minifigs are probably the best chance for wario and waluigi to get anything
#LEGO Mario Set
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digifigs require some sort of play feature and like sure maybe eventually they could've gotten something btu minifigs are way mroe passive and easy to just make characters for
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waluigi getting his first playable platformer appearance in the form of a lego rectangular prism would be so funny
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considering we got every kong and a bunch of animal buddies the sky was really the limit with this line
still is i think
if minifigs have a mario kart angle then definitely we'll get tons of crazy ass characters, like the knex line
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i kinda doubt that minifigs would have moulded noses, because they actually wouldn't be able to print the eyes close enough to be on model for mario
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well he'd be a minifig
so he'd have minifig eyes
they dont really mix art styles anymore
i think this is what mario's gonna look like
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if you look at Pinocchio you can see that his eyes are super far apart because they're only on the flat non-nose part
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im sure they could find a way
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especially noticable in this pic with the seam
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if not they could make a nose/stache be a neck piece
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i like the neck piece idea more
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oh if there's a seam like that then its definitely not a printing issue
that strikes me like they put the nose on afterwards
i dont like the neck piece idea because it could be a little cumbersome
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im imagining an implied printed nose like fred flintstome
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lego neck pieces always make the gap between teh head and the shoulders longer than normal
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i think modified minifig heads like pinocchio and the avatar minifigs are the way of the future
i thought they'd do something like fred before but there's kinda no going back
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i think the thing with Pinocchio is that theres no sensible way to render his nose as a flat print
so they have to mould his. but the mario characters can still get away with a print
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uh definitely not
mario's nose is literally iconic
they could but it would be pretty stupid
i dont think theres much reason at all to worry about mario not having some kind of sculpted nose
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wait the seam might overlap the mustache
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not really
that's assuming it would be shaped like pinocchios nose
where it flares out into the face
mario's nose doesn't do that
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How likely would a Pauline minifigure be on a Minifigure line?
Maybe a CMF character?
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no idea buddy
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I mean, the existing lego mario digifig has a flat nose that just sticks out slightly
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cmf is probably your best bet
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if they do waluigi pauline is possible
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I mean, the existing lego mario digifig has a flat nose that just sticks out sli...
that's not a printed nose
slate pewter
but idk if theyll even do waluigi
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if they do waluigi pauline is possible
that's... not true
the digifig's nose is "flat" in the sense that all of his facial features are sort of scrunched into the face of the figure but like
it's still
3 dimensional
a minifig is stylized differently where you cant really just fake mario's nose and have it look alright from all angles
the fred flintstone minifig is old (and from an ideas set, where typically unique molds aren't allowed) whereas the avatar sets, pinocchio, and now eggman are all new
theyre definitely open to experimenting within the minifig "style" withotu fully breaking it like with the simpsons
like even consider lego sonic
it's not a 1:1 3D model of sonics head
he still feels kind of minifigure-y in the shape
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that's... not true
its not true that if they made a minifigure of a secondary character then they're more likely to make minifigs of more secondary characters?
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waluigi is a mario kart mainstay
pauline is in
a handful of games
waluigi holds way more prededent here
like
wario and waluigi regularly get stuff like hotwheels and other little toys
because they're popular and well known
pauline has virtualyl nothing
i think speaking in the modern day she might have literally nothing
she doesn't even have a plush
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She does have one thing, although It isn't huge
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idk if thats applicable here when they have a digifig of e gadd
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You know those little statues to decorate cakes?
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it seems more just like an "if they feel like it" thing
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She got one for Odyssey
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they have a digifig of e gadd in teh line dedicated to luigi's mansion
because e gadd is still a relevant character who appears in teh ongoing luigi's mansion series
i dont think we have to rpetend about how relevant pauline is in teh grand scheme of things compared to other characters we like to treat are irrelevant because htey're just not in mainline games
like, it'd be cool if she shows up, i'm not gonna rule it out, but
it's not like if we get waluigi of all characters then the sky is suddenly the limit
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True
Honestly, Pauline in general gives me similar vibes to Vector in the Sonic franchise
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is digifig being used here to refer to all the brickbuilt figures in the super mario theme?
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im not saying the skies the limit but like
shes in the movie and multiple spinoffs now
shes like Somewhat important
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shes not as important as waluigi
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Honestly, Pauline in general gives me similar vibes to Vector in the Sonic franc...
