Good morning, Harrison and Mr. 1537! One of you will remember these from the 80s and one of you will not! Still you must agree, pricetag aside, this is a pretty beautiful Lego set. The Atari 2600 is coming August 1 for $240 USD (ouch)! The dimensions closely match that of the original console. It comes with three iconic cartridges made of Lego, three mini dioramas representing art for these video games, and a little shelf to store the cartridges. The front of the console opens up to reveal another mini diorama, of a kid playing Asteroids in their bedroom. It even comes with an incredible joystick made of Lego.
You can insert a cartridge into the console, flip the switches, and plug in the joystick. If it wasn’t for the price, I’d want this in a heartbeat. Check this video by Balazs from Racing Brick for a detailed preview.
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Cool? Yes
A nice display piece? Yes
Fun? Yes
Expensive? Sadly yes.
Something I want/need? No
My connection to game consoles began with the NES, but I wouldn’t bother with a Lego version because I can go to my grandmother’s place to see the real thing.
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Just get a real Atari 2600 for that price.
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We still have ours with all the games we had.
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I probably could, not that I’d want to.
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Best video game system ever. How many 40 year old tech items still run like a charm?
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Couldn’t rightly say.
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I want a real Atari 2600. I had one as a kid and loved it.
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We need a big old fat style TV to plug into. That’s the other side of the challenge.
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Yeah, don’t have one of those either.
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What about the Intellivision?
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They have those awful disc controllers. Great games bad controller.
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Nope, never had that one.
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His GRANDMOTHER’S PLACE to see the real thing!
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Is there an issue with that?
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Yeah! Is your grandmother my age? Those are from my youth!
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Rest easy. My grandmother is of a much higher vintage than you. She’s got twenty-something years on you.
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Flashback for sure…. is the one u bought an original? I never played video games except at the arcade and my parents one year for Xmas bought us Collecovision for the family
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Mine is a 1984 original with 6 switches! The superior model!
Colecovision was bad ass!
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So cool, but I want a real one!!
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Whenever I get ours up and running I’ll film a video.
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They all have white hair, except Picard!
Sent from my iPad
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