LEGO PAC-MAN Arcade Review

[@TiagoCatarino]

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[@Baldi_youtube99_dev]

Can I buy one in Romania?

[@Maiadaadel-hk1ed]

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[@alephnull127]

here's a neat little fun fact: Inky moves around in the lower right corner, which is actually something that happens in game in the lesser known Scatter mode which intermittently happens during gameplay. if scatter mode lasted long enough, Inky would circle that specific block over and over.

[@daytonmaclean9570]

Another neat little fun fact the maze in Pacman is actually Anvil shaped

[@greenavmshorts9335]

Yes! Blinky has something too, more you play the distorted Blinky gets! He gets faster the more mazes you complete!

[@atrain818]

Yeah. If inky were in scatter mode. So would pinky clyde and blinky (unless he was in cruise Elroy mode).

[@alexschittenden]

That’s a phenomenal fact. I’ve played hundreds of hours and never knew this.

[@LordOfThePancakes]

Lol “inky” isn’t a real pac-man animal or whatever kind of creature it is. Fun fact: it’s a video game, Binky isn’t actually a real living thing 😆

[@melskunk]

I expected this to just be a static display piece but the motion actions?? Absolutely insane mechanics

[@swandive46]

Should see the Super Mario TV set.

[@ryanbarker5217]

dunno about insane mechanics. kind of somewhat basic automaton motions. it's cool, no doubt, but far from what i would call genius.

[@user-fq9wq1kt8d]

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[@Nerdtendo6366]

This is one of those sets that is absolutely incredible when it shouldn’t even exist

[@funkinfungoid]

Kinda want it, I have the NES and ? Block but I guess the big Bowser would match better. This one is absolutely adorable though

[@randysem]

@@funkinfungoid Do you have the same issue with the NES set?

[@burgerboydraws3386]

@@funkinfungoid I have the NES too, and I’m leaning towards wanting the Atari and this of o wasn’t a broke kid, so maybe some other time. Summer is the perfect time to build that tho

[@funkinfungoid]

@@randysem not really, I bet if it gets excessively dusty in there it'll start bring weird tho

[@TiagoCatarino]

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[@pradnyasharma889]

Of course

[@pranithmallela13]

Tsaminami na ey ey waka waka ey ey

[@VeryTastySoup87]

Lovely video Tiago

[@pranithmallela13]

2010 fifa World Cup song

[@baskkev7459]

never seen a number going so high...try empire state building :P

[@jihanjoo]

The quality of Lego sets has gone up dramatically just within the last 5 years or so. I remeber that fans used to say, "Look at all these wonderful MOCs. Why can't official Lego products be THIS cool?" Lego is more expensive than ever yes, but starting maybe 3 years ago, starting round the time they started focusing more on Adults Welcome sets, people no longer say this because official Lego sets are staggeringly good these days.

[@Gvoudw]

Except half of the sw sets they release

[@rexpower5022]

​@@Gvoudw Dont even get me started on Ninjago, yes they just released one of the best waves ever but core...💀💀💀

[@CybertrooperOfficial]

​@@rexpower5022 to be fair to core, it is designed to introduce newer, younger, fans into the franchise

[@rexpower5022]

@@CybertrooperOfficial True, and maybe its just the nostalgia but for core they didnt rlly try i think Just look at the evo dragons, a 5 year old could have built that if he had the bricks💀

[@electricsaturn0731]

I wish I had this, the NES Mario set, and the Atari set all on display next to each other. All that together is almost one grand together.

[@randomations11]

This is probably the best usage of these Lego chains that I've ever seen. The grey chains on Mando's ship engines were cool, but this is truly a special and totally utilitarian use of the pieces for specifically what they are. Amazing.

[@srenpingeldalsgaard7950]

At 5:19 when you talk about the direction of the crankshaft. Try mirroring the gear on the right so that you have "yellow+gear+gray+gray" instead of "gray+gray+gear+yellow". This should make them run the opposite direction. The other one cannot be mirrored , but that does not matter much. Another fix would be to simply turn the tile with pacman printed 180 degrees to make him run forward instead of backwards. Thanks for a nice review!

[@StephenA92]

Thanks. Glad I read your comment. Dunno why I didn't think to do that after messing up the differentials on my Sian recently 🤯

[@kuhvacako]

you could turn the pacman tile 180 degrees and swap the Pac Man and Inc tiles so Pinky is still chasing

[@Lavaleaf00635]

Lego did a good job with this set! Definitely reminds me of the classic game.

