71438 Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi revealed!
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LEGO revealed the intriguing 71438 Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi at San Diego Comic-Con tonight, and Singapore LEGO Certified Store The Brick Shop has supplied us with official images, which you can view after the break!
The set features brick-built sprite art of Mario and Yoshi from the 1990 SNES game Super Mario World, with elements that move with the turn of a crank on the side. Releasing on October 1st, it contains 1215 pieces and costs $209.90 SGD, which equates to about $155 US dollars.
We will let you know more details when we are able.
Update: This set has now been added to LEGO.com, available for pre-order with the confirmed pricing of £114.99 / $129.99 / €129.99.
The press release follows...
San Diego, July 25th, 2024: To mark the first day of San Diego Comic-Con 2024, the LEGO Group announced the fifth addition to their LEGO Super Mario range for Adults by welcoming the beloved and fan-favorite character, Yoshi, in homage to his earliest appearance, carrying Mario into adventure.
This is the first-time fans will see Mario's trusted companion, Yoshi, in 2D LEGO brick form. The LEGO Super Mario Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi (71438) set pays homage to Nintendo’s classic video game, Super Mario World, and is built in multiple layers to enable eye-catching animation effects. The nostalgic visuals from the earlier generation of the Super Mario games are also reflected in the new set, featuring pixelated Mario and Yoshi figures.
Carl Merriam, a Senior Designer on LEGO Super Mario explained: “In this model, we wanted to capture the original sprite animation from Super Mario World. This meant re-creating the pixel art in LEGO bricks and then adding a mechanism to make Yoshi run with Caped Mario riding on his back. AND if that wasn’t enough fun, we also added a dial to make Yoshi’s tongue pop in and out - just like in the game!”
When builders are done building, this set also stands as a beautiful display piece. The model, amongst others such as The Mighty Bowser and Piranha Plant from the LEGO Super Mario line, is also part of the ‘Adults Welcome’ series. This range is designed to bring fond memories to all LEGO fans who remember Super Mario as an essential part of their childhood.
What do you think? Let us know in the comments below!
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Kinda lame ngl
Looks really unaesthetically pleasing, and would confuse a lot of people who don't know what Super Mario is.
Very unpleasant to look at
@Maxbricks14 said:
"Kinda lame ngl
Looks really unaesthetically pleasing, and would confuse a lot of people who don't know what Super Mario is."
who doesn't know what super mario is? personally i think it's too much for the value it would bring to any house, but it's cool. it'd be neat to turn the thing and see it go. just not worth it, whether or not it's good price per piece
Reminds of Technic where you have to stand 10 metres away for it to look decent.
@tris said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"Kinda lame ngl
Looks really unaesthetically pleasing, and would confuse a lot of people who don't know what Super Mario is."
who doesn't know what super mario is? personally i think it's too much for the value it would bring to any house, but it's cool. it'd be neat to turn the thing and see it go. just not worth it, whether or not it's good price per piece"
Yeah, but he's hardly recognisable like this lol
ICONIC
I'd have mad respect for this if it was a MOC, but as a licensed set, not so much.
I go from "Oh, neat Mario and whatever his name is", to "Oh, great another licensed Mario set I won't get"
I will likely be getting this. I was the right age when Super Mario World came out, so I played it a lot.
The picture reminds me of "Songs You Didn’t Know Had Lyrics - Super Mario World":
"Yoshi and Mario
Two best friends forever
He tells me where to go
Yoshi and Mario
Apples colored red
They're my favorite flavor!
You don't have to punch my head
Please stop punching my head!
..."
That is a LEGO set.
@Maxbricks14 said:
" @tris said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"Kinda lame ngl
Looks really unaesthetically pleasing, and would confuse a lot of people who don't know what Super Mario is."
who doesn't know what super mario is? personally i think it's too much for the value it would bring to any house, but it's cool. it'd be neat to turn the thing and see it go. just not worth it, whether or not it's good price per piece"
Yeah, but he's hardly recognisable like this lol"
we're talking about a near 1:1 recreation of Mario (and Yoshi)'s sprite from the best-selling game for the SNES (as well as one of the most well-received games in the franchise), i don't think many people will have much difficulty recognizing him
Oh I am really excited for this one!
This looks excellent. Although I never played Super Mario it reminds me of the low-res chunky graphics of the likes of Donkey Kong and Bounty Bob that I played a few years earlier. Looking forward to seeing how well it animates. Definitely a set I'll be getting.
