(BRIEF) The LEGO Group celebrated March 10 with the unveiling of 3 exciting new LEGO Super Mario sets: The Bowser Express Train, King Boo’s Haunted Mansion and The Battle with Roy at Peach’s Castle, scheduled for release on August 1, 2024. Packed with interactive features and beloved characters, these bundles promise endless gaming adventures for fans. In addition, at the MAR10 YouTube premiere, a sneak peek revealed the highly anticipated Mario Kart set coming to the LEGO Super Mario universe in the long term, generating excitement among fans. With exclusive promotions and double LEGO Insider Points, LEGO enthusiasts have even more reason to immerse themselves in the world of Super Mario. Fans can follow the first recording on YouTube and stay tuned for more updates on www. lego. com/super-mario/ Mario Day.
(PRESS RELEASE) BILLUND, March 11, 2024 — /EuropaWire/ — Over the weekend, the LEGO Group celebrated MAR10 Day by unveiling 3 new LEGO® Super Mario sets™: The Bowser Express Train, King Boo’s Haunted Mansion and The Battle with Roy at Peach’s Castle, and proved that the famous Mario Kart™ will arrive in LEGO brick form next year!
Every year on March 10, enthusiasts around the world celebrate MAR10 Day by celebrating their favorite Super Mario characters. This is the second year the LEGO Group has hosted an action-packed YouTube premiere for MAR10 Day. Jack Gardner hosted the celebrations and joined in through a playful circle of family members of LEGO Super Mario enthusiasts, who helped add a bit of mischief and fun.
The first set revealed The Bowser Express Train, which consists of 1392 LEGO elements, created by concept designer Marvin Völger, Daire McCabe as style designer and Amy Bennett, interaction designer in LEGO Super Mario. This set invites thrill-seekers to hop on the locomotive for fun, adrenaline-pumping play. With interactive features that add a lever-operated turntable, Super Star Block, a passenger car with a removable roof, and a “? A gun, and even a gun carriage with a spring-loaded cannon, there are many of the game’s features and secrets for builders.
Daire McCabe, LEGO Super Mario Master of Design, said: “A lot of work has gone into designing Bowser’s express train and ensuring that it truly captures Bowser’s tough presence and power. We wanted to create this epic set animated through Super Mario 3-d World’s iconic exercise level, in which Mario fires a cannon to take on all the enemies in the exercise, capturing the spirit, energy, and adrenaline of the original game. I can’t wait to see everyone’s reactions!
Next up is King Boo’s Haunted Mansion with 932 LEGO bricks. In the YouTube premiere, the family found themselves in a dark room and found LEGO® Luigi™ and a yellow Yoshi, then showed off their skills by beating Dry Bones. Throughout the segment, the game-rich features of the set were explored, adding the haunted rooms, which included a chest block, a coin block, and a hidden key block for interactive play. The Haunted Mansion allows developers to use their spooky imagination and embark on a mysterious adventure filled with uplifting furniture, familiar enemy characters, and much more.
Finally, the Battle with Roy at Peach’s Castle, which consists of 738 LEGO pieces in total. This set is a reimagined classic that invites the developers to protect the castle with Toad against Roy, one of the Koopalings. The castle has catapult, walls that are easy to rebuild and has a charming interior, adding a revolving throne, a piano and a fountain in the garden.
The LEGO Super Mario Bowser Express train, King Boo’s haunted mansion and the war with Roy at Peach’s Castle will be available from August 1, 2024 at select LEGO stores, lego. com and flagship stores worldwide.
Watch the full premiere of MAR10 Day by watching the recording on YouTube. For more information, www. lego. com/super-mario/mario-day
LEGO® Super Mario™ King Boo’s Haunted Mansion (71436)
LEGO® Super Mario™ Battle with Roy at Peach’s Castle (71435)
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