Funnily enough I saw that Lego game for $75 new at Gamestop today.
But I'm chiming in to say that, due to a new job milestone I've been holding out on, I finally picked myself up a switch.
First of all, I was shocked at how small the thing is. I knew it wouldn't be big, but damn, it's not much bigger than one of the jumbo Android phones you see around.
Secondly, I'm actually impressed at how slick the whole enterprise is. I set it up in a few minutes, it updated itself and the controllers in a few minutes (while Smash Bros. apparently updated in the background without my having to do anything), and in general all of the menus and and UI action are super snappy. Granted, I'm coming from having a 5-year-old phone and a WiiU as my last console, but this is an impressively put together interface. And, although I probably won't use the feature much, the whole pulling the Switch in and out of the dock thing is very smooth.
The Joy Cons, while also being tinier than I expect, feel pleasant to use and fit surprisingly well into my large hands. I didn't buy a pro controller pending breaking out the console, but I see no reason why I won't be able to just stick with these. I was reminded very quickly of how much I liked the split controller configuration of the Wii. We did play a round of Smash with the split Joy Cons, which is funny that it's even possible, but I can't see anyone other than a little kid being able to really use the controllers this way for a traditional game.
On another note, we had to drive 30 miles to a Fry's that had 3rd party Gamecube adapters in stock, and then discovered upon returning to town that not a single place had used or new official Gamecube controllers. The Gamestop clerk said that they don't even sell them in their stores anymore, and immediately process them for online sales. On Amazon it looks like they're going for $45 used. Which is insane. I gave up and bought some third party knock-offs that appear to have licensed the mold ($16 a piece), and they seem completely fine.