While we’re all waiting for official news about the Switch 2, Nintendo has gone ahead and announced a very different kind of console. The company is teasing a collaboration with Lego that will see the original grey brick known as a Game Boy rendered in Lego blocks.

There have been plenty of Lego Nintendo kits already on the market, from interactive Mario sets to that fantastic NES recreation. This Game Boy idea is my favorite of all, though. Maybe it's because I still have so many memories of mine. October is a while away, but if you want to make one in the meantime, here's a model you could try.

The Nintendo Game Boy Lego kit is part of Lego’s larger offering of Nintendo-themed kits, which includes a remake of the Nintendo Entertainment System and a retro television, a $300 Lego Great Deku Tree, and a bevvy of Mario kits.

Another Lego set based on a Nintendo system is on the way, with the Game Boy confirmed as the next subject. It will launch in October 2025. This follows the $269.99 Nintendo Entertainment System replica that let people build the NES console, controller, Super Mario Bros cartridge, and TV with the “game” playing on it that debuted in 2020 .

Nintendo has announced that it is collaborating with Lego to launch a brand new set based on the classic Game Boy handheld.

“Build the classic Nintendo system in Lego form,” Nintendo said in an announcement on Thursday, which included a teaser video of the Lego set and a release month of October. Game Boy marks the second Lego set based on a Nintendo game console, but the first based on a handheld.

Even though we don't know exactly how big the Lego Game Boy will be, or what it comes with, we can give it a good guess. Judging by those Lego studs on the d-pad, it'll weigh in a