LEGO Releases New LEGO Arcade Set Pac-Man Vintage For Nostalgic

Set Arcade LEGO Icons Pac-Man (photo: LEGO)

JAKARTA - Celebrating the 43rd anniversary, LEGO Group and Bandai Namco revealed the set of Arcade LEGO ICONS PAC-MAN vintage, one of the most famous album games to invite all players with nostalgia of all time.

Originally released on May 22, 1980, after 40 years of being part of pop culture around the world through games, TV shows, music, and others, LEGO Group collaborated with Bandai Namco to restore classic work in the 80s in the form of bricks.

The design of the new LEGO set shows an array version of Pac-Man and allows you to recreate some of the legendary ghost chewing moves from the game.

Chomp your way back to the 80's with the new LEGO Icons PAC-MAN Arcade! Ready! Build! Play! pic.twitter.com/ZlvhV5KLVc

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Chomp your way back to the 80's with the new LEGO Icons PAC-MAN Arcade! Ready! Build! Play! pic.twitter.com/ZlvhV5KLVc

The set containing 2,650 pieces is designed so you can recreate Pac-Man's fleet, complete with a coin slot that turns on, four-way joystick, and mechanical pursuit.

You will also find an engkol on the cabinet side that you can play to move the character around the gamelatticine, and the set is equipped with a statue diorama that plays a smaller version of the fleet cabinet. On the sitting cabinet the rotating version of Pac-Man and the ghost of Blinky andari.

Our talented designer team works tirelessly to capture the essence of the beloved Pac-Man archive engine in the form of bricks, to colorful environments such as thelatins it inhabits. Every detail is considered and carefully made," said mire Franic, LEGO designer in his announcement quoted Tuesday, May 23.

Adil Tayouga, Director of Business Licensing and Strategy at Bandai Namco Europe also added that Bandai Namco and the LEGO group have the same goal of providing pleasure to everyone through quality products.

"In addition to these values, because PAC-MAN yellow is actually inspired by the yellow color of LEGO Group, it makes the connection more natural. This is an extraordinary collaboration with the excited team at LEGO Group and we hope the fans will enjoy this kit," he concluded.

VIP LEGO members will have initial access to purchase the LEGO PAC-MAN Arcade set starting June 1, 2023 from LEGO.com/PAC-MAN and LEGO Stores, or available for everything from June 4, 2023 at a retail price suggested at 269.99 US dollars or equivalent to IDR 4 million.