As part of the Gamescom showcase and festivities, the LEGO booth is showing off the upcoming Mario Kart LEGO playsets – with a generous range of radical racers and accessories.
With enough bits and bobs to make not only your racer, but eventually a track AND winners podium, the range looks brilliant for fans of both LEGO and the soul-destroying joy that is Mario Kart:
https://twitter.com/CartridgeGames/status/1826189082998849573
https://twitter.com/CartridgeGames/status/1826265249185726630
Via the LEGO listings, we see a full breakdown of the sets and their characters – including a glimpse of the prices as they appear in other less-sunburnt areas of the world:
- 72031 Super Mario™: Mario Kart™ – Yoshi Bike – US$14.99 / €14,99 / £12,99
- 72032 Super Mario™: Mario Kart™ – Standard Kart – US$19.99 / €19,99 / £17,99
- 72033 Super Mario™: Mario Kart™ – Donkey Kong & DK Jumbo – US$34.99 / €34,99 / £29,99
- 72034 Super Mario™: Mario Kart™ – Baby Mario vs. Baby Luigi – US$29.99 / €29,99 / £24,99
- 72035 Super Mario™: Mario Kart™ – Toad’s Garage – US$39.99 / €39,99/ / £34,99
- 72036 Super Mario™: Mario Kart™ – Baby Peach & Grand Prix Set – US$79.99 / £69,99 / €79,99
The sets also include the unique code tiles that contribute to the playability of the Mario themed sets, allowing app users to play unique sound and visual cues from the Mario Kart gaming experience. There is also a new projectile option in the form of red and blue Koopa shells, that can be shot out of the standard LEGO launcher piece.
In an interesting twist, the one Mario Kart villain seemingly missing is a big one – that beautiful blue bastard, the Blue Spiked Shell. I am sure it will be sold separately, at a later date, in the ‘Friendship Destruction Playset’.
These cracking LEGO sets will be making their way to stores on January 1, 2025.
Are you ready for the thrills and spills of real life Mario Kart? Are you hoping they release a Wario karting figure too? Let us know in the comments or on social media.
Known throughout the interwebs simply as M0D3Rn, Ash is bad at video games. An old guard gamer who suffers from being generally opinionated, it comes as no surprise that he is both brutally loyal and yet, fiercely whimsical about all things electronic. On occasion will make a youtube video that actually gets views. Follow him on YouTube @Bad at Video Games
