Lego's latest video game console recreation is a brick-built Atari 2600 that comes with a collection of classic carts and a faux wood grain finish.
The Atari 2600's success was slow because of its low price tag, which is roughly the equivalent of $950 today. The 1977 version of the console had a bank of six switches for adjusting settings and navigating game menus, but a new version of the console released in 1980 had just four switches.
The Atari 2600 does not include a TV with an animated recreation of a classic game. When you slide out the lid, you can see a recreation of a 70s-era basement with a Lego minifigure playing video games.
There is an impressive recreation of the Atari console's very unergonomic Atari joystick, as well as three game cartridges that can be inserted into the console or stored in a faux wooden shelf: Adventure, Asteroids, and Centipede.
The 2,532-piece set, part of the Lego Icons line, isn't available for pre-order just yet, but will officially go on sale on August 1 for $240.
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