This $200 Lego NES set features a scrolling 8-bit Mario

The last Nintendo/Lego was for kids, but this one is aimed at the adults.

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[Dr Gitlin]

"The 2,646 piece set goes on sale on August 1, and we expect it to cost around $200 here in the US."

Site went live, $229.00

https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/nint ... stem-71374

Thanks—updated the post and title to reflect that.

 

[Dr Gitlin]

I don't mind Lego making some bank on the licensed type products.

I just wish they'd bring back Pirates and Castles ...

https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/pira ... -bay-21322

 

[Dr Gitlin]

So can I get a version where instead of a shitty old TV, it’s a cool Sony PVM?

No, but you could certainly build your own.

 

[Dr Gitlin]

I don't mind Lego making some bank on the licensed type products.

I just wish they'd bring back Pirates and Castles ...

Or Classic Space, ideally in a more affordable form than Benny's Spaceship. That would be a perfect nostalgia trip back to my youth.

https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/emme ... shop-70821

https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/benn ... quad-70841

 

[Dr Gitlin]

I have to admit, that is very nifty. However, with all of the studs covered, it doesn’t look very LEGO-y.

Hopefully, the set doesn’t have any unique pieces.

Now they need a Duck hunt one.

:O

SNOT—studs not on top—is how AFOLS—adult fans of Lego—prefer to build stuff now. Like I said in the post, construction techniques have come a very very long way form the lego sets of the late 1970s and early 1980s you might be familiar with.

 

[Dr Gitlin]

To do Duck Hunt, they would need to make the Zapper, but I suspect that Lego doesn't do guns, even fake ones. I could be wrong.

Lego has indeed made weapons for a long time—they have an entire line of Star Wars sets, after all.

 

[Dr Gitlin]

We get it, you have nothing but contempt for Lego. You’ve made that quite clear, you can stop polluting this thread now.

 

[Dr Gitlin]

Pathetic ,lego should be able kids and creativity and not sets filled with custom brick pieces that only serve a single purpose.

Lego you sold out to the hipsters.

Honestly, how many custom pieces do you actually spot here? The sprites, probably, though it is hard to tell with the little enemies. Apart from that it looks like just stickers and creative use of existing parts.

An excessive inventory of distinct bricks was a problem of Lego's troublesome phase in the late 90s and 2000s, but since then they have greatly reduced the number to less than half. And if you hang out at Lego forums it is often remarkable to see what creative uses people come up with for seemingly single-purpose bricks.

I see many custom pieces that simply do not make a good fit with anything. I highly doubt you could build a tower use even half those pieces...

Your Lego knowledge is about 30 years out of date.

 

[Dr Gitlin]

Pathetic ,lego should be able kids and creativity and not sets filled with custom brick pieces that only serve a single purpose.

Lego you sold out to the hipsters.

Honestly, how many custom pieces do you actually spot here? The sprites, probably, though it is hard to tell with the little enemies. Apart from that it looks like just stickers and creative use of existing parts.

An excessive inventory of distinct bricks was a problem of Lego's troublesome phase in the late 90s and 2000s, but since then they have greatly reduced the number to less than half. And if you hang out at Lego forums it is often remarkable to see what creative uses people come up with for seemingly single-purpose bricks.

Anyone who watched "Lego Masters" would have seen those "creative uses" a dozen times a week.

I suppose you are going to argue that lotto commericals are perfectly honest saying that you will win.

I challenge anyone to share a picture of a tower or bridge being built using half of the pieces from one these sets that contains many non brick pieces.

I’m not sure if I’m less impressed by your posting history of whataboutism and casual racism, or your doubling down on 30-year out of date ideas about Lego.

 

[Dr Gitlin]

Actually I’m kidding, it’s definitely the racism.