If you love classic Pokemon games and pixel art, you might have trouble deciding which of Mega’s officially licensed Pokemon buildable models to pick up during Target’s Black Friday sale. All six of the awesome Pokemon Retro Sets are on sale for only $17.49 each through Saturday. This nostalgic collection of building sets lets you make pixel art-inspired figures of some of the most beloved and recognizable Generation 1 Pokemon from the Kanto Region: Pikachu, Charmander, Squirtle, Bulbasaur Eevee, and Mew.
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The Pokemon Retro Sets have anywhere from 323 to 434 pieces, so you’re getting a lot of bang for your buck. If you’re a long-time Pokemon fan nostalgic for the days of battling static sprite-monsters on Game Boy, you should definitely check out the Retro series while it’s on sale. These would also make for great stocking stuffers for fans this holiday. A few of the Pokemon Retro Sets are marked as Target exclusives, but we haven’t seen any of them at other retailers since launch last year, so it sure seems like all of them are exclusives now.
As mentioned, all of the Pokemon are from Generation 1. You can piece sprites of all three original starters from Pokemon Red and Blue for Game Boy: Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Charmander. Series mascot and Pokemon Yellow starter Pikachu is obviously part of the set. The two most recent additions to the lineup, Mew and Eevee, released in August. Each Pokemon comes with a shelf display stand, but you can also mount your pixel art Pokemon to the wall in your game room. Each Pokemon is roughly six inches tall and is officially licensed by The Pokemon Company.
The pixel art designs of Mega’s retro Pokemon figures would probably look great on the shelf next to the new Super Mario World Lego set featuring pixel art depictions of Mario and Yoshi. Lego Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi released October 1 and is in stock at Target, Amazon, and the Lego Store.
One of Target’s other standout Mega Bloks deals taps into video game nostalgia, too. The officially licensed Xbox 360 building set is on sale for 50% off, dropping the price to only $75 (was $150). This Mega Showcase building set is exclusive to Target. The full build is 1,342 pieces and includes the console, controller, a Halo 3 game box and disc, and some very cool interactive features that Xbox and Halo fans will surely appreciate. It even comes packaged in a replica of the real box the console launched with back in 2005. It’s a fun build and a great display piece. The current $75 price is the best yet (previous low was $100).
While you’re looking at these retro-themed brick-building sets at Target, make sure you check out the retailer’s Lego deals, as there are some real gems to be found, especially if you like Star Wars. The Target-exclusive Invisible Hand Dreadnought is $20 off; Darth Vader’s helmet has received a rare 20% discount; and the 2,000-plus piece buildable Chewbacca figure is $60 off.