Character Who has been there since the beginning
Got a resurgence in the mid 2000s (Vector with Heroes and Pauline in Mario vs DK)
Both are decently popular in the fandom
Even with all that, kinda absent in the franchise as a whole as of now.
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is digifig being used here to refer to all the brickbuilt figures in the super m...
basically
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obviously not waluigi level but if theyre willing to do sets outside of just whatever's the generic Super Mario brand then pauline goes from "not a chance" to "maybe"
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thats what i said at the start
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just that it's still a bridge to cross
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i didnt say she was guaranteed
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if they do waluigi pauline is possible
this is what you said
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like yes technically pauline is possible but waluigi is not relevant
at all
you're sort of breaking down what you said as though you're still right in sptie of what i think was intended
if that's what you meant then yea i agree just
yknow why rbing up waluigi
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first thing that came to mind as something thats beyond surface level mario
yknow
not
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it would be neat if a minifig based theme leaned into specific games
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it would be neat if a minifig based theme leaned into specific games
im only really scared if it turns out to be like
ONLY mario kart even if only for a litlte while
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i think it depends for that
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cus yea i want shit like the odyssey and delfino plaza and whateever
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yea
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or sets based on tracks
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it would be knex all over again
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thered be bigger sets for tracks but defintiely standalone karts
yea its just knex
i still think mario kart was a missed opportunity for the digifig line but whatever
cest la vie
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fuck youre right
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im imagining a cool display piece similar to the stranger things set based on mario kart 8 with the anigrav
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thatd be cool
id be chill with like
a figure-8 circuit set
the august wave has like 3 sets that are at least $140 so
heres hoping for some crazy shit
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i think the reason for no digifig mario kart is scale and playability
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would the only racers for a digifig mario kart set just be the ones with existing digifig tech
or whatever term you use
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how do you build a kart big enough for lego mario that's sturdy enough to be played around with and not break the bank
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a digifig kart set would have to use like
the actual digital figures
not just shit like gadd and whoever has a little bar code
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they'd need an actual scanner therwise there's no functoin
yea
thats probably why tehy didnt is because the roster would be miniscule
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itd be like the goomba shoe but even bigger
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is the stranger things set AR?
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its weird because theres advantages both to minifig scale mario kart and digifig scale kart
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yeah the set is connected top to bottom
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oh then that would only work with mini figs
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i was thinking they could do digifig karts and have it be ar but then that would be like live home circuit
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i figured digifig tracks owuld be more like knex
where its just sort of uh
yknow you make your own tracks out of major pieces
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what in lego or in general
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there are knex racetracks
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knex has tracks but they're mostly setpieces you piece together
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yeah what does lego racing look like
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basically just the cars
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besides technic
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i think its an older thing
they dont really make race track sets much at all anymore
way too big
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what in lego or in general
lego
i know how the knex one works because i used to have them
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lego is inherently easier tow ork with
but like yea there's
no tracks anymore really
there's big printed piecse for roads that you can build around but that relies on MOCs
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so im assuming for a mario kart set theyd do some shit like a kart + a finish line and some pipes and some walls
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unliek knex there is an opportunity to make like a real ass rainbow road track that also "works" as much as a lego track could it's just you gotta do it yourself
if they made a set for a full on track it would be
several hundred dollars
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right
obviously thered be standalone kart sets w/ nothing else
except i guess a minifig
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so im assuming for a mario kart set theyd do some shit like a kart + a finish li...
basically just shit like this
like one or two signs and fences or something
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there'd be tons and tons of $20 kart sets of every single thing you can think of
uh no not like that
there would be some big dedicated play feature
there'd be fences and shit included but there would be like a big thwomp mechanism or a pipe that changes which direction you're driving or a line of goombas that move back and forth
this is what knex does
but it's sort of basic construction toy set design
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so it'd follow the same philosophy as the digifig sets
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legos not gonna sell you a couple of pieces of decor and call ti a day
esp for something as interactive as mario kart
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a green ahell that you can shoot forward somehow
like aome mechanim on the kart launches it
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that would be easy
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yea karts will probably have a shell shooter or some variation of a stud shooter
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im pretty sure plenty of lego toys do something like that already
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i think it'd have a rod at the front or back of the kart to attatch the item onto and if you press down on a lever it shoots it out
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i wonder how theyd do minifig scale items. new moulds?
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yea
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like the guns they have for star wars stuff
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lego mario has FUCKLOADS of new molds
no holds barred
they actually just made a new mold for a banana peel
doesnt quite look like a mario kart one but
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oh?
