Thanks Lego! This is EXCATLY opposite of what we wanted!

Why do none of the characters have eyes?
Maybe they should’ve taken a look back at the Micro
Mobs from the first few Minecraft sets.

I would rather Lego give us what we don't know we want than what we think we want. This is so much more interesting than yet another castle.

I really love the look of this - Super Mario 64 was a big part of my childhood so loving the micro builds- just don’t think I can justify that price….might have to beg Santa for LEGO gift cards!

I like this. I'm gonna preorder this instead of the Switch OLED.

For real though, I think it's a nice display piece, showcasing a classic game played by many people. I think it will sell well also among Nintendo fans who aren't into Lego.

I have only one question though. How many people will find this set nostalgic of their past time playing Mario 64? I would have seen better Galaxy or Odyssey, two other really popular Mario games. I think though that MOC builders will adapt this set for the two games I mentioned, and many more.

ok rambling aside I still like this. And sorry for saying too much but I'm also a massive Nintendo fan, so as soon as I saw this I was really happy.

Called it.

That Mario figure is so poorly proportioned, though. Why is his hat twice the height of his face, and of his body?

Everything else looks fine to me, but I would've expected more stuff given the size of that box. But I know it's probably all mechanics inside. It's no UCS Peach's Castle (it's in another castle), but for what it is, it's pretty decent.

It's really cool that they remembered to add interactivity with the Mario and Luigi figures, though. And it reflects the Power Star collectibles in SM64!

it's interesting enigmatic front of the box, kinda like it, but after all for me looks like waste of bricks and potential for that huge yellow ? (powerup) cube.

The more I see of it the more I'm convinced 18+ was a mistake..

Each vignette looks like it should cost $25 and be a GWP and instead the entire thing is $170.

I love it! It makes for a great display piece and the mechanism with the buildings popping out is just adorable. I find the price a bit steep tho...

Everyone says they want Super Mario minifig scale stuff. But for all we know, the license LEGO has with Nintendo may not allow them to make minifig scale stuff.

No, just… no.

@ChrisBricks81 said:
"I love it! It makes for a great display piece and the mechanism with the buildings popping out is just adorable. I find the price a bit steep tho..."

I don't think so. 2,000 pieces in a licensed set for €170? I think it's a good price. It could have been even a higher price.

@jonwil said:
"Everyone says they want Super Mario minifig scale stuff. But for all we know, the license LEGO has with Nintendo may not allow them to make minifig scale stuff.
"

Or they just waiting for minifig stuff for a Movie tie in so sets will sold like hotcakes even if they will be bad.

I do my best to keep up with adult aimed sets but so many are being released now and with a high price it’s getting increasingly difficult. Shame. Nice looking set though.

@AcademyofDrX said:
"... This is so much more interesting than yet another castle."

How many castles are even released recently? As long as they are unique to each other (can't compare Frozen Ice Castle to Peach's Castle), I wouldn't be bothered.

@gabri_ves said:
"I have only one question though. How many people will find this set nostalgic of their past time playing Mario 64? I would have seen better Galaxy or Odyssey, two other really popular Mario games. I think though that MOC builders will adapt this set for the two games I mentioned, and many more."
I think 64 is a better choice for a few reasons. Nostalgia is a driving appeal for the 18+ range, so a game from adults' childhood makes sense. More than that, though, 64 translates really well to this scale because the polygonal environments were very blocky and comparatively basic.

That said, I really hope we see customizations for other games and levels, though the storage mechanism will probably be a major design constraint.

Very much the target market for this. Love the little scenes, but the huge cube seems totally superfluous. A shame.

No minifigures, no fun. This isn't even an interesting display piece and it's not a play piece, so why?

Then where does the white masonry brick fit in that was found a while ago ? Rumour had it that it would be in peach's castle ?

Sorry, Super Mario just does not translate well into Lego form.

Seriously? Don't see the appeal in this at all.

@Metalizer7734 said:
"for me looks like waste of bricks and potential for that huge yellow ? (powerup) cube."
Waste of bricks indeed.

The idea is executed really well but no matter how I look at it it's just weird and not something I would spend big bucks on.
Still I find it more appealing than the current Super Mario sets.

Love it. Immediate purchase.

Not interested at all. I don’t get the appeal for micro scale sets. I'm happy for those who love it however.

