Lego’s Smart Play Pokémon can train and battle, but don’t do the one thing I wish they could

Some of the sets’ props are drawn directly from the games, others are more… unexpected. When Lego announced its tech-packed Smart Bricks at CES, we were impressed by the potential – enough to give it our Best in Show award. But when the first Star Wars sets actually launched in March, we were less enamored. All that promise of clever interaction and creative play ultimately boiled down to a few voice barks and flashing lights, with the smartest features we’d seen at CES nowhere to be found. Today, Lego announced the second generation, with 12 new sets launching this summer, promising Pok&…