A very nice addition to the NES, Atari, and Pac-Man!
I bet this looks waaaay better in real life than on those shiny renders with nothing in the background to properly convey the scale.
The exposed studs for the mustache and bits of Mario's hair is really clever. I can't wait to see the moving function that's embedded into it.
Coolest lego set I've seen in 5 years. Buying 3 on day one.
I'm right in the nostalgia target zone, it bring me joy just to look at that sprite (not quite as much as Yoshi's Island, but close). Lego's pricey enough as it is though, I don't want to pay for the parts in the hand crank mechanism I'll use once then ignore - I'd rather it was a cheaper static art piece, so that's a pass and I'll see if I can put together the sprite alone out of spares.
Well that's going right on the wishlist! Hopefully it's reasonably priced. Not liking the idea of $150 for 1200 pcs, many of which are common tiles. (Also, I don't know how else to say this, but how do people not recognize 16-bit pixel Mario? Am I really that old?)
It’s actually astonishing how accurately they’ve captured the 16 bit aesthetic of Super Mario World!! I’d love to see a Legend of Zelda Link to the Past build like this. But then maybe not at those Nintendo Tax prices…
Lego copying MEGABLOCKS' Pixel-art...
How can pixels be askew????
Dang we getting showered with reveals today...
Brilliant!
@Maxbricks14 said:
" @tris said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"Kinda lame ngl
Looks really unaesthetically pleasing, and would confuse a lot of people who don't know what Super Mario is."
who doesn't know what super mario is? personally i think it's too much for the value it would bring to any house, but it's cool. it'd be neat to turn the thing and see it go. just not worth it, whether or not it's good price per piece"
Yeah, but he's hardly recognisable like this lol"
If you owned a gameboy in the 90's you know exactly what this is
Instantly recognizable, but while I like the idea it feels a bit simplistic. An Art set Plus. And considering it's mostly very generic pieces, I wonder if they couldn't have made this like a 3-in-1 set?
My biggest issue however is the price: $155 for 1215 seemingly just very basic pieces? That's about double the PPP compared to that Minecraft set also rvealed today, also a licensed set consisiting of similarly basic pieces, but with a bunch of prints. Also compared to the earlier Mario sets this just feels pretty bad.
I don't really understand it. It is nice that it is not just a planar art type set and that they are trying to make it look 3D but surely the point of pixels on a screen is that it is based on a square grid. So how come the feet are angled? Or is this the price to pay for the appearance of motion and the legs and maybe other parts will rock back and forwards? It looks odd to me.
@WizardOfOss said:
"Instantly recognizable, but while I like the idea it feels a bit simplistic. An Art set Plus. And considering it's mostly very generic pieces, I wonder if they couldn't have made this like a 3-in-1 set?
My biggest issue however is the price: $155 for 1215 seemingly just very basic pieces? That's about double the PPP compared to that Minecraft set also rvealed today, also a licensed set consisiting of similarly basic pieces, but with a bunch of prints. Also compared to the earlier Mario sets this just feels pretty bad."
There seems to be a crank operated mechanism that makes Mario move.
I bet 90% of haters never played Mario World
Well.
At least it isn't a decapitated head on a stick?
@thor96 said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
"Instantly recognizable, but while I like the idea it feels a bit simplistic. An Art set Plus. And considering it's mostly very generic pieces, I wonder if they couldn't have made this like a 3-in-1 set?
My biggest issue however is the price: $155 for 1215 seemingly just very basic pieces? That's about double the PPP compared to that Minecraft set also rvealed today, also a licensed set consisiting of similarly basic pieces, but with a bunch of prints. Also compared to the earlier Mario sets this just feels pretty bad."
There seems to be a crank operated mechanism that makes Mario move."
I noticed that, that's why I called it a an Art set "Plus". And while CCC sure has a point that angled pixels are weird, I still like think it's a fun addition.
But considering it's crank operated I still don't see any justification for the outlandish price.
It gets worse the more you look at it. The design is creative, but my eyes certainly don't agree with me.
Reminds me of endless hours playing Super Mario World when I was little. If I had anywhere to display it I'd be tempted
@BelgianBricker said:
"Lego copying MEGABLOCKS' Pixel-art..."
You know Mega Blocks didn't invent pixel art, do you? This is how video games used to look like in the 1980s and 1990s. A lot of people in the comments above don't seem to get that concept. LEGO bricks are ideal for pixelated characters, and I'm a bit surprised how long it took to get one of these, apart from the previous NES set.
