According to the German LEGO fan site, the Atari 2600 – in its familiar, wood-paneled, super funky late 1970s incarnation – will get a LEGO-style build this August in recognition of the console’s 40th anniversary/45 Anniversary (see below) promo brick.
According to Promobricks (via Google Translate), the game set will feature a buildable Atari VCS deck featuring scenes from Activision’s seminal hit trap!. trap! , Developed by David Crane, it was the first third-party console blockbuster for video games.
trap! Introduced in 1982, the same year Atari rebranded the VCS as the 2600 (so it’s your 40th anniversary). The console was originally launched in 1977 (with a 45th anniversary).That was the first one installed by Alan Alcorn and Nolan Bushnell ping pong Coin lockers at a bar in Sunnyvale, California (50th anniversary).
Promobricks suggests foldable scene trap! Should be removable, use the joystick replica of the playset. In 2020, Lego unveiled a commemorative Nintendo Entertainment System brick that includes a nearly life-size console, a super mario bros Game Pak and a cute wooden leg TV (with analog dial and rabbit ear antenna) as monitors. Builders can roll Mario through the world 1-1 representation by turning a crank on the side of the assembled TV.
Promobricks says the Lego Atari 2600 is numbered 10306 (the Atari 50th Anniversary game console) and will sell for $199.99 (€169.99). Interestingly, this price (in US dollars) is about $10 more than the original MSRP of the Atari VCS when it launched in 1977. Granted, Jimmy Carter’s $189.95 is now about $900.
