Iconic Atari 2600 console gets the Lego treatment for company’s 50th anniversary

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Lego recreates iconic Atari 2600 console for 50th anniversary

The Atari 2600 is getting the Lego treatment. The Danish toy company’s latest model is based on the 1980 revision of the iconic console rather than its 1977 debut and consists of a meaty 2,532 pieces . It’ll be available on August 1st for $239.99 and coincides with the Atari’s 50th anniversary.Nintendo’s classic NES console

. But while the Lego Nintendo console included both a buildable console itself as well as an accompanying CRT TV, the Atari model is more self-contained; there’s the console itself as well as a controller with a movable joystick. Fantastically, the console does also open up to reveal a diorama of a 1980s living room.

 

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