@todd1981 said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
" @tris said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"Kinda lame ngl
Looks really unaesthetically pleasing, and would confuse a lot of people who don't know what Super Mario is."
who doesn't know what super mario is? personally i think it's too much for the value it would bring to any house, but it's cool. it'd be neat to turn the thing and see it go. just not worth it, whether or not it's good price per piece"
Yeah, but he's hardly recognisable like this lol"
If you owned a gameboy in the 90's you know exactly what this is"
No, you won't, because this game didn't exist on the original Gameboy. It was eventually released on the Gameboy Advance in the early 2000s, though, but that's a full decade later.
And for those who don't recognize this, I really wonder why you're commenting in the first place. It would be like me commenting on every other LEGO Star Wars sets: "It's another boring gray spaceship. Bring back Classic Space."
@ToysFromTheAttic said:
""It's another boring gray spaceship. Bring back Classic Space.""
Even if they don't type it, they're thinking it.
Personally, I really love this set... I can almost hear the "clip-clop" coconut instrument that plays in the background of Super Mario World whenever you're on Yoshi.
Regarding the price, I see some other sites mention €129,99, which while still pricey already seems a bit more reasonable.
Not interested in this in the slightest, but I will say that it's impressive that it takes a good bit of looking to tell this is lego and not a still from the game.
It’s supposed to look like that people! It’s 16-bit! I guess most of you are too young. ???????
Looks great to me. Instantly recognizable
@Capuano said:
"It’s supposed to look like that people! It’s 16-bit! I guess most of you are too young. ???????"
Pah... Super detailed. 8-bit all the way for me!
@Capuano said:
"It’s supposed to look like that people! It’s 16-bit! I guess most of you are too young. ???????"
I'm in my early 50s, but I never played with computer games when young - I played with Lego!
That opening comment almost seems as disingenuous as the "geezer demographic" comment that was posted on the Zelda reveal ngl
Kinda torn on this. On the one hand, it only seems like it's barely a step above mosaic art - I love the depth, but I think I'll have to wait until I know more about it. On the other hand, I bleeping LOVE Super Mario World, and would absolutely want something like this decorating my room! And it doesn't seem like it'll be quite as pricey as some of the other 18+ Mario sets (although still not as cheap as the plant of course).
@ToysFromTheAttic said:
" @BelgianBricker said:
"Lego copying MEGABLOCKS' Pixel-art..."
You know Mega Blocks didn't invent pixel art, do you? This is how video games used to look like in the 1980s and 1990s. A lot of people in the comments above don't seem to get that""
Dude, I was a kid in the '80s, so yeah I know what they looked liked. That wasnt the point....
The point is that Lego is obviously copying one if Mega's ideas of bringing this pixelated art to live with building bricks.
This is almost an exact 1 on 1 of Megas pokemon pixelart series. But you obviously didnt seem to know that.
Que the Lego mario fans complaining that Lego will give us anything but a mario minifigure
@mediAFOL said:
" @ToysFromTheAttic said:
""It's another boring gray spaceship. Bring back Classic Space.""
Even if they don't type it, they're thinking it.
"
Always. :-)
I used to play that on Game Boy Advance back in the day.
@ToysFromTheAttic said:
" @todd1981 said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
" @tris said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"Kinda lame ngl
Looks really unaesthetically pleasing, and would confuse a lot of people who don't know what Super Mario is."
who doesn't know what super mario is? personally i think it's too much for the value it would bring to any house, but it's cool. it'd be neat to turn the thing and see it go. just not worth it, whether or not it's good price per piece"
Yeah, but he's hardly recognisable like this lol"
If you owned a gameboy in the 90's you know exactly what this is"
No, you won't, because this game didn't exist on the original Gameboy. It was eventually released on the Gameboy Advance in the early 2000s, though, but that's a full decade later. "
In fairness, Super Mario Land 2 used very similar-looking sprites.
@BelgianBricker said:
" @ToysFromTheAttic said:
" @BelgianBricker said:
"Lego copying MEGABLOCKS' Pixel-art..."
You know Mega Blocks didn't invent pixel art, do you? This is how video games used to look like in the 1980s and 1990s. A lot of people in the comments above don't seem to get that""
Dude, I was a kid in the '80s, so yeah I know what they looked liked. That wasnt the point....