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food for thought
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like this basically
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yea
im not super convinced this is for lego mario stuff in the same way the little yoshi egg raises an eyebrow
but it could be
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i cant recall the super mario theme having much in the way of specialized new peices
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the yoshi egg is based on an existing mold?
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i think so
but its certianly weird to make a new print for an explicitly minifig scale egg
instead of just like
putting one brick on another and calling it a day
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probably
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i cant recall the super mario theme having much in the way of specialized new pe...
shells, spiked shells, vines, mario wings
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goomba feet
im p sure there's even quadruped goomba feet
a lot of very low-key marioisms that got new molds
@supple pendant could probably remember more of them ebtter than me
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ahh that's right those are all new moulds
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i would also like to point out teh mario coins that come with the new piranha plant set are arguably minifig scale
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they honestly feel very in lego style
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iirc they'er 3x3 although i'd think 2x2 would fit better
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yeah they're 3*3 round plates
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but it's still teh first time we've gotten jsut a flat tile mario coin
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do u have ap ic
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that is about the same size as the new sonic ring parts i believe though
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ah ok thats cool tehn, that's minifig scale to me
basically all of the new mario molds are already being used in other sets so them being very lego convincing is part of the point
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the rounded plates are all new moulds but those are torally generic
oh how could i forget
this one is genuinely a Specialized Piece
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this is kind of a nutso piece
super usable for a bunch of mocs
tahts something i think about a lot, the reusability of super specialized mario brand piecse
like say a minifig mario hat
in a perfect world it wuld just be the hat for ease of use in other purposes like hanging it up as decor
but what of his hair and sideburns
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the hair is definitely going to be moulded together
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or what if nintendo doesnt even want you to be able to put, like, spider man in a mario hat
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but maybe they'll make an Odyssey set with a cappy printed hat
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they might just say fuck it and do both
a hat with sideburns built in and a hat without just for other things
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a hairless cappy mould but it isnt a minifig hat it just has an antistud
nah they already have the existing antistudded hat mould they wouldn't make a smaller one unless its a real hat
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also like theres a real appeal to having tons and tons of litlte minor variation mario hats
all teh powerups, cappy
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i wonder if it would be possible to make marios hair a seperate peice that a hat can be slotted onto
unless its a neck attachment and mario is bald without a hat it wouldn't actually work hm
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hair could be printed on but it doesnt tend to look toog ood
actually how do teh new indiana jones sets work
theyre sort of mixing the old brown cowlick piece with the old brown fedora
do they include separate pieces along with the combined one
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dual moulded headpiece
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actually how do teh new indiana jones sets work
it seems like they're just using a dual mould hat hair
no extra seperate ones from what i can tell
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kind of surprising
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lego mario is weird because rosalina lumas piantas daisy wario and waluigi are all absent entirely
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i couldve sworn there was a lego pianta
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but okay I understand that nintendo doesn't consider lumas or piantas as generic mario characters
they're galaxy and sunshine characters only
if they're brought back it's in the context of those two games
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they could've been blindbox characters but they were definitely never going to be included as brickbuilts
like
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they're galaxy and sunshine characters only
i dont think this is really the case for piantas
theyve appeared in basically everything
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the digifig system is built upon the premise of being essentailly a mario game onto itself
daisy would likely be a hypothetical fourth "player" if they ever got around to it
but that's not gonna happen
probably
hopefully
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I wonder if minifigs would lead to stuff like Tostarena ruins with Tostarenans (probably not, but I can dream)
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theyve appeared in basically everything
read: just mario kart
not even mario kart tour
just mario kart 8
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theyre in super sluggers
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smg
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Mario Party
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try picking a game made after the mandates
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I wonder if minifigs would lead to stuff like Tostarena ruins with Tostarenans (...
if they do like real game specific stuff then yea probably
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when do we consider the start of mandates
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i dont know why were pretending anything was particularly off limits here when they made legos of a ton of shit
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there's literally nor eason to worry about mandates when they made legos of specifically LM1 ghosts
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because in all this time we haven't gotten lego piantas or lego lumas even though those characters are more iconic than penguins
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we got the lm1 ghosts cuz they made a luigi's mansion series set
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you're thinking about this from the perspective of mandates and not what's actually there
why would you bother adding piantas
other than for the novelty of it
we haven't gotten a new blindbox wave in forever
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do toads have any digifig function in their sets
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idk what that means relative to how lego mario works
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there's a semi-generic friendly barcode that you can scan to get a couple coins
piantas would be this
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when do we consider the start of mandates
I'd say 2010 or 2012 depending on what you believe the mandates are.
