LEGO Mario sets revealed

Gay Bowser · Apr 6, 2020

That Bowser Castle set looks amazing. Not clear if it includes a Mario figure, though? One is pictured, but it's labeled an "expansion" to the "starter course," so I'd imagine not.

At $59.99 that starter set is going to be the toy this holiday.

Steeped in a Sea of Games · Apr 6, 2020

Definitely getting this for my kids (and myself).

Raccoon · Apr 6, 2020

Bowser's Castle looks sick as fuck

Deleted member 51691 · Apr 6, 2020

I was hoping for traditional builds.

The game looks like a fun temporary diversion that isn't really worth losing proper LEGO sets with more bricks and better designs.

samred · Apr 6, 2020

I assume this went up before the embargo time? That store link isn't working (well, it's KIND of working, but redirects to an official URL with a 404 attached).

Mandos · Apr 6, 2020

ILikeFeet said:
LEGO Super Mario preorders open, Aug. 1st, 2020 launch confirmed, Starter Course/Expansion Sets detailed, free app coming

BIG details on Mario's LEGO tie-in

gonintendo.com

Looks like this went up a day early

jaggies said:
That Bowser Castle set looks amazing. Not clear if it includes a Mario figure, though? One is pictured, but it's labeled an "expansion" to the "starter course," so I'd imagine not.

At $59.99 that starter set is going to be the toy this holiday.

Yeah sounds like there could be more player characters though... wonder if the tech part of Mario comes out and goes into the other bodies, that way you could be another player character if you go to your friends house. And Bowsers castle doesn't include Mario no

stealthyfrog said:
I was hoping for traditional builds.

The game looks like a fun temporary diversion that isn't really worth losing more proper LEGO sets with more bricks and better designs.

They'll come they tease this as a big long running partnership and I'd expect them in wave 2. I mean if you think about it minifig are what tend leak out details of new announced lines so not having any traditional sets in wave one keeps that from happening

Gay Bowser · Apr 6, 2020

stealthyfrog said:
I was hoping for traditional builds.

The game looks like a fun temporary diversion that isn't really worth losing more proper LEGO sets with more bricks and better designs.

The problem with "traditional" minifig-scale builds for Mario (which I'm sure are coming) is that at that scale so many iconic Mario things would just be single molds. This way people actually get to build Goombas and Koopas and Piranha Plants, which are really the interesting things in the Mario universe to build and play with.

I'm not expecting much out of the "game"/app but I like that they were able to incorporate the sound of Mario, which is such a huge part of the experience. If I was a kid I would absolutely go nuts for being able to play pretend-Mario "in real life" with these sets. LEGO knows what they're doing.

Mandos · Apr 6, 2020

jaggies said:
The problem with "traditional" minifig-scale builds for Mario (which I'm sure are coming) is that at that scale so many iconic Mario things would just be single molds. This way people actually get to build Goombas and Koopas and Piranha Plants, which are really the interesting things in the Mario universe to build and play with.

I'm not expecting much out of the "game"/app but I like that they were able to incorporate the sound of Mario, which is such a huge part of the experience. If I was a kid I would absolutely go nuts for being able to play pretend-Mario "in real life" with these sets. LEGO knows what they're doing.

Also should be pointed out his scanner is also color based For movementso you can make the course out of your entire collection, the sets are mainly for the iconic items with printed recognition stickers(so ?blocks, enemies, etc) so you could make a giant filled out detailed land if you wanted too, or heck recreate super Mario 3D Land/world levels

piratepwnsninja · Apr 6, 2020

samred said:
I assume this went up before the embargo time? That store link isn't working (well, it's KIND of working, but redirects to an official URL with a 404 attached).

Must have. I need to preorder this.

Mandos · Apr 6, 2020

piratepwnsninja said:
Must have. I need to preorder this.

Order it Through LEGO, Monty mole with a stone eyes is the GWP

piratepwnsninja · Apr 6, 2020

Mandos said:
Order it Through LEGO, Monty mole with a stone eyes is the GWP

I will, as soon as the link works.

Raccoon · Apr 7, 2020

Mandos said:
Order it Through LEGO, Monty mole with a stone eyes is the GWP

oh shit for real?

edit: unpopular opinion, I think most of the builds mesh the aesthetics of Mario and LEGO incredibly well, with a few unfortunate exceptions (that goomba tho). The brick-built Yoshi and the entirety of Bowser's Castle are major highlights, both look great.

MattAces · Apr 7, 2020

wait, the bowser set $100? really?
Looks like a pretty small set but I'm still all in.
very curious about the gameplay.

