LEGO Reveals New Super Mario Mighty Bowser Set
LEGO's expansion into collaborations with the video game industry in recent years has been exciting to see. Official Sonic the Hedgehog sets, Minecraft sets, and even a Horizon Forbidden West set have been released, but the biggest LEGO partnership so far has been with Nintendo andSuper Mario. The bar has been set high between the highly interactive Super Mario and Luigi's Mansion sets and the complex and nostalgic Nintendo Entertainment System and Super Mario 64 sets. The latest from LEGO, the Mighty Bowser set, may have raised the bar even higher.
LEGO is officially working on a massive LEGO Super Mario The Mighty Bowser (71411) set. Built from a substantial 2,800 LEGO pieces, the result is a massive interactive Bowser LEGO figure and a platform with flaming columns for him to stand on. The Mighty Bowser will officially go on sale on October 1 and is priced at $269.99, a price to match what was clearly a substantial amount of work to design it.
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Like other LEGO collaborations with Nintendo designed for 18+ builders, there's a significant amount of interactivity built into The Mighty Bowser. There are buttons built into the figure that allows buyers to swing Bowser's head left to right, as well as a trigger to have him raise his head. Pulling the trigger all the way will even launch a fireball out of Bowser's mouth. If Bowser is lifted, his tail and legs will also swing around on loose joints to make it seem like he's jumping.
As an additional level of interactivity, LEGO's Mighty Bowser also has «enhanced play» that works with other Super Mario Starter Courses. Using the LEGO Mario, LEGO Luigi, or LEGO Peach figures with the special POW Block built into
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