With some stragglers like Dream Team and... ironically Mario Party 9
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lumas could maybe give mario his spin ability if you activate them
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they're um... in mario party 9....
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like how yoshi barcodes let you ride yoshi
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Dream Team and Mario Party 9 are anti-mandates is what I'm saying
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but lego super mario tends to be about gameplay function first so there's not a lot of reason to expect them to throw around more specific NPCs
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and it's ironic that Party 9 is because that's considered one of the most mandatey ones ever
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like im sure hteyre not off-limits by any means but like
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what do the penguins do
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if the sets already werent doing so well to the point where not every wave ended up having a new blindbag set then why expect piantas
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im kind of a fake ass fan of mario and lego for nt knowing how the fuck lego mario works
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it took until the very end to get nabbit and birdo
but like
We did get nabbit, and birdo!
penguins are also just generic NPCs
maybe teh new set will have a play feature where you have to find the baby tehn bring it tothe mother
lego super mario isn't that complicated and tons of shit just works broadly
e gadd doesn't do anything special
polterpup Might give you some extra time or a gold bone
otherwise he's just an NPC
toads are all NPCs, nabbit i believe is an NPC
penguin's an NPC
birdo's an NPC
yoshi in wave 1 was an NPC
afterwards they made a unique yoshi plate that lets you "ride" him
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not understanding much about Lego Mario and then looking at reviews of the DK stuff was really funny
because the interactions and functionality are so barebones
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i doubt lego DK is that out of the ordinary
its just that the whole line really relies on the whimsy of how interactive everything is (and the figure itself, on its own)
like riding DK sounds kinda cool
rambi is straightforward
but like dixie's set is just a little unique NPC interaction
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Do the dk sets even have anything like the rats from the first level in the original game? Or, ya know
Kremlings or whatever they’re called
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br-
Only 2 enemies
Even the Luigi’s mansion sets made an effort to have at least 4 unique ghosts and king boo
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that's because nintendo recognizes the enemies in dkcr suck
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do the LM sets have the LM king boo?
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yea
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that's because nintendo recognizes the enemies in dkcr suck
no Frogoon 😔
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lmao yeah
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interesting thing about Lego King Boo is that the normal version has a gem too
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LM king boo explicitly uses a gem
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yeah it's translucent it looks like
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I’m just wondering why the hell we got a magikoopa minion (I forgot the name) and nothing else from Yoshi’s island
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its so funny how they're using the tiny crown pieces
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because Toadies are in Mario Party, I'd imagine
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oh right
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thats the same peice used for microscale king bob-omb
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wtf
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if they did YI it would come after DKC
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why is this dude a cube
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Minecraft ghast
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why is this dude a cube
He entered the Minecraft realm
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Block with horns
My favorite Mario enemy
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i like how the big koopa and big goomba figs are basically literally scaled up from their original counterparts, still just as blocky
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because Toadies are in Mario Party, I'd imagine
to reiterate, Toadies are used outside of Yoshi just enough to work as a Lego Mario enemy.
I assume if we got any others, it would've been Ukiki, since they are used occasionally in Mario spin-offs as well
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i like that the big goomba can move its feet
this was the sickest shit btw
the painting has a play feature where you could put a digifig in it and they become locked
and another digifig has to come rescue them
they can break free on their own of course but there's no reward that way
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trap Luigi and play as Mario
reverse Luigi's Mansion
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I remember getting my Luigi stuck like that and I didn’t know what I was supposed to do
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this feature was how i suspected that we'd get digifig peach
anyone else kind of scared theyre not gonna make roy
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did they ever end up using it for saving peach
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uhh probably
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did they ever end up using it for saving peach
Nope
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there's no real way to like
dedicated something to being peach exclusive
im sure there's a handful of ways you could make it so bowser kidnapped peach or something
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yea i just mean like, in a bowsers castle aet or something where its advertised
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like if the dry bowser set has a cage
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yea
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oh yeah, I forgot about that set
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peep toad
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thats what i was referin to
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btw lego blargg
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And, a bone piranha
Which proves we could have piranha plants that could probably be placed anywhere
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i mean
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actually thats a lego Magmaargh 🤓
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im sure the bone piranha is built into that spire
if you wanted a standalone plant you could probably also make one yourself
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But instead most piranha plants are part of gimmicks, or are the piranha plant from the castle set back in wave 1
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there are like 5 different ways they built pirahna plant stems depending on the set
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fuck me i guess
still this is a generic enough build you could do whatever you wanted
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woah they even used the leaf parts
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So, looking at it the only parts I really need are green leafs and those technic pieces in green
Should be simple enough, anyways
What’s the best set of the entire theme in your guy’s opinions?
