Lego’s Game Boy Model Is Pocket-Sized Perfection

We got you an early sneak peek at just one of Lego’s new reveals for San Diego Comic-Con last night, but the brickmaker took to the convention floor to kick off SDCC 2025 in style with even more reveals. There’s a lot to love, but the absolute highlight is the nostalgic joy of the company’s new brick-built Game Boy.

Alongside the new Stranger Things BrickHeadz collection (check out all those details here!), Lego came to SDCC with three major new product sets: the first is its previously teased Game Boy, joining the NES and other Lego Nintendo model kits in a near-perfect replica of the legendary handheld. Wicked: For Good fans also got to rejoicify over a whole line of new sets based on the upcoming movie (and let us be glad and grateful, as there was even some goodies for Wicked fans who aren’t keen on minidolls). Then DC Comics fans were treated to the first-ever modular set to come to the superhero line: an updated spin on Gotham’s most nefarious haunt, Arkham Asylum, bursting with bad guys.

Check out all the details from Lego’s latest releases below, including prices and when you can grab them.

Lego Nintendo Game Boy

The 421-piece Game Boy set is an almost 1:1 scale replica of the real thing, right down to actual clickable buttons and moving dials for the system’s volume and contrast settings (ah, the nostalgic perils of trying to play your Game Boy on a bright day). As well as a small display stand set, the Game Boy comes with two buildable game paks of some iconic handheld classics: Super Mario Land, and The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, both of which can be slotted into cartridge slot on the console.

Lego might not have been able to condense a functioning Game Boy emulator into the build, but the next best thing comes in the form of three functioning lenticular screens you can slot in: one depicting the classic Game Boy start-up screen, and then one each depicting moments from Super Mario Land and Link’s Awakening in action. ($60, available to pre-order here for an October 1 release)

Lego Wicked: For Good Sets

Ahead of returning to Oz this November for the second part of the Wicked movie adaptation, Lego revealed six new sets inspired by For Good. Alongside a set of BrickHeadz models of Elphaba and Glinda inspired by their looks in the second movie, there were also several small minidoll sets replicating key scenes from the new film, including Glinda and Fiyero’s wedding, returning to Munchkinland, and of course Elphaba’s new abode in Kiamo Ko.

But for Wicked fans who prefer traditional sets, there’s good news too, as the crowning Wicked reveal was a Lego Art set, depicting a buildable image of the Emerald City and Oz. Clocking in at 1,518 pieces, the wall art includes spaces to store six included minifigures: primary display sections for minifigures of Elphaba and Glinda, and then a secret compartment hidden behind its depiction of Munchkinland to reveal Dorothy (and Toto), Tin Man, Cowardly Lion, and the Scarecrow. All the Wicked: For Good sets are due to release September 1.

• BrickHeadz Elphaba and Glinda, $20
• Elphaba’s Retreat, $28
• Glinda’s Wedding Day, $40
• Glinda & Elphaba Visit Munchkinland, $70
• Emerald City and Kiamo Ko Castle, $80
• Emerald City Wall Art, $160

Lego DC Superheroes Batman: Arkham Asylum

Rounding out Lego’s SDCC reveals was a return to Arkham for the first time since the Lego Batman Movie sets. This massive 2,953-piece set includes a three-tiered buildable Arkham Asylum (and an inmate van, to boot) that has been designed to be able to connect to Lego’s iconic modular city builds so you can bring Gotham to your burgeoning cityscape. Of course, the Asylum needs inmates, guards to manage them, and heroes to put them there in the first place, so it comes packed with a whopping sixteen minifigures, including Batman, Robin, Batwoman, Batwing, and Catwoman alongside two Arkham guards, Poison Ivy, Mr. Freeze, and the Riddler in their classic outfits, and Harley Quinn, Bane, the Penguin, Scarecrow, and Killer Croc in Arkham jumpsuits.

The set is due to release September 9, but in a special twist, if you wanted to save this for the holidays to gift the Bat-loving Lego fan in your life, the new Arkham Asylum also includes steps to build the whole thing in a special 24-day Advent Calendar format. Given the vibes though, maybe it’s better to make it as a Halloween countdown instead of a Christmas one? ($300, available to preorder here)

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