The best video game Lego sets

It doesn’t matter if you’re 4 or 40, Legos are always fun to play with. We all have memories of digging through some giant plastic bin of pieces searching for that one we saw 50 times before we needed it. If you grew up just a few decades ago, the best you could do was use your generic Lego sets to re-create the best video games as close as possible. Now, Lego has partnered with almost every major brand and company under the sun to make official Lego sets for everything from Star Wars to your favorite video game series.

If there’s a popular gaming franchise, odds are it has a Lego set. Whether you want to give a creative gift to a gaming fan or want to build yourself a nice display piece in honor of your favorite game, these are the best Lego sets based on video games.

Nintendo Entertainment System

This isn’t a Lego based of a specific game, but perhaps the most important console in gaming history. This set lets you build a scale Lego model of the legendary NES, complete with a controller and replica TV. Be ready for an intense build, though, because this entire set has a total of 2,646 pieces. The kicker, and what makes it worth that much effort to build, is that this set isn’t just awesome for display purposes. If you turn the crank, a little Mario figure will start running and jumping his way through a little recreation of World 1-1. It obviously won’t be as fun as playing the best Mario games for real, but for a Lego set it is very impressive.

The Legend of Zelda Great Deku Tree

There are so many obvious choices for Zelda-inspired Lego sets. Hyrule Castle is the easy one, but we would even suggest the Temple of Time or the King of Red Lions before thinking of the Great Deku Tree. Now that we’ve seen it, we can’t wait to get our hands on it. Sure, it isn’t the same Great Deku Tree from Ocarina of Time, but the Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom version is a close second. This isn’t too complex of a build at only 2,500 pieces, but does come with three amazing