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lame that it is entirely course builder outside the 18+ sets but i like the designs of the brickbuilt figures
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the airship is probably the best
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it is completely derranged that the 18+ sets never came with even a single commemorative minifig
ever
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or the upcoming car
..wait bowser gets a car, and Mario doesn’t
Guess that’s just something we have to live with
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you get to make brick mario make funny sounds and thats it
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you dont even get that in the pirahna plant
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The 18+ one?
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Ah
I mean, it’s a good sign because they’re finally phasing out this theme
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ever since the NES happened i kinda wished they did a whole sub-line of Nintendo consoles
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They should’ve done a DS
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i am glad they didnt
if every 18+ set were a console i'd go insane
they should still do it but we get them so infrequently that i'm glad it was just the one
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What do you think they’ll do for the 18+ set next year?
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hopefully some crazy shit
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I want
Life sized Goomba
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its not too expensive so i dont think it'll be that big or crazy
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a single super mushroom sized to scale with the sm64 ? block
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"sm64 ? block" still makes me so mad
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a single super mushroom sized to scale with the sm64 ? block
Oh yeah that would be cool
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no real play feature so they can probably get around with making it cheaper
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Ah yes, my favorite
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the set with an explicit blj reference
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oh yeah thats funny
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<@416272897057751042> could probably remember more of them ebtter than me
Goomba feet, shells, peach’s castle got a unique roof, uhhhh there are more I think but maybe not too many now that I think abt it
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the set with an explicit blj reference
Wdym
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Pauline minifigure genuinely have no idea unless they do a donkey Kong sub theme
Cmf would be the best bet but who knows
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slimy...
no ok nvm
cuz i was gonna bring up the existing donkey kong sub theme but that's not minifigs
but anyway pauline isn't a dk character
slate pewter
Whats the blj reference I NEED TO KNOW
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She’s more likely to appear in a set from that theme tho
Than say a typical Mario set
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Wdym
when you use the mario digifig there's a list of stars to collect by doing specific things in the set
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She’s more likely to appear in a set from that theme tho
no she isn't...
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and if you make him do a couple bljs then he starts making the sound and you get a star
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Mario vs dk
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that's a mario game
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if they did mario vs dk i would fucking explode
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lego mvdk
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yea but that doesn't matter anymore
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life sized mini mario
inland gust
she's just a mario character now
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So
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i can imagine them doing a dk arcade based set
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Exactly
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a rolling barrel play feature would be dead simple
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would be sick to make it actually like go down the structure
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Yessss they totally could too
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zigzagging slopes with a little grove in them for the barrels to ride in without falling off
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would be my favorite minifig until they make an ff7 line
this should've come with the NES
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Agreed
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Shigeru Miyamoto figure in the same vein as the Walt Disney figure in the disney 100 sets
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this is so ungodly corny
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I know I love it
😭
I love dumb corny shit like this cuz it’s stuff I wish I got when I was like a preteen obsessed with it
Something something healing inner child
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Late but really I think my ideal Lego Mario is like.
Mario but in the style of the lego toads.
This is pretty good though still, especially the 3D model versions.
Where they had the more balanced face length and more 3D parts to make them look more cartoony.
tepid pawn
Late but really I think my ideal Lego Mario is like.
I guess I think this cause there Is kind of an art style with the currently existing Lego Mario stuff, so figure it being kept would be cool.
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I hate the current style 😭
tepid pawn
That sounds like a you problem...
