The Atari 2600 gets the Lego treatment. The Danish toy company’s latest model is based on the 1980 revision of the iconic console, rather than its 1977 debut, and consists of a measly 2,532 pieces (which seems like a missed opportunity to offer 2,600, but digress). It will be available on August 1 for $239.99 and coincides with Atari’s 50th anniversary.
The set’s release comes just over two years after Lego did a similarly loving re-creation of Nintendo’s classic NES console. But while the Lego Nintendo console included both the buildable console itself and an accompanying CRT TV, the Atari model is more self-contained; it has the console itself as well as a controller with a detachable joystick. Fantastically, the console also opens up to reveal a diorama of an 1980s living room.
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And yes, Lego cartridges work in the Lego console.
The set also includes three game cartridges based on the classic games Asteroids, Adventure and Centipede, which can be inserted into the Lego console itself. Finally, three outdoor dioramas show block-by-block recreations of the games. The set’s existence was previously reported by German Lego fansite Promobricks.
“The Atari 2600 was one of the most memorable gifts I received as a child,” Lego designer Chris McVeigh said in a press statement. “That’s why it was such an amazing experience to bring two icons, Atari and Lego, together in this great set. We hope building this classic console takes you back to those halcyon days when a handful of pixels meant a world of adventure.”
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