LEGO Super Mario minifigures coming in 2027!
Posted by TheBrickPal,
Happy Mario Day!
Out of the blue, LEGO and Nintendo have announced on social media that LEGO Super Mario minifigure-scale sets are arriving in 2027, with a Mario minifig revealed in a short video.
This has been a long time coming, and something I'm sure many will be excited about.
What do you think? What sets would you like to see? View the video after the break, then let us know in the comments!
New form unlocked! New sets coming in 2027 #LEGOSuperMario pic.twitter.com/OAqcN8VmP3
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) March 10, 2026
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OMG what?!? I've been waiting for this for ages!! My poor wallet though... lol
Donkey Kong and Bowser big figs would be cool and Yoshi made like a tauntaun so they can ride on his back.
Classic move. Let sell mario TWICE xD
FINALLY!!!!!
Let’s-a go!!
Aren’t we a few weeks short of April Fools?
It’s great, but I wonder if they could’ve made him a bit more rotund.
About darn time!
Am I the only one that thinks this head mould looks kinda... cursed? I almost wish they had just used a traditional minifig head, this looks very weird and K'Nex-esque.
I was expecting a late announcement of something akin to this to be released in conjunction we ith the latest movie, since the first one was an unexpected success.
Finally! FINALLY!!
However... the fear is big that it will be for either some $400+ set or sets using the Dumb Brick
I always knew it was just a matter of time! Bummed that the heads will be moulded. I never liked that about the Simpsons minifigures.
Not lego actually learning from their mistakes and fan feedback! Take notes star wars
We've had Animal Crossing, and now we have Super Mario. Star Fox next, TLG!
@EtudeTheBadger said:
"We've had Animal Crossing, and now we have Super Mario. Star Fox next, TLG!"
"Do a barrel roll!"
I'd love a CMF series of Nintendo characters. Not just ones from the Mario games either. Samus, Kirby, Captain Falcon, Fox,...basically a Super Smash Brothers series.
Well, that's a nice surprise
I hold out hope for minifig-scale Pokémon
It’sa me, Mario minifigure!
OMG, this is amazing l!!!
@SetToBuild said:
"I always knew it was just a matter of time! Bummed that the heads will be moulded. I never liked that about the Simpsons minifigures. "
I struggle to see how more traditional minifigures would be the best, either. The Mario series is so cartoony, while, since 2015 at least, LEGO has largely ceased imitating other cartoon art styles when using classic minifigure heads, and pushes the designs into minifig face design instead. I feel like Mario and Luigi with minifig heads and black bead eyes and no noses would look quite strange. Zelda is typically less stylized and can get away with minifigures. The Mario women would look fine with normal minifig heads too, but I imagine they won't use them now, seeing Mario.
Darn, I managed to get only one Mario set 71426 . Now I suppose I will buy all sorts of Mario sets to get the most important Characters. I buy significantly more sets based on video games than those based on movies (I know Mario now has movies but you get the idea). The wallet will take a hit but I'm still happy with this development. Now let's see the prices of those...
I definitely prefer that format (Simpsons) as to the traditional minifig format for the heads. The best example is Toy Story. The original minfigs are very nice and look-alike. The new ones are pretty bad (IMO always). I would have bought the Flintstone sets if Lego had done the minifigs properly.
As far as sets go, I would be happy with just a tall finish pole and flag with a small castle on a 16x6 plate. Not expensive, does not take much space and everyone knows what it means.
Birdo will be mine!
Playing devil's advocate once again, I have had awesome Mario minifigs for years now.
Granted, not by LEGO, but looking great nonetheless. Plus don't need to buy overpriced sets (or wait till 2027) to get them.
People seem happy and I'm not going to poop their party (somehow that phrase sounds worse when deconstructed that way), but this is a bit disappointing. Even from that picture what everyone already knew is apparent—the proportions of Mario characters do not translate well to Lego. The Sonic characters are lankier so can get away with it.
