Poké Lids - The manhole covers scattered around Japan

These lids are always fun.

I’m just adding another article/interview for those interested.

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First day here and I already found a great thread!

Unfortunately, the site I would normally buy these from deactivated the product’s page recently. I don’t think we’ll be getting anything new, or any restocks, anytime soon.

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Not as good as official products, but you can download the coloring book PDFs from the Poke Lids site. Good workaround for those lids that will probably never get any products. Okinawa also has a Corsola one :smiling_face_with_tear:

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With all the Poké Lid designs available on the website as relatively high quality graphics it is also relatively easy to turn them into 3D models which can then e.g. be printed via a resin 3D printer and then painted afterwards - which is probably the next best thing after owning an official model.
That’s how I made my unoffical Wailord Poké Lid replicas you can see in the picture here (with the larger Wailord pokelid not being printed but machined from Aluminium):

Or this Umbreon STL I made for a friend:

Now I’m really not deep in the 3D printing community; in fact I don’t own a printer myself but if you look online you can actually find 3D models for a couple of designs on big model hosting websites.

Edit: By the way, if anyone wants the .STL, .DXF or .STEP files I have no problem sharing; I’d attach them to the post but the fourum doesnt allow those file types

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These are so cool!! Great thread!

I know some people that play PokemonGO that try to collect the lids because they are usually a Pokestop in game and have a picture of it. I think I’ve randomly got a few gifts from Pokestops that are the lids. Cool to see!

Edit: Found a couple of the ones I have saved in PokemonGO


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These are so cool, wish we had fun stuff like this in the US.

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Today five more Poké Lids were installed in the Gifu prefecture:





with the individual manhole covers situated in the cities of Kakamigahara, Gero, Seki, Sekigahara and Takayama respectively.

As with previous Poké Lids the pokemon are not chosen randomly, the Barboach and Whiscash Poké Lid for example is positioned near one of the world’s largest dedicated freshwater aquariums and the Kingambut and Pawniard Lid is located in the city of Sekihagara, which is the location of one the most important battles of Japan’s Warring States period.

The exact locations can be found on the Poké Lid website.


edit: corrected link and added map screenshot

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To commemorate the grand opening of the Nintendo Museum in Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture on October 2nd 2024 a Pikachu and Game Boy themed Poké Lid was installed and unveiled today by the Nintendo Co, representative director and president Shuntaro Furukawa (left) and the Pokémon Company representative director and COO Takato Utsunomiya (right) in front of the museum.



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I will update this post with a location when the Poké Lid appears on the official Poké Lid site.

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I got very lucky recently and was able to purchase a complete set of the Pokélids postcards. Here’s all 159 postcards in all their glory with a set list at the bottom for any future collectors of this set.



































Pokélids Postcards Set

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Thats awesome! Where did you find a set like this? and was it costly? I love the look of the lids so itd be cool to find a set.

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I found the listing on Mercari and paid about 40,000 yen, so around $250 at that time. $1.57 per postcard was a steal in my opinion, especially since I don’t think they’ll be releasing any more new ones or reprints

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These are absolutely beautiful! Thanks for sharing. I love the variety of pokemon that are found on these.

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These look really great all together! They are on of my favorite non TCG items. Congratulations on adding them to your collection.

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The Game Boy Poké Lid was illustrated by Megumi Mizutani

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Today five new Poké Lids were unvealed in Fukui prefecture. With Dragonite bring Fukui prefecture’s “support” pokémon.

With these five newly revealed Lids, Fukui prefecture now boasts a total of eleven dragonite themed manhole covers, the locations of are as follows:

Poké Lid locations are chosen near scenic spots or landmarks like e.g. Ōno castle in order to boost tourism in the region.

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New Poké Lids for Fukushima and Shimane prefectures were revealed today.

Since Fukushima prefecture has Chansey as its ambadassorial “support pokémon” all of its Poké Lid designs feature it.

Fukushima:

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Shimane:

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These are the first Poké Lids installed in Shimane Prefecture.

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Wow, japan is going hard on the pokelids. Is there a theme for Shimane? Seems like pairs or buddies but nothing too obvious.

Chansey Pokélids (illus. Saya Tsuruta)

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