Update: The LEGO SEGA Genesis Controller is now available as a gift with purchase when you checkout with at least $130 in your cart.
The previously leaked LEGO SEGA Genesis Controller is official. The brick built gamepad made headlines just over a week ago when low res images were leaked online, but the set has now officially been revealed.
LEGO SEGA Genesis Controller is official
The 2-in-1 SEGA controller, or more officially SEGA Genesis Controller (40769), has now surfaced on official international LEGO sties, including the French LEGO Store that confirms it is indeed the GWP set previously rumored/leaked and is on the way very soon.
Just about all of the previously leaked details, including the image of the box are indeed coming to life here – it is set number 40769, features a 260-piece build, a red brick-built display stand, and will launch on September 8 as a GWP kit.
Some were initially highlighting the set’s box – it is marked as part of the Sonic The Hedgehog series. This is because one of the real standout elements of the build is on the backside of the controller, which features a brick-built Sonic stage featuring a miniature Sonic, some gold Rings, and other micro-scale details from a Green Hill Zone stage.
It also sounds a lot like the build will include a pair of stickers for the front of the build – one reading Mega Drive and the North American Genesis look pictured below.





Here are some additional details on the new Mega drive or SEGA Genesis LEGO controller from the French LEGO Store:
- Game room decor – Thrill any adult Sonic fan with this SEGA® Genesis™ Controller set, featuring a brick-built game controller with display stand, to kindle creative joy
- Retro gaming controller – This building set features a gaming controller with a display stand, a microscale Green Hill Zone scene on the back, regional stickers to decorate the front and more
- Sonic the Hedgehog™ LEGO® model – Offers an immersive gaming decor building set to encourage relaxation as you build, while stimulating focus and creativity
- Display-worthy nostalgia piece – The retro gaming decor controller has a buildable, microscale Green Hill Zone scene with Sonic and Crabmeat video game characters, plus a display stand to show it off
- Gamer gift idea for adults – This brick-built retro gaming controller with a microscale scene on the back, makes a curated gift idea for yourself or another Sonic fan who loves LEGO® gaming decor
- Controller dimensions – The controller model in this retro gaming decor LEGO® building kit measures over 3.5 in. (10 cm) high, 5.5 in. (15 cm) wide and 1 in. (3 cm) deep
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