Besides some really ugly ones like Kamek and Koopa I like the super blocky style.
soft forge
i love the koopa troopas
supple pendant
the problem i have with the style is that it's completely incompatible with other lego sets so it takes all the fun of lego away
its like a completely different thing
supple pendant
Besides some really ugly ones like Kamek and Koopa I like the super blocky style...
that sounds like a you problem 
lime sundial
For me
Most sets just look ugly
I get that they wanted to focus on play, but you can still do that without the sets looking like absolute crap
pastel token
i mean its all in service of making it all work
inland gust
even if they make minifig sets
pastel token
like mario being a big cube was probably never gonna budge
inland gust
it'll look like animal crossing
pastel token
how do you mean
pastel token
i mean sure i guess that's not out of the ordinary for low budget sets aimed at kids
supple pendant
i honestly don't care about how crazy the sets are, i just care about getting minifigs in any capacity
We can make whatever sets we want, that's easy
pastel token
true
supple pendant
part of me like isn't even mad if we don't get an official peach's castle cuz i love the one i designed 
pastel token
i do badly want mario & luigi minifigs and a minifig scale plumber van
worthy tendon
I wonder if only humans will get minifigs and everyone else is brick built
In fact only humans have been digifigs besides e gadd but I’m not sure how they’d do him as a mini fig
pastel token
pretty straightforwardly
short legs
little tooth piece for hair
or wahtever piece htey used for his hair as-is
but like
toads and stuff would be minifigs
koopa troopa most likely
supple pendant
Yesssss exactly
supple pendant
I wonder if only humans will get minifigs and everyone else is brick built
I feel like this is probably what will happen, humans + toads + koopas getting minifigs and everyone else prob stays brick built
worthy tendon
So no Yoshi?
pastel token
yoshi could be brick built
he'd definitely need some weird shit going on to be ridable at minifig scale
they might just up and give him a unique sculpt
supple pendant
oh i forgot about yoshi LOL
i could see yoshi being an animal piece
like this horse :)
worthy tendon
Yoshi wouldn’t be posable?
tepid pawn
I'd assume at best he'd be like.
Rex tier.
IE he still has moving parts but is mainly original scuplted pieces.
pastel token
yoshi Could be posable like they have other kinds of horses including ridable ones
but either way we're talking about totally new sculpts n shit
soft forge
tbh i feel like they might be able to get away with just still using a brickbuilt yoshi
pastel token
maybe hes jst kind of blocky
supple pendant
Rip Roy!!
tepid pawn
Nice.
supple pendant
Realistically how far did they think this gimmick could go…it’s beyond stale atp it’s growing mold mama
slate pewter
Rip Roy!!
The big Bertha is so funny
Am I crazy for saying the blooper and cheep cheep look minifig scale
lime sundial
Nope
supple pendant
100%
tepid pawn
I think that applies to 90% of the Lego Mario enemy builds.
At most I feel like more humanoid ones like Koopas a bit too big for that scale.
pastel token
i would like to see lego tackle the same sorts of body diversity the knex sets had but make sure it works in the lego system
it was annoying how knex flipflopped
soft forge
the only body diversity we're getting is normal minifigs,normal minifigs with a printed belly, and bigfigs
tepid pawn
Honestly the only one I'd be curious of for the transition is Bowser.
Will he still be pieces or will he be like big parts like Hulk or Thanos or something.
pastel token
the only body diversity we're getting is normal minifigs,normal minifigs with a ...
thats... not true
bowser will probably be a bigfig
tepid pawn
I wonder if that's good or bad.
pastel token
i dont think it'd be the same mold as hulk/thanos
it'd probably be a new kind of lego mold that's more accurate to bowser
tepid pawn
That'd be neat.
pastel token
lego has been more flexible with minifigs than people realize lately so i think mario would be very well kept
look at eggman
tepid pawn
I just don't realize cause I'm not super invested in the intricities of Lego.
Good point though and stuff.
unborn shell
The bowser car does seem pretty cool
eager socket
Yeah i kinda wanna get it despite not even having lego mario as it could go well with my giant bowser set
inland gust
???
inland gust
ohhh
unborn shell
Roy probably coming in this wave
topaz hemlock
Roy?
unborn shell
yeah the koopaling
pastel token
so animal crossing and zelda are getting minifigs and not mario
unborn shell
pershaps one of these new mario sets has minifigs maybe its the 18+
pastel token
thats a big if
worthy tendon
They’re doing digifig Kart?
