Pokemon fans are some of the most creative of any fandom when it comes to tribute art. Fans of the long-running franchise have created countless works, from creative new evolutions to hand-drawn portraits to famous regions. Now, one Pokemon fan is going viral for their mesmerizing time lapse video of a Pikachu made entirely out of LEGO.
2021 is a massive year for the long-running Pokemon franchise. In addition to seeing the release of the highly anticipated Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl later this year, Pokemon as a whole is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Additionally, the ultra popular Pokemon GO is celebrating its fifth anniversary right now, offering players an assortment of unique offerings, like the 5-shaped balloon flying Pikachu.
Comments on the time lapse video have been near-universally positive, with many Pokemon fans lauding the builder for his creation. Many fans praised this specific version of Pikachu, which is the Pokemon’s earlier design, lovingly dubbed “fat Pikachu.” Bigbudlego reveals the build took a whopping 2,483 bricks, and was made possible by using an online database called brickerbuilds.com. Unlike the LEGO versions of the Sinnoh region starters that dominated the same subreddit last week, this LEGO Pikachu is actually built to-scale, being that Pikachu is 16 inches tall in canon.
Pokemon fan art has been rampant across Reddit recently. On top of the various LEGO builds, another Pokemon fan’s video has gone viral on the site as well, although in a different medium. An artist going by the handle fatcapsprays made headlines for their incredible spray paint portrait of Zapdos, garnering nearly 16 thousand upvotes. The artist uses a technique to give the Legendary Pokemon a neon sign-like appearance. Despite the initial Pokemon craze happening a quarter-century ago, the franchise and fandom are as popular and strong as ever.
Fans interested in creating a LEGO Pikachu of their own can get the schematics from the aforementioned website. Now if only there were instructions on how to build a real-life Pikachu car, because that would certainly be something.
