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The Game Boy showcased in the images below doesn’t use miniature hats for its iconic fuchsia A and B buttons; instead, Lego seems to have crafted precise buttons that recess into the console’s body. The device’s curves are also impressively replicated!
And if I’m correct, it includes printed tiles instead of sticker labels for the Game Boy’s numerous iconic labels. These include labels for buttons, the volume dial, on-off switch, “Dot Matrix With Stereo Sound” highlight, along with larger details like the Game Boy’s mono speaker grille, battery compartment latch, and serial number on the back — a challenging feature to recreate with bricks. (The serial number, by the way, has an easter egg.)
Possibly the most exciting feature is that this Lego Game Boy can display real scenes from classic games by using interchangeable lenticular lenses, showing you different images based on the viewing angle. You can insert a brick-built version of cartridges like The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening or Super Mario Land and “see” the classic Nintendo logo drop as you tilt the screen downwards (you’ll need to imagine the Game Boy’s da-DING sound). Alternatively, swap the lenticular lens to see Link with Marin on the beach in Awakening’s most poignant scene:
I built Nick Lever’s fan-designed Lego Game Boy myself, and have the real deal that plays actual cartridges too, but I’m going to be mighty tempted to pick up the official Lego one as well. If those buttons move when you push them, I doubt I’ll resist! Do wish it came with Tetris, too, though.