Review: 30730 Pokemon Trainer Supplies Polybag

 This is one of two new for 2026 Pokemon polybag releases.  I found it recently in Target.

Bag.  MSRP is $4.99, for a $0.09 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Parts.  Inverted Curved Slopes, Rounded Plates w/Stud on Side, Plates,

Curved Studless Slopes, Printed Round Tiles, Round Plates w/3 Short Leaves,

2x2 Dome, Large Minifig Heads, Eggshells, Tiles w/Studs on Ends, Hinge

Plates, Clip Plates, Round Plates, Curved Cheese Slopes, Bricks, Travis

Bricks, Inkwells, Round Plates w/Flower Edge, 1x1 Domes, Double Curved

Slopes, Baby D Snots, Round Plates w/3 Long Leaves, Minifig Ice Cream,

Minifig Head, and Grass Tufts.  (Turns out I missed a piece when I was

dumping out the bag.   There's a second White Curved Cheese Slope.)

Build.  Three 1 Hit pieces of Cover, and two Stations.  

The Questions:

Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Below.  (+5)

   (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +20 (A+).  There's some interesting colors and parts here -- I think those Rounded Plates w/Stud on Side are going to be put to lots of uses -- but ultimately it's a parts pack rather than a starter kit.

Review: Mega Bloks HKT10 Pokemon Rookidee

Let's do another Series 17 Pokeball review.  Once again there's only a listing on the Canadian site.  I'll be honest, I only bought this because it looked like it had some interesting parts.

Box.  MSRP is $8.99 for a $0.41 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Parts.  Printed Dome, 3/4 Dome, Wings, Double Sided Half Circle Brick

w/Ball Joint Cutout, Tile w/Stud, Plate, Double Slope w/Cutout, Claw

Pieces, Double Sided Bar Studs, Round Plate w/Bar Holder, Apollo Stud,

"Ear" Insert, Double Sided Round Bricks w/Bar Hole, Tail, and Plate.

Build.  It's fairly stable once you adjust the claws to compensate for the tail.

 

Size Comparison.  This one is pretty compact.

The Questions:

Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Above.  (-10)  (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  No.  (-5)
Score: -5 (B-).  It has some neat bits but, UGH, that Price per Piece.

Review: Mega Bloks HKT14 Pokemon Combee

Let's do a Series 17 Pokeball review.  Once again there's only a listing on the Canadian site.  I'll be honest, I only bought this because it looked like it had some interesting parts.

Box.  MSRP is $8.99 for a $0.26 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Parts.  Hexagonal Plates, Plate, Double Sided Plate, Printed Small

Domes w/Hole, Small Domes, Printed Small Dome, Round Plates, Double

Sided Half Round Plates, Dome, Jumper, Antenna, Brackets, Apollo Studs,

Transparent Bar, Wings, and Double Sided Round Bricks w/Hole.

Build.  I think it looks neat and it has a few mounting

points for Systems.  It will need a base though.

 

Size Comparison.  As you can see it has some volume.

The Questions:

Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Above.  (-10)  (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  No.  (-5)
Score: -5 (B-).  I'd get this for the Hexagonal Plates alone.  The antenna are neat also, too bad they're Mega Bloks bar diameter.  I may possibly like the build enough to track down more to put together a squad.

Review: Mega Bloks HKT19 Pokemon Zubat's Midnight Flight

I found this sitting on an endcap in the Toy section of Walmart with other Clearance toys but it didn't have a Clearance tag on it.  I'm glad I scanned it because I got a decent discount on the set.  Also, with this review I have equaled the number of Mega Bloks reviews I did last year.  Onward and upward!

Box.  MSRP is $10.99 for a $0.18 Price per Piece.  I paid $7.00 at Walmart for a $0.12 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Parts 1.  This is incorporated into the packaging.  Gear Brick.

Parts 2.  Plates, Wedge Plate, Tile w/Hole and Studs on Edges, Tooth Plates, Axle,

Axle/Pin w/Stop, 1/2 Bars w/Stop, Hinge Brick (2 Plates tall), Studless Slopes,

Wedge Tile, Corrugated Brick, Slopes, Bricks, Cheese Slopes, and Bent Bar Holder.

Parts 3.  Wings, Printed Curved Slope, Tooth Plates (I inverted them

so you could see the coloring.), Curved Slope, Round Tile w/Bar

Hole, Round Tile, Double-Sided Ball Joint Plate, Half Circle

Plates, Bar Ball Joints, Double-Sided Bar Plates, Double-Sided

Half Circle Plate, and Double-Sided Half Circle Ball Joint Plate.

Parts 4.  These are in a bag inside of the second parts bag.

Pointed Bars (rubber, not plastic), and Bar Connectors.

Build.  The base is a 1 Hit piece of Cover -- 3 to destroy -- and the Frame really

needs feet.  It is super posable though and that makes it really expressive.

The Questions:
Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Above.  (-10) (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +5 (B+).  A really fun Pokemon and terrain in one set, not bad.  Shame about the price though.

Review: Mega Bloks HHL16 Pokemon Totodile

Let's do another Series 16 Pokeball review.  Once again there's only a listing on the Canadian site.

Box.  MSRP is $8.99 for a $0.30 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Parts.  Head, Jaw, Tile w/Studs, Printed Oval Dome, Double Sided

Ball Joint Plates, Printed Double Curve Slope w/2 Studs, Tile, Tile

w/Stud, Printed Wedges w/Cutout, Double Sided Plate, Curved Slope 

w/Ball Joint Receptacle, Ball Joint Plate, Tile w/Fin, Plate, Bar Ball Joint,

Cylinder Ball Joints, Round Plate, Barb, and Round Brick w/Bar Hole.

