Get ready to be catapulted back to the 90s. Lego has officially released its new Lego Game Boy set – and yes, it’s exactly how you’d imagine it.
This is a 421-piece set that can be constructed to create a faithful replica of a Game Boy, complete with Game Pak cartridges for Super Mario Land and The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening. Yes, those cartridges can be slotted into the back of the Game Boy, just like you remember.
The only fly in the ointment is that, unlike other models, this isn’t actually a working Game Boy (boo) but the screen does come with lenticular images that will show you different scenes depending on the angle the screen is viewed at.
Although there’s no Tetris-themed image, there is an option of three other ones to pick from: the original Game Boy Nintendo loading screen, or gameplay images from one of the two games included (the Zelda one shows Link and Marin together).
There scale is pretty much 1:1, and the set looks unbelievably accurate. There’s a D-pad, as well as Start and Select buttons, and volume dials on the sides. Lego also seem to have recreated the iconic fuchsia A and B buttons that slot perfectly into the rest of the frame, and the text seems to have been printed directly onto the bricks, which means no pesky stickers. Plus, the original Game Boy’s curved edges appear to have been faithfully recreated.
There’s even a headphone jack on the bottom of the console, though this can be clipped into the stand that the Lego Game Boy rests on.
Unsurprisingly, given the people who actually remember owning a Game Boy, the set also has an 18+ age recommendation, making it firmly an adult collectible. Lego has gone one step further on the nostalgia train too, recreating the original Game Boy advertisement completely in Lego as part of the product announcement.
“I'm feeling very old watching this spot,” a commenter remarked.
The set itself isn’t out for a few months: it releases on October 1, and can be preordered on Amazon or at the Lego Store for £54.99.
