The wait for Lego's long-awaited Mario Kart sets is finally over. Six Lego Mario Kart sets are now available at Amazon, Walmart, Lego Store, and other major retailers. The line is priced between $15 and $80, and five of the kits are $40 or less. Considering the popularity of the racing series (Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is the best-selling Nintendo Switch game by a wide margin), as well as the affordable prices, we wouldn't be surprised to see some of the games go out of stock. .
Mario Kart Lego sets on Amazon
If you buy all six Mario Kart Lego sets, you'll get nine vehicles, 11 buildable figures, and plenty of accessories. In total, the complete Lego Mario Kart series has 2,228 pieces and costs $220.
It also seems likely that the Lego Adventures Mario, Luigi and Peach starter sets will be very popular this month. The trio of electronic figures is only available in beginner courses. While every Mario Kart kit includes at least one buildable figure, only starter figures can take full advantage of the interactive elements built into Mario Kart vehicles and other accessories. If you're buying Lego Mario Kart kits to play with rather than display, you'll probably want at least one of the figures.
Let's take a closer look at the six Mario Kart Lego sets available now. New Year's Day tends to be a big day for Lego, and that will also be the case in 2025. Mario Kart is the most exciting of the new video game-inspired sets, but Lego has also expanded collections for Animal Crossing, Sonic the Hedgehog and Minecraft with new versions. You can also purchase new sets based on Star Wars, Harry Potter, Jurassic World, Marvel movies, Batman and Superman.
$20
This 174-piece set includes Mario's iconic red starter vehicle from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. The kart comes with a detachable Super Glider, drift-ready wheels, a Red Shell launcher, and an attachable Banana item. Like all vehicles in the Mario Kart line, the standard Kart is compatible with the trio of interactive figures from the Adventures with Super Mario starter games. Naturally, the Mario figure is the obvious choice here. Figures unlock new visual and sound effects when the race starts, while you drift or slide, and when you honk.
Mario's Standard Kart set also comes with a workstation with a target for the Red Shell. Jumping into the workstation with Mario, Luigi, or Peach activates more sound and display effects.
If you don't have one of the Lego Mario starter sets, the included Pit Crew Toad figure can drive the kart. Toad is just a regular Lego figure, so the aforementioned interactive elements don't work when he's attached to the kart.
$15
The cheapest of the bunch, the Yoshi Bike, is a 133-piece set that only costs $15. Includes a green Yoshi-inspired bike, a light blue Yoshi figure, four traffic cones, an item block, and the banana (peel) and green shell items from the Mario Kart games.
Mario, Luigi and Peach figures react when the race starts, while drifting, when they honk the bike's horn, and when the bike is in hover mode. In addition to physical items, collision with the Item Box occurs just like in the games. Sound and visual effects will let you know which item you won.
Again, the visuals and sound effects won't happen without one of the three figures, but Yoshi certainly looks great on the bike. This is the first time that light blue Yoshi appears in a Lego Mario set. You can also attach Yoshi figures from other sets to the bike. The Adventures with Mario starter set includes Green Yoshi. You can also get Yoshi figures with the same design as Light-Blue Yoshi in the following sets right now.
$30
The ridiculously cute Baby Mario vs. Baby Luigi rewinds the clock to a time when the brothers didn't know how to use the bathroom, let alone fix it. Possibly the cutest Lego Super Mario set ever created, the Mario Kart Grand Prix kit includes Baby Princess Peach and an adorable little Toad, so it's close; This 321-piece kit includes buildable Baby Mario and Luigi figures, as well as Biddybuggy and Tri-Speeder Karts. The first is a red buggy inspired by the Para-Biddybud enemy that first appeared in Super Mario 3D Land. Meanwhile, baby Luigi. Drive one of the few three-wheeled karts in the series.
As for accessories, it comes with red and green shells and six balloons to use as targets. Alternatively, the little brothers can wield the balloons like hammers and hit each other on the head.
Adults Mario, Luigi and Peach can steal the babies' karts and talk. Baby Mario and Luigi have not yet learned to talk (they are not interactive).
$80
The Grand Prix set has some pretty integral components of the Mario Kart experience, including an starting gate, track barriers, a podium, and a Lakitu holding a traffic light. If you're buying Mario Kart Lego sets to play with rather than display, this looks like the must-have kit. At 823 pieces, it has more than twice as many bricks as any of the other sets. As such, it also doubles the price of the second most expensive option (Toad's Garage).
