MSX Made out of bricks

What do Lego and MSX have in common? You can both use your imagination and build things with it. It is unlimited, it is fun and can be challenging. It's up to you. MRC user Hamlet must have had the same idea when he constructed an MSX out of Lego. Lego gives the opportunity to create and design a new MSX computer according to your own wishes. Best of two worlds, acting as one. To built is to share, here's the change for you to own a Lego MSX yourself.

Visitors from the recent MSX fair Nijmegen might have seen the exhibition of Hamlet's DIY computer cases. Made out of Lego. Or perhaps you've seen some pictures of these machine, here on MRC. Either way, these brick by brick build Lego machines are fantastic eye candy. The cases offers space for a Mini-ITX board or single-board computers like the Raspberry Pi or the Turbo Chameleon 64. There's space for a power-supply and cut-outs for cartridge ports as well as the possibility to customize the keycaps of the keyboard. The displayed cases are decorated with a mechanical Cherry keyboard with freely select-able key switches, which offers an incomparable writing experience on an MSX computer. The possibility to integrate existing bricks into the set makes the price-conscious MSX fan happy.

The parts list of Hamlet's examples are available in the MRC download data base and can be ordered from online portals such as Bricklink. Also a detailed construction manual can be found there free of charge.

An even easier solution to build such a case is to support the MSX case project at LEGO Ideas, a platform for MOCS (MOC simply stands for "My Own Creation") building blocks. Hamlet has his own profile here where you can vote for his builds to get it in production and be able to buy it as a complete kit. In order for LEGO to officially offer this set for sale, Hamlet only needs 10.000 votes for this. Although it is necessary to register to vote, it is a unique chance for us MSX geeks to stand out. Having these complete kits would be a lot cheaper than putting the components together individually at different dealers.

Relive your childhood and get that case of Lego bricks out of the attic, build an MSX!

Relevant link: LEGO Ideas Project page

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