Absolutely love it. I don’t normally rush out to buy sets on day one, but I will for this one

I don't mind the 200 piece vignettes as individual $20-$30 sets for those who collect Mario, but the cube just seems to make it all unnecessarily expensive. Seems TLG have a Mario Nintendo license that they need to find things to do with, guess Mario Karts next!

Such a weird set

Looking at each picture, I automatically heard the music of the game and the sounds of the enemies. They did a great job rendering the game into lego, but I'm really not tempted to buy it. I'd rather just play the game again, there's plenty of ways to play it these days.

I see what they're going for, it just doesn't appeal to me as a display piece. It obviously isn't meant for play.

The ? block never appeared in super Mario 64 and why would you want to hide the microscale?

Awful. Just awful. LEGO making life very easy with lines like vidyio, dots, nintendo and other trash themes.

I don't get the obsession for Minifigures. It would be like the Simpsons or Flintstones sets where they look nothing like the characters. But since that makes them "collectors" items, sets will be scalped to death

Given the size of the box, the thing that emerges from it is very, very small.

@ambr said:
"I don't mind the 200 piece vignettes as individual $20-$30 sets for those who collect Mario, but the cube just seems to make it all unnecessarily expensive. Seems TLG have a Mario Nintendo license that they need to find things to do with, guess Mario Karts next!"
Have you seen those videos of LEGO Super Mario versions of Mario Kart? They're pretty fascinating and creative! And I don't just mean Playfool's...

@Koentinius said:
"Looking at each picture, I automatically heard the music of the game and the sounds of the enemies. They did a great job rendering the game into lego, but I'm really not tempted to buy it. I'd rather just play the game again, there's plenty of ways to play it these days.

I see what they're going for, it just doesn't appeal to me as a display piece. It obviously isn't meant for play."
Your saying "there's plenty of ways to play it" just makes me think of the two that Nintendo axed, lol.

@benredstar said:
"Given the size of the box, the thing that emerges from it is very, very small."

I think that’s going to be the issue for many people, myself included. It seems that you’re largely paying for the gimmick of the scenes popping out of the block. The micro scenes themselves are fine, but nothing too exciting and could be sold for a lot less on their own, or even without the block.

While I can appreciate the engineering and design of it, that’s just too much money for the whole package.

What is the flap in the front?

@person_that_uses_brickset said:
"What is the flap in the front?"
I guess that is where the boss level is.. no screenshot of it available, yet.

No

And they should have printed eyes on every character, now they look like misprints >:-(
And the build is odd. Small dioramas and one huge questionmark block. This set doesn’t work for me. If i was in charge i would have send them back to the drawing tables

The irony is that these blocks do not appear in Super Mario 64...

@8BrickMario said:
"The irony is that these blocks do not appear in Super Mario 64..."
Let's be honest, all most people remember from the games is that there was a box with a symbol on it that gave you a random reward.

2064 pieces in an 18cm cube sounds like it will be pretty densely packed.
It will be interesting to see the various techniques used to fit everything in.

@Metalizer7734 said:
"it's interesting enigmatic front of the box, kinda like it, but after all for me looks like waste of bricks and potential for that huge yellow ? (powerup) cube."

All of the level displays are folded up inside of the cube and come out with a very clever mechanism that involves flipping down the back side and turning the entire top side of the cube upside down. The way to get them back into the cube is even slicker. You can look up the video LEGO posted if you want to see it for yourself. With that in mind, they honestly probably used the smallest amount of bricks possible for the cube in order for that to work.

Pretty neat. It’s a shame they aren’t making Zelda sets, a microscale map in this style of e.g. Link’s Awakening (the gameboy game) would be so good

This is a good concept, but I feel like it could have been executed better. Also, I find the box art really funny, it looks like a meme.

Shaking my head at that box art. I kinda understand the appeal of the concept, kinda, even though I'm not especially a Mario fan... but it seems like a major misstep not to show the display scenes on the front of the box. At a first glance seeing that on the shelf, is anyone going to think they'd be getting anything more than a big yellow cube?

Maybe that's the point. Maybe they're counting on people being so incredulous that they take a closer look at it, when they might not have otherwise, and from there be more likely to be tempted into buying. But still, I dunno. I would have thought actually showing the scenes on the front of the box would have been a better marketing move.

Gotta say, that folding mechanism is pretty impressive! This collaboration between Lego and Nintendo seems to be more about creative mechanisms than standard minifig sets (with the scrolling tv in the nes set). I for one am pretty stoked about it. It gets closer to the magic of video games imo

@MainBricker said:
"Lego 40290 was a GWP, this is $170."

