I rather like guarded fortress. Also might pick up some of the character packs.

I'll likely only get one or two, due to price, but I can't shake that getting all of them and modifying them, one could make a nice LEGO version of the Galaxy's Edge style Mario theme park currently being built in Japan...

i am dissapointed as i thought the toads treasure hunt set would be captain toad kind of set

I will wait for the 71360 review, at the moment this appear to be a very expensive £50 starter board game, possibly because of the relatively large bluetooth Mario single piece object, requiring at least a few further purchases shown above to be large enough to be interesting.
It would be more playable if 71360 could be reconfigured into half a dozen different layouts, but as the Mario character is large and the piece count is small this is difficult to do. Either way, the full set-up is going to hurt someones wallet.

They all look great; even though I didn’t grow up with Nintendo, they look appealing. I hope this isn’t a Dimensions Part 2 for them and is successful.

I love this I need them all

The only good are the blindbags. I can see them being 3$ online. I will but them all just for pieces!

The 71361 character pack, looks like it’s going to packaged like the CMF series, and it has series 1 on the bag (image on insta)

The sets look fun and colourful, but it is not a theme for me. I hope someone creates one big Mario World with all the sets and characters and then posts that.

The character packs are kinda neat, but the bigger sets are gonna be completely useless without the Mario figure from the 60$ starter set.

Tempted to buy most if not all of these sets, I really hope that these are price decently though.

Love the blind bags as well.

I want all of it.

Still not interested, despite being a huge Mario fan, but I have to commend them for not sticking to just the NSMB series. Whomps, King Boo, Peepas, and Mario's house are all pulled from different places and I love it.

The character packs are the only things from this theme so far that I'd consider buying, but I wish they didn't look so... square...

Future sets with a perceptual 30% discount on Amazon.

These look great and all, but can somebody explain to me why the Canadian Shop Site keeps sending me to Mexico or somewhere else whenever I click on Super Mario or Dots? It kicks me out of my region and sends me to another region. What is the deal with that?

Mario is very nostalgic for me. I remember when the NES came out and we got it for Christmas. And honestly with the release of this game at first I wasn’t interested. But with all of this expansion now I am intrigued! The character packs are great. I will still wait to see people’s reviews though.

We just got the official announcement in Australia and the prices, oh the prices!! You can get a UCS ISD at discount cheaper then you can get all these on release day - coming in at just over $850AUD. Wasn't interested in them to start with and would run a mile from now if was even vaguely thinking about getting any. Would have to be a hard core fan with a nice bank account or well off parents if a child. If you are spending that much on toys for your child, congrats on doing well in life and stop spoiling your kids so much lol!! Just kidding :P

Is Mario only in the set with Baby Bowser?

I wasn't that impressed with the early sets but they are doing a good job of drawing me in, bit by bit. I was hoping to hate these but as a massive mario gamer I fear I will struggle to stay away...I might just have to persuade the kids they like them so they can fill their Christmas lists with them. I think the PS5 is gonna win that race tho...

Great to see the full line of sets, but am I the only one who's in the dark about how you actually "play" the game?? Curious as to how that all works, is there a video or article on that yet?

@Fodder said:
"I might pick up some (?all) of the character packs if the game code/interactive function thingy is a sticker that I don’t have to use..."

Sadly all of the stickers on the characters are pre-applied. I don't know how easy they will be to get off though.

@gabri_ves said:
"why does everyone seem to have their only memories about Nintendo with NES and SNES? aren't there any people like me who grew up with the Switch?"

Well, considering the Switch is just three years old... X-D

But yeah, I'd love to see some guys who grew up with the modern games voice their opinions! Anyone else here started with a Gamecube and Super Mario Sunshine...?

@Rare_White_Ape said:
"Interesting how they renamed Bullet Bill into Boomer Bill. I guess it's to keep Lego kid-friendly.

I now wonder if Nintendo will follow suit."

There's a bullet bill in the character pack, it's smaller and has arms. I assume it will still be called bullet bill. The big ones had different names, like in Super Mario World the gigantic ones were Banzai Bills. I'm not sure if there have been others called boomer before.

The Character Packs seem like something that would be in a small blind bag, like CMFs. Would this be considered a minifigure series? I can tell that they would be in polybag form, but will they be randomly assorted?

