does it with the right characters: Red is the Trainer of the Game Boy generation, and Professor Oak’s lab — recreated in the top half with a library, computers, three molded Poké Balls and two Pokédex tiles — is where every dad’s journey started in 1999.
The party trick is the format. Closed, it is a clean display ball on a grassy stand built to look like it was just thrown. Opened, the bottom half reveals a battle scene with Pikachu and Eevee facing off in the grass. It is genuinely clever — and at 259.99 EUR it is also the most expensive LEGO Pokémon set yet, so this is a wishlist headliner rather than an impulse buy.
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A 2,386-piece opening Poké Ball hiding a battle scene and Professor Oak's lab — with the first-ever LEGO Pokémon minifigures: Red, Professor Oak and Picnicker, plus Pikachu and Eevee figures.
What’s Next
Pre-orders are live now, but note the date: unlike the Rayquaza (72168) and the rest of the August wave, this one ships 1st October 2026. No Amazon listing exists yet; we will add one when it appears. Expect a full review — and the inevitable debate about whether exclusive minifigures locked inside a 259.99 EUR set is fan service or hostage-taking.
The Dadnology Take
This is the set the whole reveal was built around, and the minifigures make it historic for the license. But 259.99 EUR is real money, and the value question is whether the opening mechanism and interior scenes deliver in person or mostly in press photos. Our honest advice today: pre-order if Red-era nostalgia runs deep, otherwise wait for our build.
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