Besides which, the Mario sets are some of the most enjoyable that money can buy—technology being integrated only to increase play value, not replace it entirely. Not including the man himself, you only need one set to play, and anything else is down purely to your scope of imagination. Maybe the two lines can co-exist but I can't picture Big Mario and Mini Mario sitting happily side-by-side on a shelf—so this feels to me like a victory for people who insist everything must contain minifigures, and a slap in the face to those who just enjoyed the game.
@8BrickMario said:
" @SetToBuild said:
"I always knew it was just a matter of time! Bummed that the heads will be moulded. I never liked that about the Simpsons minifigures. "
I struggle to see how more traditional minifigures would be the best, either. The Mario series is so cartoony, while, since 2015 at least, LEGO has largely ceased imitating other cartoon art styles when using classic minifigure heads, and pushes the designs into minifig face design instead. I feel like Mario and Luigi with minifig heads and black bead eyes and no noses would look quite strange. Zelda is typically less stylized and can get away with minifigures. The Mario women would look fine with normal minifig heads too, but I imagine they won't use them now, seeing Mario."
I just never liked how it looked like they just snapped the head off of an action figure and glued it onto a minifig torso. It's like Sid from Toy Story works for LEGO.
Please dont be "smart" figures with the bin and rubbish back prints ....
I get the feeling the price on any of these sets is going to be NUTS.
@Tynansd said:
"Aren’t we a few weeks short of April Fools?
It’s great, but I wonder if they could’ve made him a bit more rotund. "
I feel like he would look a bit more rotund if he used mid legs. Then they could've saved the normal legs for Luigi and his lankier proportions.
I've never wanted a Mario head on a minifig torso, but at least we can stop hearing about it.
It seems crazy to me that they're teasing these for a *2027* release when we're barely three months into 2026. I know Lego usually announce new sets a bit ahead of time; but coming out with a picture of this and going "hey, you're going to have to wait a year for it, have fun with that!" feels like weird timing. Why wouldn't they just sit on this until a bit nearer to the time?
@B_Space_Man said:
"I've never wanted a Mario head on a minifig torso, but at least we can stop hearing about it. "
Oh man thank the LORD for that.
@vizzitor said:
"I'd love a CMF series of Nintendo characters. Not just ones from the Mario games either. Samus, Kirby, Captain Falcon, Fox,...basically a Super Smash Brothers series."
That would be awesome. I’ve bought a lot of Mario sets in the past because i actually had fun with them. I even liked how everybody looked blocky as well. I don’t think i’ll be buying all kind of new sets this time. But a cmf series, especially a nintendo super smash series i would totally buy!
What? This'll never catch on. Minifigures, who even wants those?
I'm so glad we finally have minifigures and not alarm clocks
All I want to know is whether there'll be a minifig for Daisy!
Actually... I'm not super-enthused about this. Probably partially because it feels like LEGO giving in to all the screaming fans online, and partially it looks like something a LEGO-copycat would produce (and has already, according to our resident German LEGO-clone informant above). Mostly, however, I just never believed the proportions of Mario characters would translate well to minifigs. This image looks ok, I guess, but I retain my doubts until we see more.
Given 2027 is a ways off, this head mold may be a prototype, which is why it looks kinda weird; the final one may look better (or worse, given LEGO's print quality these days). The odd backlight placement in this photo doesn't help.
I’m very happy to get Mario minifigures at last, but I will say I respected the original Lego Mario theme for what it set out to do. It’ll be interesting to see how the world of Mario translates into this new format.
@Username28 said:
"Am I the only one that thinks this head mould looks kinda... cursed? I almost wish they had just used a traditional minifig head, this looks very weird and K'Nex-esque."
Given eight people have upvoted you so far, I’d say you’re not the only one, but I’m still really surprised. To me, specially molded heads for Mario characters seem such an obvious, no-brained sort of thing that it’s kind of astonishing to me anyone would expect or want standard heads. A character like Mario would hardly be recognizable as Mario if given a regular head with the usual noseless print aesthetic.
I’m excited, but I hope the sets have actual instructions.
Honestly, that Mario looks cursed. I'm not interested in Lego Mario at all but for the sake of the fans, I hope the final figure ends up looking much better than this.
