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We Build LEGO PlayStation, a Near 1:1 Scale Replica of Sony's Classic Console

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We Build LEGO PlayStation, a Near 1:1 Scale Replica of Sony's Classic Console

I love LEGO sets based on retro game consoles. They combine two of my favorite things: video games (for obvious reasons) and LEGO sets, with impossibly clever construction mechanics and plenty of Easter eggs.

The latest retro system to become a buildable set is LEGO PlayStation, a near 1:1 scale model of Sony’s original hardware. Now, it may seem like a foregone conclusion today, but the success of the PlayStation was no sure thing when it launched in 1994 in Japan and in 1995 in the US. Many electronics companies had dabbled in the world of video games and failed quickly, with nothing to show for it.

But young me? I was a believer in PlayStation from the start. I remember buying the little gray machine at launch and pouring hundreds of hours into games like Jumping Flash, Battle Arena Toshinden, Street Fighter: The Movie (the game), Twisted Metal, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Doom, Resident Evil 2, Oddworld: Abe’s Odyssey, Medal of Honor, Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy VII through IX (remember when three mainline Final Fantasies could come out in a single generation?) and on and on. Man, what an incredible library.

The PS1 provided all the gaming I needed through the latter half of the '90s. I didn’t buy another console until the PlayStation 2 came out after the turn of the millennium.

LEGO PlayStation comes with 1,911 bricks divided into 14 paper bags and takes around six hours to build. Despite the mostly gray exterior, it’s a fun, surprisingly colorful construction from start to finish.


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