Ninjadom · Apr 7, 2020

Closer look

Corrie1960 · Apr 7, 2020

4 years to make a lego set really? I really hope they have other stuff in the pipeline also.

a lego Mario video game?
a lego Mario tv special or TV movie etc?

I really want a lego Mario video game though

F34R · Apr 7, 2020

Corrie1960 said:
4 years to make a lego set really? I really hope they have other stuff in the pipeline also.

a lego Mario video game?
a lego Mario tv special or TV movie etc?

I really want a lego Mario video game though

Four years isn't that long in respect to all that goes into getting it done.

dodo · Apr 7, 2020

the bowser figure is adorable

Deleted member 2791 · Apr 7, 2020

i dont care about all that can i just buy the bowser figure

Deleted member 31092 · Apr 7, 2020

Brb gonna get my gf pregnant so that I can buy this "for the kids"

Yrch · Apr 7, 2020

I'm replaying NSMB U with my 3 year old so this is a perfect gateway into Legos.

I think I'm giving the starter a try

Corrie1960 · Apr 7, 2020

F34R said:
Four years isn't that long in respect to all that goes into getting it done.

can you explain why it takes so long thanks

apathetic · Apr 7, 2020

I like Bowser himself and would buy that alone. Him and a few of the other random things like the Piranha plant have looked good but still not feeling the "sets" as a whole. Hopeing that down the line they do a full castle in the traditional sense and not set up for the "game" think they have going on.

F34R · Apr 7, 2020

Corrie1960 said:
can you explain why it takes so long thanks

Licensing, collaborations, ideas on ways to bring Nintendo playing into Lego, focus groups, engineering, developing, prototypes, marketing, production, etc.

Ricky_R · Apr 7, 2020

That set looks kinda crappy. Feel a set based on Mario Odyssey would be nicer.

Andri · Apr 7, 2020

most impressive to me is that i saw at least a few lego elements that i think are entirely new, which is something LEGO-Designers are specifically told to avoid as much as possible when designing new sets.

Corrie1960 · Apr 7, 2020

F34R said:
Licensing, collaborations, ideas on ways to bring Nintendo playing into Lego, focus groups, engineering, developing, prototypes, marketing, production, etc.

Oh right thank you

Mandos · Apr 7, 2020

Andri said:
most impressive to me is that i saw at least a few lego elements that i think are entirely new, which is something LEGO-Designers are specifically told to avoid as much as possible when designing new sets.

The shells and the rounded raised plates used as a base plates are the big ones, also the rounded 2x4 flat plates

Mandos · Apr 7, 2020

piratepwnsninja said:
I will, as soon as the link works.

Raccoon said:
oh shit for real?

edit: unpopular opinion, I think most of the builds mesh the aesthetics of Mario and LEGO incredibly well, with a few unfortunate exceptions (that goomba tho). The brick-built Yoshi and the entirety of Bowser's Castle are major highlights, both look great.

Here's the GWP for buying through Lego https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/monty-mole-super-mushroom-expansion-set-40414

Feel it gives the starter better value. Not sure I'll buy anything outside of the starter but there's some really cool new elements in these sets I think would be great for custom builds elsewhere

Rolodzeo · Apr 7, 2020

I need ALL of them.

MikeProtagonist · Apr 7, 2020

Mandos said:
Also should be pointed out his scanner is also color based For movementso you can make the course out of your entire collection, the sets are mainly for the iconic items with printed recognition stickers(so ?blocks, enemies, etc) so you could make a giant filled out detailed land if you wanted too, or heck recreate super Mario 3D Land/world levels

I wonder how it deals with surface areas. If you have a red table, it should then treat it all as lava.

scare_crow · Apr 7, 2020

MattAces said:
wait, the bowser set $100? really?
Looks like a pretty small set but I'm still all in.
very curious about the gameplay.

Click clack the pieces around while sounds go ding! and do-do-dooooo!

Gay Bowser · Apr 7, 2020

Did this ever go up for pre-order? I've been checking Lego.com and it still just says "coming soon."

Mandos · Apr 7, 2020

MikeProtagonist said:
I wonder how it deals with surface areas. If you have a red table, it should then treat it all as lava.

It has a gyro and an accelerometer too. Also it can gauge distance so you wouldn't be hurt till you "land" in the lava. But they said you can use all bricks so it should be interesting, I'd imagine the app will allow you to track stats and terrain types.

Mirk · Apr 7, 2020

8bit said:
" We hope to have a long and fruitful relationship with Nintendo and their IPs, and we are really looking forward to working with them on a longer-term. They have a lot of very exciting IPs that we might do or might not do."