40290 was 400 pieces, this is 2,000.

Weird choice considering that the Question Mark Block didn't even APPEAR in Super Mario 64.

I'm sure this set would have been much more popular if it was an accurate recreation of Peach's Castle with minifigures, like the Disney Castle, or even an Architecture-scale version of it.

Fabulous mechanism and design.
Will be GREAT to see the MoC builders reuse the mechanism to create all sorts of new worlds, terrain, etc.

I cant tell what I'm looking at here. I hope there's a designer video to help clarify.

This needed to be $99.99 USD max. They're really milking it hard.

@TheBrickGuru24 said:
" @Metalizer7734 said:
"it's interesting enigmatic front of the box, kinda like it, but after all for me looks like waste of bricks and potential for that huge yellow ? (powerup) cube."

All of the level displays are folded up inside of the cube and come out with a very clever mechanism that involves flipping down the back side and turning the entire top side of the cube upside down. The way to get them back into the cube is even slicker. You can look up the video LEGO posted if you want to see it for yourself. With that in mind, they honestly probably used the smallest amount of bricks possible for the cube in order for that to work."
Link to video: https://youtu.be/Y-3Q5XPP3Aw

My... my inner Mario nerd is overwhelmed at this... Exact replicas of actual 3D Mario levels??? Shut up and take my money!! (I'm a huge Nintendo gamer, and 3D Mario games are some of my favorites.)

Two of these levels (Bob-omb Battlefield and Lethal Lava Land) are my favorite two SM64 levels as well.

@MrClassic said:
" @8BrickMario said:
"The irony is that these blocks do not appear in Super Mario 64..."
Seriously? Nobody told Lego or what..."
It's a choice, not an accident or mistake. The question block and gimmick was probably the core idea for the set, but when they set out for the designs, they picked 64 as the best 3D representation for the microbuilds.

Lego: includes many game-specific Easter eggs in microscale builds
Fans: lol they don't know incredibly basic thing

@morvit said:
"Is this set basically the rumoured Peaches’ Castle?"
Yes, all the rumors gave set number 71395.

Loved it, but would have loved a lot more if it was a minifig scale castle, with the miniatures of the stages included inside it...

Funny, if they had chosen the Whomp's Fortress instead of the Bob-Omb Battlefield, it would have featured only stages from the famed beta of Super Mario 64

Also, the correct name of the lava stage is Lethal Lava Land

I love how all the scenes are actually accurate recreations of real SM64 level layouts, instead of just iconic representations.

But I guess we're all too busy being a bunch of negative nancies to care. Oh well.

That warp pipe is NPU

It's a cube, of a Nintendo game, so does that make it a...

Nintendo GameCube?

This is awful. Micro figures? Instant pass, on top of the exorbitant price.

They should've just made the block open up to reveal ONE nice display set with a bunch of minifigs.

No one wanted this.

Surprised at the negative response, sounds more like disappointment from unrelated expectations.

The set looks great

Absolute trash, Lego has completely botched the license with Nintendo thus far.

@Elite_1 said:
"Absolute trash, Lego has completely botched the license with Nintendo thus far."

I think the sales numbers and popularity of their Mario sets would say otherwise.

@Nick said:
"I love how all the scenes are actually accurate recreations of real SM64 level layouts, instead of just iconic representations.

But I guess we're all too busy being a bunch of negative nancies to care. Oh well. "
I'm sure that by the time the set will be released, some people will have created micro scale models of Sunshine or Odyssey levels. I would like to see even some interpretation of 3D World (the latest Mario game I've played)

I'm starting to think that some of these comments are bots or trolls, there's an almost comical disconnect here in reactions on set announcements.

(If you legitimately hate this set or other sets, though, you are absolutely entitled to your own opinion.)

@Zoniax said:
"This is awful. Micro figures? Instant pass, on top of the exorbitant price.

They should've just made the block open up to reveal ONE nice display set with a bunch of minifigs.

No one wanted this."

20% of the poll and maybe half of the comments would disagree with you. (Edit: If you include "No, but I like it" and "Maybe," that brings the total to a 51% positive response. The *majority* of users have had a positive reaction. I don't see how you can justify "No one wanted this.")

I feel like it's just not that hard to say "I am not interested in this" instead of "No one is interested in this," because using the latter will usually make you factually incorrect.