The point is that Lego is obviously copying one if Mega's ideas of bringing this pixelated art to live with building bricks.
This is almost an exact 1 on 1 of Megas pokemon pixelart series. But you obviously didnt seem to know that."
I did something similar with a few Mega Man characters circa 2002, and I wasn't the only one with that basic idea at the time. Recreating pixel art with Lego is one of the most obvious things to do with the concept of video game-related Lego, and to suggest that it "belongs" to Mega is patently absurd--either you didn't think this through at all or you're looking for excuses to complain.
Especially given that both properties are Nintendo, so if there *did* necessarily have to be a direct connection, it would be likely that the connection in question was that Nintendo liked how the Pokémon ones came out and wanted to do the same with Mario.
@BelgianBricker said:
" @ToysFromTheAttic said:
" @BelgianBricker said:
"Lego copying MEGABLOCKS' Pixel-art..."
You know Mega Blocks didn't invent pixel art, do you? This is how video games used to look like in the 1980s and 1990s. A lot of people in the comments above don't seem to get that""
Dude, I was a kid in the '80s, so yeah I know what they looked liked. That wasnt the point....
The point is that Lego is obviously copying one if Mega's ideas of bringing this pixelated art to live with building bricks.
This is almost an exact 1 on 1 of Megas pokemon pixelart series. But you obviously didnt seem to know that."
It's funny to me that you accuse LEGO of copying a concept of Mega Blocks, while Mega Blocks as a brand pretty much copied everything LEGO did, before going in their own direction. And yes, I know LEGO didn't invent the building brick themselves, but it's impossible not to acknowledge the irony in your remark.
Besides that, Mega Bricks wasn't the first company to turn pixel art into plastic products. That's been happening for well over a decade, if not more. You can easily find those products at video games shops. Maybe Mega is the first company to create licensed video game pixel art sets from building blocks, I'd have to look that up, but I'm sure you remember Ministeck, whose whole premise is creating 'physical pixel' art. I've seen people recreate entire video game levels from Ministeck.
So, nothing is entirely new, and I'm sure people thought of this exact same idea decades ago, but you don't just make products because you can. Maybe LEGO saw it worked for MB and decided to indeed do the same thing as they're doing, but it hardly takes any imagination to come up with the concept of making blocky things from blocky blocks.
Love the idea here. There’s this video called “8 bit trip” on YouTube that’s stop motion with artwork much like this. Lego works for the 8 but aesthetic
But the price will push people away
Dammit. A 3D version would've gone so hard.
@Maxbricks14 said:
"Kinda lame ngl
Looks really unaesthetically pleasing, and would confuse a lot of people who don't know what Super Mario is."
Are you being serious or sarcastic? It's a near 1:1 recreation of the sprite from an incredibly popular Mario game.
I think it's pretty neat, especially as someone who played Super Mario World on the GBA as a kid, but I can't see myself buying it.
Wow I don’t understand how all these people don’t like it. I’m not a big Mario World fan but as a big Yoshi fan I’ll have to get this. The price is a bit absurd though
pretty cute, but i'm not enough of a mario fan to blow US$150 on something like this
I noticed that LEGO did some decency and removed the bit where Mario punches Yoshi to bring his tongue out. LOL
@StudWorks said:
"I noticed that LEGO did some decency and removed the bit where Mario punches Yoshi to bring his tongue out. LOL"
I appreciate that they kept the orange arms though!
If this had been some 3D voxel-style figure (google "voxel mario" for examples) I'd been more interested. But a 2D art piece just falls flat for me.
lol the comments here definitely shows some members' age.
This is a great recreation from one of the most popular games of the 90's, if not ever. It's instantly recognizable and TLG knows exactly what they are doing - hitting that nostalgia button for people born in the 80's and 90's.
It’s hard to find kind words for the commenters here.
I don’t see how you can claim to know Mario and not recognize this. It’s a beautiful pixel representation of Mario and Yoshi, and looks like it has walking motion.
For a second I thought this was an add-on gift for the NES set.
Wow I really want this!
Wow I really won't pay that much!
Wow I will get this when I find it on a big discount making it double instead of tripple digits!
This is again a set suffering under "well priced price per Part, but obnoxiously expensive for what it is"
Just like the ?-block.
I want it too, but I am not paying 200€ for a cube.
This set however I will get because I do have nostalgia for SMW, while I didn't have any nostalgia for M64.