Hmm... Looks like the last K'Nex set was 2017. I wonder if there was a non-compete clause stopping Lego from making minifig sized characters for 10 years.
Tbh, this would have been a better alternative for the new smart bricks
Finally!! I'm super excited for Mario minifigures. But while I'm happy with molded heads in general, this one looks off to me. It's way too big! Yes, minifigs aren't proportional and molded heads/helmets are often oversized, but this one just looks weird. The head is way too wide and round. It just doesn't fit the body or look enough like Mario to me. It looks like someone inflated his head or stuck a Mario-shaped balloon on a minifigure's body. Maybe it'll look better from other angles...
Awesome!!
I've been waiting for these since LEGO started making Mario sets
@Username28 said:
"Am I the only one that thinks this head mould looks kinda... cursed? I almost wish they had just used a traditional minifig head, this looks very weird and K'Nex-esque."
Also why are the legs not separated with brown on the bottom half? Is that a midi-legs thing?
I bet these will be "smart play" figs, which would explain the timing. It might actually make some sense, unlike Star Wars.
@ThatBionicleGuy said:
"It seems crazy to me that they're teasing these for a *2027* release when we're barely three months into 2026. I know Lego usually announce new sets a bit ahead of time; but coming out with a picture of this and going "hey, you're going to have to wait a year for it, have fun with that!" feels like weird timing. Why wouldn't they just sit on this until a bit nearer to the time?"
Because it's Mario Day.
@GoldenNinja3000 said:
"Finally!! I'm super excited for Mario minifigures. But while I'm happy with molded heads in general, this one looks off to me. It's way too big! Yes, minifigs aren't proportional and molded heads/helmets are often oversized, but this one just looks weird. The head is way too wide and round. It just doesn't fit the body or look enough like Mario to me. It looks like someone inflated his head or stuck a Mario-shaped balloon on a minifigure's body. Maybe it'll look better from other angles..."
Mario's head is kind of huge in his official proportions.
I don't think this looks cursed, I think it looks like exactly what people asked for: Lego Mario. Lego has a design language and a certain level of detail that makes sense for the overall product. If they went too detailed then it would look like a Mario toy head stuck onto a minifig body (even more so than it does now).
Bout time! I’ve been contemplating making a go-kart track, and one option was to base it on a Mario Kart track.
I'm hoping this set of minifigures will be worth the wait and even better than expected like 71050 was last year. The real question is which characters will they include... Also, if they do Waluigi, will thet give him the Woody TOY003 or Avatar Na'avi AVT001 since he's taller..?
@ao_ka said:
"Finally! FINALLY!!
However... the fear is big that it will be for either some $400+ set or sets using the Dumb Brick"
I think you mispronounced "Shart brick"?
@Andrusi said:
" @ThatBionicleGuy said:
"It seems crazy to me that they're teasing these for a *2027* release when we're barely three months into 2026. I know Lego usually announce new sets a bit ahead of time; but coming out with a picture of this and going "hey, you're going to have to wait a year for it, have fun with that!" feels like weird timing. Why wouldn't they just sit on this until a bit nearer to the time?"
Because it's Mario Day."
We already got the Luigi reveal. That would have been sufficient. The fact that they doubled down means “something.” I’m just not sure what yet.
k'nex did it better yeesh
https://brickset.com/minifigs/mar0007 to this figure: "I shall call him 'Mini-it's-a me!'"
@TheOtherMike said:
" https://brickset.com/minifigs/mar0007 to this figure: "I shall call him 'Mini-it's-a me!'""
I am still bothered by the fact that "Marisa Tomei" is an anagram for "it's-a me, Mario!", and I have decided to make this a problem for other people as well.
Lego fans:
It's Mario-time!
Okey dokey!
Ye-aah!
Let's a go!
Yoshi!
Lego fans when they see the set prices:
Ohh noooooo
Muummmaa!
Reow reow reow reow reoooowww
From memory the current Mario sets came out in mid 2020, which means it will have taken TLG seven years to release minifig-based products. Well played Lego (and Nintendo). By pivoting away from selling minifigs right away (which is what people were clearly wanting and expecting), you managed to prolong the life of this Lego theme by selling a completely different concept first, which enough people were willing to buy to keep it going for a while.