Technically, this is called Baby Peach & Grand Prix Set, which makes sense since Peach is the most prominent of the three racers included. Baby Peach may still use a pacifier, but she has her license and drives an adorable Wild Wiggler kart. Peach is joined by Toad on a standard bike and Lemmy on the Landship kart.
Other accessories include traffic cones, two item blocks, a snack cart, directional signs, green and red shells, a banana, and a cloud for Lakitu.
The trio of interactive Super Mario figures works the same way as the other sets. The Grand Prix was designed as the centerpiece of the launch lineup, and you can combine the track with the other Mario Kart sets to create more elaborate and interactive play scenarios.
$40
Toad's Garage is a 390-piece set that comes with two Blue Toad figures, the B Dasher kart, a customization machine with an operable car lift, a tire rack with four spare tires, a raised platform for one of the Toads stands up. two-way radio and key accessories for the Toads, and a Red Shell.
Toad's Garage has unique customization features not found in other Mario Kart sets. You can switch between blue and black wheels with the help of the customization machine (the long hose). It can also be used to connect the motor and hose. The car lift has a crank that you can turn to raise the platform.
It looks like the wheels on the B Dasher are the same as those found on Mario's Standard Kart and Baby Mario's Biddybuggy, so it seems likely that you'll be able to use the customization machine on those vehicles.
Along with the standard interactive elements when driving the B Dasher, the starter Super Mario figures have visual and sound effects for the motor and horn when working with the customization machine.
$35
The Donkey Kong DK Jumbo kart is the largest vehicle in the range. Beyond the buildable Donkey Kong figure and barrel-inspired kart, it comes with red and green shells and a target with a banana object on top. The goal here is to throw the peels at the target to knock down the smiling fruit.
In addition to the standard visual and sound effects of the other karts, using Mario, Luigi or Peach figures with the DK Jumbo kart activates Donkey Kong-themed effects from the platform series. Donkey Kong characters have only appeared in a few Lego Mario games so far, and they were all retired this year. For now, you can still get them at retail price or less, in case you want Diddy, Dixie, Cranky, or Funky Kong to drive the DK Jumbo.
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Lego updated the Super Mario starter courses in August, dropping the price from $60 to $50 in the process. Each starter course includes an electronic figure, three buildable figures, Goal Pole, Warp Pipe, and various platforms and obstacles to create your own level.
If you don't currently have an interactive Lego Super Mario figure, each character has a built-in speaker, a small LCD screen on the chest, and LCD eyes. Full-color animations appear on the chest panel when performing specific actions, such as stomping on a Goomba's head or reaching the goal post at the end of the created level.
$45 (was $50)
Adventures with Lego Mario Interactive will almost certainly be the most popular starter set to combine with Mario Kart building kits. As mentioned, Amazon has already sold out of Adventures with Lego Mario twice this week and is still out of stock on Lego Mario Kart's release day. You can get interactive Lego Mario Adventures for $45 at Walmart right now.
Mario is always the most popular of the three, but in this case, he's also an obvious choice due to the 174-piece Standard Kart set. This $20 kit lets fans build a red kart adorned with Mario's M logo. The kit also comes with a small buildable Toad who works on the pit crew, but the kart was designed for Interactive Lego Mario. At this time, there are no Luigi and Peach karts with similar styles, but it's worth reiterating that all three figures can connect to any of the Lego Mario Kart vehicles.
Lego Adventures Interactive Mario comes with 218 pieces, including three additional buildable figures: Bowser Jr., Yoshi and a Goomba. Bowser. Jr. even has his flying clown car.
$40 (was $50)
Adventures with Interactive Lego Peach is currently on sale for the best price of the three. Amazon has the 208-piece Lego set featuring the beloved princess of the Mushroom Kingdom for $40. Like Mario's starter course, it comes with three other buildable figures: Yellow Toad, Lava Bubble, and Lakitu. As Peach runs and jumps towards the flag at the end of the mini course, Lakitu tries to stop her at the top of her cloud with a fishing hook.
$50
Luigi's 210-piece starter set includes Kamek on his broom, Boo, and Pink Baby Yoshi. Their original set came with Boom Boom, Bone Goomba, Pink (Adult) Yoshi. Kamek spins around on his magic broom.
Like the other Super Mario Lego starter sets, Luigi's kit includes a tall flag and a Warp Pipe. If you purchase multiple starter kits, you can combine the unique platforms and accessories to create larger levels. The three interactive figures are compatible with Lego's wide range of Super Mario game expansions, as well as the small line of adult display models, including the recently released Mario & Yoshi pixel art model based on Super Mario World.