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More LEGO Super Mario Sets Coming in 2021

by Thita (admin) on November 20, 2020

The LEGO Super Mario line has been immensely popular with kids and even some adult LEGO fans. The Mario figure in the #71360 LEGO Super Mario Adventures with Mario Starter Course is a marvel of engineering with its color sensors, LCD screens in his eyes, mouth, and belly to display over 100 different instant reactions to movement, and a speaker that plays iconic sounds and music from the video game. And there are also a bunch of add-on sets that allows you to add extra characters, enlarge the course, and enhance Mario’s capabilities. You can read more about the sets here: LEGO Super Mario Sets Overview

A couple of days ago, the LEGO Group and Nintendo announced that they are going to release even more LEGO Super Mario sets next year for customized adventures, including the LEGO Super Mario Master Your Adventure Maker Set, which puts kids in charge of the interactive level play like never before, three new LEGO Super Mario Expansion Sets, two new LEGO Super Mario Power-Up Packs, and ten new LEGO Super Mario Collectible Character Packs. Below is the press-release with more information:

BILLUND, November 17, 2020: The LEGO Group today announced a brand new range of sets and characters, opening up even more new adventures for the LEGO Super Mario experience. Fans can expand on the LEGO Super Mario products launched earlier this year with a whole new range of sets and Collectible Characters – all designed to help them build a Super Mario world that’s unique to them and comes alive exactly how they want it to.

Among the new sets is the Master Your Adventure Maker Set – a creative toolbox, which enables children to completely customize LEGO Super Mario building, play time, and ways to earn coins. Using the Customization Machine included in the Maker Set, children can change how LEGO Mario reacts to three Special Bricks, offering variety in play, excitement and an element of surprise. The Maker Set also introduces a new special Start Pipe that will shuffle the known rules of the level play, in that players are challenged to reach the Goal Pole in less time, yet with increased rewards up for grabs. The Maker Set comes with 366 pieces; all selected to ensure that children can unleash their creativity and customize their own levels for themselves or other players.

The other sets introduced today are the Chain Chomp Jungle Encounter Expansion Set, the Piranha Plant Puzzling Challenge Expansion Set, the Wiggler’s Poison Swamp Expansion Set, Penguin Mario Power-Up Pack, and the Tanooki Mario Power-Up Pack.

Also announced today is Series 2 of the LEGO Super Mario Character Packs, all featuring an action tag that LEGO Mario can read for fans to easily integrate into the level play. Series 2 features ten brand new collectible, buildable characters. Kept a surprise until opened, fans could be getting a Huckit Crab, Spiny Cheep Cheep, Ninji, Foo, Parachute Goomba, Fly Guy, Poison Mushroom, Para-Beetle, Thwimp, or a Bone Goomba.

The new sets and characters will give fans the chance to, among other things, have LEGO Mario slide on his belly as Penguin Mario, or spin round as Tanooki Mario. The sets will also introduce much-loved enemies including the Piranha-Plants, Larry, a Goomba, Wiggler, and Koopa Paratroopa, to the play, all of who can be defeated or played with for coin rewards.

LEGO Super Mario jumped into existence earlier this year through a unique partnership between the LEGO Group and Nintendo. The adventures were kick-started with an entry-point set: LEGO Super Mario Starter Course, which includes an interactive LEGO Mario figure that collects coins in interactive level play created with LEGO bricks. Each Expansion Set and Collectible Character is designed to be used with the entry point set, featuring seven action bricks for different interactions with the LEGO Mario figure, which has LCD screens in its eyes, mouth, and belly to display instant reactions to movement, color, and action bricks. Building on the existing biomes of water (blue), fire (red), sand (yellow), and grass (green), this second wave of products introduces Soda Jungle, a whole new biome characterized by its purple color, which represents poison, that enables children to experience different reactions from LEGO Mario and new ways of playing.

