It’s genuinely shocking that we had to wait this long for a collaboration between LEGO and Pokémon. Now it’s finally here in 2026 and — if the first and smallest set from the trio, LEGO Eevee (72151), is anything to go by — it appears to be worth the wait.
Eevee turned out to be a fun build, even if, for me, it followed the stiffest competition. I’m still fresh from making the Game Boy (72046) set, which is probably my favorite LEGO set of the last few years. It has some incredible design choices that make it look and feel exactly like the OG handheld; I never thought I’d swoon over elasticated buttons and spinning dials, but this year’s already proving to be a bit depressing, so I’ll take any wins where I find them.
LEGO Eevee isn’t a particularly technical build — and it shouldn’t be, given the focus on the family-friendly Build Together app — but it looks great. It’s a small but near-perfectly formed set that’s surprisingly weighty, if a little restricted for display, but it’s easily one of the cutest sets out there right now.
Pokémon LEGO Eevee (72151) specifications
Pieces: 587
Price: $59.99 (€59.99, £54.99)
Dimensions: 7.5in (19cm) tall, 6in (15cm) wide, 8.5in (21 cm) deep
Bags: Six
Estimated build time: 75 to 90 minutes
The LEGO Eevee (72151) set is spread out across six bags: Eevee’s body, both front legs both rear legs, the tail, internal head construction, and finally, Eevee’s face and ears.
We’re now deep into the paper bag era, and while I’m happy for the reasons behind the switch from clear plastic bags, I’ll still never fully empty a bag of bricks the first time. With LEGO Eevee, it’s very important to double-check; there are barely any spare pieces, with a dozen or so left over at the end. Three packs don’t have any duplicates whatsoever.
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Hands on with LEGO Eevee (72151)
The build kicks off with Eevee’s petite body, which is tightly packed, but understandably so, given the size of the model’s head and tail. A tuft of fur at the front gives you an early idea of finishing touches, while the five socket blocks and neck ball are a sign of the steps to come.
By the end of the second and third bags, you feel like you’re getting ahead of yourself, as you’ve already completed all four legs, giving you an incomplete statue that wouldn’t look out of place in a toy version of the British Museum.
Once the legs are attached, LEGO Eevee’s stances are relatively limited. It has multi-point articulation, but there are only really two pairs of angles that work together for a standing pose. The shoulder fur sections are fiddly parts of the build, as too much pressure can skew the semicircular frames. Still, once the lower fur overhang is added, these look superb.
Perhaps the only real design flaw comes with the back legs. These are different enough from the front legs to stay interesting during the build — dew claws and all — but the light-brown slope curved 3×3 corner round pieces are slightly translucent, so the bright yellow underframe tile shows through the corners. It’s baffling that LEGO didn’t just use the same color throughout.
Bag four’s tail feels heavy — though not enough to tip the still-headless body — and it’s finished with a clever tail flick. It has five-directional horizontal positioning when it’s slotted in. On the home stretch, bag five is the head construction, and the most technical part of the build, similar to Mario’s noggin in the brilliant Super Mario and Standard Kart (72037) set from 2025.
LEGO saves the best till last in bag six, with a lovely little Easter egg: eight round 1×1 half-circle extended studs that represent Eevee’s potential evolutions, which are hidden in the head like a dormant virus waiting for the right stone to unleash it. The color choices are perfect, much like the double-stud bounty hunters hidden on the bridge in the LEGO Star Wars Executor Super Star Destroyer (75356) set.
The ears are the final touch, with four articulation points each. They may look flimsy, but they’re solid as a rock once you’ve put them together, even though the angled pieces might result in an unforced error or two on the final stretch.
Is LEGO Eevee (72152) for you?
The LEGO Pokémon Eevee (72151) set may be a quick build, and the final product may be smaller than you expect, but that doesn’t take away from the fun you’ll have building it. Those expecting a wide variety of poses may be disappointed, but it still offers enough flexibility to find a cute pose on any shelf.
As the entry-level set for the new range, LEGO Eevee is small but beautifully formed: a dense little model, with no real air gaps, making it the cutest but most expensive paperweight you could buy — and certainly looks like the most accurate LEGO recreation of a Pokémon from the first three builds.