Meanwhile, my Twitter feed has got a number of people both that I follow and I don't follow, positively losing their minds over this set, and hardly anyone moaning about it (one commenting that it's not free-building so not their cup of tea — I mean... can't argue with that, but they didn't imply the product is bad for what it is).

Ummm all that bricks just to build a giant yellow cube and some tiny dioramas. Please lego I know you can make something cooler…

Am I in a minority here not to want super mario minifigures? I assume many of them would be molded, and molded minifig heads often look pretty creepy imo, there’s something weirdly stiff about them (looking at you winnie the pooh)

@ALEGOMan said:
" @monkyby87 said:
" @Elite_1 said:
"Absolute trash, Lego has completely botched the license with Nintendo thus far."

I think the sales numbers and popularity of their Mario sets would say otherwise. "

money doesn't mean everything, the majority of them were bought by parents for their toddlers because it's a big figure they can smack around breaking the set, the adult's who've been mario fans since the start see those as a set for those exact people."

So, does "botched" mean "adults don't get the EXACT specific toys they want, based off of a thing they had when they were a kid"? Cuz that seems like a different definition than I'm used to.

Riddle me this: Why do you have a problem with children having Mario toys, when the only reason you, as an adult, want a Mario toy is because you had a Mario toy as a child? Are you honestly saying that you deserve to have the toys you had as a kid, but current kids shouldn't get those toys?

@Henry_D said:
"72% not interested. What a surprise"

Keep in mind that’s a very small poll on a very niche website, and the results are probably skewed anyways since it’s a a lot of AFOL’s who have very particular tastes and are notoriously hard to please.

@ALEGOMan said:
" @monkyby87 said:
" @Elite_1 said:
"Absolute trash, Lego has completely botched the license with Nintendo thus far."

I think the sales numbers and popularity of their Mario sets would say otherwise. "

money doesn't mean everything, the majority of them were bought by parents for their toddlers because it's a big figure they can smack around breaking the set, the adult's who've been mario fans since the start see those as a set for those exact people."

Well, when it comes to a product that’s primary purpose is to make money, it kind of does. So maybe us adult fans aren’t a big fan of how they’ve used the license. Does that mean it automatically is a failure? Again, sales numbers and figures do matter. If it’s selling, it’s a success. Plain and simple.

I don't begrudge anyone not liking this set, or wanting Peach's castle or minifigures. What does bother me is when people frame products like this as wrong or insulting. Lego and Nintendo are both companies that have innovation as a core cultural belief and guiding design philosophy.

Look at video game console history, where Sony and Microsoft released DVD players with twin-stick controllers for two decades. Nintendo introduced motion controls, tablets, dual screens, 3D, and a hybrid portable console. Not all of those were successes, but they were always trying something different.

Lego could certainly make a molded minifigure line like Simpsons or Disney, and release a massive castle playset or model like Harry Potter or Disney. But where's the innovation? Where's the surprise? Where's the FUN?

Again, I don't think there's anything wrong with wanting iterative castle designs with a new IP skin. But can we at least acknowledge that doing something new should be celebrated as new?

@CapnRex101

I think this is one of the sets where it will help to post the official video as well: https://youtu.be/Y-3Q5XPP3Aw

@ALEGOMan said:
" @fakespacesquid said:
" @ALEGOMan said:
" @monkyby87 said:
" @Elite_1 said:
"Absolute trash, Lego has completely botched the license with Nintendo thus far."

I think the sales numbers and popularity of their Mario sets would say otherwise. "

money doesn't mean everything, the majority of them were bought by parents for their toddlers because it's a big figure they can smack around breaking the set, the adult's who've been mario fans since the start see those as a set for those exact people."

So, does "botched" mean "adults don't get the EXACT specific toys they want, based off of a thing they had when they were a kid"? Cuz that seems like a different definition than I'm used to.

Riddle me this: Why do you have a problem with children having Mario toys, when the only reason you, as an adult, want a Mario toy is because you had a Mario toy as a child? Are you honestly saying that you deserve to have the toys you had as a kid, but current kids shouldn't get those toys?"

no one in the entire world is saying anything remotely to that effect lmao"

You said (without any support) that the majority are being bought by parents for kids, and you clearly presented that as a negative option.

