LEGO Super Mario
Nintendo's Greatest Hits, in Bricks
Nintendo is the console our family actually plays, and LEGO Super Mario is where that obsession becomes something you can hold. This hub is the one-stop portal for every Nintendo-flavoured LEGO set we have built and graded — the nostalgia object builds for the dads, the Mario Kart display models for the kids, and the rare sets that genuinely bridge the two.
The shelf is anchored by three. The Game Boy (72046) is the millennial-dad nostalgia hit — the iconic handheld reimagined as a display object, with swappable Game Paks and a lenticular screen, a perfect 10/10. Then comes the Mario Kart grid: Mario & Standard Kart (72037) brought the most-played game in the house onto the shelf with a buildable, rubber-tyred kart and a posable Mario, and Luigi & Mach 8 (72050) completes the line-up with the green Mach 8 and a brilliantly characterful Luigi. Built to matching scale, the two karts form a proper starting grid — and they landed at the exact moment Mario Kart World made the Switch 2 a family fixture.
The honest LEGO Super Mario truth: the Mario Kart display sets are compact for the 18+ badge, and they really want to be displayed as a pair rather than alone. But the build engineering is clever, the figures have real personality, and for a Nintendo household these land harder than almost anything else on the LEGO shelf. This hub grows with the theme. Below: every Nintendo-flavoured LEGO build we have graded, scored on whether it nails the silhouette and whether it earns its space.
Thematic Pillars
LEGO Super Mario Game Boy (72046) Review
The iconic handheld as a display object — swappable Game Paks, a lenticular screen and pure millennial-dad nostalgia. A 10/10.
View Series →LEGO Mario Kart Mario & Standard Kart (72037) Review
The buildable Standard Kart and a posable Mario — the most-played game in the house, now on the shelf. A 9/10.
View Series →LEGO Mario Kart Luigi & Mach 8 (72050) Review
The green Mach 8 and a brilliantly characterful Luigi — the companion build that completes the grid. A 9/10.
View Series →Nintendo Brand Hub – Switch 2, Zelda & Mario
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View Series →🎛️ The Dadnology LEGO Super Mario Standard
A LEGO Super Mario set has to do one of two things brilliantly: be a nostalgia object a dad will actually keep on his desk, or capture a game the whole family plays in a form a kid can hold. We grade these on silhouette accuracy — does the kart read as the Standard Kart, does the Game Boy read as a Game Boy — and on whether the finished model earns its shelf space on character alone. The licence is not enough; the build has to be a genuine pleasure and the result has to make someone who grew up with Nintendo grin.
★ Featured Picks
LEGO Super Mario Game Boy (72046)
The iconic handheld reimagined in bricks — swappable Game Paks, a lenticular screen and a perfect dad-gift. A 10/10.
LEGO Super Mario Mario Kart - Mario & Standard Kart (72037)
A buildable Standard Kart with rolling rubber tyres and a posable Mario. The centrepiece of the Mario Kart line.
LEGO Super Mario Mario Kart - Luigi & Mach 8 (72050)
Luigi in the green Mach 8 kart — the companion build that turns one kart into a proper grid.
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