pastel token
presumably
worthy tendon
I just assumed what i just said because i thought that was an image of digifig mario in a kart being obscured by the text
pastel token
presumably theyre doing digifig kart because its the only logical way they can reboot the digifig line
- features like the bowser car allude to it and other new molds like the banana peel
in an actual perfect world the kart being digital with a minifig would be what they do but i dont know if htey'd do it
that would certainly solve like
all oft he major problems of why digifig mario kart is stupid
@supple pendant what say you (coping)
supple pendant
<@416272897057751042> what say you (coping)
I think it’s prob that and it’s gonna be shit as usual but the digifig line lovers will be like omgggg this glorified duplo baby set for babies is so cool
(I am angry!!!!)
supple pendant
Ohhhhh well hang awn…
pastel token
thus u get the playability + more "playable" characters
unborn shell
hope my theory is correct
pastel token
thatd also make it possible to like
supple pendant
I would love that actually hang awn….
pastel token
actually race them like normal
supple pendant
That would be swag….
pastel token
this is such a massive cope
unborn shell
could be like the mk knex sets except with scannable tiles
slate pewter
Lego deciding to add stupid digifig compatibility instead of just letting you race cars like any normal toy car set
I just realized this would kind of overlap with Mario kart home circuit
worthy tendon
Yeah i can’t imagine digifig working with races
pastel token
doing this would make a cmf a no brainer but we already know tahts not happening so
worthy tendon
Since it’s faster paced
pastel token
making the karts digital means you can race them
theyd presumably be just a digital engine that you build a kart around
supple pendant
Every day I pray for Lego Mario designer Jonathan bennink’s downfall. I pray he stubs his toe every morning.
unborn shell
maybe u can connect the karts to ur phone and u can control from there like some other already existing sets
pastel token
but putting the digifig in a brick built kart is a big hazard
slate pewter
Lego is soooo fucking scared of trying to figure out how Mario's nose works in minifig scale
supple pendant
They made Pinocchio’s nose so I actually don’t think it’s an issue, I think they’re just being like “guize I swear this is so kewllll don’t you love watching a digital screen move on your toy when you slam it into other parts of this extremely fragile and breakable set???”
unborn shell
they could just have a new mold for the head
pastel token
digital engine also means you can build whatever you want
supple pendant
Like they’re doubling down on a mistake
pastel token
like
the 3 starter kits with digital kart makes sense
because you can buy multiple karts without having dupe characters
this is like
supple pendant
If it were minifigs I’d love it
pastel token
the kind of cope that is only a cope because the world is awful
supple pendant
They would gag me so hard
pastel token
but i would 100% sink $150 on 3 digital mario karts with minifigs
supple pendant
Same
slate pewter
Same
pastel token
i think this is genuinely a better business idea than putting the digifigs in a kart
slate pewter
This is how they could do a minifig series too
pastel token
ugh
slate pewter
They sell the karts and you get the minifig from the blind bags
pastel token
it straight up makes too much sense
supple pendant
Mario has to be simple and easy bc Mario fans are only 6 🥺🥺🥺 no one has ever played Mario before now, no need to make sets for them
inland gust
it's kinda like mario kart tour
pastel token
if anything the only problem is that its too much like knex
this is simpler than digifigs
like being real
it makes 100x more sense and actually suits the kart building mechanics from mario kart
as opposed to Heres your 3 playable guys
inland gust
well
slate pewter
Home circuit
supple pendant
And, like home circuit, I will never purchase it.
pastel token
can probably make it way smaller than the character digifigs since it'd need one less screen
inland gust
realistic scenario
slate pewter
Yea
pastel token
screen somewhere so it can display what items you pick up
analog tapir
it will be like riding Donkey Kong
slate pewter
That's what I was thinking
pastel token
presumably items can even impact the speed you're driving
unborn shell
Ideal Scenario: the kart is digital
yeah thats what i meant
pastel token
this kind of set allows you to "play" as any character that has a minifig
thus: minifig marios
Unideal Scenario: the characters are digital (rereleasing digifigs)
pastel token
karts are brick built, with the ability to scan from the bottom via the character
only 3 playable characters (mario, luigi, peach)
analog tapir
this kind of set allows you to "play" as any character that has a minifig
ah and it would play unique sound effects for each character.