[@kirkyit]

The reason it seems to crank backwards is because there is error in the instructions. If you look at the photo on the box, the chain is applied the other way round, so it will go in correct direction.

[@idonjohnson6999]

At the same time, the box shows the crank being turned the 'incorrect' way by that arrow around it.

[@boredfish80]

It might sound obvious or silly (I don’t have the set yet) but in any case can’t you just turn Pac Man’s head the other way if you get it wrong?

[@dimitravargiamidou5643]

Your reviews are quite detailed and very helpful.

[@TiagoCatarino]

I try! Thank you!

[@aiaproductions9319]

As somebody who is obsessed with retro gaming this set is a must have for me! The mechanism looks absolutely amazing too!

[@parkds]

The out-of-the-box Lego sets are always my favorites to build. I loved the typewriter and piano and figuring out how what I was building was going to work in the final build.

[@jardex2275]

Seeing those maze tiles makes me think we need a Tetris set. Not sure if tiles have been produced in the T and L shapes before, but it could be done.

[@SupersuMC]

*_deep breath_* I AM THE ONE WHO ARRANGES THE BLOCKS THAT DESCEND UPON ME FROM UP ABOVE! THEY FALL DOWN AND I SPIN THEM AROUND 'TIL THEY FIT IN THE GROUND LIKE HAND IN GLOVE!

[@astahfirula]

Yeah, this is the kind of Lego that you cannot escape from. Very nice.

[@Hugop_arts]

Only if you eat a power pellet

[@OscarDeLaHoyad]

Gotta love that function

[@benjaminschaar5423]

I literally was just looking up reviews for this five minutes ago. THANK YOU!

[@TiagoCatarino]

Happy to provide

[@exquisitewiggle]

The chain mechanism in genius!

[@jacobe1942]

most interested in how people will use the new element for creative builds

[@bobs8005]

@@jacobe1942 was thinking the same thing

[@TYEArcade]

I want this lego set so bad

[@NevvDad]

In theory, couldn't you just rotate pac man 180 degrees so that he is chasing the two ghosts when you wind the crank clockwise?

[@jardex2275]

I was thinking that as well.

[@laserbeamlightning]

Wish they would include vulnerable blue ghosts to make that effect work

[@tma6701]

Better yet, how about change over the Pacman with the red ghost tile positions around? then it would still have the same effect of the two ghosts chasing Pacman and the crank can be wound clockwise.

[@laserbeamlightning]

@@tma6701 yeah the upside down ghosts still bother me. I am pretty sure there’s a way to engineer them so they flip right side up (maybe adding a few notches to their peg so only they reorient themselves at the corners)

[@strawberrana]

lego icons/creator expert continues to prove it's the best product line

[@brotherfromanotherbrick]

OMG, the mechanism is insane! Now I want the set even more.

[@TheLadsBandLive]

LEGO not pricing this at $256 is one of the all time biggest missed opportunities.

[@skylined5534]

Ha! Brilliant! They absolutely should have!

[@VitZ9]

Hahaha! 😆 ... I don't get it. 🤔 Can someone please explain? 😅

[@TheLadsBandLive]

@@VitZ9 The Pac-Man 256 bug occurs when the game runs out of memory on the 256th level and the right side of the screen displays corrupted graphics, preventing the player from continuing.

[@michaelchen2718]

4:12 I'm sure this has occurred before, with one of the larger sets? maybe Titanic, Colosseum, etc.

[@sarcasmguy6482]

As someone who spends most of my time playing games, I really like it when LEGO releases sets based around gaming. I’ve already started building the set and I am thoroughly enjoying it (building the same thing 64 times doesn’t bother me as I built the Eiffel Tower).

[@onelogue]

That mechanism blew me away!!! Wow!

[@AdamJasper18]

I've found that the NES jams because the clear disk behind Mario is being pushed right up against the screen and so is jams if the screen is uneven. A very simple fix for this is to move the whole Mario assembly away from the screen a little to give the disk some clearance. This does require you to remove a piece or two from the screen cover but it's not noticeable from the outside at all. This is one of the best sets ever made in my opinion so it's really is a shame about that price. Hopefully it gets discounted sooner rather than later. I do wish it used more prints though like the NES did, but I completely understand the use of stickers for the large tiles. As someone who's wanted to use those linked chains in builds but just found them too annoying to integrate them into the main LEGO system, that new link piece is incredible. There's as infinite amount of possibilities from the existence of that piece. I like what I'm seeing with the rise of gears and mechanisms in normal LEGO sets like in this and the new Friends beach set. I also love how both sets are designed to easily be able to see the actual mechanism to appreciate the engineering involved in getting it to rn.

