After reported leaks, Nintendo made the news official today: a LEGO Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) Building Kit will be released. This NES Building Kit comes complete with a controller, cables and even a cartridge slot. There's also buildable CRT TV, featuring a flat, mechanically-controlled 8-bit Mario figure on the scrolling screen. The NES kit will also be compatible with the LEGO Mario from the LEGO Super Mario Starter Course, which reacts to on-screen enemies, obstacles and power-ups similar to the classic Super Mario Bros. game. A brand-new trailer showing the kit in action was also released today:

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The LEGO NES will be available exclusively from LEGO Retail Stores and LEGO.com from August 1st 2020 at $230. From 2021 it will be available also at other leading retailers around the world.

SOURCE: GBAtemp Inbox
LEGO Super Mario Official Website

 

[banjo2]

Brix will be shat.

I haven't bought LEGO in years, but last I checked, they were quality plastic.

 

[Bladexdsl]

but last I checked, they were quality plastic.

they must be because they fucking hurt if you step on them

 

[Deleted member 397813]

this is going to flop worse than that one classic disney movie mars needs moms
anyone heard of that?
no?
exactly

 

[Bladexdsl]

anyone heard of that?

yeah it's the movie where they changed the adults voice to sound like a kid. and that fat bastard in his floating fortress of solitude

 

[Darrman]

It looks nice, at least. Though I could buy a real NES for less.

 

[anhminh]

A real working NES with game and tv would be cheaper than that.

 

[RedBlueGreen]

Just get a NES/SNES classic and mod it. This thing is almost as much as a used Switch.

 

[Deleted member 668561]

For $230 I can buy an actual nes and twin famicom console, plus a flashcart ...... $100 maybe, hell you can buy a new3ds xl, used Xbox one or PS4 for $230

 

[Virtual-Wii-noob]

We got that instead of N64 Classic....

ironically the reason they don't want to release the n64 classic (this is from word of mouth) is because it would be too pricey to build a raspberry pi that could run the games with better accuracy than homebrew on the snes

 

[Pokemon_Tea_Sea_Jee]

the real release for me will be in 6+ additional months when lepin or one of the other chineseium brands knock it off and sell it for $50 on ali or taobao

Wow.

Thank you for letting me know about about Lepin!

Update: Looking on their website, they are not cheap at all. What a letdown.

Might as well stick to the dream of somehow affording real Lego.

 

[dude1]

Wow.

Thank you for letting me know about about Lepin!

Update: Looking on their website, they are not cheap at all. What a letdown.

Might as well stick to the dream of somehow affording real Lego.

depends the set, some are cheaper than others they still tend to be less than half the regular retail lego price and lepin tends to be one of the more pricey knockoff companies but i cant pronounce other ones or remember them off the top of my head. lol
i do find Taobao pricing is better than ali but harder to use because google translate is needed or fluency in Chinese

 

[spotanjo3]

$75-100 sure because it's kind of cool but, $230 ? Nah...

No. I would buy 75 to 100 if this is real NES remodel and and old carts works on it. This is lego and for 70-100 nonworking but lego itself ? No way.

 

[RedBlueGreen]

They should've just made it a lego casing and provided the NES Classic (or a Famiclone that can read NES carts plus some flash storage with included ROMs) board for the $230 price tag.

 

[slaphappygamer]

I can buy an actual NES for way less than $230. Just №

But when “LEGO” is in the name, you can charge whatever you like.

 

[sup3rgh0st]

It's very clear that nobody in this thread has bought a Lego set before or knows how much they cost. Sets on average cost about 0.1USD per piece, which means a set with 2646 pieces would on average cost about 260USD. If you think that's too much than it's not for you.

 

[MetoMeto]

Damn...the pricing!

Anyway, it's ok, but i was kinda hoped its real system in lego design....whatever..

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We got that instead of N64 Classic....

not instead of, its a different product. perhaps there will be n64 classic.

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It's very clear that nobody in this thread has bought a Lego set before or knows how much they cost. Sets on average cost about 0.1USD per piece, which means a set with 2646 pieces would on average cost about 260USD. If you think that's too much than it's not for you.

it IS to much and i know for LEGO my whole life. In fact, those where my primary toys. Still, its for me, but its still to much...they where always TO MUCH, thats why i never had many of them as a kid even though i really liked them.

Also, price is kinda not realistic. Much bigger sets of lego technic cost similar or less. This has Nintendo branding all over it, ofc its pricey!
imo realistic price would be 150 to 100.

Also there is LEGO branding...they just overprice their bricks its a fact. Its certanly not for everione but the elite kids.

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But when “LEGO” is in the name, you can charge whatever you like.

That's a complete truth!

 

[centralparkd]

230? Too overpriced!

 

[Nemix77]

Where is the N64 mini?

 

[NaranciaPoggers]

Bro I dont trust people who buy this

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Its not really an "instead" it wasnt made by nintendo it was made by lego