{"id":642595,"date":"2026-05-02T07:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T07:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/642595\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T07:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T07:52:12","slug":"sega-genesis-mega-drive-lego-console-set-launches-june-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/642595\/","title":{"rendered":"SEGA Genesis \/ Mega Drive LEGO Console Set Launches June 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SEGA<\/a> Image: LEGO \/ SEGA<\/p>\n

Following a new Animal Crossing<\/a> set announcement, LEGO and SEGA have officially revealed a “Sega Genesis Console” set.<\/p>\n

Set 40926 is officially described as a “highly detailed model” bringing together the best of creativity and a love for retro gaming. If the Mega Drive is more your thing, you can also customise this non-functioning brick build to look like this model – complete with detachable controllers and decorative stickers.<\/p>\n

This set will launch on 1st June 2026, is priced at \u00a334.99 \/ \u20ac39.99 \/ $39.99, and includes 479 pieces. We’ve even got some official measurements and photos:<\/p>\n

“The set measures over 1.5 in. (4 cm) high, 6 in (16 cm) wide and 4.5 in (12 cm) deep, while the controllers measure over 1 in. (2 cm) high, 3 in (8 cm) wide and 9.5 in. (24 cm) deep.”<\/p>\n

\"SEGA<\/a>\"SEGA<\/a> Images: LEGO \/ SEGA
\n\"SEGA<\/a>\"SEGA<\/a> Images: LEGO \/ SEGA
\n\"SEGA<\/a> Image: LEGO \/ SEGA<\/p>\n

If you want to actually relive the Genesis and Mega Drive, the Switch Online + Expansion Pack ‘Nintendo Classic’ service includes this retro Sega library. You can also buy Switch Online Genesis \/ Mega Drive controllers on the Nintendo Store.<\/p>\n

What do you think of this Genesis \/ Mega Drive Lego set? Will you be adding this to your collection? Tell us in the comments.<\/p>\n

\"Liam<\/p>\n

Liam is a news writer and reviewer on Nintendo Life. He’s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: LEGO \/ SEGA Following a new Animal Crossing set announcement, LEGO and SEGA have officially revealed a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642596,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,57370,81161,61,48755],"class_list":["post-642595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-lego","tag-sega","tag-technology","tag-upcoming-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}