SlimyGhoul

It seems there is another Mario set coming next year, it was listed on pure gaming: are we getting another 18+?

Are they not just the Gameboy and the buildable Mario + Kart?

Oh, I totally agree with you on that one, then LOL. Technically you could make one with Ludwig's shell! I'm still soooooo hyped about Party at Toad's house! I know it's one of the more underwhelming sets for most, but I've been waiting for a Toad house that you can put furniture in and actually make a home or shop or whatever!

WOW!! I am blown away by this wave. I have been BEGGING them to make a Toad house that's at least *kind* of 3D so we could make our own and make little shops, etc. Soooo happy! The little picture of Peach's castle above Toad's bed is adorable too. Castle Bowser is amazing. Captain Toad is adorable. Great job on this wave!! :) Sorry for the double post :) But this image gives a closer look at some play features that might explain it!!

Thank you so much! :) It's a passion project of mine, I've been working on it for forever and it's still not done hahaha. I disagree! I think that they could make Mario VERYYYY cute on a minifig, esp with the Pinocchio breaking the "mold" for minifig heads :P But hey to each their own! I'm excited for the new wave so we can get some cool parts! :D

I think that minifigures with Mario is very possible without molded heads! I had a Peach minifigure pad printed that I think is looking really good! :) I WANT RAINBOW ROAD SOOO BADLY lol! I actually would prefer them to ditch the Mario Kart subtheme as it's pretty bare bones as far as playability IMO, but if they must...Rainbow Road is a must!

My mistake, let me rephrase lol: No reveal video for anything other than the Mario Kart set. Usually they have their summer wave revealed on Mario Day.

Huh. No reveal video like the years prior...do y'all think they'll reveal anything else today? They usually reveal the Summer sets... I wonder if the subject matter of them has to do with Switch 2 games and that's why they can't/haven't revealed them yet.

The buttons! Also, wasn't there a Mario 18+ set supposed to come out in July thats like $170? As for the usual minifigs conversation, I finally managed to make a pad printed Peach minifig so I've given up on that as far as Mario Lego goes. I just hope the august sets are playsets! I loved the way they did the boo mansion and tree.

I'll never get my hopes up for it again. Just have to accept that it's a botched line. *shrug* They're like "we hope lego and mario fans of all ages will play with this" and then made it a baby toy...oof.

I respectfully disagree with your opinion. I think that there is SO much more to Mario than just the platforming 1-1 world kind of sets. To me, those kinds of environments just scratch the surface of how fun and cool Mario can be.There are tons of fun, imaginative locations from the 3D titles, RPGs, etc. that will never be done justice with this theme. It's not *just* that they didn't do minifigs, it's that they sacrificed a tried and true formula for something that just doesn't work that well to justify it, in my opinion. I don't even think it's just an AFOL thing either, I was a HUUUUGE Mario fan as a kid (still am, clearly :P) and I know for a fact I would have been mega let down by this. I also wouldn't be opposed to 18+ sets with minifigs and continuing the digital line! If they'd even initially ran them concurrently I'd be so stoked. It just sucks that we got...this in lieu of something that could have been really great. ETA: I also want to say I hope I'm not coming off as condescending or mean to those who enjoy the digital figure line!! I value and enjoy other perspectives and having discussions about them, esp about two of my biggest interests :)

I was thinking about this the other day and went to find some interviews, that's actually not the case! In a couple of places, the lead designer Jonathan Bennink (I will never forgive him LOL) says that LEGO had like two groups and they all came up with ideas, and presented the digital thing to Nintendo: https://discussingfilm.net/2020/04/23/lego-super-mario-lead-designer-jonathan-bennink-on-evolving-the-lego-experience-exclusive-interview/ https://www.brickfanatics.com/exclusive-the-inside-story-of-lego-super-mario-level-2 https://www.newelementary.com/2020/08/lego-super-mario-interview-jonathan.html So, it seems like LEGO just couldn't find a way to do this convoluted idea and made the line to fit it, which I think was also a mistake. It should be the other way around.

I totally respect your opinion, but I'd say that it's only allowed a large variety of *enemy* characters. We've not gotten even a hint of any other of the main characters like Daisy, Wario, Rosalina, etc. Those are the characters I wanted from LEGO Mario. People keep saying they want LEGO to do Mario Kart with the course building system...what kind of fun would Mario Kart be with only 3 characters to choose from? Mind you, the course builder system (partly by design) falls apart at the slightest disturbance. How are they going to do karts with that? It's my opinion that the digital course building theme has...run its course. It's boring at this point and is a parody of itself. Almost every new set they put out has been just a rehash of a previous one (Mario's house, indiscriminate ice area, yet another tree with yellow and pink Yoshi, Toad house AGAIN...etc.). The new Yoshi set has an egg piece...none of the digital characters can even hold it. Not even the Yoshi figures can hold it. LEGO Mario is truly the monkey's paw phenomenon. I'd been waiting for it for like 20 years, only to be extremely disappointed when they made it into a crummy baby toy. It's almost patronizing. I wanted much cooler sets from this line, even the 18+ ones are kind of lame. I still don't know why they haven't included minifigures in even one of them. As for molds/printing with Mario characters, I think that a hybrid brick-built and minifig system would work really well, a-la Sonic. There are some brick builts even now that I feel would work if they do minifigs. Another big problem is that LEGO Mario doesn't feel like a LEGO product. It feels like some random silly toy. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing! Out of context, I'd think it was kinda cute for a little quick thing. Unfortunately, this kind of thing isn't why I like LEGO. It's not fun, it's unimaginative, and it's sacrificing quality/excellence for a gimmick that was DOA. I still cannot for the life of me understand why any LEGO fan would prefer this weird thing over actual cool builds and minifigures. Part of the magic of LEGO is that everything is compatible and you can bring all your favorite characters together. It seems bonkers to me that LEGO would make minifigures of Animal Crossing, Zelda, Sonic, Minecraft, etc. and Mario is burdened with this ugly, blocky, gimmicky, non-displayable theme that you can't really play with or merge with anything else besides itself. It's limiting and, IMO, goes against what LEGO is about. I really hope the digital aspect is over soon. It's a sanitized, generic, boring version of Mario that's limited by its own "features." It feels like someone who isn't really a fan of Mario came up with it. It's been a disappointment since its arrival and continues to be one.

Honestly the leaked sets are okay, nothing too exciting (as usual). I feel like we’ve gotten indiscriminate ice area and yoshi by a tree like 4 times at this point. Hoping the August 2024 wave is minifigures, this theme is getting even more stale imo. Even if we had to have the ugly blocky style, could we at least get cool interesting locations from the games? Lol

Oooh, I missed this! Did they say it as an educated guess or like they had insider info?