SMART Play: Charmander and Geodude's Cavern Clash
A rock-opening lever and Geodude's disc shooter lead the action.
- Pieces
- 198
- Age
- 6+
- US release
- August 1, 2026
Display size: Charmander: over 7 cm high, 6 cm wide and 7 cm deep.
Is this the set for you?
Choose Cavern Clash for a compact cave encounter with clear physical actions: reveal a crystal, swivel Geodude and dodge its disc shooter. Its 6+ age mark does not make it a complete SMART starter; the responsive layer still requires separately owned hardware.
A good fit for: Owners adding a compact action scene for a builder aged 6+ who likes levers and projectiles.
The cave supplies a sequence to play through
Charmander explores for treasure and encounters Geodude. A lever breaks a rock apart to uncover a crystal, while Geodude swivels, uses its large fists and fires a disc shooter. Those mechanisms give a child a physical task and obstacle, even before considering the responsive lights and sounds.
A smaller action scene or a larger search?
At 198 pieces and age 6+, this is the compact cave option. Mew's Drone Search 72161, rated 8+, builds the search around a drone dropping berries to knock down a wall. Choose the cave for the rock lever and direct projectile encounter; choose Mew for the target-drop search and reveal. Their small-piece mechanisms matter more to that choice than the general promise of Pokémon battles.
The starter requirement still applies
Charmander and Geodude contain SMART Tags, with a compatible SMART Brick from an All-in-One set needed for responsive sounds and lights. No brick or charger is included. Older bricks need the Pokémon firmware update. Charmander measures over 7 cm high, 6 cm wide and 7 cm deep; that is the figure, not the entire cave. The US, UK, Germany, France, Poland and Australia are the announced launch markets; Canada is outside the rollout.