@ALEGOMan said:
" @fakespacesquid said:
" @ALEGOMan said:
" @monkyby87 said:
" @Elite_1 said:
"Absolute trash, Lego has completely botched the license with Nintendo thus far."

I think the sales numbers and popularity of their Mario sets would say otherwise. "

money doesn't mean everything, the majority of them were bought by parents for their toddlers because it's a big figure they can smack around breaking the set, the adult's who've been mario fans since the start see those as a set for those exact people."

So, does "botched" mean "adults don't get the EXACT specific toys they want, based off of a thing they had when they were a kid"? Cuz that seems like a different definition than I'm used to.

Riddle me this: Why do you have a problem with children having Mario toys, when the only reason you, as an adult, want a Mario toy is because you had a Mario toy as a child? Are you honestly saying that you deserve to have the toys you had as a kid, but current kids shouldn't get those toys?"

no one in the entire world is saying anything remotely to that effect lmao. It is an absolute fact that people, adults, teens and older kids want minifigure versions of the mario characters, that is all, has nothing to do with their childhood, and they aren't being that 'specific', they aren't asking for the perfect set lol. If you look at the stats on this page you will find that over 40% of the people are not going to buy this set, that's the majority my dude. It is also likely that those people did not appreciate the toddler sets."

I won’t prolong this debate any further, but I will end by saying your comment is extremely ignorant, and I’m guessing based largely on what you and a small circle of people want, and is not at all indicative of what the “majority” of people want.

No one in the entire world?…*sigh*

@ALEGOMan said:
"40% of the people are not going to buy this set, that's the majority my dude."
...Aight, who's gonna tell him how math works

SEGA FOR LIFE!!!

I have never ever played Super Mario 64, but I nevertheless love both the concept and execution of this set. And yes, it is way overpriced and that big yellow box certainly is in big part responsible for that, but if it were just those microscale levels on their own I wouldn't even consider buying those even at a much lower price. I just want this, it's the total package that makes it so great.

For this kind of money it would have been nice though if the Mario or Luigi figure was already included instead of more or less forcing your 18+ customers to buy a 6+ set.... The horror... The horror...

The bomb omb battlefield is amazingly re-created

@lordofdragonss said:
"Thanks Lego! This is EXCATLY opposite of what we wanted!"

Is the opposite of what we wanted or just of what you wanted? Because this is the first Mario based set I've been interested in.

I don’t understand getting mad over an unveiling that you don’t like. There are so many good sets out there that I’m relieved when there’s an unveiling that doesn’t tempt me.

Although I have really liked the Mario sets, this does not interest me because I’m not into display pieces. But I’m happy for those who like it! There’s enough to go around.

As far as the minifig topic, I really think a Mario head stuck on a minifig body is a pretty boring idea. I know a lot of people want that, but the current Mario theme is so “Nintendo” in it’s quirkiness. It’s great. But like a lot of Lego, you need it “in hand” to get a good feel.

One example that comes to mind is that giant Jurassic Park T-Rex set. It looked pretty bad to me until I saw it in person. Very impressive.

That's such a weird set, but not in a good way.

Yawn, yet again,...

If LEGO keeps up with this stream of utter crap I might switch over to mega-construx indefinately...

As expected, the poll is overwhelmingly "Meh." That's how I feel too. It's a display piece, nothing more...and you can only have so many display pieces.

@BelgianBricker said:
"Yawn, yet again,...

If LEGO keeps up with this stream of utter crap I might switch over to mega-construx indefinately..."

Please do! Let your wallet speak instead of your keyboard; much healthier!

@PDelahanty said:
"As expected, the poll is overwhelmingly "Meh." That's how I feel too. It's a display piece, nothing more...and you can only have so many display pieces."

I beg to differ: it's much more than a display piece! You can take it apart and use the pieces to build something else. How many display pieces allow you to do that (easily)?

Mario 64 is iconic and a great choice as a feature. Disagree that Galaxy or another would have been more fitting--I missed the N64 era (I was on a PC during that time, clear up until the Wii came out), but having played Mario 64 much later, and then again recently for the Switch remaster, the game is still an all-time greatest.

I like this. It's a bit wacky. Personally, as an Amiga fan, I might mod these scenes to be from Robocod instead, which also had these ? blocks as well.