All sets and characters are compatible, allowing fans to combine sets and characters announced today with the Starter Course and all other LEGO Super Mario products revealed in June this year. All sets come with their own series of distinctive challenges and characters, and have also been designed to work alongside the free LEGO Super Mario app, so fans can make the most of the experience when playing solo, or when challenging friends or family members. The app hosts 3D building instructions for the sets, keeps track of scores, and provides inspiration for builds and ways of playing to encourage continuous rebuilding and extended playtime.

“It wouldn’t be Super Mario if we weren’t constantly creating new worlds and adventures for everyone’s favorite Plumber,” said Simon Kent, Design Director and Creative Lead for LEGO Super Mario, the LEGO Group. “The LEGO Super Mario sets we released earlier this year have been extremely well-received by fans and we’re really excited to build on those with even more characters and experiences today. We really want to empower users to be as creative as possible with LEGO Super Mario – and today’s expansion sets and new collectible characters have been launched to broaden the horizons of the LEGO Super Mario universe, letting players be as imaginative as possible in the way they have Mario interact with his friends – as well as defeating his enemies.”

The new Sets and Character Packs will launch on January 1st, 2021 across LEGO brand retail stores, the Online LEGO Shop, and from select leading retailers around the world. The recommended retail price for the sets are as follows:

#71380 LEGO Super Mario Master Your Adventure Maker Set (366 Pieces): 59.99 USD/EUR – 49.99 GBP – 89.99 AUD – 69.99 CAD
#71381 LEGO Super Mario Chain Chomp Jungle Encounter Expansion Set (160 Pieces): 19.99 USD/ 24.99 EUR -19.99 GBP – 39.99 AUD – 24.99 CAD
#71382 LEGO Super Mario Piranha Plant Puzzling Challenge Expansion Set (267 Pieces): 29.99 USD/EUR – 24.99 GBP – 49.99 AUD – 39.99 CAD
#71383 LEGO Super Mario Wiggler’s Poison Swamp Expansion Set (374 Pieces): 39.99 USD/EUR – 34.99 GBP – 59.99 AUD – 49.99 CAD
#71384 LEGO Super Mario Penguin Mario Power-Up Pack (18 Pieces): 9.99 USD/EUR – 8.99 GBP – 12.99 AUD – 13.99 CAD
#71385 LEGO Super Mario Tanooki Mario Power-Up Pack (13 Pieces): 9.99 USD/EUR – 8.99 GBP – 12.99 AUD – 13.99 CAD
#71386 LEGO Super Mario Character Packs – Series 2: 4.99 USD/3.99 EUR – 3.49 GBP – 5.99 AUD – 4.99 CAD

It seems like LEGO is committed to continue the LEGO Super Mario theme with some great additions that should please fans. And while we are waiting, you can check out the currently available sets in the LEGO Super Mario section of the Online LEGO Shop.

What do you think? How do you like the currently available LEGO Super Mario sets? Do you have any of them already? And what do you think of the sets coming next year? Feel free to share your thoughts and discuss in the comment section below!

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LEGO Technic McLaren Senna GTR Coming Next Year!

by Thita (admin) on November 19, 2020

in LEGO Technic

LEGO just announced a new set, the #42123 LEGO Technic McLaren Senna GTR. Below is the press-release with all the details.

Today, an exciting new addition sped onto the track and supercar scene. Extreme to the core like its iconic real-life counterpart, the new #42123 LEGO Technic McLaren Senna GTR provides the ultimate thrill for sportscar lovers and motorsport fans alike looking for their next building challenge.

Combining the McLaren’s unrivaled power and sophistication with the LEGO Group’s design precision, the 830-piece model of this track-focused supercar icon makes no compromises when it comes to engineering or style. The model is the first McLaren supercar to be recreated in LEGO Technic form and is designed to provide the ultimate building thrill for those ages 10 and above.

The McLaren Senna GTR is a car unlike any other and this awesome replica is packed with authentic features and design details that make it equally impressive. From the V8 engine with moving pistons, beautiful aerodynamic curves, opening dihedral doors, and a one-of-a-kind blue paint job, this 32cm (12 inch) long model is sure to raise eyebrows and get hearts pumping whether being taken out for a spin or put admiringly on display once built.

