In the past few years, Nintendo and LEGO have launched a series of cross-border cooperation, launching special sets themed on IPs such as “Super Mario”, “The Legend of Zelda” and “Pokémon”, as well as Nintendo’s past classic game consoles. Earlier this week, Nintendo officially announced another new cooperation product, but this time it may become one of the most complex LEGO sets to date.
LEGO has recreated Nintendo’s classic “Tonky Gang” arcade machine in this new set of products. However, in addition to faithfully presenting the entire levels and characters, players can actually play the game after the combination is completed, and operate Mario, who was still known as “Jump Man” at the time, to dodge the buckets thrown by Tonky Gang.
At present, this new LEGO set is not yet open for pre-order on the official LEGO website, and the official has only released a trailer video of this new set. As for this leaked news, it is suspected that it was leaked in advance due to a mistake by a British retailer. Even though the merchant immediately removed the relevant promotion from the shelves, the display video of this set of Lego “Dongqi Gang” arcade machine has begun to go viral on the Internet.
In the post shared by Twitter user Wario64, players can see a demonstration video of this new set. After gradually putting it together, the players in the video also began to actually play the game, using the arcade joystick to operate Mario and pressing another button to make him jump. As for another button on the operating panel, when pressed, it will release the rolling wooden tube.
another look at LEGO Donkey Kong Set https://t.co/jw6g7NzkzK pic.twitter.com/olTGc8VQXn
— Wario64 (@Wario64) July 18, 2026
According to leaked news, the height of this LEGO “Tonky Goon” arcade set after assembly is approximately 39.37 centimeters and the width is 26.67 centimeters. The level design on the front completely reproduces the “Tonky Goon” from that year. Not only that, but the character portraits drawn by Nintendo for Mario, Tonky Goon and Princess Peach can also be seen on the fuselage. As for the price, this brand new set numbered 72051 is expected to be on sale for $200 and is expected to be released on August 1.
It is worth noting that this is not the first time that LEGO has introduced interactive designs into Nintendo-related cooperation sets. For example, the previously launched NES US version of the red and white console theme set used rotating shafts and small canvases to reproduce the first level of the original “Super Mario Bros.” on a mini TV.
Source: KOCPC Chinese