Talking Point: Where's Your Nintendo Labo Now?

haha I answered first, my opinion is FACT

Recycling but I have a second sealed variety kit stashed away in a cupboard.

Labo is great and an actual creative use of game/play time! Love it, and always will. Just wish it was a little higher quality so it would last.

We don't really make stuff that lasts anymore...

Mrs Scorpio put it in the recycling bin. Our daughter really wasn't happy about that!

You know, despite criticisms I have heard, I do think this is a nice idea and Nintendo should really continue it and push to be as creative as possible. If I was a child and got to put this together, having some fun doing so with family, I would certainly be a very happy boy.

It had some potential, imo. We could have gotten VR games like Gorn, Sunshine Arizona (VR FPS zombie shooter), VR Chat... If only Nintendo was interested in promoting it as a more serious platform, not just Switch gimmick like camera on right Joy-Con...
I don't have it, tho. Not enough games that would justify its purchase.

Truth be told, I never took it out of the box.

With their history of Virrual Boy, 3DS, that prototype 3D GameCube Luigis Mansion and then Labo VR, I can’t wait to see their inevitable return to 3D/VR. The on-rails Treasure Tracker level was designed so well and the arcadey shooter was a lot of fun too.

I bought the Variety Kit when it first came out — pre-ordered in fact — intending to build it when my kids were born and older. It was released on April 20th, 2018, and my first kid was born the next day at 12:10am. The Labo kit was waiting for me on the porch when we brought him home haha. Seven years later, he and his younger brother play with the Fishing Kit and Motorcycle kit all the time. And we have a couple more kits to build, which I’m saving for a rainy or snowy day!

I'll never forgive Labo for replacing the Wii U tab on Nintendo's official website.

I know that time marches on and old consoles stop being a part of the present, but it was bittersweet to see it happen. It felt like the end of an era.

I have a switch lite so I never got to partake in playing with cardboard.

I'd like to get rid of my sets but I have no idea how. Tossing it away feels like a waste, but it doesn't feel very sellable once assembled either.

Labo VR might of been one of the first games I preordered alongside the physical version of Snipperclips, and I got some good fun out of it, but it just collected dust with everything eventually, and now that I have a Switch 2, it's just sitting in a tote as I procrastinate on finding a way to sell it.

My three year old grandson recently found some of my Nintendo Labo stuff - which I loved and love that Nintendo does this kind of stuff. Now he’s always asking to play with “Tindy Labo.” I had not built everything yet so we l’ve had some fun building stuff. And now I’ve even bought a few new kits on Amazon - readily available for cheap.

I was crazy about it when it was big. I remember putting a decent amount of time into the Vehicle Kit game, and I liked the VR headset, even if it wasn't used for many games.

They sit in a box in my room right now, and they likely won't get touched until I feel like talking about them in a reel or something, and that's if I start a YouTube channel.

You know who this is great for? Kids around the age of 8-12. Myself I only ever built the piano. However I gave the rest of the Variety Kit to my nephew when they came to visit one Christmas, and he loved it. So last Christmas I got him another set, the Vehicle Kit, and again the nephews had so much fun building and playing and understanding how things work. Labo should have been more successful, it's a smart and valuable toy. Yeah, the cardboard doesn't last forever, but kids get many hours of fun. (Considering how people on this site claim that they're satisfied if a good videogame lasts 10-20 hours... you'll easily get more if you build and use all builds in a Labo kit once).

I still have my base VR kit but I can't use it because I don't have a Switch 1 anymore, and even if I did still have it, the battery was utterly fried so I wouldn't be able to use it anyway.

I never have even heard of these things ever until now.

Also, whoa, did I actually just see a hardcore Nintendo fan actually complain about their ridiculous prices on cheap plastic products?!

I never thought I'd see the day when common sense finally beat out blind fanboyism.

Long since been thrown in the recycling.

Like Gavin, I only bought the base VR kit, which is currently sitting in a cupboard and very occasionally tinkered with. The rubber bands are broken on the blaster so those will need replacing if I want to feed some hippos, but I'm hoping the headset will be good for a bit of Virtual Boy action in a couple of weeks.

I kind of regret not getting the other Labo sets while they were readily available new, it's a really fun concept. No idea how I'd store it all, though.

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I purchased one of the sets when I happened to find it for really cheap, but I never actually played it. I just never really cared much about it.

