LEGO Atari Set Leaks Online
Over the past several years, LEGO has been exploring video game-related sets in exciting new ways. LEGO's partnership with Nintendo, which has led to fun NES console and interactive Super Mario Bros. sets, has been particularly exciting, but new Sonic the Hedgehog and Horizon Forbidden West sets show LEGO's willingness to experiment. It's perhaps no surprise, then, that a new set has been leaked which will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Atari. The set is of the classic Atari 2600 console.
The leak comes from German Lego website Promobricks.de which explains that LEGO is working on a unique playable model set of the Atari 2600, initially known as the Atari VCS. The set is tentatively planned for release in August 2022 and will tentatively cost a healthy $199.99 — an estimate from Promobricks.de. LEGO fans hoping to track the set's announcement and release can do so with the Atari 2600 set number 10306 or the set's full name, which is the Atari 50th Anniversary Gaming Console.
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In addition to the Atari 2600 console itself, there will also be a CX40 controller to assemble as well, naturally. The Atari 2600 console featured a unique style of controller featuring a joystick at its center and a single orange button. It's possible that this controller will also have a mechanical element connecting it to the console due to its «playable» nature.
As for what «playable» means, LEGO fans might recall the Nintendo Entertainment System LEGO set that includes a LEGO television and «game» to play on it. The Atari 2600 set won't include a television, according to the leak. However, it will include a hinge element that when opened reveals a scene from the game Pitfall. Pitfall hero Harry will
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