Lego’s newest batch of 3-in-1 Creator units features a fairly cool gaming-themed package. The 268-piece Lego Retro Gaming Console retails for $20 and could be constructed as a handheld sport system, miniature arcade machine, or desktop laptop. Beneficial for builders ages eight and up, the Lego Creator 3-in-1 Retro Gaming Console launched January 1 and is in inventory at Amazon, Greatest Purchase, and the Lego Retailer.
The Retro Gaming Console is one in all 9 new Lego Creator units. The January 2026 lineup additionally options the $20 Fierce Dinosaur, $30 Playful Puppy, $10 Cute Hamster, and extra 3-in-1 builds. Eight of the units can be found at Amazon, however the brand new Area Exploration Telescope is unique to the Lego Retailer and Goal.
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Like all Lego Creator builds, the Retro Gaming Console only has enough pieces for one of the three models–handheld, arcade machine, or desktop computer–but deconstructing the model to try one of the others is part of the fun with these sets.
The handheld system would look cool next to the recently released Lego Game Boy. It additionally occurs to have related options. There are three buildable cartridges with completely different patterns. The “video games” could be positioned within the cartridge slot to vary the image behind the clear show panel. The joysticks and triggers are movable, too.
The arcade machine mannequin additionally seems cool–though it is understandably not as detailed or as sensible because the Lego Arcade Machine. The Lego Creator Arcade Machine has two arcade sticks, colourful buttons, coin doorways, and ornamental prospers on the facet panels and marquee.
The miniature laptop is a three-piece mannequin with a monitor resting atop the PC, a keyboard with distinct arrow keys, and a tiny mouse.
Lego Gaming {Hardware} Units
Lego launched the aforementioned 468-piece Arcade Machine and the 421-piece Game Boy final 12 months for $40 and $60, respectively. The Lego Arcade Machine, which stays unique to the Lego Retailer, has a hidden ’80s gaming room inside the cupboard. The biggest Lego gaming {hardware} construct is the 2,651-piece Pac-Man Arcade for $270. Sadly, the superior Lego Nintendo Entertainment System and Lego Atari 2600 have been discontinued on the finish of 2024.
When you’re excited by extra Lego Creator 3-in-1 constructing units, we created a customized retailer web page on Amazon that includes dozens of budget-friendly retro tech and wildlife kits.
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