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The Lego Pokémon card sets are so good, we can't choose

Lego fans have until June to vote between Mew, Gyarados, Arceus, Rowlet, and Joltik New Lego Pokémon sets are coming, including (at least) one based on the Pokémon Trading Card Game, thanks to the fan-driven Lego Ideas program. The premise for Lego Ideas is that fans submit original brick sets, and the world votes on which one Lego should produce. In late May, Lego fans have to pick between five possible sets designed to look like 3D Pokémon cards. The possible cards depict fan favorites like Gyarados, legendaries such as Mew and Arceus, a single starter (Rowlet), and, for some reason, Joltik. Not to be a hater, though, because even the ordinary electric arachnid card packs pure heat. The five finalists, whittled down from 756 entries, are now live. Each Lego Pokémon card includes a short message from its ideator that details the creation process. "The head of Gyarados took me an entire week to make," writes CreativeDynamicBuilder, who says the entire build is composed of 1,262 Lego bricks. "Gyarados is partially 2D and 3D, with his head being 3D, and his neck slowly transitions to 2D to give off the impression that he's coming out of the card." The Mew Lego set, which includes the

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Lego fans have until June to vote between Mew, Gyarados, Arceus, Rowlet, and Joltik New Lego Pokémon sets are coming, including (at least) one based on the Pokémon Trading Card Game, thanks to the fan-driven Lego Ideas program. The premise…

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The Lego Pokémon card sets are so good, we can't choose

Lego fans have until June to vote between Mew, Gyarados, Arceus, Rowlet, and Joltik New Lego Pokémon sets are coming, including (at least) one based on the Pokémon Trading Card Game, thanks to the fan-driven Lego Ideas…

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Lego fans have until June to vote between Mew, Gyarados, Arceus, Rowlet, and Joltik New Lego Pokémon sets are coming, including (at least) one based on the Pokémon Trading Card Game, thanks to the fan-driven Lego Ideas program. The premise…

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