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Super Mario · SET 72046

Game Boy™

The original Game Boy returns in an almost life-size replica. Buttons, cartridges and interchangeable images recreate the console’s tactile appeal.

Pieces: 421
Release year: 2025
Theme: Super Mario
Set number: 72046
LEGO recommended age: 18+
LEGO retail price · Italy: 59.99 €

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Available at LEGO Italy when checked on 22 October 2026. Availability can change. Check the store for the latest information.

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TIME TO BUILD

How long does it take to build Game Boy™?

Individual build

A starting point for planning your build. Times for each experience level are editorial estimates, not measurements submitted by HowLongToBuild users.

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Beginner

≈ 3 hSuggested range2 h – 4 h 15 min

Intermediate

≈ 2 hSuggested range1 h 30 min – 2 h 45 min

Experienced

≈ 1 h 15 minSuggested range1 h – 1 h 45 min

Based on one person building the set for the first time, following the original instructions and using numbered bags where supplied. Includes normal piece-finding and minor adjustments; excludes long breaks, filming, dismantling and modifications. Sources may use different methods. This range is neither a statistical interval nor a limit: your build may take less or more time.

How we estimate times · sources and method

The compact casing uses building techniques in several directions. New builders may take longer than the roughly one-hour report. The three experience bands are cautious editorial assessments, not measured averages.

Sources do not always specify the builder’s experience. The three experience bands are our editorial assessment, based on the complexity of the set and individual accounts where available.

Brick Fanatics · Game Boy™ ↗
The review reports about one hour and warns that the techniques may slow builders less familiar with the LEGO system.

Checked: 22 October 2026 · Method v1.0 · Limited reports; not a statistical average.

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MAKE ROOM FOR YOUR NEXT BUILD

How much display space does it need?

Model or component measured by LEGO

Height: ≈ 14 cm
Width: ≈ 9 cm
Depth / length: ≈ 3 cm

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Which model was measured? · original Italian specification

Dimensioni: la console LEGO® Nintendo costruibile di questo set di 421 pezzi misura 14 cm di altezza, 9 cm di larghezza e 3 cm di…

Approximate assembled-model measurements, not packaging dimensions. Allow extra room for handling, moving parts and the display stand. The comparison uses the measured model’s overall footprint, allows a 90° rotation and does not assess stability or shelf load. Source LEGO ↗ · 2026-10-29

BEYOND THE BRICKS

Did you know?

The model, the history, the ideas

Inside the set

Two games to swap

Buildable Game Paks recreate Link’s Awakening and Super Mario Land. Their corresponding lenticular screens are interchangeable.

LEGO source

Buttons to press

The directional pad and A, B, SELECT and START buttons recreate the feel of playing. This is a display model without electronic games.

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Beyond the set

The stories, places and inventions behind your build.

A pocket console

Cartridges and accessories.

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Game Boy launched in 1989 with a monochrome LCD, eight-bit processor and interchangeable game cartridges. Smithsonian holds an example and records accessories including a camera and printer. The model represents an expandable handheld system whose activities changed by swapping cartridges or connecting peripherals.

Smithsonian

Meeting Tetris

A 1989 agreement.

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In 1989 Henk Rogers secured handheld Tetris rights and licensed them to Nintendo. The game’s official timeline connects this agreement with the Game Boy pack-in cartridge and sales above thirty-five million. The console’s history intersects with licensing and a game particularly suited to its portable format.

The Tetris Company

Expanded stories updated on 29 October 2026

Written by HowLongToBuild · Sources are linked with each story · Checked on 22 October 2026. Historical facts and story details refer to the context described.

BEYOND THE BRICKS

Keep the story going

Films, series, games, books and music connected to this model or its universe.

Film

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

2023

Another adventure in the same universe, for before or after your build.

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THE COMMUNITY’S EXPERIENCE

What was it like to build?

Three separate scores from 1 to 10. For difficulty, 1 means very easy and 10 means very difficult.

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SET THE MOOD

A soundtrack for your build

· Selected for the subject and atmosphere

Hazy electronic textures suggest imagined landscapes and memories. This suits world-building and atmosphere rather than merely matching any model containing circuitry.

OUR PICK

Music Has the Right to Children

Boards of Canada

Rhythmic and lively

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