Lego’s Mario Kart collection includes new buildable versions of characters like Yoshi, Donkey Kong, and Toad; baby versions of Mario, Luigi, and Princess Peach; and several kart designs, from motorcycles to flying pirate ships.
There are also green and red shells that can actually be fired from the karts. The new sets are compatible with existing interactive Lego Super Mario figures, with Mario, Luigi, and Princess Peach playing sound effects like horns or the squeal of a drifting kart’s tires from the Mario Kart games.
The Mario Kart collection includes a 133-piece blue Yoshi on a Yoshi-themed motorcycle, a 174-piece version of Mario’s iconic red kart with Toad in pit crew attire, a 387-piece Donkey Kong at the wheel of a barrel, a 321-piece baby Mario and Luigi battling to pop each other’s balloons, a 390-piece version of Toad’s garage, and an 823-piece Grand Prix that comes with a starting gate and three karts.
Pricing ranges from $14.99 for the Yoshi Bike set, the smallest of the six, to $79.99 for the Baby Peach and Grand Prix set, which comes with four buildable characters, including baby Peach. Collectors probably won’t want to make any New Year’s resolutions about being fiscally responsible starting on January 1st.