[@essa6315]

Utterly brilliant. Hats off to the designers

[@AA_Studios]

Tiago: uploads video Me: rushes to watch it immediately lol great work as usual.

[@TiagoCatarino]

My man

[@rogerhalt3991]

The old age question of- ‘is it just worth buying the real thing over Lego’ 😂

[@dcfavorite]

NES, Atari, and now Pac-Man, I love this! I hope Lego would get to Game Boy, Super Nintendo and perhaps the original PlayStation one day.

[@PigDan]

Lifelong Pac-Man fan here... this is gorgeous and very surprising that it exists at all. Video game fans are totally eating in the modern day. We got Mario, Atari, Sonic.. and this?! What?! So cool. Main criticism for many must be that's a way too expensive set (prohibitively, really!), as always with the Lego Company which continuously deeply disappoint me as a business with over-charging for their plastic despite them often delivering great quality and stunning creativity. Cool video, subbed!

[@gto6254]

Not quite building the same structure more than 64x, but the building instructions for the Eiffel Tower ask you to place a round one-stud piece 144x in a single step, 263. In step 80, you do have to build 48 mini-lamps with 3 pieces each, and in step 336 you have to snap into place and align 72 rods, so you may want to steer clear of that set, as you have so far :-). I actually did not find it too boring, by spreading the build over several weekends and listening to my favorite tunes on the more repetitive parts. The final result is monumentally fantastic and I haven't gotten tired of admiring it almost 6 months later!

[@JHemi4368]

Dagobah diorama had me putting down 176 trans green 1x1s in one step

[@SupersuMC]

There's that infamous step in the Ideas Ship in a Bottle set, but you can just pour the bag there. The real repetitive steps I've experienced were on the Globe where each section of the crust had to be built 16 times, plus the tiles that make up the land, the ship, and the labels. Definitely a build I had to do over a few days. I can't imagine the commitment it takes to be a LEGO store employee and, I imagine, having to build the displays basically in one sitting. (Any LEGO store employees in the chat who can confirm or deny that hypothesis?)

[@gto6254]

@@SupersuMC Your comment made me look at the instructions for the World Map, just out of curiosity. On page 97 you have to place 247 white one-stud circle tiles on a 16x16 Technic brick. In fact, for every step you have to place 256 pieces on a 16x16 Technic brick. I think I'd rather step barefoot on a small LEGO brick than to endure the torture of building the World Map... And yes, much admiration to the LEGO employees who put such sets together at the LEGO stores.

[@davidliskey3553]

​@@SupersuMC i believe Tiago designed that set 😂

[@yushaaangamia9599]

7:29 I know that $270 is a bit overpriced but the Nintendo system costs the same price currently with the price increase

[@legendsteph7128]

Great set. I am looking forward to see another one release the one with the big minifigure. Great review

[@TiagoCatarino]

LEGO 40649? Should I review it?

[@kirboioproductions74398]

@@TiagoCatarino yes Tiago go do your job

[@legendsteph7128]

Yes that is the set. I really appreciate each one of your reviews. If you Want to make a review of the set i would 100% watch it.

[@markzwinderman4766]

That’s amazingly clever. Like someone said here, the quality of Lego sets, the designs has taken a leap forward over the past three years. Excellent review as always. I think I would miss this one though. Too many small pieces perhaps

[@ibuildboats-menacetosociety]

This is what I want, A REVIEW!

[@coffeeinhandproductions3238]

An amazing one off/nostalgic Lego set only marred by the price. While I fully appreciate the amount of detail/prints and technical/building solutions no one can really ignore how expensive these sets have gotten over the past two years. Primary reason seems to be Lego feels the price justifies what's being built not just the components/pieces it's built from. Same could basically be said for the Technic theme as a good percentage of the piece count is just pins, and axels which shouldn't be anywhere near the 10 cents per piece mark to produce sell. Only other complaint is the use of stickers at all at this point as a premium display item shouldn't have to rely on them at this price point.

[@Rocket1377]

Modern LEGO sets are still cheaper than vintage ones were back in the day.

[@SupersuMC]

​@@Rocket1377 Especially taking inflation into account. You have to pay not only the designers, but everyone else involved in production and distribution. You can't sell just based on cost of materials.

[@bobbyc912]

Still cheaper than many of the UCS Star Wars sets

[@bobbyc912]

Finally picking this up this weekend with triple VIP points

[@kentslocum]

I just wish the minifigure-scale arcade machine was available separately.

[@Andulvar]

when you also take into consideration the custom pieces and the prints it makes more sense why it's that pirce. Plus the work done by the engineers to make it work.

