Well, that didn’t take long. After yesterday’s tantalizing tweet, Lego officially unveiled its brick-based replica of the iconic Nintendo Entertainment System (which happens to be 37 years old tomorrow). As expected, the ‘console’ doesn’t actually play any games. However, there is a TV to build, with a small 8-bit Mario …
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