Peach’s Castle Expansion – LEGO Super Mario

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The Build

This is one of the bigger Super Mario LEGO sets, so it did take a little while to put together. That being said, it wasn’t an overly difficult build, and if you’ve built a ton of these LEGO Super Mario sets in the past, a lot of the build mechanics feel very familiar (especially constructing the characters).

It still took my son a good few hours to put together himself – he is 8 years old – but I could tell form his reactions that he was enjoying ever minute of it. There are a few mechanical sections that need to be put together, and for younger builders, that could pose a challenge. Building the throne piece that spins to reveal Bowser actually required my help, as my son was having some difficulty getting all the pieces securely in place to make the mechanisms work flawlessly.

Play Features

I did lead this review by noting this was an excellent set to display, and we will get into the aesthetics of the set in a little while. But this is still meant for play first and foremost, and there is a lot to uncover here.

The yellow warp pipe has a brand new starting tile in it which plays the lobby music from Peach’s Castle (from Super Mario 64). This is an incredibly cool feature, and while it had a minimal impact on my 8 year old, it was a nostalgic trip for me.

More on nostalgia later. After you interact with Toadette outside the castle and defeat Ludwig, you can enter the main lobby. There might be some disappointment that the sun tile on the floor isn’t interactive, but what did they expect? Peach / Mario / Luigi to fly off into the sky to collect some read coins? If you know that reference, you know. If not, well let’s just move on…

If you need it, there is a time block located in the castle lobby, but it’s