Lego Officially Announces Atari 2600 Set

The main component of the set is the life-size replica model of the console, but that’s not all. The 2532-piece kit will also include a joystick, three game cartridges, and a small diorama display for each of the games included. The cartridges, for Asteroids, Adventure, and Centipede, can actually be inserted into the console itself. There’s also a cartridge holder for when you’ve got one of the other games loaded in the consoole. To top it all off, there’s a vignette hidden inside the console of a child playing Asteroids on a big ol’ CRT television in their bedroom. This will be the second Lego set of a console to be released, after the Nintendo Entertainment System, and comes hot off the heels of the announcement of The Mighty Bowser a couple of weeks ago. The Lego Atari 2600 set will be available from 1st August and is priced at £210 / $240. You can read Lego’s official announcement here.