0078265317 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 https://www.reviewgeek.com/47516/lego-officially-announces-a-300-replica-nintendo-entertainment-system/amp/ Neat but not sure what the point is since the tv does not actually work. I it scrolls but does not work as an actual nes. Just a novelty I guess. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magmavision2000 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Functional or not, the 30-year-old man-children will buy it and talk about it on YouTube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxpressed Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 In other news, K'NEX stock plummeted 50% today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stupus Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 3 hours ago, 0078265317 said: https://www.reviewgeek.com/47516/lego-officially-announces-a-300-replica-nintendo-entertainment-system/amp/ Neat but not sure what the point is since the tv does not actually work. I it scrolls but does not work as an actual nes. Just a novelty I guess. Its called a toy. But a pretty expensive 1....probably will still sell well and get sold out and flipped for even more lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 It looks nice, and the "rotating" mechanism in the TV screen is kinda cool, but this thing would have been much cooler if it had been packed with an actual NOAC board designed to be inserted inside this NES replica. Then it could have been connected to an actual television set, and even if the game cartridge had been fake, it could have come packed with some built-in games like SMB, Metroid, etc.. Of course, the controllers would need to be real as well, as controllers made with Lego parts would not stand the rigors of play for very long. It won't take long for some people to stuff this thing with a Raspberry Pi or something similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted July 15, 2020 Author Share Posted July 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, Pixelboy said: It won't take long for some people to stuff this thing with a Raspberry Pi or something similar. Probably good call. Actually we cn do that right now with legos from the lego store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Wow this is wild! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loafer Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 I... thought it was an April Fools joke that arrived a little late 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonGrafx-16 Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 (edited) I would buy it if it was just the NES and controller and was like $50-60. Edited July 15, 2020 by DragonGrafx-16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablum Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 The TV gimmick is cute, but not $230 cute. Maybe as already said if it was just the NES unit itself in a much cheaper form or if there was a NES mini motherboard inside it that played actual games it would be more interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 6 hours ago, pablum said: The TV gimmick is cute, but not $230 cute. Maybe as already said if it was just the NES unit itself in a much cheaper form or if there was a NES mini motherboard inside it that played actual games it would be more interesting. Agreed. The TV thing is awesome, but unnecessary. I think it was added because the NES by itself is a grey brick. Which is why Lego shouldn't take on projects designing grey bricks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 No to this at that price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 After seeing the Pat & Ian video about it, I like the idea a little more. Still don't predict I'll be getting one. I don't totally hate the price, but if it's the kind of thing I'll be fighting scalpers for, I'm just not going to bother. I believe the applicable phrase is "Homey don't play dat." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted July 16, 2020 Author Share Posted July 16, 2020 Ya once you build it it will just sit on the shelf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 I like it, but that's steep. I don't build Lego really much anymore like a few years back and cleared many off the shelves too. I'd make room for this, but I can't justify that. At that price as others said, I'd kind of hoped it was a functional unit, even if it were like one of those dippy $20 chinese clone mini handheld like setups, but instead the screen really did work on the tv and the controller did work as well too. That I'd be more open to biting into that expense. There still are those smaller SMB toys coming though from lego either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 i've been following the Lego Nintendo stuff since they announced it- to me the price point seems in line with their other licensed/'big' Lego offerings. That being said, I don't have a lot of Lego stuff as an adult because it's friggin' expensive (and I don't have the room for it in our house, which I lament to Mrs. Digdug alll the time). I think that a Lego-based Nintendo property game would be pretty neat- kinda like 'Lego Super Mario RPG' or similar. I know it's weird pie-in-the-sky stuff, but it'd be cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 I saw this a couple days ago. Quite pricey but all these licensed LEGO products usually are quite expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Black_Tiger Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 This is really cool but I can already see the $1000 ebay listings trying to flip them. I can't justify buyimg one at retail price, but it would be fun to build once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted July 16, 2020 Author Share Posted July 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Black_Tiger said: This is really cool but I can already see the $1000 ebay listings trying to flip them. I can't justify buyimg one at retail price, but it would be fun to build once. Exactly. Ebay prices always go up never down. Even nes and snes classics are still pretty high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted July 31, 2020 Author Share Posted July 31, 2020 https://www.ign.com/articles/we-build-the-lego-nintendo-entertainment-system-and-it-contains-a-hidden-surprise 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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