Lego has introduced a brand new premium set primarily based on 1980s arcade classic Pac-Man. The 2,650-piece set is designed to recreate a Pac-Man arcade cupboard, full with an illuminating coin-slot, four-way joystick, and a mechanical chase.
There’s a crank on the aspect of the cupboard which you’ll flip to transfer the characters round the game’s maze, and the set comes with a diorama of a figurine enjoying a smaller model of the arcade cupboard. On prime of the cupboard sit rotating variations of Pac-Man and the ghosts Blinky and Clyde.
The Lego Icons Pac-Man set will price $269.99 (€269.99 / £229.99) when it goes on basic sale on June 4th (it’ll be out there to Lego VIP members a pair days earlier on June 1st). That’s the similar value as Lego’s different latest video game tribute to the Nintendo Entertainment System after final yr’s value rise. In case the pricing and brick-count weren’t sufficient of an indicator, Lego has specified that this Pac-Man set is meant for folks aged 18 and over.
The Pac-Man set’s reveal comes 43 years to the day after Bandai Namco (then generally known as Namco) first examined the game with members of the public in 1980. The arcade game is thought of to be certainly one of the hottest of all time, with Lego’s press launch noting that it was put in in 293,822 arcade models in the seven years after its unique launch.
In a enjoyable twist, at this time’s announcement comprises the tidbit that Pac-Man’s yellow colour drew inspiration from the “iconic yellow of the Lego brick,” in accordance to the game’s unique creator Toru Iwatani.
