Recall youth: the iconic Atari 2600 console can be assembled from Lego

If you're old enough to remember a time when kids from all over the yard would gather at one friend's house to

watch him play Dandy (or whatever console his parents managed to get his hands on), Lego has something for you. Discuss

A new set of 2,532 pieces recreatesa four-button version of the legendary Atari Video Computer System (VCS) from 1980, later known as the Atari 2600. The set includes a movable joystick, three game cartridges that can be inserted into the system or into an 80s brown storage rack, even a woodgrain on the front The console has been recreated using Lego bricks.

The Lego Atari 2600 will go on sale August 1 for $239.99.