LEGO has collaborated with a number of franchises over the years and even adapted themes to video games thanks to the help of Traveller’s Tales and Warner Bros. Still, after all this time, we’ve not yet seen a partnership between Nintendo and the famous brick-building company. About the closest we’ve got is a couple of Easter eggs in the LEGO City: Undercover game.
With this in mind, a LEGO builder by the name of Daniel Church has taken matters into his own hands, crafting his very own Mario-themed creation. It’s the Odyssey from the one and only Switch title, Super Mario Odyssey.
What’s impressive about this build are the number of curves on display and the general roundness of the design. Classic LEGO builds are commonly associated with much sharper angles, so this is quite a feat. A custom Mario mini-figure (and Cappy) was also created.
As can be seen in the photos above, the creator documented the building and planning process over a three month period and eventually entered the final design at Brickworld Chicago, where it was nominated for Best Airship. The designer himself, who specialises in airship creation, previously made his own version of the Fortnite Battle Bus.
Do you collect or build LEGO creations? Are you a fan of the LEGO games? Would you like to see Nintendo and LEGO one day collaborate and release an official set? Tell us in the comments.
[source brothers-brick.com]
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Looks like official concept art from a distance.
I admire the effort more talented people than myself go to with their LEGO creations. I'd buy this and other Nintendo-themed kits in a flash.
Would buy for my nephews for Christmas. Lego & Nintendo should look into an entire line of Mario, the mushroom kingdom, & all enemies over the years. Bet it would sell well.
INSTRUCTIONS
@Other-Brother @BradC40 Unfortunately K'nex has the rights for Nintendo, it's a shame,would be awesome to see what Lego could do with them, or even just fan projects made in to official sets through their Ideas program like the recent Voltron set.
Man I love Lego! But the biggest difficulty for me has always been having the correct pieces in the correct color. I literally have crates(those plastic bins stores sell around Christmas for storing decorations) of Lego, but more often than not, I'd never have enough of the right bricks in the right colors.
@Heavyarms55 If your looking to do a piece like this, best thing to do is build it out what you have so you know what you need and how many, then head over to brinklink and buy what you need. Most common pieces can be bought for pennies.
@Destron Yeah I know, but it often feels somewhat to buy more Lego when I already have so much. ¯(ツ)/¯
Dang, that Lego recreation is incredible. Mad props to the creator of it for somehow managing to make such a detailed model.
Could you imagine the money to be made if LEGO got licensing agreements with Nintendo? LEGO's stock exploded once they moved beyond generic play sets (the ones I loved as a child in the 80's and 90's) and began licensing official products like Harry Potter. Think of Peach's castle from Super Mario 64 or a LEGO Town set in the form of a Mario Kart race track. Oh god....my mind is racing now (pun intended).
All those Lego creations based on games are cool.
Everyone thinking of all these Lego Mario sets. You need to think bigger, hyrule castle, temple of time, hateno village, etc.
@MasterJay I always wanted to do the Deku Tree interior from Ocarina in LEGO. Did some planning, but even that small level was too ambitious for my time. Actual stages or sections of stages from classic Nintendo games, especially early 3D games, would be really fun, I think.
@aaronsullivan Yeah and they have so many games they could just chug out sets from, botw alone could have tons
Not to change the subject, but in the bottom photo, on the left side, you can see the bus blimp thing from Fortnite! It's not as cool as the Odyssey but it's up there!
amazing accomplishment! Lego should hire this guy.
one of the best lego creations ever!!
did the creator add any moving parts of any kind?
@N00BiSH
instructions are not needed to build this if you are a true super Mario fan
Nice.
Ah Lego... probably the thing I would obsess over if I wasn't a gamer. And a good thing too I suppose, as, Lego is altogether much more expensive of a hobby than gaming is tbh, which isn't helped by the fact that Lego has inflated their costs to the consumer way higher than any gaming company has, even with whatever form of DLC gaming comes up with, because the astronomical rising cost of Lego sets is just ridiculously expensive these days...
@NintendoFan4Lyf I was about to comment the same thing! Earthbound needs more love in every shape and form
Wow, it looks great!
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