We got some Lego sentences based on video games In the last few years. Things like that Atari 2600 set, or all Super Mario Bros. Playsets with different characters and obstacles. But none of them are as cool as this fan-made spinning Lego set Tetris into a playable table game.
Tetris Solidcreated by victorvey300, is a new project currently running on Lego Ideas, a website where users can upload their suggestions for Lego sets and potentially see them become real sets if enough fans support them and Lego approves them . Tetris Solid turns Tetris into an interactive puzzle made of building blocks with colorful tetrominoes and the ability to track your score. What’s even more impressive is that this doesn’t happen with electronic Lego pieces.
It’s remarkably elegant and clever in execution, with sliding tiles, vertical “tracks” and a treadmill to reveal each new piece you need to play. Watch the set in action makes me want to play with it immediately.
Of course, as the inventor explains on the project’s ideas page, there was no way to do it Tetris Lines disappear when you fill gaps, like in the actual game. Instead, the creator of the project adjusted the rules. In this version of the popular shape-dropping game, you have to completely fill the game board with all the pieces, turning Tetris into a puzzle. It’s a clever way to adapt the classic video game into a Lego set that still feels very similar Tetris spin off.
Due to the design of the pieces, you can rotate and drop them into place as you wish. And when you’re done, either by placing all the pieces on the board or not, there’s a handy and very satisfying “reset” switch that drops all the pieces at once, allowing you to start over.
In the set the creator has a little nod to the creator of Tetris, Alexey Pajitnov. Hidden in Tetris Solid Set is a small office with the creator of Tetris and the game was created on his old PC.
At the moment, Tetris Solid has almost 4,000 supporters. That’s very little considering how great this set is and how it actually works. I’m not convinced Lego would ever sell a set like this, it might be too complicated, but I hope I’m wrong because I’d love to own this great piece of Lego engineering myself one day. If you would like to support Lego SolidVisit the Lego Ideas page.
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