Best LEGO Black Fri. Deals
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Because the BrickBoy — not to be confused with Natalie the Nerd’s Build A Boy — is not currently going with physical clicks. Instead, it glues rare earth magnets inside Lego bricks, for what will hopefully be a magical experience.
A crank is on the side of the Lego arcade cabinet, which when cranked moves Pac-Man along with Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde all across the maze which is achieved with a series of chain links inside the cabinet which each character is built into.
Substance Labs, a merry band of Lego and gaming lovers based in Switzerland, have created a kit that retrofits the official brick-perfect Lego set into an unofficial pixel-perfect playable Game Boy. The name of this wündertronics is BrickBoy. Yes, it’s a Kickstarter project, so the usual “may not deliver” caveats apply.
There’s a sense of history around this release. For decades, Star Trek and LEGO have existed in parallel fandom universes, but never crossed officially until now. This is the first large-scale Enterprise build LEGO has ever produced, and collectors have been waiting years for this exact starship.
The LEGO PAC-MAN Arcade is now 30% cheaper than the stubborn $269 price that has been in place since it came out, thanks to the record-low Black Friday price of $188. If you’ve wanted this set but didn’t want to pay the usual price, this Black Friday deal makes nostalgic LEGO engineering available before it sells out.
Missed out on this fantastic and realistic Lego Technic NASA Lunar Roving Vehicle? It's $66 off for Black Friday but is being retired soon — grab it quick!
As an alternative shoppers could check out Next's MenKind Pac Man Arcade Classics Console, which is currently priced at £38. With an LCD screen, and authentic colour LCD graphics, sounds, and gameplay, users can 'relive the 80s' with this handheld console, the site says.