But man, I'm not the only one who wished we just got a Mario and Yoshi figure to put next to Bowser and Piranha Plant right?
Gorgeous - I love it!
Lego and Nintendo will do literally everything except proper minifig scale Mario sets. The sheer amount of untapped potential here is absurd.
@Andrusi said:
[[ @ToysFromTheAttic said:
[[ @todd1981 said:
[[ @Maxbricks14 said:
[[ @tris said:
[[ @Maxbricks14 said:
[[Kinda lame ngl
Looks really unaesthetically pleasing, and would confuse a lot of people who don't know what Super Mario is.]]
who doesn't know what super mario is? personally i think it's too much for the value it would bring to any house, but it's cool. it'd be neat to turn the thing and see it go. just not worth it, whether or not it's good price per piece]]
Yeah, but he's hardly recognisable like this lol]]
If you owned a gameboy in the 90's you know exactly what this is]]
No, you won't, because this game didn't exist on the original Gameboy. It was eventually released on the Gameboy Advance in the early 2000s, though, but that's a full decade later. ]]
In fairness, Super Mario Land 2 used very similar-looking sprites.]]
True. And obviously anyone owning a Nintendo product back in the early 90s would recognize this sprite anyway, because there was quite a marketing blitz going on when that game came out. Heck, I didn't own a SNES or a Gameboy at that time, and I can recall it to this day. So, yes, probably the majority of people in the early 90s who did (or didn't) own a Gameboy would recognize exactly what this is -- just not from their actual Gameboy consoles. :-)
@Andrusi said:
@BelgianBricker said:
[[ @ToysFromTheAttic said:
[[ @BelgianBricker said:
[[Lego copying MEGABLOCKS' Pixel-art...]]
You know Mega Blocks didn't invent pixel art, do you? This is how video games used to look like in the 1980s and 1990s. A lot of people in the comments above don't seem to get that"]]
Dude, I was a kid in the '80s, so yeah I know what they looked liked. That wasnt the point....
The point is that Lego is obviously copying one if Mega's ideas of bringing this pixelated art to live with building bricks.
This is almost an exact 1 on 1 of Megas pokemon pixelart series. But you obviously didnt seem to know that.]]
I did something similar with a few Mega Man characters circa 2002, and I wasn't the only one with that basic idea at the time. Recreating pixel art with Lego is one of the most obvious things to do with the concept of video game-related Lego, and to suggest that it "belongs" to Mega is patently absurd--either you didn't think this through at all or you're looking for excuses to complain.
Especially given that both properties are Nintendo, so if there *did* necessarily have to be a direct connection, it would be likely that the connection in question was that Nintendo liked how the Pokémon ones came out and wanted to do the same with Mario.]]
100% this. Given that the licensor gets a very big say in what type of product get released, it's extremely likely Nintendo wanted to do the same thing with Mario. But, as I said, Nintendo has given licenses to other companies making pixel art products or their games -- especially Super Mario games.
Being a kid in the early 1990s I’m surely buying this. This is awesome you can’t convince me otherwise sorry lol.
A S$210 set would likely be around US$120 to 130 as Singapore Lego pricings are always higher than US.
@danieltheo said:
" @Capuano said:
"It’s supposed to look like that people! It’s 16-bit! I guess most of you are too young. ???????"
I'm in my early 50s, but I never played with computer games when young - I played with Lego!"
I'm forty-four, and while one family that was close to had an NES (so I played a decent amount of the original Super Mario Bros and Duck Hunt when my brother and I were over at their place), the first video game system I ever owned was a DS Lite. My family had a Tandy 1000, but I spent more time playing with Lego than playing games on the computer.
Looks great, but it is another set that is firmly in the "Cool MOC" category. Nice to look at, but my desire to own is zero.
I guess these huge Nintendo display sets sell well. Despite being the demographic they are aimed at, I have passed on most. Space, time and budget play a bigger factor then how cool something looks.
Building pixel art is neat, and AFOLs have been doing it forever. Making it move is a cool idea to attempt to add some extra value.
I rarely feel this way personally about LEGO sets, but I think I would prefer this more if it wasn't a LEGO set, but something that could be about half as tall (and half the price).
@MLF said:
"Space, time and budget play a bigger factor then how cool something looks."
A key chain it is then!
After watching a video of this in action, I want it more than ever.
Neat!