I saw the reveal video on Twitter today. I hadn't been very interested after the teaser, but this was so much more awesome that anything I'd imagined it was gonna be! More crazy experimental design sets like this please. ^.^

I have no interest in Mario games, but I love this set.
I'm surprised at the negativity in the comments.
I appreciate the diversity in recent sets: shoe, typewriter, LGBT, guitar, Infinity Gauntlet, helmets, birds (HP), etc. It seems most people only like vehicles, buildings and minifigs.

judging by how complex the mechanism seems in the alternate images, I think that this is one of those sets that will look super underwhelming online and incredibly impressive when you see it in person.

Those micro levels are pure nostalgia for me. SM64 was a big part of my childhood, and playing it always brings me back to a happy place.

Anyway, I have to once again applaud Nintendo and LEGO for going above and beyond and cleverly translating video game concepts to a physical toy. They could so easily just cash in by doing simpler stuff, but no they understand the essence and value of play,

@AcademyofDrX said:
"I don't begrudge anyone not liking this set, or wanting Peach's castle or minifigures. What does bother me is when people frame products like this as wrong or insulting. Lego and Nintendo are both companies that have innovation as a core cultural belief and guiding design philosophy.

Look at video game console history, where Sony and Microsoft released DVD players with twin-stick controllers for two decades. Nintendo introduced motion controls, tablets, dual screens, 3D, and a hybrid portable console. Not all of those were successes, but they were always trying something different.

Lego could certainly make a molded minifigure line like Simpsons or Disney, and release a massive castle playset or model like Harry Potter or Disney. But where's the innovation? Where's the surprise? Where's the FUN?

Again, I don't think there's anything wrong with wanting iterative castle designs with a new IP skin. But can we at least acknowledge that doing something new should be celebrated as new?"

Exactly!!

I hardly played Mario 64 (compared to the NES and SNES games) so I'm undecided on this. But it's cool, unique, and a great idea well executed. Even if I don't buy this, I'm very happy Lego released it and want to see more of this kind of one off concept sets....

More predictably disappointing garbage. It doesn't even make sense or appeal to me on any level. My other hobbies are really enjoying the money and attention they're getting since the Lego company has sold out for the "quantity over quality" approach. Thanks China :(

It's a "meh" from me, sorry.

@PurpleDave said:
"Three variants of the Mario license, and still no minifigs?

@lordofdragonss:
You may be right. Universal is releasing an animated movie that’s currently slated for next year."

That's my guess for a while. Trolls and Minions are both from Universal Pictures subsidiaries and so is the plan for the Mario movie ...

Oh, and no one has pointed out yet that the set has 2000 and *64* pieces!

@ALEGOMan said:
"it's not a small circle, it's literally 40% on this site alone who voted that they won't be getting this lmaoooo, I won the argument, enjoy the rest of your day."

19% of people who voted say that they do plan to get it. That's actually quite a lot for a £160 set, nearly one in five. No product is going to appeal to everyone after all. Of course the people who voted are only the people who clicked through so people with absolutely zero interest probably wouldn't be voting. But then Nintendo fans who don't follow LEGO news aren't voting on Brickset and yet probably are a key target audience. What Brickset thinks =\= what LEGO customers think.

The video showing how it goes from the block only to the block with the small scenes is definitely needed to appreciate the set.

I'm a massive gamer and SM64 fan. But this doesn't so anything for me. A wasted opportunity IMO. Microfigures? Duplo styled Mario? If the set contained all the levels/world's that would be impressive. Or sell them as seperate cheaper sets. But if people saw this on my shelf they'd ask "What is it?". I just hope/wish Lego release a Zelda theme in the future and it's better than the kiddish Mario licence.

Another one for the rapidly growing category of "expensive LEGO sets that would probably be better off as a MOC"... it's all about the mechanism, and it's quite a clever mechanism but there's just not $169.99 worth of stuff here. If this exact model only existed for someone's YouTube video, I don't think a single person here would have their knives out for it.

@ALEGOMan said:
"it's not a small circle, it's literally 40% on this site alone who voted that they won't be getting this lmaoooo, I won the argument, enjoy the rest of your day."

2,045 people voted in the poll, which means that’s what, 800 people that say no? Yeah, that’s a small circle. These polls are indicative of what a small circle of people think. But you clearly aren’t understanding this.

@monkyby87 said:
" @ALEGOMan said:
"it's not a small circle, it's literally 40% on this site alone who voted that they won't be getting this lmaoooo, I won the argument, enjoy the rest of your day."

