The LEGO Nintendo Entertainment System is extremely cool, but it just got cooler thanks to the work of builder Moko: now it's a Game Boy. And a mech!
Using some (but not all) of the tiles and bricks from the NES set, Moko created a realistic-looking Game Boy, with a Super Mario-type game on the screen. There's even a game cartridge that you can slot into the back!
But the fun doesn't stop there — with a few expert moves, the Game Boy can transform into a lil Nintendo mech, with lil green eyes and tiny fingers. Here's how LEGO site Brothers Brick, who know way more about LEGO than us, describes it:
Bottlenecked by the available pieces in the LEGO Nintendo Entertainment System, [Moko] didn’t have many of the pieces one might usually use for joints. Between that and the space limits of a transforming model, Moko had to use some brick-built joints.
Plates sandwiched within the arms and legs work as compact elbows and knees, which easily slide into place as the control and screen sections. The way the head transforms is pretty neat, folding out from the bottom and making use of a T-bar both as the connection point and a sort of mouth for the mech.
Here's a fun aside — this isn't the first LEGO mech Game Boy I've written about. Baron von Brunk, another LEGO builder and lover of games, made one back in 2014, and I covered it as the Staff Writer for Official Nintendo Magazine:
That was seven years ago, and now I need to lie down and think about the inexorable passage of time.
Hey, did you know we're all slowly crawling towards death? Or do you want to build this extremely rad Game Boy Transformer? Let us know in the comments!
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[source flickr.com, via brothers-brick.com]
Comments 11
We need a video of both the construction and transforming it.
“ with a Super Mario-type game on the screen”
It’s literally just a bunch of blue and green rectangles
@ALinkttPresent yeah, that was supposed to be a joke I guess.
the future is truly here
@Torakaka your wish is my command!
I bet I could build this using the box of random legos I have kicking around. It'd be all the wrong colours mind you, but still a fun project to attempt.
If this was a real official set, it would cost like $600.
I miss the official Nintendo magazine 😢 also I love this gameboy / mech
I miss G1 Transformers. I had a serious obsession with them as a kid. Saw the original 1986 animated movie in theaters. It ripped my little heart out but it was still awesome!
If I ever get this set i'll be making this and not the NES this is way cooler
@sunny63 Agreed and I just might do that later!
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