@Maxbricks14 said:
" @tris said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"Kinda lame ngl
Looks really unaesthetically pleasing, and would confuse a lot of people who don't know what Super Mario is."
who doesn't know what super mario is? personally i think it's too much for the value it would bring to any house, but it's cool. it'd be neat to turn the thing and see it go. just not worth it, whether or not it's good price per piece"
Yeah, but he's hardly recognisable like this lol"
I haven't done exact comparisons, but this looks like a 1:1 pixel-to-stud translation. I'm not sure how they could have done better; the sprite this is based on is simply not very hi-res. I think the source material is more to blame for any aesthetic complaints.
As I haven't seen it mentioned yet, I'll point out a glaring mistake that TLG have made when designing this set.
In Super Mario World, Mario points and Yoshi's neck extends before his tongue comes out; and if you pass by an apple or edible object, Yoshi's mouth momentarily opens but no tongue is visible. In other words the set is an expensive, inaccurate, dust-collector.
Really like it but then I’m a fan of the games.
I hope you're right! I'm not seeing a lot here that would justify being north of that golden $.10/pc ratio. Maybe seeing the mechanism will change my mind, but if this costs the same as 77015 for 300 fewer pieces and likely a simpler build, it's really going to affect my decision on whether to buy this set or not.
Its available to pre-order on LEGO right now at $130. At least here in the US.
@Nfrealinkling said:
"Wow I don’t understand how all these people don’t like it. I’m not a big Mario World fan but as a big Yoshi fan I’ll have to get this. The price is a bit absurd though"
My bad about the price. I thought it was $200 but I didn’t realize it was in another currency
It's like playing 320X200 video on a modern monitor. I'm sure the moving parts will be cool, but the "resolution" makes my head hurt.
@greenhorn said:
"Very unpleasant to look at "
Perhaps it's because I grew up with playing C64 games, but I like the look of it. I think they have captured it quite well.
Not sure if I'll buy it, but I definitely like it.
@darthsutius said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"Kinda lame ngl
Looks really unaesthetically pleasing, and would confuse a lot of people who don't know what Super Mario is."
Are you being serious or sarcastic? It's a near 1:1 recreation of the sprite from an incredibly popular Mario game.
"
I'm saying this from a normal person's perspective. Obviously everyone on this site knows him, because we are all nerds, but other people will say wtf when they see it.
@Maxbricks14 said:
" @darthsutius said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"Kinda lame ngl
Looks really unaesthetically pleasing, and would confuse a lot of people who don't know what Super Mario is."
Are you being serious or sarcastic? It's a near 1:1 recreation of the sprite from an incredibly popular Mario game.
"
I'm saying this from a normal person's perspective. Obviously everyone on this site knows him, because we are all nerds, but other people will say wtf when they see it."
How many mustachioed men in red caps and overalls do you know who also ride around on the back of a green dinosaur? For the 0.04% of people who’ve never seen Mario, the ginormous logo on every side of the box should likely tip them off.
Just been looking at the official listing on LEGO.com, and have noticed that it doesn't ship with paper instructions... Appears instead to be download only! I hope I'm mistaken otherwise this is a real showstopper for me.
I am impressed this did not occur before and more often. This shows how bricks excel at rendering pixel art. Very good rendition of an all times classical.
This is easily the worst of the 18+ Mario sets they've done so far, but it's still kind of cool! I think the gear mechanism adds a lot and I can't wait to see it in action.
I like the idea...for a 70€-100€ TOPS set.
This is NOT 130€ worth of set. Unless it brought Functions in it to make it move autonomously. Which it doesn't.
FYI, Lego.com now has a page for this set including a video of it in motion!
I saw this and immediately have the song playing in my head. 130 isn’t too bad. I can’t wait to see how it moves but this is a great display piece. I will probably put it in my office at work.
this is gorgeous, makes me wanna make 2D sprites in Lego
I love it!
It’s not just pixel art. They went the extra mile and included some pretty neat functions. Looks great on display and when you’re using it!
Uhhhhhh... Interesting?
These comments make me think this site isn't even a Lego fan site anymore, it's a minifigure fan site.
I can't believe that something like this is getting flak.
wahoooo
@8lackmagic said:
"Just been looking at the official listing on LEGO.com, and have noticed that it doesn't ship with paper instructions... Appears instead to be download only! I hope I'm mistaken otherwise this is a real showstopper for me."
Please tell me this is not going to be a thing...
I can’t believe the blatant disregard for the source material from many commenters.
