Lego's first Mario Kart sets start throwing out shells on January 1

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Back when Lego first announced that Mario Kart sets
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, we didn’t expect them to release on the very first day of the year. However, the company just announced
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starting on January 1. It’s a New Year’s miracle.

Lego’s Mario Kart collection includes new buildable versions of iconic characters, like Yoshi, Peach, Baby Mario and Donkey Kong. Of course, there are several kart designs pulled from recent games, complete with paragliding sails, and motorcycles. Incidentally, these karts will actually shoot green or red shells in real life, which is a nice touch. Some figures also play sounds and music from the iconic kart racing series.


All told, there are six sets to choose from. These include the 133-piece blue Yoshi set, which comes with a Yoshi-themed motorcycle, and a 174-piece iconic Mario set, complete with a red kart and Toad dressed as a member of the pit crew.

The most impressive of the bunch is the 832-piece Grand Prix set. This one comes with a starting gate, three karts and four characters. The prices range from $15 for something like the aforementioned Yoshi set to $80 for the Grand Prix set.

An Animal Crossing set.

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Lego has really been building out its portfolio of gaming-related combo packs. In addition to Mario Kart, the company
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. These also release on January 1. In recent years, there have been
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, among many others.




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