Lego quietly started the method of retiring its Atari 2600 constructing set late final yr. Quick ahead to March, and the nostalgic 2,532-piece show mannequin is now offered out in any respect main retailers aside from one. Over at Amazon, you possibly can get the Atari 2600 for its regular $240 MSRP. Like different retailers, Amazon ran out of models final yr, however generally the retailer randomly restocks retired Lego units. That is a type of instances.
Contemplating that the Lego Atari acquired quite a few $50 to $100 reductions all through its two-plus yr lifecycle, the $240 worth might sound a bit excessive. That mentioned, resellers on Amazon and Walmart have lately began itemizing the retired set for upwards of $300. There’s an opportunity that $240 will sound like a deal within the coming months.
It is a nice set for knowledgeable builders. As soon as you have assembled it, you may have a reproduction console with functioning switches, a brick-constructed Atari joystick designed to maneuver like the unique controller, and even a number of cartridges to show.
It is value declaring that that is an Atari console in appears solely, however the different retro shock features a hidden gaming room straight out of the ’80s. This a small diorama and contains small particulars like a retro landline cellphone, TV, posters, and a growth field.
The buildable cartridges are additionally based mostly on actual video games like Asteroids, Centipede, and Journey. The cartridges could be saved in a case and constructed into mini 3D vignette variations of the video games. Lastly, the console features a change to toggle for colour or black-and-white tv units.
In the intervening time, the Atari 2600 is essentially the most inexpensive of Lego’s retro online game {hardware} units. The Nintendo Entertainment System and Pac-Man Arcade kits very not often budge from their $270 worth points–and the NES is usually offered out. Lego is including to its gaming {hardware} lineup later this yr with a constructing set recreating the unique Sport Boy. The upcoming Sport Boy Lego set is rumored to launch in October with a $60 MSRP.
Lego Gaming {Hardware} Units
It is also value noting that Mega Bloks created an formally licensed Xbox 360 Collector Constructing Set. The 1,342-piece package is unique to Goal.