This is almost exactly what 16-bit Mario looks like. It’s pixel art. It doesn't need resolution.
The negativity here is wild. This is beautiful and fits great with the other 18+ Mario sets
Absolutely amazing, I love Super Mario World sooooo much, the fact that it has all these moving parts and is still pixel accurate is just… ‘chef’s kiss’. As for the haters, what here is even triggering you. The fact that it’s not a ‘proper’ build and instead a game-accurate, 16-bit image? It’s a display piece of an incredible iconic video game mascot, that’s a little too pricey. If you don’t like it, oh well. Let the fans rejoice at its beauty without negativity.
It looks great. I don’t understand how anyone can say Mario is somehow unrecognizable. This version of the Mario sprite was used in more than just Super Mario World, with the gameboy Mario games using a very similar sprite. The price of $129 in the US sounds just right. I already pre-ordered mine!
@GrosPanda1979 said:
"In other words the set is an expensive, inaccurate, dust-collector.
"
To be fair to this set, that description could apply to many LEGO sets.
Odd to read comments here of people who clearly do not know what this is meant to be. Probably not something I would buy but I can appreciate what they have done here. A great idea IMO and well executed.
@8lackmagic said:
"Just been looking at the official listing on LEGO.com, and have noticed that it doesn't ship with paper instructions... Appears instead to be download only! I hope I'm mistaken otherwise this is a real showstopper for me."
I know that Lego.com promotes the dreadful Builder App a lot but have you seen something that makes you think there'll be no printed instructions? It would surprise me if Lego tried this mistake with an 18+ set when the Builder App is so aimed at children.
Chance of buying this set:
With printed instructions - 100%
With only standard PDF - 60%
With only Builder App instructions - 0%
@wronglook said:
"this is gorgeous, makes me wanna make 2D sprites in Lego "
AFOLs have done that for ages. I've still got a Manic Miner / Jet Set Willy picture and a Jetpac / Lunar Jetman picture in my office that I made at least 15 years ago. Pixel art is pretty easy as the instructions are already there in the sprite.
@sjr60 said:
" @8lackmagic said:
"Just been looking at the official listing on LEGO.com, and have noticed that it doesn't ship with paper instructions... Appears instead to be download only! I hope I'm mistaken otherwise this is a real showstopper for me."
I know that Lego.com promotes the dreadful Builder App a lot but have you seen something that makes you think there'll be no printed instructions? It would surprise me if Lego tried this mistake with an 18+ set when the Builder App is so aimed at children.
Chance of buying this set:
With printed instructions - 100%
With only standard PDF - 60%
With only Builder App instructions - 0%"
“Find building instructions on the LEGO Builder app to guide every step of your immersive, creative experience.”
“LEGO® Builder app – Download the app for building instructions and for tools that let you zoom in and rotate a 3D digital image of your model as you build, save all your sets in one place, and more”
@yellowcastle said:
" @sjr60 said:
" @8lackmagic said:
"Just been looking at the official listing on LEGO.com, and have noticed that it doesn't ship with paper instructions... Appears instead to be download only! I hope I'm mistaken otherwise this is a real showstopper for me."
I know that Lego.com promotes the dreadful Builder App a lot but have you seen something that makes you think there'll be no printed instructions? It would surprise me if Lego tried this mistake with an 18+ set when the Builder App is so aimed at children.
Chance of buying this set:
With printed instructions - 100%
With only standard PDF - 60%
With only Builder App instructions - 0%"
“Find building instructions on the LEGO Builder app to guide every step of your immersive, creative experience.”
“LEGO® Builder app – Download the app for building instructions and for tools that let you zoom in and rotate a 3D digital image of your model as you build, save all your sets in one place, and more”"
While the other large Mario sets all specifically say there are paper instructions included, the Bowser muscle car 71431 says
'The LEGO® Super Mario™ app – Download the app for instructions to build Bowser’s car, inspirational ideas and more; for a list of compatible Android and iOS devices, visit LEGO.com/devicecheck'
and includes paper instructions so they hopefully will still be included
@yellowcastle said:
" @sjr60 said:
" @8lackmagic said:
"Just been looking at the official listing on LEGO.com, and have noticed that it doesn't ship with paper instructions... Appears instead to be download only! I hope I'm mistaken otherwise this is a real showstopper for me."
I know that Lego.com promotes the dreadful Builder App a lot but have you seen something that makes you think there'll be no printed instructions? It would surprise me if Lego tried this mistake with an 18+ set when the Builder App is so aimed at children.
