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Lego Nintendo Entertainment System Set Arrives Aug. 1

Nintendo confirms it will arrive on Aug. 1 for $229.99.

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UPDATE: Nintendo today tweeted a closer look at the Lego Nintendo Entertainment System and confirmed that it will arrive on Aug. 1 for $229.99.

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We dig the whole retro gaming craze, but Lego is taking things to another level with a Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) replica made entirely out of Lego blocks. 

The upcoming Lego set was shown in a 5-second clip the company posted to social media, which says “Are you ready to play like never before?” The product itself remains in the shadows, but if you brighten up the image, you can clearly see the outlines of the old-school NES game console, the controller, and a CRT television set. 

The product also leaked via the Hong Kong publication VJGamer, which obtained pictures of the 2,646-piece Lego set. The images reveal a pretty realistic-looking NES console that even includes a replica Super Mario Bros. game cartridge, also built out of Legos. 

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However, the standout feature is the CRT television set, which will allow the owner to depict a level from the Super Mario Bros. game in Lego format. In addition, a turnable knob on the television set lets you scroll through the level and simulate Mario jumping up and down. VJGamer says the product will be released in August. 

The upcoming product represents Lego’s latest attempt to bring Super Mario into the physical toy world. In March, the company partnered with Nintendo for products that let owners build out entire Mario experiences in Lego form. 

The $59.99 “starter course” product comes with a Mario fitted with LCD screens and speakers, which can play all the sound effects from the game. The Mario figurine can also earn coins when it lands on certain Lego blocks. A whole host of add-ons, including Bowser’s castle and King Boo’s haunted yard, are slated to arrive in the future. 

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I've been a journalist for over 15 years. I got my start as a schools and cities reporter in Kansas City and joined PCMag in 2017, where I cover satellite internet services, cybersecurity, PC hardware, and more. I'm currently based in San Francisco, but previously spent over five years in China, covering the country's technology sector.

Since 2020, I've covered the launch and explosive growth of SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service, writing 600+ stories on availability and feature launches, but also the regulatory battles over the expansion of satellite constellations, fights with rival providers like AST SpaceMobile and Amazon, and the effort to expand into satellite-based mobile service. I've combed through FCC filings for the latest news and driven to remote corners of California to test Starlink's cellular service.

I also cover cyber threats, from ransomware gangs to the emergence of AI-based malware. In 2024 and 2025, the FTC forced Avast to pay consumers $16.5 million for secretly harvesting and selling their personal information to third-party clients, as revealed in my joint investigation with Motherboard.

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