Super Mario Bros. Wonder "Elephant Mario" Statue Officially Revealed, Here's A First Look

Again, striking while the iron's hot 😄

(Also, hearing about its "wide stance" only made me think of the Larry Craig political scandal from years and years ago 😄)

Wake me up when they do a Talking Flower statue.

Wake me up when they announce Elephant Daisy.

As cute as this is, I will sadly have to pass on this. Since I have moved into my fiancée's condo, I have no space to put up any of my statues. They will all have to go into storage. The only other F4F statue of a Nintendo character that I would ever care to get would be Krystal from Star Fox. But if they don't make one, I can always 3D print one, courtesy of filed shared on the Krystal Archive, a fan site dedicated to Star Fox and everything Krystal.

Who is this for exactly?

Wake me up when they make a Poppy Kong statue

@Dee123 98% weirdos, 2% elephant sanctuary lobbies

I still can’t get over how much I hate the elephant power up. I avoid it at all costs when playing Wonder. Imagine how much better the game would be if the big flagship power up were something that’s actually fun to use and cool to look at instead of just…. obesity.

@Dee123 people who love plastic junk and clutter all over their house.

I found all the other power ups and some of the badges a lot more fun than the elephant. It was a fun novelty.

Surpisingly it is not just an enlarged amiibo ... unlike the BotW First 4 Figures of archer Link, Zelda, and the 4 Champions - all of which I own and look rather cool on my bookshelf.

@BAN I think you’re looking at an elephant, not something obese

Honestly, the elephant was the worst part of Wonder.

An expensive statue of the worst power up in SMB history? No thanks!

That's one hell of a trunk!

Very cute statue!

@Grim I think you’re looking at a cartoonish looking human character made to look like he’s wearing an elephant suit underneath his normal clothes and therefore looks like a morbidly obese person in an elephant mask. Also it’s called a joke, bud.

Wake me up before you go go.

"First, 4 figures" = Payment upfront, price rather steep

Its going to be super interesting for the future humans to dust off the rubble and find all our weird plastic trinkets to try and make sense of how we lived.

@-wc- because a cape that makes you fly and a mushroom that makes you bigger are the greatest power up designs

@-wc- They've already done this. It's since sold out.

https://first4figures.com/collections/mario/products/tanooki-mario

@canaryfarmer So, 100% weirdoes?

@BAN I’m not your buddy, guy!

@Grim I’m not your guy, pal

@-wc- "Nintendo ran out of good power up ideas for Mario approximately 35 years ago."

Are you sure? Unless you were exaggerating or being sarcastic, I'm gonna have to politely push back on that notion with the following power-ups:

• Wing Cap and Metal Cap from Mario 64
• Ice Flower from Mario Galaxy 1
• Propeller Mushroom from New Mario Wii
• Cloud Flower from Mario Galaxy 2
• Gold Flower from New Mario 2
• Bubble Flower from Mario Wonder

Your opinions on all of those power-ups may vary, of course, but I'm just throwing my two cents in lol.

@-wc- I wish! Haha that’s incredible, but no it’s nothing that cool. It’s my pfp from my old Vimeo account. A screen grab from some artsy animated thing I liked some 15+ years ago. I used to drive a mini van

@-wc- I’m gonna finally start listening to some Bjork cause of this conversation. Thank you

@-wc- oh nice, I love this kind of beta! I was just in my truck listening to Volta, but I’ll go to homogenic next

@-wc- it’s been lovely hijacking this comment section with ya 🤝

How is the Switch 2 just over a year old without a proper Mario release made for the console? Makes zero sense.

@N00BiSH GameStop has one that talks

I always love the F4F statues. They always look super nice and polished.

@tseliot you not understand about how much development times, add new contents, gameplay features, visuals and polishing up etc. 3D Super Mario games usual take long time to develop. Nintendo wanted Donkey Kong get treatment first which make sense to me. Nintendo Switch 2 is awesome system love it!!

When are we getting Elephant Shantae? lol

Honestly, I love Mario Wonder, but I never really cared for the elephant power up. So this is lost on me. Cool for the fans of it though!

I just realized that with OOT getting a big remake, F4F might redo their OOT line. I might finally get that Sheik statue!

600 real dollars? What is this made out of gold? I get that it is a novelty item but I personally dont find it worth it, I can get 10 games or one ugly mario statue...

@rvcolem1 : and who love paying $600 for said tat

@-wc- “ Nintendo ran out of good power up ideas for Mario approximately 35 years ago.”

Every single creature in odyssey was a power up!