@Fodder said:
"I might pick up some (?all) of the character packs if the game code/interactive function thingy is a sticker that I don’t have to use..."

The stickers are pre-applied and not intended to be removable, so you'd have to replace those tiles with your own.

Do any of these sets have an Albatoss? That was one of my favorite baddies.

I think it all looks good and well designed as one expects from LEGO and Nintendo, but like a few others here I'm thinking what's the point after a few plays. I'm interested to know what area space all sets connected would take..

As someone who spent a lot of time with Super Mario way back when, some of it lures me in but mostly I'll pass. Besides, I'm still counting the costs from Dimensions!

@LuvsLEGO_Cool_J said:
"I think it's hilarious that each of these boxes depicts Mario interacting with the sets. As if he were a ghost or a spirit. And yet ... boxes state "LEGO Mario is not included". You gotta buy the big starter course, too. Sorry, kids!"

It wouldn’t make any sense to sell Mario with each set.

I kinda want Mario's House just for that Yoshi build...

I love Mario so I'll be getting them all eventually. My biggest 2 gripes are I never got a chance to get the Monty Mole & Super Mushroom promo so day 1 I'll be paying eBay prices and wondering who will have the 2 exclusives and how available they will be. I was a huge Brickheadz fan until they started doing limited Target exclusives and stopped buying due to my inability to get those sets.

I would also hazard a guess that Luigi is being held back for next waves starter set.

At first I wasn’t totally behind the idea this theme presented, but after seeing these expansions I’m 100% on board.

The designs are brilliant but the prices are not collector or kid friendly for sets that are strictly bricks and pieces, non of which are specialized like minifigs or accessories. I'd be 100% on board with Mario World minifigs but I see the point of building the 10 character packs from bricks.

As someone who enjoys playing with level editors, or with dice, cards, paper, etc, to make my own games, I love what LEGO+NINTENDO are trying out here and want many of these sets. Among these newly revealed sets, Mario's House, Desert Pokey, and the Character pack are my favorites.

While there's already a decent amount of variety here, I can't wait to see how they're going to expand in the future.

However, some of the prices are hard to deal with, so I'll have to wait for promotions or sales.

Definitely looking for a review on this as I still don’t understand its appeal. If Lego ever failed at a good opportunity to market this to AFOL this would be the one.

Way too many sets (i.e. $ matters) for ppl aiming to "collect all characters made" :(
Even though those exclusive pieces/parts are attractive to me.

I'll admit the idea seemed interesting at first, but unless these things have like a $0.025 price/piece ratio Lego's not gonna sell any of these.

these are good, but the price is a little bit steep

I -want- these to succede because I like Lego and I like Mario... but I'm just not seeing it. I hope their strategy works. Waiting for minifig scale.

I will like to ask lego why all the super mario Characters have Square ish faces????

I only want Shy Guy, so of course he doesn't come in the ONE set of the theme that I like (the Toad one)

@gabri_ves said:
"why does everyone seem to have their only memories about Nintendo with NES and SNES? aren't there any people like me who grew up with the Switch?"

ROFL

That's like asking why people only have LEGO memories about Classic Space, Castle and Pirates and if there aren't any people who grew up with Hidden Side.
Ask again in twenty years, but I doubt many will remember stuff like Hidden Side by then.
;-)

Nice explanation video of how it works. A little damning of Lego for not offering paper instructions or creative direction for kids.

https://youtu.be/FetXImiV-wY

Some of these look interesting for parts. Without seeing prices I don't know if it's worth considering seeking any out just for the parts. I played a few of the games years ago when my nieces were little on the rare occassions that they spent any time with me. I'll be happily spending my money on the Harry Potter sets.

The character packs/blind bags look fantastic, my favourite sets in the series by a large margin!

This is making me wish I played the Game...

@Gataka said:
" @Fodder said:
"I might pick up some (?all) of the character packs if the game code/interactive function thingy is a sticker that I don’t have to use..."

The stickers are pre-applied and not intended to be removable, so you'd have to replace those tiles with your own."

That could work for some, but the turtle shells look like special molds to me. I might grab a couple and experiment, or even just to see how it looks..

@Aanchir thanks makes sense now

@Fodder said:
" @Gataka said:
" @Fodder said:
"I might pick up some (?all) of the character packs if the game code/interactive function thingy is a sticker that I don’t have to use..."

