And here he is! LEGO Donkey Kong has been revealed, alongside 71423 Dry Bowser Castle! It’s March 10 today, stylised as MAR10 Day, aka Mario Day! LEGO are planning a big Mario Day announcement on their Youtube channel on 10 March 2023 at 3AM AEDT (11 March) / 5pm CET / 11am EST / 8am PST…
Review: LEGO 71411 The Mighty Bowser
LEGO Super Mario has been a fairly decent commercial success – LEGO keeps producing sets, and anecdotally, the theme is quite popular among younger kids and families, for whom Mario is a much bigger star than Mickey Mouse. While the LEGO Super Mario theme is primarily targeted at kids, with its physical meets digital play…
2,807-piece LEGO 71411 The Mighty Bowser revealed!
LEGO and Nintendo have unveiled the 2022 D2C LEGO Super Mario Set – 71411 The Mighty Bowser, a massive brick-built display model of Mario’s nemesis, Bowser! This 2,807-piece monstrosity is priced at US$269.99 / AU$399.99, and has a release date of 1 October 2022, and will be available exclusively from LEGO.com or your local LEGO…
Review: LEGO 71395 Super Mario 64 Question Mark Block
The LEGO Super Mario theme is quite divisive amongst LEGO and Nintendo fans, partly because it’s not a typical minifigure-centric theme, and also partly because the phygital play (a portmanteau for physical and digital) isn’t really geared towards adults or older LEGO fans, who contribute most to the online discourse, on blogs, social media or…
2022 Summer LEGO Super Mario set lineup featuring LEGO Princess Peach officially revealed!
After yesterday’s inadvertent reveal of LEGO Princess Peach, LEGO has officially announced the full lineup of Summer 2022 (Northern Hemisphere) LEGO Super Mario sets, featuring seven new sets, including the debut of LEGO Princess Peach! The Summer 2022 LEGO Super Mario sets have a release date of 1 August 2022 and will be available from…
Five video games I’d love LEGO to take on after Horizon Forbidden West
Following yesterday’s reveal of the Horizon Forbidden West Tallneck LEGO set, LEGO have officially signaled that it’s taking Gaming seriously, and this set could be a pre-cursor to a loose LEGO Gaming theme in 2022 and beyond. The Tallneck model releasing in May 2022, based off the upcoming Horizon Forbidden West game is gorgeous (and…