If they give me Samus and her ship I'll pay any cost.

TeHi & BuSp · Apr 7, 2020

Not in my veins... it doesn't even look like an official lego set but a poor league ripoff

Gay Bowser · Apr 7, 2020

TeHi & BuSp said:
Not in my veins... it doesn't even look like an official lego set but a poor league ripoff

this is the worst take on this board since someone said odyssey was the worst 3d mario game

enjoy your super mario k'nex

Droidian · Apr 7, 2020

TeHi & BuSp said:
Not in my veins... it doesn't even look like an official lego set but a poor league ripoff

I wish they wouldve stuck with more of a Lego look over this.
The interactions do look interesting though.

Gay Bowser · Apr 7, 2020

Mandos said:
The shells and the rounded raised plates used as a base plates are the big ones, also the rounded 2x4 flat plates

yeah i'm in for all those rounded plates

i love how the color of lego translates so well to the world of mario

ILikeFeet · Apr 13, 2020

seems like it was pretty popular. a number of stores closed preorders due to demand

LEGO Super Mario Starter Bundle sets have already reached pre-order limits

The first LEGO Super Mario have proven to be quite popular as the first run of preorders have already reached their absolute limit on multiple fronts.

www.shacknews.com

Ninjadom · Jun 16, 2020

LEGO Super Mario Expansion Sets. 8 types. New June reveal.

Gartooth · Jun 16, 2020

Wow I'm really impressed at all the set variety they have here. A lot of care really went into this project and it shows.

Spine Crawler · Jun 16, 2020

Gartooth said:
Wow I'm really impressed at all the set variety they have here. A lot of care really went into this project and it shows.

yeah but its expensive as fuck.

ThreepwoodsBigWhoop · Jun 16, 2020

Pricey - but lego always is. I think the connectivity stuff adds on quite a bit more when compared to traditional lego. Like the look of the guarded fortress, toad treasure hunt and Mario house, But the others are a bit meh. I think the power up packs are far too expensive. 11 pieces for £9 but again it's that connectivity pushing up the price

MikeProtagonist · Jun 16, 2020

This Lego blog shows all the brand new parts that will be introduced:

LEGO® Super Mario 2020: The Many Moulds of Mario

All the new moulds that will appear in LEGO® Super Mario sets, coming in August. Ben Davies lists them all.

www.newelementary.com

There's obviously a couple of unique parts just for Mario, and some parts have a limited reusability like the pipes. But many of the new parts are generic but very useful (like the bricks with studs on four sides), so they will definitely turn up in other sets later.

If nothing else, the Mario hats could be super useful for custom figures in the Brickheadz design.

ILikeFeet · Jun 16, 2020

Seems more board game-ish. To the point where I wonder if more guided sets (like an actual board/tabletop set) might have made more sense

Mandos · Jun 16, 2020

I'm excited, definitely need some character packs, and 2-3 of the actual levels

KodaRuss · Jun 16, 2020

I need to stay away from this. Ill buy too much and Ill end up doing all the building for my two boys and they will play with it for 10 minutes...

Looks really cool, I preordered the base set. Not sure if I will get much more than that, maybe Bowsers Castle and thats it.

Mandos · Jun 16, 2020

For anyone wondering character packs a are indeed blind packs

Also while price per a piece is slightly higher than normal considering every minion face piece appears to be printed(which is massive!) and the extreme number of new molds is a major offset

... and I might be buying a box of those character packs

Rumenapp · Jun 16, 2020

There's a few Ideas sets up for review based on Breath of the Wild

The Legend of Zelda: BotW Stables

The Legend Of Zelda: Breath of The Wild Stable Here is my first submission for LEGO ideas. The Legend Of Zelda: Breath of The Wild Stable. I chose ...

ideas.lego.com

The Legend of Zelda BotW: Hyrule Castle

Breath of the Wild"Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" is an open-world video game. It was published in 2017 by Nintendo.Thanks to Noah R on YouTube ...

ideas.lego.com

apathetic · Jun 16, 2020

Rumenapp said:
There's a few Ideas sets up for review based on Breath of the Wild

The Legend of Zelda: BotW Stables

The Legend Of Zelda: Breath of The Wild Stable Here is my first submission for LEGO ideas. The Legend Of Zelda: Breath of The Wild Stable. I chose ...

ideas.lego.com

The Legend of Zelda BotW: Hyrule Castle

Breath of the Wild"Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" is an open-world video game. It was published in 2017 by Nintendo.Thanks to Noah R on YouTube ...

ideas.lego.com

Never worth it to look though the Ideas. Just filled with a ton of really cool things that will never get picked up.

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