I predict that we'll see a wave of Mario sets in 2027 that feature minifigs, and in typical Lego fashion some will be more available than others. I'd imagine that Mario would probably feature in every set (he's the hero figure after all), while Luigi and other characters will probably be locked into particular sets. A bigfig bowswer seems like a no-brainer. I'd imagine sets could be based around built environments and settings from the games. A benefit of going to minifig scale is that you don't have to use as many pieces to create these settings, which fits with the 'higher prices, fewer pieces' business model that these will probably be based on. I'd imagine there might also one or two large adult-scale sets as well, with more minifigs in them, but also higher prices. Think Greak Deku Tree or similar size and price.
This may not bode well for Pokemon fans. If Mario fans have to wait seven years to get minifig scale products, how long are Pokemon fans going to need to wait to get the same?
Somehow I have a feeling LEGO's greed will ruin it and disapoint fans.... smartbricks or 400$ sets
@Crux said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
" https://brickset.com/minifigs/mar0007 to this figure: "I shall call him 'Mini-it's-a me!'""
I am still bothered by the fact that "Marisa Tomei" is an anagram for "it's-a me, Mario!", and I have decided to make this a problem for other people as well."
Why would you be bothered by this hilarious fact?
@GusG said:
"Somehow I have a feeling LEGO's greed will ruin it and disapoint fans.... smartbricks or 400$ sets"
Whatever they do, these will sell well.
@Tynansd said:
"Aren’t we a few weeks short of April Fools?
It’s great, but I wonder if they could’ve made him a bit more rotund. "
Why? He gets so much cardio in.
I know they'll just be packed into pretty expensive sets, but I'd really love a CMF series. They have a lot to work with here if they really get to let it loose.
@Username28 said:
"Am I the only one that thinks this head mould looks kinda... cursed? I almost wish they had just used a traditional minifig head, this looks very weird and K'Nex-esque."
Typical Brickset AFOL!!
LEGO brings out an amazing minifigure that fans have been clamouring for and demanding for years ….. fig looks exactly like animated Mario ….
Brickset AFOL complains it looks nothing like him!!
Facepalm!!
AFOL’s never happy, always complaining about something!….
Sheesh
A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one
What a missed opportunity to launch sets coinciding with the release of the Super Mario Galaxy Movie. I would have loved to see a Bowser's Castle, maybe a diorama of several popular levels from the NES games as well. Airship would have been cool too. I think we will need a Nintendo / SEGA crossover LEGO game at some point giving us Mario, Sonic, Zelda, Donkey Kong and Pokémon being able to play in each other's games and levels. Could be a really cool unified universe. Not just a super smash brothers, but a huge playable multiverse built out of LEGO.
@KingLego said:
"From memory the current Mario sets came out in mid 2020, which means it will have taken TLG seven years to release minifig-based products. Well played Lego (and Nintendo). By pivoting away from selling minifigs right away (which is what people were clearly wanting and expecting), you managed to prolong the life of this Lego theme by selling a completely different concept first, which enough people were willing to buy to keep it going for a while.
I predict that we'll see a wave of Mario sets in 2027 that feature minifigs, and in typical Lego fashion some will be more available than others. I'd imagine that Mario would probably feature in every set (he's the hero figure after all), while Luigi and other characters will probably be locked into particular sets. A bigfig bowswer seems like a no-brainer. I'd imagine sets could be based around built environments and settings from the games. A benefit of going to minifig scale is that you don't have to use as many pieces to create these settings, which fits with the 'higher prices, fewer pieces' business model that these will probably be based on. I'd imagine there might also one or two large adult-scale sets as well, with more minifigs in them, but also higher prices. Think Greak Deku Tree or similar size and price.
This may not bode well for Pokemon fans. If Mario fans have to wait seven years to get minifig scale products, how long are Pokemon fans going to need to wait to get the same?"
