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LEGO’s 1:1 Scale Gameboy is a Buildable Nostalgia Trip

For many of us in the early 90s, the Nintendo Gameboy was the ultimate portable game machine, and its iconic grey blocky form became an overnight sensation.

LEGO is bringing that original nostalgia back with a 1:1 scale buildable Gameboy, and they’ve nailed the form factor to a T.

A person smiling while holding a retro handheld game console, preparing to insert a game cartridge into it, surrounded by colorful stationery and bowls on a tabletop.
The 421-piece set includes buildable Game Paks that slot into the device.
A vintage Nintendo Game Boy console with two game cartridges, one featuring 'The Legend of Zelda' and another showing a colorful game cover, placed on a wooden table.
With the same form factor, button color and black and white ‘screen’, this is an excellent brick replica of the original Gameboy.
A person holding a Nintendo Game Boy game cartridge with the label 'Super Mario Land' while inserting it into a Game Boy console, with another cartridge for 'The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening' displayed on a stand.

Lest you think this is a fully playable video game system, LEGO reminds you that this is purely battery-free, instead offering charming lenticular screens that you can swap out, giving the illusion of a working device.

The black and white lenticular screen inserts give rudimentary motion to the screen, completing the vintage vibe, while remaining entirely non-playable.

A LEGO buildable model of a Nintendo Game Boy with a lenticular screen and game cartridges displayed beside it.

This seems like the perfect gift for video game fans and lovers of 80s and 90s nostalgia.

Complete with a stand to show off the Gameboy, the set is available for pre-order for $59. Ships in October.

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  1. LEGO BOY – Más Cipolletti

    […] Todavía tengo el Game Boy original desde 1989: está sentado en una mesa cerca del lugar donde escribo esto. Jugué mucho tetris en esta cosa … (Cross Musgo y dientes)) […]

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