Bandai Namco Team Up With Lego For A Special Pac-Man Arcade Set
Pac-Man has become the latest video game icon to be immortalized in Lego as the dot-munching circle is getting his very own set to celebrate turning 43. The new Lego Icons Pac-Man Arcade set is a recreation of the original game's very first arcade cabinet, complete with a separate model of its main character with two of its ghosts. There's even a tiny version of the machine being played by a Lego minifigure.
The set, which is made up of more than 2,600 pieces, is launching to mark the 43rd anniversary of Pac-Man's reveal. In fact, May 22, 1980, was the day Pac-Man was first revealed to the public. The game would start hitting arcades in Japan the following month and very quickly became a global phenomenon in the years that followed.
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Lego and Bandai Namco have shared a number of Pac-Man facts to celebrate the unveiling of the new set, the most apt of which being that the yellow chosen for Pac-Man was actually inspired by the iconic color commonly associated with Lego bricks. Clearly a collaboration that was always destined to happen eventually, and a set that will be a hit with Pac-Man fans and Lego aficionados alike.
Although you won't technically be able to play Pac-Man on the cabinet, winding the crank on the side of the machine will make the Pac-Man on-screen move around the maze, eating dots and chasing ghosts. You will also be able to turn another handle to make the Pac-Man and ghosts on top turn. The hero is chased by them when facing one way, and then Pac-Man turns to chase the now-blue ghosts when facing the other, the same effect as when the video game icon eats a power dot.
Other interactive elements of the set include a coin slot that turns red when
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