LEGO's new Rayquaza set comes with the first-ever official Pokémon minifigure
Three big LEGO Pokémon sets drop in August: Rayquaza, Arcanine, and Munchlax. The Rayquaza set includes Zinnia, the first official Pokémon minifigure ever, part of a 15-set same-day 30th-anniversary drop.
LEGO dropped three large Pokémon sets on August 1, and one of them makes history in a small way: it comes with the first official Pokémon minifigure LEGO has ever made.
The three display-style builds are Rayquaza, Arcanine, and Munchlax, all part of Pokémon’s 30th-anniversary year.
They landed on an absurdly crowded day. August 1 saw 15 LEGO Pokémon sets release at once, counting a dozen previously revealed Smart Brick sets.
The three big LEGO Pokémon sets
Rayquaza is the centerpiece. The Dragon/Flying-type sits atop a cloud-wrapped tower, 1,083 pieces, $129.99. It’s the one with the minifigure.
Arcanine is the biggest of the three by piece count at 1,190 pieces. Munchlax is the smallest and cheapest at 757 pieces and $79.99, complete with a tree stump and LEGO apple cores.
All three are build-and-display sets, rated 18+, with no interactive Smart Brick elements. They’re aimed at the adult-collector shelf, same as the earlier Eevee set.
Zinnia is the first official Pokémon LEGO minifigure
The real collector hook is the little one.
The Rayquaza set includes Zinnia, the Draconid trainer from Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, and she’s the first official Pokémon minifigure LEGO has produced. She comes with an Ultra Ball.
Zinnia is a deep-cut choice. She’s not Ash, not a gym leader everyone knows, she’s a supporting character tied specifically to Rayquaza’s lore, which is why she makes sense bundled with this exact set. For a franchise this big, the first-ever minifigure being a relatively obscure trainer rather than a marquee name is a genuinely interesting call.
LEGO Pokémon is having a moment, and so are the scalpers
This is the same collectible-shelf frenzy playing out across the hobby right now.
LEGO’s Pokémon line has expanded fast, and demand for these sets runs hot, which means the same bot-and-scalper problem hitting Pokémon cards, Lorcana drops, and every other hyped collectible is a real risk here too. A limited display set with a first-ever minifigure is exactly the kind of thing resellers target.
There’s more coming, as well. Two additional sets, an Up-Scaled Red Minifigure and a roughly $300 Iconic Trainer Moments Poké Ball with custom Pikachu and Eevee figures, are slated for October 1.
The Rayquaza tower is the shelf-piece. Zinnia is the first of what will surely be many minifigures. And somewhere, a bot is already trying to buy all of them.
Article compiled and edited by Derek Gibbs (entertainment editor) and the Clownfish TV newsroom.
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Hat Tips:
TheGamer (July 2026), verified for the August 1 release of the Arcanine, Rayquaza, and Munchlax sets, the piece counts (Arcanine 1,190, Rayquaza 1,083, Munchlax 757), the Munchlax $79.99 price and tree-stump design, the 15-sets-same-day total, and the October 1 sets
Nintendo Life (July 7, 2026), verified for the official reveal, the Rayquaza $129.99 and Munchlax pricing, the set numbers, and the October Up-Scaled Red Minifigure and roughly $300 Poké Ball set
GameRant (July 2026), verified for Zinnia being the first official Pokémon minifigure, her inclusion with the Rayquaza set, the Ultra Ball, and her Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire origin
Brickipedia (2026), verified for the Rayquaza set number 72168, the $129.99 price, the August 1, 2026 release, the 18+ rating, and the Zinnia minifigure