Nintendo Is Selling Mario Warp Pipe Snack Bowls For $40
Amazing to think that as the iconic plumber approaches his 40th anniversary, right now might be the most popular Mario has ever been. Between The Super Mario Bros. Movie crossing $1 billion at the box office and the Nintendo Switch becoming the third best-selling console of all time, Mario and everything that comes with him is in more homes and minds than ever before. Odds are Nintendo will shift a lot of Mario merch this holiday season, including a Warp Pipe Snack Bowl now available exclusively through the Nintendo store.
The Warp Pipe Snack Bowl is exactly what you're expecting. Modeled after the pipes Mario and Luigi have been using to get around the Mushroom Kingdom for almost four decades, but unlike the real thing, these have a bottom. Makes sense as otherwise whatever you decide to eat from them would just fall out and go all over the floor.
The pipes are only available in one color, the standard green. On one hand that makes sense as that's the color the pipes are when almost anyone who has ever played a Mario game will imagine when they think of the pipes. There have been various other colors of pipe over the years though, so having a range available might have been a good idea. Especially since there are bound to be Mario fans who want them all, and at $39.99 each, that's a lot of gold coins.
Nintendo has turned the warp pipes integral to fast travel around the Mushroom Kingdom for almost 40 years into an accessory for your home. Load yours up with popcorn, or your snack of choice, for your next game night or viewing of the Mario Movie.
Standing eight inches tall and with a diameter of six inches - and made entirely from plastic - $40 might seem like a little much. It's a glorified snack bowl, after all, with
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