The stickers are pre-applied and not intended to be removable, so you'd have to replace those tiles with your own."

That could work for some, but the turtle shells look like special molds to me. I might grab a couple and experiment, or even just to see how it looks.."

You can remove the tiles on the shells too. newelementary has a close look at all the new parts:

http://www.newelementary.com/2020/06/what-new-parts-lego-super-mario.html

@Gataka said:
"You can remove the tiles on the shells too. newelementary has a close look at all the new parts:

http://www.newelementary.com/2020/06/what-new-parts-lego-super-mario.html "

Very helpful, thank you!

Glad to hear that all of the stickers are exclusively on very-easy-to-replace 2x2 tiles.

@MugenLazlo:
If they're willing to make more molds, the Mario outfit recognition system can accommodate 6! different outfits (that's 720 for those who don't want to multiply it out). Of course, Luigi wears blue overalls just like Mario, so it would be the electronic part that would need to be molded in a different color. Give it time, and a successful sales record, and it'll probably happen. Or it'll end up hanging out with Dimensions Year 3.

@JCool:
Indications are that this will be a timed game. You do something to activate the countdown timer, and then tap Mario on the different "spaces" as fast as possible. Mario registers each type of space, and adjusts your score accordingly. Some will give you coins, others will cause you harm if you linger too long, and others won't do anything at all. When time runs out, your score is finalized. So, in terms of maximizing your score, being able to buy _EVERYTHING_ works in your favor, as you will have access to more lucrative spaces.

What we don't know yet is how free-form this system will be. The fact that this stuff is all in an app suggests that you'll need to build a virtual copy of your level so the app knows where you are. We don't know if it'll allow you to cherrypick just the best spaces and leave out anything dangerous, or if each set will be treated as a cohesive unit where you have to include the hazards to get the rewards.

@gabri_ves:
Sure. They're still growing up. And if they live in the US, they're probably not legally allowed to have a registered account if it requires the collection of any personal contact info.

@Gataka:
_ALL_ stickers can be removed. It just depends on how aggressive you want to get. And whether you care about the condition of the sticker afterwards.

Well. That's not the kind of Yoshi I was hoping for.

But gosh, they really are committing to this, aren't they?

not gonna lie i squealed over how cute some of these are

They look so good!

@Robot99 said:
"Well, considering the Switch is just three years old... X-D

But yeah, I'd love to see some guys who grew up with the modern games voice their opinions! Anyone else here started with a Gamecube and Super Mario Sunshine...?"

To be fair, I grew up with the Wii, and just last year got back into videogames. That's another reason I'm pretty excited for Lego Star Wars Skywalker Saga (obviously the main hype for me goes for Switch games, but other consoles exclusives, like Persona 5 are really cool too!)

@AustinPowers I guess most people dropped out of videogames when the PS1 and the N64 launched. That's the main reason there could be a 3D Mario collection coming this year (SM64, Sunshine, Galaxy 1 & 2, 3D World Deluxe), to regain attention from old people who seem to not care anymore about videogames and focus on their nostalgia.

It’s just paving the way to Zelda isn’t it.

Nintendo should do a lego mario game for its console as well.

@AustinPowers: Why would today's kids be any more likely to forget about Hidden Side in 20 years than kids growing up in the late 90s/early 2000s? Because I still encounter plenty of AFOLs who grew up in around the same generation that I did, and who still have nostalgic memories for themes like Insectoids, Rock Raiders, Slizer/Throwbots, Alpha Team, Drome Racers, etc. And I think we can probably agree that most of those haven't aged well at all in terms of either the qualiity of their builds OR the quality of their media tie-ins.

Needless to say, kids' nostalgia when they get older doesn't really tend to be any pickier than their tastes or interests when they're still young. After all, nostalgia is often rooted just as much or more in that childlike sense of wonder that can make just about ANYTHING seem endlessly fascinating than in what the childhood interests in question were actually like!

@AustinPowers:
Hidden Side is a cheap comparison. Wait one more year (hit an even 20, so as to be completely fair) and ask how fondly people remember Bionicle sets. Give it another decade or so and do the same thing with Ninjago.

Split the Space and Castle themes up into their respective subthemes, and they don't fare as well as the combined groups do. Every Space and Castle fan has their own favorites, like Blacktron I or Forestmen, and others that they're not so fond of, like M-Tron who are chumps.

Lot of eggs in that basket