$270, 2,561-piece Lego Pac-Man arcade cabinet will eat ghosts, disposable income

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  Lego’s 2,561-piece Pac-Man arcade cabinet. [credit:
  Lego ]

Lego’s video game-themed sets for adults have focused mostly on home consoles and the Super Mario universe, but its newest set is turning its eyes to the arcade era. A new 2,561-piece Lego Icons set re-creates the original Pac-Man arcade cabinet, complete with a hand crank on the side that makes Pac-Man, Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde move (along pre-determined paths) on its “screen.”

The set will launch on June 4 for $270.

The Pac-Man set isn’t a full re-creation of the 1980 original—it looks more like a half-height bartop arcade cabinet rather than one that goes all the way to the floor—but the marquee, the controls, and the decals on the sides are all dead ringers for the old bright-yellow cabinet.

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Author: Andrew Cunningham. [Source Link (*), Ars Technica – All content]

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