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Take a trip back to the golden age of video games with this 210-piece Arcade Machine construction kit from Madness’s Pop Series!
Inspired by the famous machines that once filled arcades, this miniature model features an instantly recognisable retro design with its red frame, game screen, yellow joystick and control buttons.
Comprising 210 ABS plastic pieces, the kit allows you to gradually assemble a genuine, decorative miniature arcade machine. However, the model does more than just replicate its appearance: a dial on the side allows you to scroll through the scene displayed on the screen, adding a fun little interactive element to the build.
Several stickers are also included to personalise the cabinet and enhance its retro video game-inspired aesthetic.
With its compact size, this model will easily find a place on a desk, a shelf, in a gaming room or as part of a retro-gaming collection. An original build aimed at both brick enthusiasts and those nostalgic for arcade halls.
Manufacturer: Madness / Madnesstoys
Range: Pop Series
Collection: GEEK Collection
Model: Arcade Machine
Product type: Construction kit / model to assemble
Number of parts: 210
Material: ABS plastic
Theme: Arcade / Retro gaming / Video games
Function: Scrolling game screen via side dial
Elements featured: screen, joystick and control buttons
Customisation: stickers included
EAN: 8435691400853
Supplier reference: MBMT016
Category: Building blocks
Arcade machines have played a major role in the history of video games. Long before home consoles and personal computers became ubiquitous, arcades allowed players to discover games installed in large machines specially designed to house a screen and their own controls.
Their golden age was mainly between the late 1970s and the 1980s, a period during which arcades became essential venues in popular culture. Each cabinet usually featured a specific game and was distinguished by its colourful graphics, screen, buttons and the ever-present joystick.
Games were usually short and score-based, encouraging players to play again and again to improve their performance and have their initials listed amongst the machine’s top scores.
Over the years, arcade machines have featured a wide range of genres: shoot ’em ups, platform games, racing games and even fighting games. Their aesthetic, characterised by pixelated graphics, bright colours and mechanical controls, has now become inextricably linked with retro gaming.
Although home consoles have gradually shifted video gaming into the home, the arcade machine retains a special place in gamers’ imaginations. It represents an era when discovering a new game often meant stepping into a room filled with machines, electronic music and players striving to beat the high score.
With this 210-piece Pop Series Arcade Machine, Madness transforms this icon of video gaming into a small decorative model, whilst adding a mechanism that brings the on-screen action to life.