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Lego has announced a new premium set based on 1980s arcade classic Pac-Man. The 2,650-piece set is designed to recreate a Pac-Man arcade cabinet, complete with an illuminating coin-slot, four-way joystick, and a mechanical chase. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
There\u2019s a crank on the side of the cabinet which you can turn to move the characters around the game\u2019s maze, and the set comes with a diorama of a figurine playing a smaller version of the arcade cabinet. On top of the cabinet sit rotating versions of Pac-Man and the ghosts Blinky and Clyde.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The Lego Icons Pac-Man set will cost $269.99 (\u20ac269.99 \/ \u00a3229.99) when it goes on general sale on June 4th (it\u2019ll be available to Lego VIP members a couple days earlier on June 1st). That\u2019s the same price as Lego\u2019s other recent video game tribute to the Nintendo Entertainment System<\/a> after last year\u2019s price rise<\/a>. In case the pricing and brick-count weren\u2019t enough of an indicator, Lego has specified that this Pac-Man set is meant for people aged 18 and over.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Pac-Man set\u2019s reveal comes 43 years to the day after Bandai Namco (then known as Namco) first tested the game with members of the public in 1980. The arcade game is considered to be one of the most popular of all time, with Lego\u2019s press release noting that it was installed in 293,822 arcade units in the seven years after its original release.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In a fun twist, today\u2019s announcement contains the tidbit that Pac-Man\u2019s yellow color drew inspiration from the \u201ciconic yellow of the Lego brick,\u201d according to the game\u2019s original creator Toru Iwatani.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n