Yes but the partnership dates back to 2014 so they've had plenty of time to work on it. You could tell by the designs of the Mario Kart sets that minifigs were coming though. They have that brick Mario or minifig feel to them
Lego Nintendo CMF!
Are we really sure this is confirming minifig scale sets? The fact that it was released by Nintendo and not Lego has me worried. What if this is actually announcing a Lego Mario video game?
I'm shocked that this is finally happening! I think he looks great!
@TheOtherMike said:
" @Crux said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
" https://brickset.com/minifigs/mar0007 to this figure: "I shall call him 'Mini-it's-a me!'""
I am still bothered by the fact that "Marisa Tomei" is an anagram for "it's-a me, Mario!", and I have decided to make this a problem for other people as well."
Why would you be bothered by this hilarious fact?"
Some people think "Hey, Aunt May looks surprisingly hot", I instead think "YA! HOH! WHA-HOOO!"
@Username28 said:
"Am I the only one that thinks this head mould looks kinda... cursed? I almost wish they had just used a traditional minifig head, this looks very weird and K'Nex-esque."
Agreed. I tend to avoid the lines that are all custom head molds. The occasional custom head is fine, but there's no need at all for Mario to be that. If this it he 2027 CMF, It might be the first one I opt out of in a while.
Hopefully they'll do a rideable (horse-style) mini-fig scale yoshi for those who get into this.
@Pavell said:
"Well, that's a nice surprise
I hold out hope for minifig-scale Pokémon"
Apparently, the LEGO Pokeball that is coming out in August opens up to be a diorama and will include one or more minifig Pokémon. I saw a few posts about it this week.
It's about bloody time! I just hope they're not as aggressively drip-fed as Animal Crossing.
Yippee, it's not dead! Oh no, these are not compatible with the previous sets! Time to collect all enemies again... I want a bit overboard buying the previous sets, I really shouldn't do it again...
Am I tripping, or does it look like he has midlegs? It's a bit blurry, but I don't think he has regular legs. I will withhold judgement on the mold until I see better pictures and the sets.
@Crux said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
" https://brickset.com/minifigs/mar0007 to this figure: "I shall call him 'Mini-it's-a me!'""
I am still bothered by the fact that "Marisa Tomei" is an anagram for "it's-a me, Mario!", and I have decided to make this a problem for other people as well."
She won an Oscar, and one of my college professors was Bob Hoskins’ dialect coach for the live-action film (and his accent is the only decent thing about that film). I’m cool with this.
Small karts are a must. Similar to the Mighty Micros
@PhantomBricks said:
"Am I tripping, or does it look like he has midlegs? It's a bit blurry, but I don't think he has regular legs. I will withhold judgement on the mold until I see better pictures and the sets."
If they are mid legs, it would make sense, so he could be shorter than his brother.
@TheOtherMike said:
" @PhantomBricks said:
"Am I tripping, or does it look like he has midlegs? It's a bit blurry, but I don't think he has regular legs. I will withhold judgement on the mold until I see better pictures and the sets."
If they are mid legs, it would make sense, so he could be shorter than his brother."
Those are regular legs. Mid legs have shins that are shorter than the thickness of the toes.
2027! It's a bit early to announce I think...
Finally! I've been wondering why they haven't made minifigs for Mario. Even if it's just a collectibles series that would be great.
@PurpleDave said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
" @PhantomBricks said:
"Am I tripping, or does it look like he has midlegs? It's a bit blurry, but I don't think he has regular legs. I will withhold judgement on the mold until I see better pictures and the sets."
If they are mid legs, it would make sense, so he could be shorter than his brother."
Those are regular legs. Mid legs have shins that are shorter than the thickness of the toes."
You are unfortunately correct. For some reason the video didn't load when I initially viewed the article. So I was basing my supposition off of the lone picture. The video without a doubt shows that Mario has regular legs. I'm even more curious to see how they handle the sizing of the various characters now.
To be honest, i am still amazed that this took so much time...
Hope the Pokemon theme gets these minifigures (1000+) directly instead of 5 years later.
Lego finally do what AFOLs have been requesting for years, AFOLs complain that Lego are doing it.
