LEGO Reveals Six New Mario Kart Sets, Speeding Our Way In 2025

Oof... I already thought the Super Mario line of LEGO wasn't the best looking, but these are some rough designs... I can't help but feel that these builds don't do the characters justice. Would have much rather liked minifigs, but I suppose this is one way to not make me spend money on these sets.

Where the heck is the Mario mini figure? You can't have his kart with no mario!

These are definitely not my favorite. Would have been better if they just used the iconic minifigure design.

Still no normal Mario minifigures..

Seeing these side by side with the Animal Crossing ones on the front page really rubs in how ugly the weird Mario Lego designs are.

I get the clamour for minifigures, but the designs of the majority of the mario cast would not suit the proportions of a lego minifigure in a way that still keeps the charming design of said characters. I really do think the brick built forms are the best way to go, and it has allowed for all sorts of enemies to become figures in some way without massively compromising on their designs at all. They're also more interesting display pieces too, imo

Think they're actually surprisingly cheap considering the number of pieces in each set.

They're very very ugly though. I'll have to pass.

K'NEX Did Mario Kart better, and they didn't need BABIES to make it good! They even did the Minifigures better! If LEGO did Mario Mnifigures, expect Molded heads like the K'NEX Minifigures, because a traditional Mario Minifigure with the nose and mustache not being 3D standouts that go around the face is NOT gonna sell units.

None are particularly appealing (again... they could do so much more with these ranges) but the Yoshi one is just wrong...

He could've just driven a kart... instead they have a Yoshi riding a Yoshi... and it looks as bad as it sounds if you ask me.

Wow, considering they teased this, and they're so ugly, and don't even do anything specific. They've been setting the bar lower and lower with the Nintendo Legos ...

I'm usually a big time Lego hater round here, but I'll take the baby mario in the biddy buggy one thank you ☺️✌️

also minifigs are boring, and as someone else said, they dont scale well in a fantasy setting. I dont particularly love the look of mario in any of these but trying to force everyone into the minifig form just isnt going to work for everyone, not even mario himself, really.

Honestly my main problem with most of these sets is how heavily they rely on custom/new pieces to convey what they "are." I'd take an even "uglier" model that uses the iconic standard bricks more creatively 👍

PS - Also I dont know if "Technics" is still a thing but mario kart technics would make more sense to me.

@-wc- Maybe, but for Mario Minifigures, they could mesh well with Sonic the Hedgehog, so fans can create little displays based on the Olympic Games, and what could've been.

@Twilite9 That's been done already, by K'NEX!

https://youtu.be/UbqLTJ3lcjA?si=NSUzcGYfU3L1Xlgt

These are cute. I might get the Standard Kart set but I don't see myself needing to collect this whole set.

The lego mario sets have had some pretty decent sets and a lot of bland poorly designed ones and I definitely think these are some of the worst

This is by far the worst lego set I have ever seen

Okay that Yoshi set isn't too expensive, there's not a lot to it but I might get that one maybe at least. I love that they included that one.

@Pillowpants It is definitely a Nintendo decision. LEGO knows that minifigures are one of the best selling points and easily recognizable aspects of the brand. People will buy a set just for a single figure. They’ll even make a normal minifig and a bigfig counterpart so that people who hate bigfigs can still get the character in the standard format.

Nintendo has the whole weird: “how can we sell this product in an unconventional way” thing going on, and they’re also super protective and controlling of their IP, especially when they license it out. I can only assume that LEGO approached Nintendo saying they wanted to make Mario sets, and Nintendo said “okay, but it can’t be like normal LEGO, we’re quirky(tm) and Mario is a game series, so make it a game.”

Nintendo is like the girl in middle school who would always say “I’m not like other girls!” and act weird because she made quirky her sole personality trait.

@LeJuiceCup

"Nintendo has the whole weird: “how can we sell this product in an unconventional way” thing going on,"

"...and Nintendo said “okay, but it can’t be like normal LEGO, we’re quirky(tm) and Mario is a game series, so make it a game.”

and imo thank GOD there is still some of this spirit left in Nintendo somewhere. 👍 if ugly LEGO is the price we have to pay, then so be it.

Once Nintendo completely loses their "quirky(tm)" identity, then it is over. It's almost already happened, if you take a step back and look at the whole picture, imo. ✌️

PS - some of y'all just want little posable Nintendo action figures, and that's OK ☺️ I dont mess with LEGO anymore, but if i did, I'd want to build models. speaking for myself.

YOOOO lets gooooooooo! this looks sick!!!

@LeJuiceCup Yeah, it's Nintendo being very Nintendo and I'm just very glad they didn't choose to go down that path with the more adult sets. But the lack of proper Mario minifigs does hurt. I mean, they could have included them with the ?-Block set, or the Bowser set, for instance.