[@audiovideophile5317]

I would LOVE to see a 3re party option to replace the crank with a motor, switch and battery or USB plug to let it just keep running. Also an 3rd party sound module that you could add the game sound effects yourself to as this would be too hard to license for a 3rd party and Lego just wouldn’t offer it.

[@whiskeyvictor5703]

Amazing engineering! Shame about the very high price. (Well, that applies to pretty much everything LEGO these days...) I'm an OG who remembers the arcade PAC-MAN units in the local pizzaria in 1981. I can still recall munching on my pepperoni pizza while hearing the constant WAKA-WAKA-WAKA-WAKA going on in the background. Good times.😎

[@adrianmarcelo5131]

This would have been a great $225 set just two years ago... Sigh. Great review as always Tiago!

[@bobs8005]

Maybe even $200

[@alexthetoaster8076]

7:08 that modular builing is so beautiful!

[@4lf4s4bb4th]

I recently bought this set, it is truly amazing, and yes, it is a great nostalgia hit, today it is one of the main pieces in my room.

[@sotianton8076]

I'm saving up for this set it's literally a true masterpiece in lego consoles

[@sotianton8076]

I live in Canada, so it's more expensive 😭😭

[@sseltrek1a2b]

this set is amazing...they really knocked it out of the park...

[@awesomeart_animates9278]

The pac is back

[@AVdE10000]

This entire video has been me just going "oh wow, that's so cool! But how much is this set gonna cost..." over and over again

[@Thatevilspacechicken]

I just got finished building it today, and I can say that the worst part was putting 128 of the same pieces together for 20 minutes. Apart from that, I really enjoyed it!

[@goshisanniichi]

It's kind of amusing how Pac-Man's color scheme, specifically his shade of yellow was chosen based on Lego brick colors and now there's a Pac-Man Lego set.

[@lucasoheyze4597]

That's a myth

[@bETTY.0]

I’ve never seen a number go this high in lego building instructions! Lego Art & Technic Fans:

[@MagicRectangle60002]

I have the pacman and the nes and can completely relate to the way the nes jams. Pacman is indeed more refined. Love both sets!

[@ago5022]

This is actually incredible

[@pinkpigstudios1213]

That set looks soc cool

[@pinkpigstudios1213]

*so*

[@NomadX7]

A gem of a set! A bit expensive but a great one!

[@Gamergamsx_Official.]

Omg he functions are soo cool

[@Sitskier123]

When my NES started getting jammed I just had to make sure all of the tiles were pushed in as the should be. It was frustrating for a while, but an easy fix fortunately!

[@taqresu5865]

This is an amazing looking set that I really want. The Minifig scale Pacman arcade cabinet will look really good with the Defender arcade cabinet that came with LEGO Dimensions. I might have to save up for this one...

[@likecrazyhorse]

They were building one at the Lego store while I was there 2 days ago. Was a lot bigger than I thought it would be

[@bobbyc912]

Saving my VIP points to get this set at a more affordable price. So much nostalgia on this set. I still play Pac-Man on my Xbox. My high score is 132K

[@AshMorton]

If you think 64x is too much, don’t build the Eiffel Tower

[@prokesuk]

To make it even more realistic, place a cigarette made of Lego and place it on the control panel. Then add some melted Lego tiles to complete the look. Yes, people used to place their lit cigarettes on the machines while they played.

[@tomagunchi8816]

Incredible set with awesome mechanism features, but a little too expensive for me. Still waiting on LEGO to make the original Sony PS1 since that was my first console back in the days. Great review Tiago!

[@thepredator28]

Best lego reviewer

[@alexanderdrenth2842]

Been waiting for this one

[@DouglasABailey]

Really enjoyed building this!

[@antray8481]

As a big arcade fan, I would love to see a line of Arcade builds in the future. They have the Namco licence is seems so Galaga was pretty popular and could work. And of course they have Sega and Nintendo on board. Donkey Kong Arcade would fly off the shelves.

[@jorgeloo3131]

Definitely they did a great job with this set 😀 (not with the price 😔)

[@DomLeeFilm]

Seeing the mini build makes me really want a Lego modular arcade! Could see it being combined with an Optometrist as a nice bit of classic Lego humour.

[@TiagoCatarino]

Now that's a fun idea ahah, the kind of storytelling you'd see in a modular! Nice!

[@floydforthought9998]

It’s pretty cool! Can’t believe we got a LEGO Adam Sandler Pixels set! 😂 Honestly for the price, you could almost buy one of those Arcade1up machines. They’re like $400- 500. But so many little details are present. Love the light up coin slot! ❤ Takes me back to playing those games!