2,045 people voted in the poll, which means that’s what, 800 people that say no? Yeah, that’s a small circle. These polls are indicative of what a small circle of people think. But you clearly aren’t understanding this. "

The idea is that the percentage is supposed to representative, not precise. Also, I’m seeing 62% saying no and 16% undecided. There is only (at 9:41 Eastern time in the US) 19% Yes Please overall. It’s significant enough of a tilt to warrant discussion. You seem to be suggesting that the sample size has no bearing on the overall discussion…is it at least conceivable at all that there might be something to those numbers?

Line up ten people. Give em a hot dog you made. If 9 people hate it you probably made a crap hot dog. Just because it was only ten people it doesn’t mean they can’t give a general overview of said hot dog. To get a better indicator yes more people gives you better data…but the ODDS are that the hot dog sucks.

Lethal Lava... Trouble? Isn't it Lethal Lava Land?

Regardless, super cool set, and it's cool to see something from a specific Mario game instead of the "generic" flavor of Mario. Let's hope they make some sets specific to Sunshine, Galaxy, or Odyssey. Or better yet, Luigi's Mansion!

Also... am I crazy or is there a hidden feature Lego is hiding for this set? The main image shows a small hatch opening on the lower front side of the box. The contents of this hatch aren't apparent in any other image. The main folding mechanism goes in the opposite direction. So in theory, there could be some space there in the lower front side.

This also wouldn't be the first time there's been a hidden feature in a Mario set... the NES set had that hidden compartment with the level 1-2 course. That wasn't show in any official images. So I think it's totally possible there's another thing here we're not seeing.

There could be a lot of things down there... the interior of the Lethal Lava Land volcano, Hazy Maze Cave, a Bowser boss arena, or something else entirely.

@alfred_the_buttler said:
"Maybe I’m just too old, I did get a N64 but I never really liked it. I much preferred the NES and SNES where the focus was on excellent gameplay and less on graphics. But I just don’t think that Mario 64 is a classic game. The original Mario and Mario 3 are classics, even the original Mario Kart."

Okay, Boomer

Sorry, I know sarcasm doesn't get us anywhere, but sincerely this position seems backwards to me. As much as I recognize that the NES and SNES games are classics, Super Mario 64 is THE 3D platformer. It was a huge technical achievement when it was initially released and defined a genre, maybe even defined the Nintendo 64. It's a matter of opinion whether it's better than it's 2D predecessors (if you don't like 64 and you don't like this set, I respect that), but it's undeniable that it's a classic. I know this is subjective and does not represent all Mario/Nintendo fans, but I'd sooner replay SM64 than my favorite 2D Mario (SMB3) any day, and I often forget that Super Mario Kart ever existed because in my mind Mario Kart began with MK64 (a very nostalgic game personally). Maybe I'm just too young, but that's my perspective.

I beat this drum a lot here, but to allll the comments arguing about whether this is "what people want" or that the Lego Mario theme is "done badly" or that "the majority don't want this set, a very simple reminder:

Brickset commenters are NOT a representative sample of Lego's market. They are a SUBSET of Lego's market that want certain things, and often get those things. However, what is said here is not always representative of the reality of sales and popularity, because this is not a website many kids use.

Case in point: the Lego Mario theme kicks butt on sales, all the time - it's consistently popular with kids. I've never, once, in all my time selling these things, had a kid complain about a lack of minifigures. I've never once had a kid ask me why Lego Mario isn't more like other Lego themes. In fact, I've never seen a kid say anything bad about Lego Mario.

We can debate the merits of this new 18+ set. I expect it won't sell as well as the NES, but that's to be expected - that's a very, very special set, and it coincided with the launch of the Mario line. But I'm confident this set will sell just fine.

I wish people would stop complaining about every single set they just don't like...

It's not like Lego doesn't make hundreds of other sets. A lot of them pretty good, some of them objectively pretty bad. Chances are, there's a set you might like.

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Precisely!

@BelgianBricker : I don't know where you get your bricks for MOCs, but there are virtually no cheaper ways to get them than buying sets, especially the Expert/Modular/18+ ones. Of course you may end up with some extra parts that aren't of use to you right away, but those could prove very useful later...

And I don't see how exactly I'm defending LEGO. I only pointed out that the expression 'nothing more than a showpiece' was not entirely correct in my opinion.
Do not worry; there are plenty of things I don't like about LEGO products and I will express those whenever I see fit. I just don't feel the need to do this with every article posted here...