No it wasn't the VR set, but I don't remember what it was, and I'm too lazy to go check right now.

Only one i built was the viewfinder to try the first person BotW. Even bought a head strap for it. Still was not the best experience. The rest is still boxed up and in a storage bin in my basement.

The VR set was a little clunky, fiddly to use, and .. is sat on my bookshelf, unused. I won't be grabbing the VirtualBoy.

Hmm, lemme check around:

• Variety Set: still in the box.
• Vehicle Set: all parts in a drawer.
• VR Set: all parts in a drawer except the visor.
• VR Visor: waiting to see if it can work with the Virtual Boy Classics

I was so close to getting one or more of these. I would have loved building them and even playing the games. I just wasn't sure they would justify the prices, plus I didn't know what to do with large cardboard constructs after completion.

Did LABO sell well? I'd love for them to revisit it or at least be open to more completely out-of-left-field creative ideas like this.

I bought 3 different sets. I kept the vr googles. I still kept the 3 carts. Fun at the time. Shame we can’t buy the cardboard again separately anymore.

I got the Variety Kit out of curiosity. I was more interested in the building aspect and left playing for my niece. I would've liked to make stuff with Toy-Con Garage but found it too limiting. I recently discovered some plans I had for games before the kit was even out.

The game and accessories are at my childhood home which is closer to the people who actually get usage out of them. The latest play session was about a year ago, at least on my account.

I never bought any of these things! It seems like a cute idea but didn't go anywhere beyond a novel toy you use once or twice. Maybe if there was a whole ecosystem developed around it with 3rd party support or creative ways to make your own gadgets out of regular cardboard, it could've had some staying power.

As it is? I'm content never touching or seeing anything to do with LABO.

I made the remote control moving bit of cardboard from the variety pack, I'm sure that got binned, and I made the fishing rod which is in a cupboard. The other sets I've never opened

Never brought it.

I got the variety kit hoping that some parts would get third party use, but I was disappointed at how meager that ended up being.

I bought a big 4 shelf unit to store them all on behind our TV. The VR kit was legit and I also enjoyed my time with the vehicle kit, both were fun games beyond building them. The variety pack games were really just tutorial type stuff. I bought the robot for my godson/nephew and I think he built it and played it but I honestly can't recall.

It's too bad they don't support them in newer games, like the steering wheel for Mario Kart World. VR should work for Virtual Boy but it's possible Nintendo planned to make those Switch 2 exclusive so no point?

I'm done buying physical stuff though. If it works I'll use it but otherwise I'll pass. I just can't wrap my head around spending $100 on a bit of plastic that requires a $50 a year subscription to use. That makes no sense. For $100 it should include 1 year of NO+.

I have two sets: variety and vr, waiting to be build when my daughter turns 5 or 6. Looking forward to build it with her together! 😊

I bought the VR basic set secondhand just a few months ago. It was after Virtual Boy was announced, and I bought it specifically for that. I tried BotW in VR mode and would love to keep going with it, even if it did make my head hurt after a while.

All 4, I haven't used them recently, but will pull them out from time to time.

I chose to get VB with full plastic pieces rather than the cheaper labo set for it, though.

I never got into Labo for this very reason. I already had a bin full of Wii accessories I hardly touched (anyone remember Link’s crossbow and the shooting attachment that pretty much only worked with that game?). So I wasn’t about to buy into something else that needed accessories. Fun idea, but I figured it wouldn’t last long.

In the store because why waste the money.

I don't typically get them out regularly (especially after the Switch 2 released) but I used to use them with my original Switch quite often. I wound up putting them together myself, but the kids enjoyed playing around with them time and again. Now that my original Switch's battery sensor is on the fritz, I don't see myself getting some back out at all (Ones you had to slot the Original Switch into) considering my OLED, Lite, and Switch 2 won't fit in them.

Well...
My LABO 1 & 3 are in attic room now. 😅
I don't feel hyped anymore but I don't want to get rid them since I have spent several hours to assemble them.

Such a shame you can’t get the replacement cardboard sets as these where a great for children’s projects and activities.

One of the few Nintendo products I haven’t bought over the years. I remember feeling very tempted on release day but it just didn’t seem for me. Only ever seen one out in the wild once since then, and it was mostly just the sheets where cardboard had already been popped out.

In the "garage".
It was a nice idea, the genius little kids did amazing things for the competitions.
But, it takes a lot of place, and we never had the official storing boxes, like in Japan, so sad !

