A creative Pokemon fan is making waves online with their impressively crafted custom Poke Balls, featuring designs modeled after three classic Pokemon characters including Machop, Voltorb, and Elekid. While the trio of specialized Pokemon-catching devices don't have actual Pokemon in them, they have caught something else — the eyes and attention of hundreds of Pokemon fans.
Arguably the most identifiable piece of iconography in terms of the entire Pokemon franchise, Poke Balls are the virtually sole means of which Trainers can catch and store Pokemon. The series has developed quite a number of variants over the years, with the current count sitting at 27. Some types of Poke Balls in the Pokemon games can be more useful than others, but these custom-designed ones are creating calls for ones specific to the Pokemon within.
The triad of highly-detailed custom Poke Balls comes from a Reddit user with the handle of threerobots, who posted their impressive creations to one of the site's major Pokemon pages. Entirely designed and printed by the poster, each of the Poke Balls boast impressive features that make the Pokemon inspiration easy to identify. The Machop Poke Ball features Machop's three head ridges, its blue skin, and a red light around the button for its eyes. Voltorb's features a slightly darker color scheme, opting for a scarlet and gray finish, with its iconic angry brow featured on the top.
The third and final custom Poke Ball is the one modeled after Elekid, which has a gold finish, lightning bolt symbols around its bottom, and a massive plug jutting from its top. The Pokemon-specific designs are clearly a hit with other fans of the franchise, as the post racking up nearly 1,000 upvotes at the time of writing. Although there likely wouldn't be any best use cases for these Poke Balls in a game, the numerous aesthetically-pleasing design possibilities is leading to a growing number of fans that would like to see a similar feature implemented in a future installment.
Although these specific designs are new, the custom Machop, Voltorb, and Elekid Poke Balls are actually the second batch from threerobots. A few weeks ago, the same creator made headlines for designing another incredible set of Poke Balls based on Blastoise, Koffing, and Porygon. Also taking the most iconic design elements from each Pokemon like the set above, the creator incorporate's Blastoise's water cannons, Koffing's toxic protrusions, and Porygon's polygonal appearance to make equally impressive creations to the ones above.
The specialized nature Poke Balls can have is part of what makes them special and such an iconic component of the franchise as a whole. Competitors like Palworld's variant-lacking Pal Spheres only help to
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