FINALLY! Hoping Pokemon gets minifigures too.
I don’t mind moulded heads - I love each and every Vidiyo minifig, and I think the Animal Crossing and Sonic ones all look good - but there’s something about moulded heads for most human and human-adjacent characters which bothers me. I hated the Simpsons minifigs. It’s the uncanny valley, I suppose.
I’m perfectly content with not being a Mario fan right now.
@Hiratha said:
"I don’t mind moulded heads - I love each and every Vidiyo minifig, and I think the Animal Crossing and Sonic ones all look good - but there’s something about moulded heads for most human and human-adjacent characters which bothers me. I hated the Simpsons minifigs. It’s the uncanny valley, I suppose.
I’m perfectly content with not being a Mario fan right now."
It’s not the uncanny valley. That’s not at all what the term means. It references the fact that, the closer a fake image of a human gets to photorealism, the more it sets us on edge because some undefinable thing is so off that it looks less real than something that’s highly stylized and cartoony.
Simpsons looks cartoony. The Incredibles looks cartoony. Despicable Me looks cartoony. Polar Express looks like it plans to devour your soul.
@PurpleDave said:
" @Hiratha said:
"I don’t mind moulded heads - I love each and every Vidiyo minifig, and I think the Animal Crossing and Sonic ones all look good - but there’s something about moulded heads for most human and human-adjacent characters which bothers me. I hated the Simpsons minifigs. It’s the uncanny valley, I suppose.
I’m perfectly content with not being a Mario fan right now."
It’s not the uncanny valley. That’s not at all what the term means. It references the fact that, the closer a fake image of a human gets to photorealism, the more it sets us on edge because some undefinable thing is so off that it looks less real than something that’s highly stylized and cartoony.
Simpsons looks cartoony. The Incredibles looks cartoony. Despicable Me looks cartoony. Polar Express looks like it plans to devour your soul."
Sure, originally that was what it was conceived to describe. But I have noticed that it works pretty similarly for characters we’re extremely familiar with in one context (a cartoon) being translated into another (a 3D model) - the discomfort is the same, and from the same cause. You can tell it’s meant to be the thing and it’s pretty close but it looks wrong and awful and urgh and the skin it is crawling.
@Hiratha said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Hiratha said:
"I don’t mind moulded heads - I love each and every Vidiyo minifig, and I think the Animal Crossing and Sonic ones all look good - but there’s something about moulded heads for most human and human-adjacent characters which bothers me. I hated the Simpsons minifigs. It’s the uncanny valley, I suppose.
I’m perfectly content with not being a Mario fan right now."
It’s not the uncanny valley. That’s not at all what the term means. It references the fact that, the closer a fake image of a human gets to photorealism, the more it sets us on edge because some undefinable thing is so off that it looks less real than something that’s highly stylized and cartoony.
Simpsons looks cartoony. The Incredibles looks cartoony. Despicable Me looks cartoony. Polar Express looks like it plans to devour your soul."
Sure, originally that was what it was conceived to describe. But I have noticed that it works pretty similarly for characters we’re extremely familiar with in one context (a cartoon) being translated into another (a 3D model) - the discomfort is the same, and from the same cause. You can tell it’s meant to be the thing and it’s pretty close but it looks wrong and awful and urgh and the skin it is crawling."
No, the term really is specifically limited to things that attempt to appear like a real person. It’s not limited to animation, either. Japan has been trying to produce human-like robots for years, with creepy results. I don’t know if there is a term for a thing that attempts to look like a created work and doesn’t quite pull it off, but the point of the uncanny valley is that we, as humans, are subconsciously attuned to what looks human, and will react badly to fake human-ness even if we don’t realize what’s wrong. If you make a bad copy of a horse, the effect doesn’t work. An individual may know enough about horse physiology to recognize when someone guffed it, but it shouldn’t give them creepy vibes. And inanimate objects (like porcelain dolls) can creep you out without triggering the uncanny valley reaction.
So excited we're finally getting minifigs. I do think it could have been a little more detailed though. Stitching on the jeans and dual molded legs would have been nice.