“Recreating a car that is so extreme to the core as the McLaren Senna GTR with LEGO Technic gave us an incredibly interesting challenge,” says Uwe Wabra, Senior Designer, LEGO Technic. “This track car is not like any road car I’ve worked on before. It’s got some unique details, like its silhouettes and the awesome rear spoiler, which differentiates the building experience from others. Just like the incredible engineers at McLaren do when designing their supercars, we really pushed things to the max so the resulting model perfectly honors the art form that is the McLaren Senna GTR.”

Robert Melville, Design Director McLaren Automotive, comments: “The team responsible for the design of the McLaren Senna GTR worked incredibly closely with their design counterparts at the LEGO Group to capture the extreme looks, excitement, and essence of such an incredible supercar for LEGO Technic builders. Just like the real thing, the LEGO model is packed full of incredible details from the rear spoiler to the moving pistons in the V8 engine to the dihedral doors – meaning that we’re as proud of the model as we are of the real car.”

The LEGO Technic McLaren Senna GTR is the latest model to be released as part of the long-standing partnership with McLaren Automotive that started in 2015, following the McLaren Senna LEGO Speed Champions set launched in 2019. LEGO builders of all ages have so far been able to create such iconic supercars as the McLaren P1 and the 720S in 2017, and the McLaren Senna in 2019. The two brands are united by a drive for engineering excellence, pioneering design that makes models like this so fun to build individually or as a family.

McLaren is a pioneer that continuously pushes the boundaries. In 1981, it introduced lightweight and strong carbon fiber chassis into Formula 1 with the McLaren MP4/1. Then in 1993, it designed and built the McLaren F1 road car – the company has not built a car without a carbon fiber chassis since. As part of the Ultimate Series, McLaren was the first to deliver a hybrid hypercar, the McLaren P1. 2019 saw McLaren launch the 600LT Spider as well as the new GT, the track-only Senna GTR, and unveiled the 620R and the McLaren Elva. In 2020, McLaren launched the 765LT. In addition, it unveiled the all-new lightweight architecture innovated and manufactured at the £50m McLaren Composites Technology Center opened in the Sheffield region in the North of England that will underpin the next decade of McLaren’s electrified future.

McLaren Automotive is a creator of luxury, high-performance supercars. Every vehicle is hand-assembled at the McLaren Production Center (MPC) in Woking, Surrey, England. Launched in 2010, the company is now the largest part of the McLaren Group. The company’s product portfolio of GT, Supercar, Motorsport, and Ultimate models are retailed through over 85 retailers in 40 markets around the world. To support the development, engineering, and manufacture of its range of innovative sportscars and supercars, McLaren Automotive partners with world-leading companies to provide specialist expertise, technology, and solutions. These include AkzoNobel, Ashurst, Dell Technologies, Pirelli, Richard Mille, and Tumi.

The #42123 LEGO Technic McLaren Senna GTR will be available globally from January 1st, 2021 from the Online LEGO Shop, official LEGO stores and other retailers globally, and McLaren’s worldwide retailer network. Prices are as follows: 49,99€/$49,99 USD/£44.99 GBP/$89.99 AUD/ 69.99 CAD. For more details, visit the LEGO Technic section of the Online LEGO Shop.

I quite like the look of this car. Based on the price and the length mentioned in the press-release, it seems to be the same scale as the #42093 LEGO Technic Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, which is 11 inches long. This means that the Senna should fit on the #42098 LEGO Technic Car Transporter, just like the Corvette does. But don’t quote me on this until we hear about the width as well, which was not included in the press-release. Another feature I like is the rooftop steering option. It makes the vehicle a lot more playable.

I have been very impressed by the Technic sets in the past couple of years. They are functional, esthetically pleasing, and provide a good building challenge. While we wait for the McLaren Senna GTR to be released, you can take a look at the currently available sets at the LEGO Technic section of the Online LEGO Shop.

What do you think? How do you like the LEGO Technic McLaren Senna GTR? Is this a set you would like to get? Do you have any of the other recently released LEGO Technic cars? Which one is your favorite? Feel free to share your thoughts and discuss in the comment section below!

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