Few toys in history are as iconic as Lego, But Company’s latest partnership celebrates one of the few plays worthy of that lofty status. Lego’s latest collectible figure will let you actually build your own replica of the iconic game. lego icon pac-man arcade set Would you be hungry to build a shrine for a legendary toy.
Lego’s latest item recreates a classic 1980s style pac man Arcade Cabinet. The 2,650-piece set, designed for ages 18+, measures 12.5 inches high, 10 inches wide and 7 inches deep. It comes with interactive pieces that give it the kind of vibrancy and energy you’d have if you were standing in an arcade with your middle-school friends on a Friday night.
The collection comes with “colorful brick versions” of Pac-Man, Blinky, and Clyde that rotate on a base that you can display on top of a cabinet or on their own. There’s also a coin-slot that lights up once you put the whole thing together. The collectible figure also includes a “small vignette of a female minifigure playing Pac-Man” on a small Pac-Man machine. And finally, the back of the plastic brick replica also opens up so you can see the inner workings. (That’s also where you can safely store the mini vignette.)
LEGO announced the set on the same day that Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. (nee Namco) originally released Pac-Man in 1980. However, you don’t have to wait until age 43 to get this version of the game.
The LEGO Icon Pac-Man Arcade Set will be available to LEGO VIP members on June 1st. Everyone Can Grab Theirs ($269.99) lego.com And in LEGO stores starting June 4th. Well, you can as long as a ghost doesn’t get to you first. That goes for a video ghost or a plastic one. Because after four decades those hungry ghosts are finding new ways to torment us.