Build.  

Size Comparison.

 

The Questions:

Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Above.  (-10)  (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  No.  (-5)
Score: -5 (B-).  That head design is a good deal smaller than the Ninjago dragon ones and would probably fit well on a MFZ:RA frame design.

Review: Mega Bloks HHL18 Pokemon Ledbya

Let's do a Series 16 Pokeball review.  For some reason there's only a listing on the Canadian Mega Bloks page.  I bought this because it looked neat.

Box.  MSRP is $8.99 for a $0.23 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Parts.  Printed Domes, Tiles w/Studs, Tile, Jumpers, Printed Half Domes, Double Sided Half Round Brick, Dome, Double Sided Ball Joint Plates, Ball Joint Plates, Double Sided Round Plates, Domes w/Bar Holes, Double Sided Round Bricks w/Bar Hole, Round Tiles, Horns, and Bar Ball Joints.

Build.  Getting this to stand took a little work so it might require a base.

Size Comparison.

 

The Questions:

Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Above.  (-10)  (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  No.  (-5)
Score: -5 (B-).  I think I need to find more of these.  That price though!

Review: Mega Bloks GYG82 Pokemon Goldeen

A brand new Series 14 Pokeball review to finish out the week.  It's so new -- "How new is it?" -- it doesn't even have a listing on the official Mega Construx Pokemon pages.  Even though another set from the same release does.  I grabbed it because it had some interesting colors/pieces and it was the only one of its kind on the shelf.

Box.  MSRP is $6.99 for a $0.26 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Parts 1.  Those Fin pieces are rubber and have a bit of an odd texture 

when you're used to hard plastic.  The Horn is rubber as well.  That

Long Bar Ball Joint is nice, as are the Half Circle Tooth Plates.

Parts 2.  Double Sided Plate, Tile, Double Sided Half Cylinder w/Ball

 Joint Socket, Apollo Studs, Mini Bars, Double Ended Round Brick w/

Bar Hole, Macaroni Bar Connector, Apollo Stud w/4 Bars, and T Bar.

Build.  It's going to need a base if you want to use it in a

game.  Attaching Systems might be a little difficult as well.

Size Comparison.  It takes up a pretty decent amount of space. 
 

The Questions:

Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Above.  (-10)  (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  No.  (-5)
Score: -5 (B-).  I think it'd be fun to see a squad of these on the table for a game.

Purity: Mega Bloks FVK68 Pokemon Brionne Review

It seems like 5Below has switched to carrying Mega Bloks and other clone brick sets over Lego.  It kinda sucks as they were a good source of polybags but it's also good because we get Mega Bloks sets at an affordable price.

Box.  MSRP was $9.99 for a $0.13 Price per Piece.  I

purchased this at 5Below for $5.00 which is a $0.06 PpP.

Instructions.

Parts 1.  Angled Plates, Half Spheres, Plates, Wedge Plates, Slopes, Round Bricks, Brick, Tiles w/Bar Up, Jumpers, Large Jumper, and 1x3 Slope w/Bar Hole.

Parts 2.  Leaf Canopy, Leaves, Domes, Half Round Plate,

Round Tile, Half Round Double Sided Plate, Half Round

Double Sided Ball Joint Plate, Half Round Ball Joint Plate,

Half Round Plate, Ball Joint Plates, and Ball Joint Sockets.

Parts 3.  Half Domes, Wedge Studless Slopes, 1x1 Domes, Round Double

Sided Studless Plate, Round Tiles, Double Sided Studs, Round Plates,

Connectors (These are like Round Bricks but open at each end with axle holders

inside) Round Plate w/Bar, Bar w/Stop, Bar/Bar Holder, Elbow Bar, and Plates.

Parts 4.  Flippers, Printed Dome, Round Plate w/Bar

Underneath, Double Sided Round Plate, Rubber Flanged

Piece, Tree Trunk Bricks, Round Tooth Plates, and Cone.

Build.  Frame, Pokeball, and 1 Hit piece of Cover.

The Questions:
Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away? Yes. (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio? Above. (-10) (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away? Yes. (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts? Yes. (+5)
Score: +5 (B+).  It's a nice set but I feel like you need two copies to build anything worthwhile.  Score on the 5Below price is +20 (A+).

Purity: Mega Bloks GJC33 Detective Pikachu Lickitung Review

This is one of the six(?) sets made for the Pokemon Detective Pikachu movie.  These have now moved to secondary stores like 5Below, which is where I purchased this.

Box.  MSRP was $9.99.  Which gives a $0.12 Price

per Piece.  I paid $5.00 for a $0.06 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Parts 1.  Angled Plates, Tiles, Plates, Bar/Bar Holders, Double

Sided Studs, Studless Slopes, Rounded Cheese Slopes, Bar

Plates, Brackets, Bar/Ball Joints, and Round Bricks.

Parts 2.  Tongue, Dome, Oval Dome, Printed Half Domes,

Half Dome, Printed Studless Slopes, Brackets, Printed

1x1 Dome, and Modified Double Sided Studs w/Feet.

Parts 3.  Oval Half Spheres, Half Round Plates, Half Double Sided Round

Bricks w/Ball Joint Receptacle, Double Sided Ball Joint Plate, Ball Joint

Plates, Double Sided Plates, 1x1 Rounded Cone w/Bar Hole, and Brackets.

Build.  Frame.

The Questions:

Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Below.  (+5)  (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +20 (A+).  Plenty of useful parts in an uncommon color.  Score for the original price is +5 (B+).