LEGO PlayStation (72306)

Last updated: 1 October 2026. We checked every price, date and figure for the LEGO PlayStation set against LEGO's and Sony's own pages on 7 September 2026.

What the LEGO PlayStation set is

It is a replica of the first PlayStation console, built from 1,911 pieces, with the original controller alongside it. LEGO calls the scale "near 1:1", and the finished model measures 26cm wide, 19cm deep and just over 6cm high. So it sits on a shelf at roughly the footprint of the machine it copies.

But three things on it move. The Open button lifts the disc lid, the Power button presses, and the controller plugs into the front of the console on a brick-built lead. There is also a memory card, built in bricks, that slides into the slot marked 1 on the front panel. Everything else is fixed detail: the ribbed vents down the left side, the SONY wordmark on the top, the four-colour PlayStation logo beside the disc lid.

LEGO files it under sets for adults and marks it 18-plus, which is an age rating for buying rather than a difficulty score. In practice it means 1,911 pieces, most of them small and grey, and a box designed to look right on a shelf afterwards.

The two dioramas inside the disc lid

Open the lid and two small buildable scenes sit inside the body of the console, one for each of two games that launched on the original machine. Nothing on the outside tells you they are there.

Sony's Steffi Steffen, its senior director of licensed merchandise, wrote that the company "collaborated closely with LEGO designers to craft a building experience that is inspired by PlayStation's origins", and that builders "will notice hidden details from PlayStation's history" on the way through. LEGO's own product page puts it more bluntly and promises a set "packed with Easter eggs".

Price, dates and where to buy it

£139.99 in the UK. Sony gives the same set as $179.99 in the US, €159.99 across the euro zone and ¥27,980 including tax in Japan. There is no separate UK bundle and no cheaper edition.

Three doors open on three different days, so the date that matters depends on where you shop.

LEGO Insiders is free and takes a minute to join, so the early-access window is not really a paywall. It is a queue position instead. On a licensed set this size that matters more than usual, because launch stock on PlayStation Direct and on LEGO.com is separate and one can sell out while the other holds.

LEGO delivers free in the UK on orders above £50, so this one clears that line on its own. Sony's UK store gives free express delivery over £40 and 30-day returns, and takes 5% off for PlayStation Plus members on selected items.

Buy from PlayStation Direct UK from 1 October

The specification, in full

What LEGO has not said

The Astro Bot freebie. LEGO news sites have reported a set numbered 40899, an Astro Bot, given away with qualifying purchases from 1 October. It comes from a leak rather than from LEGO, Brick Fanatics said as much when it ran the story, and the UK product page listed no gift with this set when we read it on 7 September. Treat it as unconfirmed until LEGO says otherwise.

The retirement date. So far LEGO has published no retirement date, which is normal at announcement. Licensed sets tied to an anniversary have tended to run for a couple of years rather than a couple of months, but nothing on the page promises that.

One more thing the pictures do not tell you: the model does nothing electrical. No lights, no sound, no disc, no game. The Power button presses and stays pressed. So that is the whole feature.

Who it suits

Someone who owned a PlayStation between 1994 and the early 2000s and now has shelf space. At £140 and 1,911 pieces it is priced and sized like the rest of LEGO's adult display range, and it lands in the same place as its International Space Station set: you build it once, then you look at it.

It suits a gift better than most sets that size, because the recipient does not have to be a LEGO person. Anyone who owned the console will recognise it from across a room. Anyone weighing it against actually playing the old games should look at the Analogue Pocket instead, which plays cartridges rather than commemorating them, or read our piece on the retro gaming boom in the UK.

It suits a display case too, and a 26cm model is an awkward width for most shelves once you allow for the controller beside it. We have a page on LEGO display cases if the plan is to keep the dust off it.

LEGO PlayStation FAQs

How much is the LEGO PlayStation in the UK?

£139.99. That is LEGO's own recommended price, and Sony quotes the same figure for PlayStation Direct. No UK retailer had listed it at a different price when we checked on 7 September 2026.

When does it come out?

PlayStation Direct sells it from 1 October 2026. Then LEGO Insiders get early access on LEGO.com from 1 to 3 October. After that it goes on general sale on LEGO.com and in LEGO Stores on 4 October 2026.

How many pieces is it?

1,911 pieces, and LEGO rates it 18+. The finished console measures 26cm wide, 19cm deep and just over 6cm high.

What is hidden inside the console?

Two buildable dioramas, one based on Gran Turismo and one on Ape Escape. The Gran Turismo scene has a small track with cars on it. The Ape Escape one has an island and a monkey with a helmet light that swaps between blue and red. Both of them lift out.

Does the LEGO PlayStation actually work?

No. The Open and Power buttons are mechanical, and the controller plugs into the front on a brick lead. But nothinglights up and nothing plays, so it is a display model.

Do you need to be a LEGO Insider to buy it?

Only between 1 and 3 October, and only on LEGO.com. Insiders is free to join, though. From 4 October anyone can buy it, and PlayStation Direct sells to everyone from 1 October.

Is there a free Astro Bot set with it?

Nothing official. LEGO news sites have reported a 40899 Astro Bot gift with purchase, sourced from a leak, and LEGO has not confirmed it. The UK product page also showed no gift attached to this set on 7 September 2026.

Which countries is it sold in?

Sony lists the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and Portugal for the PlayStation Direct launch. LEGO.com and LEGO Stores carry it more widely from 4 October.

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Prices, dates and stock change. Everything here was checked on 7 September 2026 against LEGO's UK product page for set 72306 and Sony's announcement, Building on 30 years of play, on the PlayStation Blog. The set data was cross-checked against Brickset's record for 72306, and the unconfirmed Astro Bot report against Brick Fanatics.

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