The Pop-Culture E-Zine
We’ve featured the LEGO Ideas Futurama ship on here before, so of course we got excited when we saw the another LEGO Ideas based on Futurama!
This time though, we have the Futurama Headquarters, the crew and the Planet Express spaceship featured in one awesome LEGO Ideas playset!
You better hurry though, you have almost 2 years left to vote! 😉
source: LEGO Ideas
It’s that time of year when the ausretrogamer team does the hard yards by going shopping to curate a plethora of cool retro and pinball products that you can grab as Christmas gifts for your geeky friends and family (and yourself too)!
Here we go!
Tiny Arcade Frogger via Amazon AU$32.64
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego Handheld Game via Amazon AU$28.66
Boardwalk Arcade: TMNT Mini Pinball via Amazon AU$32.57
The Mandalorian t-shirt via Amazon AU$28.99
MicroArcade Tetris via Amazon AU$32.57
Retro-Bit Official Sega Genesis USB Controller 8-Button Arcade Pad via Amazon AU$32.57
My Arcade Mini Data East Retro Arcade Player via Catch AU$79
The Game Console : A History in Photographs via Book Despository AU$38.16
Complete Pinball Book: Collecting the Game and Its History via Book Depository AU$88.46
Pinball Wizard Enamel Pin (Red Glitter) 1980’s Throwback via Etsy AU$15.24
Custom NES Retro Gaming Themed Black Shoes – Ladies/Mens via Etsy AU$106.66
Sega Mega Drive Mini via Amazon AU$129
Polaroid OneStep 2 Viewfinder i-Type Instant Camera via Catch AU$196
Star Wars Chewbacca Jumpsuit via Catch AU$59.99
LEGO® Star Wars Darth Vader’s Castle Building Set via Catch AU$197
Star Wars The Black Series Darth Vader Premium Electronic Helmet via Catch $159
Harry Potter Hogwarts Back To School Backpack via Catch AU$29.99
My Little Pony – Princess Celestia via Amazon AU$15.00
GO-TCHA Evolve Smartwatch for Pokemon Go Daredevil Red via OzGameShop AU$59.99
Sonic Boom – 5 Figure Multipack – Sonic, Knuckles, Tails, Amy & Dr. Eggman via OZGameShop AU$32.69
Baldur’s Gate Enhanced Edition Nintendo Switch via OzGameShop AU$57.99
Star Wars Pinball Nintendo Switch via OzGameShop AU$42.99
Rick and Morty Spaceship & Garage Large Construction Toy Set via Amazon AU$29.31
Data East Classic Collection SNES Cartridge via Amazon AU$36.04
Attack From Mars Pinball – Shadowbox Art via Etsy AU$196.59
Tempest X RepliCade via Amazon AU$215.06
Casio Retro Calculator Unisex Watch via Amazon AU$39.00
8BitDo SF30 Pro Bluetooth Controller via Amazon AU$59.99
Hands up who doesn’t like Bomberman – if you put your hand up, shame on you! Haha, just kidding, if you aren’t into Bomberman, but like Lego, this still may be of interest!
We’ll come out clean, Bomberman is one of a handful of video games we play a lot, especially with friends, so when we saw Indy988’s Lego Ideas Bomberman entry, we were quite chuffed and immediately pledged our support! We want these things to become a reality! Go and support this – right now!
image source: Lego Ideas
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We are hooked at trawling the LEGO Ideas site and finding wonderful creations, just like this Banjo-Kazooie action figure and the Planet Express delivery ship from Futurama.
We have voted and now have our fingers and toes crossed.
image source: LEGO Ideas
This is a call to action for all lovers of Lego and retro gaming to head to the Lego Ideas site and vote for the Lego Outrun and Lego Pac-Man Action Figure!
What are you waiting for, go and vote!
image source: Lego Ideas
Yes, another pinball related post. Ohhhh c’mon, it’s not that bad, we promise you’ll enjoy this one too!
As we are (a tad) obsessed with pinball, when we found out that pinball and LEGO go really well together, we had to let you know what we had found. If you are a talented and mechanically minded LEGO creator, like Teun de Wijs (aka: YouTuber TonyFlow76), you build a fully kinetic depiction of a pinball player flipping one of the greatest machines of all time, Attack From Mars!
For those that want to delve under the covers, Teun states that he used a few new techniques to build this awesomeness:
Hopefully Teun submits this to LEGO Ideas – we’d vote the heck out of it. Anyway, all we can say is, press play and return to battle soldier!
source: TonyFlow76
This Lego Donkey Kong arcade machine by Aussie Lego building sensation, Kale Frost (aka: Frostbricks), could easily be an awesome Lego Ideas entrant! If it were, we would vote the heck out of it (and so would all of you). We shall pray to the Lego gods that we’ll see this kit on a toy shelf one day! Absolutely love the level of detail Frostbricks has gone to on this one-of-a-kind Lego production.
Oh yeah, if you want to check out other brilliant Lego (Brick Built Creations) by Frostbricks hit Kale’s site and Instagram right now! You can thank us later 😉
source: Frostbricks site and Instagram
Whoa, on the back of the cool Lego Sega Classic Arcade Machines idea we shared with you last week comes the Lego Ideas based on Sonic The Hedgehog!
Titled Sonic Mania – Green Hill Zone, you can show your support for this set on the Lego Ideas site right now!
This Lego Ideas set includes:
If you still need convincing to support this awesome Lego set idea, here are a few play features to tickle your fancy:
image source: Lego Ideas – Sonic Mania
When you stumble upon an awesome idea you must let everyone know about it. My good friend Raj informed me of a Lego Ideas campaign created by SpacySmoke which proposes the creation of classic Lego Sega arcade machines.
The idea campaign is still gathering support, so if you would like Lego to take note, then please throw your support behind this great idea by voting now – who wouldn’t like a Thunder Blade or Yu Suzuki classics like Space Harrier and Out Run replica Lego machines in their home? I have cast my vote, so should you!
source: SpacySmoke on Lego Ideas
Back in the 80s we loved playing with Lego and on our Commodore 64. So what a better way than to mash these two into one and create the Brixty Four – a full-size working Lego Commodore 64, complete with a functioning sprung keyboard, power pack, working LED light and a replica LEGO mobo (Ed: motherboard!) with all of the famous MOS chips, including Bob Yannes’ brilliant SID chip!
If you want Christian Simpson’s (aka: Perifractic) awesome Lego C64 to become mass produced, then go to Lego Ideas and show your support by giving it a vote right now!
source: Perifractic