71408: Peach’s Castle Expansion Set Review
The LEGO® Super Mario range of expansion sets come in various sizes and one of the biggest to be released so far is inspired by the regal palace of Princess Toadstool. With Princess Peach joining the interactive figure line-up, it’s only to be expected that her palace would get the LEGO treatment. Peach’s Castle has been long-rumoured but as one of the larger scale Mario models similar to the NES, Question Mark Block and...
71409: Big Spike’s Cloudtop Challenge Set Review
The latest wave of LEGO® Super Mario sets is mostly inspired by the more recent Mario games, with a heavy focus on the Wii U era of games. Although many of the enemies featured in these games have a long history within the world of Mario. This is the case with the set as both characters debuted in Super Mario Bros. 3 but their LEGO designs are inspired by their modern-day appearances. It’s another Expansion Set which is filled...
71407: Cat Peach Suit & Frozen Tower Set Review
Since the very first Super Mario game, swapping your outfits with power-ups has been a key piece of gameplay. With more recent games, changing costumes has been more widespread with other Mushroom Kingdom characters having gained the ability. In the world of LEGO® Super Mario, power-up suits have been portrayed by a themed set of overalls and a hat, which can be worn by both the Mario and Luigi interactive figures. Now with Princess...
71406: Yoshi’s Gift House Expansion Set Review
Yoshi is probably the most famous friendly companion of Mario. The character was introduced in Super Mario World and has since become a mainstay of the Mario games. The Yoshi have appeared in a couple of sets but this is only the second to be dedicated to the long-tongued dinosaur. This Expansion Set takes its inspiration from the games in general as opposed to being based on an exact location or level of the Super Mario series,...
71404: Goomba’s Shoe Expansion Set Review
The scale of LEGO® Super Mario sets vastly varies and this particular set is one of the smallest of all the boxed sets. It’s similar to the Baby Bowser’s Clown Car in the sense that it doesn’t integrate into the LEGO Super Mario ecosystem as a piece of scenery. Instead, the Goomba’s Shoe is a sort of vehicle for the interactive figures to be placed in. Here’s a very brief look at the set and how it...
71410: LEGO Super Mario S5 Character Packs Review
The LEGO® Super Mario Character Packs have been a fun and cheaper way to add many new characters from across the Mushroom Kingdom to the various Expansion Packs. The format of the Character Packs has changed somewhat for the 5th series. Instead of 10 characters to collect, there are now only 8 to collect and they are a little more substantial compared to the first 4 series. The bigger-sized characters also mean the packaging has been...
14ft Brick-Built LEGO Bowser To Terrorize SDCC
With San Diego Comic-Con nearly upon us, one of the LEGO® Big Build models has been unveiled. The Nintendo Booth will play host to a 14-foot-tall version of The Mighty Bowser complete with moving parts and sound effects. This latest Big Build has been created with almost 700,000 LEGO bricks. It took LEGO Master Builders 3,290 hours to build. It’s a super-sized version of The Mighty Bowser LEGO Super Mario set, which will be...
LEGO Super Mario Mighty Bowser Reveal Video
Earlier today a new addition to the LEGO® Super Mario theme was announced in the form of The Mighty Bowser. This is the third large-scale Super Mario set and a reveal video has been published, which offers a unique closer look at the set. LEGO Super Mario Senior Designer, Carl Merriam shows off some of the details built into the set, including moving parts, a firing fireball and even elements of puppetry to give this large-scale LEGO...
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