I heavily considered getting Labo years back, but I had a cat who would probably very much like to use it for the wrong ways, so I decided against getting it. It always looked fun, but the novelty was garunteed to wear off rather fast. Guess I was right

Still at the store.
While i applaud Nintendo for trying something different, this was too jank voor my tastes.
That said, i am also not 5 so there is that.

i had a nintendo labo vr headset but my mom threw it away cause a spider laid eggs in there

I never bought one and pretty much forgot all about it until it was brought up.

Mickey Mouse Steamboat is not just “some random Lego”.

Never got any of it. But I have now preordered the cardboard Virtual Boy and I'm really hoping to be able to play BotW in VR on Switch 2.

In the warehouse from the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Never really saw the point, but I did order a Virtual Boy so maybe I'll try out the VR stuff using it, I dunno.

I really, REALLY enjoyed Labo, but mine got exposed to humidity due to living in South East Asia. So it kinda lost its structural integrity.

Can't answer the survey. Never bought it as it was seemingly marketed and geared toward a much younger audience, but don't think they should shelve the idea. I think it's neat, just not for me in its current state. And for the target audience, needs to do more and be more.

I only had the LABO VR Kit, and the initial pieces like the Joy Con holder and the Headset itself has worn down. I bought the Expansion Set for VR and never assembled it. Maybe one day I will if the Virtual Boy Cardboard Model works fully as a LABO VR replacement. Although, the resolution for playing the games on LABO VR was already quite bad and given how blurry Switch games are on Switch 2, I can’t imagine playing games like Smash Bros. on the cardbard model feeling better on the new system.

Never bought it. Not that I should say "Get rid of it." What a strange pairing of sentences for an answer! I can see that many people enjoyed their time with Labo, so it was a worthwhile endeavour from Nintendo even if it lacked interest for me.

Edit:
I have no interest in the Virtual Boy nonsense of holding a cardboard prop against your face or even using the expensive plastic device. This is Nintendo being too weird for their own good, and these games should be playable without any contraption. A basic 2D emulation option of showing one of the VB screens expanded and a different colour option (like black and white) can't be that hard, either technically or in inclination.

@Vyacheslav333 As cool as VRChat would have been on the Switch, given the kind of content and interactions that you can sometimes find in that game, I highly doubt Nintendo would have ever allowed it to come to the Switch to begin with.

As it is, the only people you can chat with via the Switch Online service are your friends; and that's contingent on you even having friends, much less friends who own a Switch, much less friends who own a Switch AND subscribe to the Switch Online service.

Hylia knows that I would have loved to have chatted with my teammates in Splatoon 3 during the Splatfests, to coordinate a strategy, but Nintendo--in their attempt to keep things kid-friendly--never implemented voice chat with anyone who wasn't your friend.

I'd purchase every LABO set/accessory asap if they were already built and made of plastic. Hopefully they'll do new LABO series for NS2 and they're not made of that ridiculous cardboard. I'm down for a bit of low quality n' crude, yet whacky and enjoyable VR. Nintendo's VR appetizer until they give us the real deal when they invetibility fully dip their toes in.

Never got one. Forgot they were a thing. If I had, I'm a bit of a hoarder so it'd be on a shelf or in a tote in the basement.

VR set is sitting on my bedroom shelf collecting dust. Give us a real VR set that is continually supported instead of a cardboard gimmick only used for 3 games and then we'll talk about it getting more usage.

I still have most of the ones that I bought, they're in a box somewhere. I accidentally stepped on the piano years ago and had to recycle it, and the rubber band inside of the blaster snapped (for the second time!)

I had a lot of fun with the things, though, years ago!

Never bought any but I remember the VR kit tempting me back in the day.

Most of it remains unbuilt in the box

Who needs Labo when Virtual Boy had made its shocking return right?

I had the VR kit. It got to a point where I hadn't used it for years, and the rubber bands for the reloading mechanism needed replacing. On top of that it doesn't even work with Switch 2. So I tried to sell it, but noone was interested so I recycled it.

very glad the labo software has guides for repairs, the rubber bands on mine have long since eroded. bought three labo sets (everything sans robot. no way im ever making enough space for that thing) maybe a year or two ago and really enjoyed them for a week or so... i'll definitely keep them but i should really just decorate them already. surely i can display a few of the pieces unobtrusively

One word:
Sold!