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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday July 15 2020, @08:23PM   Printer-friendly
from the Take-my-money! dept.

Lego and Nintendo have teamed up to create a new NES Lego kit. The $US229 kit will let you build your very own Lego NES console and old CRT TV (with stand!). Even better, the kit has a mechanical winch that scrolls the game across the screen.

From TFA:

The set includes an NES console with one controller, along with a game cartridge that fits into the cartridge slot, just like the real thing. While that's pretty neat, I'm more impressed with the little retro TV set, inside of which is part of a level from Super Mario Brothers. As you turn a handle on the side of the TV, the level scrolls by, with Mario jumping over the obstacles in 8-bit glory, bouncing on Koopas and collecting power-ups as he goes. Not only does it look totally awesome, it also appears to use some really interesting building techniques that go to show how far Lego's construction methods have come since the sets of my childhood all those decades ago.

The kit goes on sale from the 1st of August


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  • (Score: 2) by rob_on_earth on Thursday July 16 2020, @10:48AM (1 child)

    by rob_on_earth (5485) on Thursday July 16 2020, @10:48AM (#1022353) Homepage

    If you check out the product video at the bottom of the Lego product page, you will see Mario is funnelled to the path of least resistance as you scroll the level.

    Still looks cool!

    Also not sure if the sound generating big Mario is in anyway connected to what is happening on the scrolling screen.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 16 2020, @01:25PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 16 2020, @01:25PM (#1022388)

    Wow, that's better than I had assumed looking at it, I thought he just sat in one place, the fact that he "jumps" as you crank the thing makes me want it more.

    But that price point is way higher than I can afford right now, stupid pandemic.