I love the wide variety of colored pieces that stay hidden inside this set. I also really liked the the ways the sections fit together as I have never built a set that used these type of connections as far as the Pikachu is concerned. Went together pretty quickly and is now the star on the shelf its displayed on!

So I was reading the reviews to see if I should buy this set and , half of the reviews said it fell apart if you look at it the wrong way (Well not really but that's the jest of it). So I had to buy the set to see if these reviews were valid or just trolls, (They were trolls) and I'm so glad that did cues' this set is AMAZING!!! I love it so much, the only down side is that it took me 7 hours to build but I think that's just me, anyways the build is really well made and, only a few joints were loose meanly the foot. The head is so cute and its my favorite part.

I really enjoyed building this set, however I did think there were some design flaws. It was a pain to have to balance Pikachu when the stand was not built until after. When assembling the full body, the back, neck and feet came off and had to be re-assembled. The toes were not too stable either which I was not a fan of.

The build is normal and it's wonderful to see Pikachu come together piece by piece... Until the pieces fall off! I wanted to love this set, and I do, but the design is seriously lacking stability. The feet and arms will fall apart with the slightest touches in the wrong spot. I've had to resort to super gluing the pieces to together to stop the frustration. The balance is off terribly; even with the stand, it's still delicate. Feels unstable in any position. Ultimately, the set gets an A plus for satisfying the nostalgia, but a C for execution. I still recommend, but buy some glue if you don't want to reassemble the same section repeatedly.

I was excited that LEGO had attained the right to make sets for Pokémon because of the wealth of material they had to work with. But my excitement dropped even time I had to put the eyes or arms or legs or tail back together. The Pikachu assembly itself was extremely fragile with large pieces being held on by a single attachment point. I was so happy when the Pikachu was done so I could set it on the other side of the room (gently) and work on the sturdier base. I will say out of hundreds of sets I've built it's one of very few with this issue.

I am a huge Lego and pokemon fan so I was extremely excited to see Lego gain the rights to make these sets. Unfortunately, the execution is lacking. The build doesn't feel solid and the various pieces keep coming apart. I'm afraid to sneeze near the completed build for fear that things will just pop off. A number of bricks are held in with one or two studs contributing to the models weakness. I'd recommend building and putting it in a case shielded away from anything that may shake it or jostle it. Lego may have missed the mark here - I'm worried about the larger, more expensive kit now.

This is a super basic build that falls apart from the slightest nudge. I didn't pay full price and still sort of regret buying it. Not worth the price tag. I've built 6+ years old sets that were more entertaining.

Pokeball and stand are fantastic, good to see the pokemon line join LEGO

Out of all my sets, this is my least favorite. Looks pretty cool when done, but I'm afraid to touch it because it looks like it's going to fall apart, super fragile. I liked building the stand more than Pikachu himself.

At a certain point the legs kept falling off and and arms too. Not the most sturdy build.