I'm a keen LEGO enthusiast and love to collect sets and sometimes resell them too, if a set is not entirely to my liking, or whenever I need room. But the Mario sets like these, man do they suck...

Might get the Standard Kart set to stick my Lego Mario in.

Crazy how every Nintendo-LEGO Line is the stuff of nightmares. I'm surprised Nintendo is willing to even go with it seeing how protective of their brands they are.

These are so cute! I don’t have space for them though and I think I am buying the Rivendale set at the end of the month so…

And they actually have a good price/piece ratio! I can't believe it!

Wow, more decent prices from LEGO. Have they learned their lesson?

Probably not, but, we shall see.

I totally want that Donkey Kong set, tho!

Truly awful.

I wish you could get all the karts as separate purchases instead of some being tied to large sets.

the longer they go without making mario minifigures the longer I hope they never do. with the way people treat minifigures nowadays they just feel like funko pops to me now. the more sets without them the better

also it's funny seeing how mad people get about it

Piranha Plant is so far the only Mario themed set I've bought, because it actually looks good. The only other two I've considered were the ? Block and Bowser. These just look ugly.

Wow actually a lot better than I was expecting. I always thought it would be karts with tiny sections of the tracks that would look horrible. Still not gonna pick these up though except maybe the Yoshi bike

Yoshi, toads garage, and standard kart are cool. Waluigi should be on that wiggler, not baby peach

Love Lego, love Nintendo, have not really loved their collaboration so far. Considering money and space is limited, I'm holding out for a Majora's Mask from Lego or at least something more iconic than a Deku tree.

I'm having more fun building the Lego Architecture and LotR sets than I ever have with any of this. Shame, because I was expecting more.

That's really cool. So I don't complain about the lack of proportion of the figures compared to LEGO
...and there's even the cute Baby Peach 🥰.

LEGO always considers the ratio between Play Vs Build when they create a new product. They must have crunched the numbers and learned from research that kids these days prefer larger, more action figure-esque products to hold and interact with when it comes to a 100% Play set. For example, I'm noticing a wide range of "Construction Figures" cropping up around LEGO's myriad of themes: larger buildable figures that kids can hold and play with more easily. This lineup seems to follow that trend.

Which is to say, it's understandable that most of the adults on this webpage don't really like this lineup of sets. Adults typically prefer details-oriented models that leave less to the imagination. The entire LEGO Mario lineup leaves like 90% of the world of Super Mario to the imagination, which is fine for kids. LEGO Animal Crossing is in a similar boat, but with the PlayVsBuild ratio leaning just slightly farther into the Build side.

Also, good to see the sets showing more pieces than the total price. I know these days it's not a direct correlation to value, but the appearance just feels so much better when you see a higher piece count than total price.

@PersianZSR you gotta buy the expensive deluxe main line sets for those 😉

The fact that they don't sell the interactive mario figures by themselves is so icky, especially when it comes to kids toys.

@PersianZSR its for use with the big, blocky and interctive Lego Mario... no minifigures

I think they look ok but I'm surprised there's no track. I suppose it would have to be limited in scope without making the sets really expensive so it's probably better if they just leave it to the imagination and let kids (or anyone) race the karts on any surface, but on the other hand, imagine having Royal Raceway or Rainbow Road in brick form!

@YoshiAngemon I used to LOVE those Knex Mario Kart sets. Scenery wise they weren't the best as is typical with Knex but damn they were so fun making a full circuit track.

@Ryu_Niiyama Nice! I’m a little jealous - I finally have a spot where it could fit, but went a different direction back when it was financially viable.

For those wondering, this blocky digital figure line for Mario is actually LEGO's call, not Nintendo. The lead designer for this line has come out and said in an interview that Nintendo initially approached them with standard minifigs, but Lego instead wanted something new and different, and at the time wanted something that incorporated technology with play, so they thought Mario would be a good fit. I worked at a Lego retail store for two years, and they have sold decent, but people were always asking where the minifigs were. They know there is a demand there. My prediction with these is that they are going to move these digital figures to more of a Mario Kart line, and introduce a minifig line in 2026 as the new main line.

I think the karts are designed actually surprisingly well. I think the best looking are definitely the standard kart and DK's. Love the little Double Dash throw back there. Everything else is definitely aimed at children. I know I would've had fun with these as a kid, and my little cousins are excited for these. I personally grew up with the KNEX Mario Kart Wii sets, those were awesome.

@Jerutix Thanks. It isn’t set in stone yet as I just have it in my cart until the end of the month but it’s pretty much the non space related LEGO set of my dreams.

Garbage. Sorry for people who like them, but as someone who just spent an absurd amount of time playing Mario kart and building cars in Lego 2K racer last night, these are just stupid.

The majority of this comment section is clearly not the market demographic for these. I and my two kids love all of these.

I can't imagine the cost of a whole race track.