Chance of buying this set:
With printed instructions - 100%
With only standard PDF - 60%
With only Builder App instructions - 0%"
“Find building instructions on the LEGO Builder app to guide every step of your immersive, creative experience.”
“LEGO® Builder app – Download the app for building instructions and for tools that let you zoom in and rotate a 3D digital image of your model as you build, save all your sets in one place, and more”"
Yes, there's been similar in a few recent set specifications. If they're seriously aiming on doing away with printed instructions it will need a big bold warning on the box,
'UNUSABLE WITHOUT A TABLET - NOT INCLUDED'
@99Sharkbait said:
" @yellowcastle said:
" @sjr60 said:
" @8lackmagic said:
"Just been looking at the official listing on LEGO.com, and have noticed that it doesn't ship with paper instructions... Appears instead to be download only! I hope I'm mistaken otherwise this is a real showstopper for me."
I know that Lego.com promotes the dreadful Builder App a lot but have you seen something that makes you think there'll be no printed instructions? It would surprise me if Lego tried this mistake with an 18+ set when the Builder App is so aimed at children.
Chance of buying this set:
With printed instructions - 100%
With only standard PDF - 60%
With only Builder App instructions - 0%"
“Find building instructions on the LEGO Builder app to guide every step of your immersive, creative experience.”
“LEGO® Builder app – Download the app for building instructions and for tools that let you zoom in and rotate a 3D digital image of your model as you build, save all your sets in one place, and more”"
While the other large Mario sets all specifically say there are paper instructions included, the Bowser muscle car 71431 says
'The LEGO® Super Mario™ app – Download the app for instructions to build Bowser’s car, inspirational ideas and more; for a list of compatible Android and iOS devices, visit LEGO.com/devicecheck'
and includes paper instructions so they hopefully will still be included"
Yes, I was quite pleased to get paper instructions in 71428 and 71431.
Lego's video for this really doesn't show the motion features clearly enough. Pixel art style is fun, but a fairly average execution, IMO. Gonna wait for reviews and then think about it.
I notice that, in response to numerous complaints on Lego.com about 'Builder App' only instructions for the Batman 8in1 set, Customer Services has claimed that PDF downloads are now being worked on for all versions. Obviously not as good as printed, but better than the ridiculous 'Builder App' versions.
This looks real wonderful - I'm incredibly excited for it. I also appreciate they're giving it motion: I think it's a good way to combat what otherwise might be a pretty but relatively static set. When I was younger, I liked designing sprite MOCs like this, but just with tiles or bricks. With how expansive the LEGO palette is now, we can definitely do some of the 16-bit sprites I recall having issues with in the past. It looks superb!
Dumbfounded several people here seemed to think this was not recognizably Mario - genuinely one of the most well-known versions of Mario. This was literally the pack-in for so many SNES consoles! If you were alive in the 90s, had friends with a SNES, or even just had siblings you've likely seen it. Super Mario World has been available on every Nintendo home console they've released since. It's also unambiguously close to the modern depiction of Mario. Literally, most people know who Mario is. Without knowledge of the game most people would look at this and go "Oh, that's Mario." Or the assertion that somehow LEGO is copying Mega Blocks by doing the most intuitive "how can I make this video game in LEGO?" type of set imaginable? Does LEGO also owe me royalties for all the versions of these I did in Digital Designer when I was 8? Also, I can't in good faith assume these "inaccurate" comments are genuine. I understand people thinking the askew pixels for arms and legs are being a bit unfaithful to the actual sprite animations, but I think people are forgetting this is a toy with limitations. No one can actually be expecting 1:1 recreations of sprite animations that are not possible to do with a moving LEGO set. No idea why some commenters here are so dead set on that. Are we going to complain that Bowser's spikes didn't end in studs on his real game model too?
Nonetheless, $130 is relatively expensive for what this is, especially with the pixels being 1x1. Looks impressively clean, and the motion is a wonderfully added bit. Hoping that no-paper instructions concept isn't true - just seems a bit ridiculous to enforce using a device to build your set! Also... it's just kind of a bad app... I would have hoped for more around $80-90, but it's a licensed LEGO set. It's not as ridiculous as the $270 price mark for the last couple, and I bought those, so...
Expensive fall for video game sets, at least it's not the same month as the Deku Tree!
People hating on this never sat too close to their CRT playing this game. I'm all for it!