[@whiskeyvictor5703]

Thanks for the heads-up about Arcade1up. The arcade version of PAC-MAN looks amazing!

[@rennypenny9026]

I love how they move around, but I feel its a missed opportunity that pacman cant go and 'eat' the dots, for example drop them down or drop them to the bottom. Would take a lot of design work and pieces though

[@arturoid776]

Imagine the ghosts travelling around the maze with a battery, and you need to manually move pacman trying to avoid them and at the same time bringing all cherries to the bottom.

[@grimmako4879]

I would so replace that with a screen and keep the knob that would be so cool

[@htunlinnmaung981]

Thanks for reviewing ❤

[@That0neJawn]

"I think I've never seen a number this high in Lego instructions" >googles number of plates in ship in a bottle< Sure, Tiago. Sure. :P

[@TiagoCatarino]

As a building step of things you have to BUILD! :P I will never forget my 284 plates, OBVIOUSLY, but this is 64 times you have to build something, not dump it inside a build :P

[@d.j.daugherty4945]

epic videos mate. Clear, concise and to the point. It also helps you literally worked for LEGO. Thanks for being an ambassador to the community.

[@nicholasgeorge4156]

If you like the 25c arcade light there is a keychain you can buy of one of those. It lights up and all. Only thing is it’s a bit expensive for a Keychain. 15 dollars or so. Good for a gift.

[@seriouslystupidbricks]

Blinky, Clyde, Pinky and Inky.....that sounds wrong Tiago and you know it!😂😂😂

[@ephramred8933]

Like this lego set so much!

[@redadamearth]

While I don't necessarily see the point in it, the mechanism of the "game" idea is brilliant.

[@oswald256bs]

It was realeased because of his 51st anniversary

[@bobbyc912]

It debuted in 1980

[@oswald256bs]

@@bobbyc912 I know, its his 43th anniversary, ok ok

[@valvodnik8983]

Have good day!

[@VeryTastySoup87]

You too Val

[@Mega_Monkey]

This Is So Cool! Do You Think LEGO Will Ever Fully Replace Stickers With Printed Elements?

[@TiagoCatarino]

No. People already complain about the prices. No stickers would mean sets would be 20/30/40 dollars more expensive

[@Mega_Monkey]

@@TiagoCatarino Yeah That Makes Sense

[@davidjadin7176]

Tiago, for the NES, rotate the trans clear dish Mario is attached to. It gets scratched over time. Rotate it just a smidge whenever it starts to stick and a fresh segment will move smoothly again. Later, buy a new dish when needed. I like that the NES set, as compared to roller coasters, gets worn from use on only 1 piece which is easy to rotate or replace. The loop coaster... You have to replace a LOT of expensive track PIECES to make it slide smoothly again which is super disappointing since the friction over time diminishes speed which precludes the ability to complete the loop :(

[@TiagoCatarino]

Good tip! It might be that

[@monkeybrains]

Id like the little pacman and ghosts as a mini set

[@blakester3043]

This set more resembles one of the table top home mini arcade toys that preceded its availability on console.

[@louisbogli1804]

Lego, aren’t you sick of being this GOOD? 😩

[@andremanicke8534]

That is absolutel awesome. Only thing to top it would be if pacman would actually "eat" some points (which would reappear after the ghosts have gone through this section). Guess some work for modification 😎

[@bluespinsix6987]

If you swap Blinky and PAC-man the crank can be rotated clockwise (intuitively)

[@AlienTheTrue]

I saw this in the London Lego shop on display for “coming soon” and it was really cool!

[@greenavmshorts9335]

My personal high score is 36793!

[@TonsOfTrackmasters]

We NEED Lego tetris tho

[@inspirico]

This is sooooooo cool. I bet is like 1000$ or something!

[@TheThursty100]

Less then 300$ actually

[@malujungmann]

I just can’t wait to see your double/complete Disney castle!

[@JustMaxAsh]

I like that Clyde, in this set, is still, just Clyde

[@TheThursty100]

Why would Lego rename him

[@jonathan_60503]

Very cool - but I almost want to be able to get just the tidy little vignette without the large main set

[@Devildog81]

Is this build complicated ? Thanks

[@CabbageFace_]

Wish that little arcade was a separate set, I don’t want the rest of the set 😂

[@MegawackyMax]

Regarding the crank's spin orientation: can't you just put the icons on the screen so they go the other way around? That way you can totally spin the crank in the "normal" direction.