Sideshow Collectibles followed up its Snorlax Diorama with a considerably spookier scene. The newly unveiled Gengar Diorama brings together Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar in a single piece, timed to land alongside Pokemon's 30th anniversary celebrations.
Priced at $645 and available to pre-order now, the diorama trades the Snorlax piece's relaxed afternoon nap for a dead tree, swirling spectral mist, and three Ghost-type Pokemon clearly enjoying themselves at a trainer's expense.
Here's what's confirmed about the piece itself, its real dimensions, and when collectors should actually expect it to ship.
If you already own Sideshow's Snorlax piece, this diorama is designed to sit alongside it as a genuine companion display rather than a standalone one-off.
The Gengar Diorama centers on Gengar itself, lunging forward with its familiar wide grin, flanked by Gastly hovering above in a swirling purple gaseous aura and Haunter emerging from behind a twisted, gnarled dead tree. The base is built with realistic rock, moss, and bark textures, giving the three cartoonish character designs a grounded, naturalistic setting to contrast against.
Standing approximately 36.8 cm tall by 23.3 cm wide by 23.7 cm deep, roughly 14.5 by 9.2 by 9.3 inches, the piece is sized as a genuine display centerpiece rather than a small shelf accent.
Sideshow's earlier Snorlax Diorama leaned into a peaceful tone, showing Pikachu, Eevee, and other Pokemon relaxing beneath a large tree. The Gengar piece deliberately plays the opposite note, swapping daytime calm for a mischievous nighttime scare scene, while keeping the same basic diorama format of a central character surrounded by environmental detail and a smaller supporting cast.
Together, the two pieces read as intentional companions capturing two very different sides of the Pokemon world, which is a reasonable signal Sideshow plans to keep building out this diorama format with future releases.
At $645, the Gengar Diorama sits in premium statue territory, consistent with Sideshow's typical pricing for multi-character diorama pieces at this scale. Estimated shipping is listed as November 2027 through February 2028, a lead time collectors should plan around rather than treating as a rough guess.
That shipping window is long enough that pre-order funds will be tied up for well over a year before the piece actually arrives, which is worth factoring into any pre-order decision now.
Pokemon's 30th anniversary has brought a wave of nostalgia-driven releases across the franchise's various licensing partners, and Sideshow's ghost-type diorama fits that pattern by reimagining one of the franchise's most recognizable early-generation Pokemon lines in a premium collectible format rather than a simple reissue. Gengar in particular has long been a fan-favorite design, making it a reasonable pick to anchor a second diorama release.
Anniversary-timed premium pieces like this one also tend to draw interest from collectors who don't typically buy Sideshow statues, simply because of the milestone attached to the release.
Sideshow describes this as its own interpretation of regular Gengar rather than a new canonical in-game form, so collectors expecting an official new Pokemon design should adjust expectations accordingly. The appeal here is Sideshow's own stylized take on an existing, beloved character lineup, not a reveal tied to the games or anime themselves.
That distinction matters for anyone deciding whether this piece fits a collection built around official game assets versus one built around third-party premium interpretations.
Picking Gengar's full evolution line, rather than just the final-stage Pokemon alone, gives Sideshow a built-in narrative for the diorama's composition that a single-character piece wouldn't have. Showing Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar together lets the piece read as a small scene rather than just one character posed in isolation, which is consistent with how Sideshow approached the earlier Snorlax piece's own supporting cast.
That evolution-line structure also gives the diorama a natural visual hierarchy, with Gengar as the clear focal point and the other two stages supporting the composition around it, rather than three disconnected figures sharing a base.
At $645 with shipping well over a year out, this diorama is squarely aimed at collectors already comfortable with premium statue pricing and long pre-order windows, rather than casual Pokemon merchandise buyers. Sideshow's existing customer base for the Snorlax piece is a reasonable proxy for who's likely to back this one too, given the shared format and price tier.
Newer Pokemon collectors unfamiliar with Sideshow's typical release cadence should go in expecting the long wait as standard practice for this category, not an unusual delay specific to this piece.
$645.
Approximately 36.8 cm tall by 23.3 cm wide by 23.7 cm deep.
Sideshow's estimated window is November 2027 through February 2028.
No, Sideshow describes it as its own interpretation of regular Gengar.
A $645 three-character diorama like this one is worth planning display space for well before it ships. Start thinking now about an EVORETRO Acrylic Modular Case that can actually fit a piece this size once it arrives.
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