{"id":130495,"date":"2026-07-16T13:51:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/130495\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T13:51:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:51:42","slug":"legos-huge-poke-ball-diorama-is-gorgeous-and-an-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/130495\/","title":{"rendered":"LEGO\u2019s Huge Pok\u00e9 Ball Diorama Is Gorgeous \u2014 And An Investment?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Iconic Trainer Moments Pok\u00e9 Ball (72154) set is arguably the LEGO Group’s best Pok\u00e9mon build yet.<\/p>\n

The LEGO Group<\/p>\n

Last week, the latest LEGO Pok\u00e9mon sets were announced with little fanfare, but perhaps the company wants them to speak for themselves; it\u2019s probably the most consistent line-up in the partnership yet, save for one fumble.<\/p>\n

The new five-strong collection follows a rocky start for LEGO x Pok\u00e9mon. In round one, we had the great-looking, fun-to-build Eevee (72151)<\/a>, the rather misjudged Pikachu and Pok\u00e9 Ball (72152)<\/a>, and the blockbuster 6,800-piece Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise (72153)<\/a>. This was followed by a second range as part of the LEGO Group\u2019s new SMART Play line-up, which admittedly offered some bangers for your shelf (specifically Mewtwo, Cubone, and Jigglypuff), but it remains to be seen if these digital sets will break the apparent curse of rock-bottom prices now charged for the OG Star Wars line-up<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The LEGO Group announced the news via a standard press release earlier this week, rather than making a more orchestrated push to draw fans\u2019 attention to the collection, but the latest collection feels like it\u2019ll sell for a handful of reasons:<\/p>\n

The Arcanine (72160)<\/a> set looks fantastic and weighty, and channels the brilliant Eevee set in more ways than one;The Up-Scaled Red Minifigure (40868)<\/a> adds to a clear mini-fandom for big minifigs (guilty!), which, among others, includes the LEGO Classic-style option (40649), Blue Astronaut (40921), Racing Driver (40819), and the super-detailed Darth Vader (75461);Munchlax (72150)<\/a> is a cuter version of everyone\u2019s favorite glutton, Snorlax; as a statement piece, it hits a nice price point.<\/p>\n

Not all of them are winners. Rayquaza (72168)<\/a>, for me, looks like a real swing-and-a-miss, given this minimalist $130 set clocks in at 12 cents per piece, half the build is in the base alone, and its dragon-like body uses pipe parts.<\/p>\n

The most exciting set is a display piece that, let\u2019s be honest, everyone expected to arrive in one form or another. The Iconic Trainer Moments Pok\u00e9 Ball (72154)<\/a>, with 2,386 parts for $299.99 (\u00a3229.99; \u20ac259.99), looks fantastic, even if it\u2019s a frankly eye-watering 13.4 cents per piece. While it pushes the boundaries of affordability, part of me thinks the LEGO Group knows the set\u2019s true value lies deeper than price per brick.<\/p>\n

Play Puzzles & Games on Forbes<\/p>\n

The Iconic Trainer Moments Pok\u00e9 Ball (72154)<\/p>\n

The LEGO Group<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t say this often about LEGO sets \u2014 I\u2019ve been burned in the past \u2014 but I think 72154 could be a shrewd investment. I don\u2019t do recommendations like this, but Iconic Trainer Moments Pok\u00e9 Ball (72154) gets a few important things right:<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a straightforward, well-shaped, and eye-catching display piece when closed;The open diorama focuses on the way nearly every Pok\u00e9mon game starts, back to the very first Game Boy outings, giving it the broadest possible appeal across generations;For collectors, it has three unique minifigures \u2014 Red, Picnicker, and Professor Oak \u2014 plus one-of-a-kind Eevee and Pikachu figures that didn\u2019t even come with the brilliant Eevee and the sets; and, perhaps most importantly;The Super Mario 64 Question Mark Block (71395) \u2014 another licensed, Nintendo-flavored diorama piece \u2014 spawned countless Temu\/AliExpress knock-offs, driving up demand and aftermarket prices for authentic sets since the build was retired in 2024.<\/p>\n

Professor Oak’s section in the Iconic Trainer Moments Pok\u00e9 Ball (72154)<\/p>\n

The LEGO Group<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a case to be made that its high-ticket status is both a blessing and a curse. If people don\u2019t buy it, it\u2019ll drop in value early. However, as LEGO produces its sets in response to demand, a shorter run would only increase rarity in the long term. That said, Iconic Trainer Moments Pok\u00e9 Ball (72154) may be a little niche; perhaps a 40-year-old original fan may be putting too much stock in its simple design.<\/p>\n

Not that it matters to me \u2014 it\u2019s another LEGO gaming set I\u2019ll inevitably add to my wall of fame\/shame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Iconic Trainer Moments Pok\u00e9 Ball (72154) set is arguably the LEGO Group’s best Pok\u00e9mon build yet. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[6050],"tags":[6097,4248,6051,63475,48862,8336],"class_list":["post-130495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lego","tag-eevee","tag-lego","tag-lego-group","tag-mewtwo","tag-poke-ball","tag-pokemon"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116929985795553484","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}