pastel token
can't race with em
inland gust
ok i see
slate pewter
I have no idea how items would work from a digifig perspective
pastel token
there's already mario kart MOCs
but yea items would be useless
it'd just be the coin scoring system again
slate pewter
It'd be a lot better if they just went with a more physical toy where the karts have item launchers or something
pastel token
there's already lego racing shit
i think digital karts would be actually cool
actual functioning karts with items that work would be a huge edge over like
literally all other car racing toy lines
worthy tendon
How quickly could the scanner work for a naturally feeling race
pastel token
iirc the scanner is Pretty good
soft forge
this vid shows it off pretty neatly
https://youtu.be/IaZOEkpyIZM?si=yc06p5OK0LR_3K3Z
pastel token
i forgot about this
i wonder what the upper limit of the driving speed is
this is already a lot faster than i was expecting
i figure racing would work like most other racing toys where you dont necessarily have direct control over the car's movement
analog tapir
this vid shows it off pretty neatly
https://youtu.be/IaZOEkpyIZM?si=yc06p5OK0LR_...
this is so freaking cool what
soft forge
this channel as a whole is really nifty they have fun labo, lego, and kart live stuff
also that idea that the karts are digital and can be driven by normal minifigs sounds cool and god i pray thats how it turns out
pastel token
join hands and channel your energy that this next wave isnt poop
hushed cloak
please dont be shit set
inland gust
https://tenor.com/view/doctorbrown-thedoctorbrown-sotfr-sotfrance-sea-of-thieves-france-gif-14294371
hushed cloak
https://tenor.com/view/doctorbrown-thedoctorbrown-sotfr-sotfrance-sea-of-thieves-france-gif-14294371
unborn shell
any other leaks for lego mario?
supple pendant
just that it's gonna be ugly course builder again so...same old trash lmao
soft forge
how's that gonna work when the digifigs are retired
pastel token
we dont know for sure whats going on but there's still 3 sets with notably low (and similar) piece counts all priced at $50
people are saying in the leak-o-sphere no minifigs (though i think its just one guy with a good track record) so its hard to know what to think right now
especially considering AC is launching soon and zelda has a leaked release date
i still really struggle to think that the digifigs are coming back considering everything else going on surrounding the line
at least coming back without some kind of catch
worthy tendon
How are they able to confirm no mini figs
pastel token
whoever their source is thats giving them this info i guess
@supple pendant would know better than me
supple pendant
How are they able to confirm no mini figs
multiple leakers have said it
unfortunately :(
pastel token
brutal
supple pendant
people are saying in the leak-o-sphere no minifigs (though i think its just one ...
tandnbricks said not this year :(
worthy tendon
Without confirming something at all?
supple pendant
ya
well we know there are sets coming
but not about what they are
but its safe to assume its digital mario kart
unfortunately
pastel token
just plunking digifigs into karts feels kind of stupid
like im sure it's cheaper on their end to not have to fully develop a new digifig
but the one digital kart base with minifigs seems like an objectivley smarter business move
worthy tendon
I wonder if dk was like a prototype
pastel token
for sure
dk and the bowser car
which is why its stupid
only 3 playable characters in mario kart is fucking dumb
especially for lego where there is no reason why youd have to restrict yourself
worthy tendon
If they’re saying not this year then it seems kind of over
pastel token
i do think it is inevitable
it is just blindingly frustrating
like as soon as other nintendo IP sets start to sell gangbusters for obvious reasons mario will pivot to minifigs
if not sooner
they could do a nintendo CMF at any point and have mario and that'll be it
thats why its hard to believe outright nothing this year
theres too many factors
soft forge
why even bother trying to make mario kart digifigs when mario kart live: home circuit already exists and perfected it
supple pendant
If they’re saying not this year then it seems kind of over
yeah
supple pendant
why even bother trying to make mario kart digifigs when mario kart live: home ci...
or when hot wheels does it 109230423049320940324902 times better because hot wheels is...you know...a racing/driving toy....
unborn shell
Where’s this info coming from
pastel token
@supple pendant is this the same guy as before
unborn shell
They reliable?
supple pendant
The person who sent this is, but I’ve heard like 3 diff things atp
I have no clue
unborn shell
well i guess we just gotta hope for minifigs in the meantime
pastel token
hearing both at the same time is certainly weird
but rebooting digifigs And having minifigs... sounds like a perfectly logical gameplan for mario kart
otherwise im really unsure how theyd reboot the lego supwr mario play system
unborn shell
Yeah idk how they would reboot it unless the made completely new digifigs with new molds but I doubt they would do that
soft forge
digital karts driven by minifigs feels like such a perfect balance
supple pendant
if the digifigs were minifig...shaped? I would like it much better I think? Like they said a looong time ago that the technology to pack that stuff into a minifigure just didn't exist so i wonder if they've made it exist in the meantime
cuz my biggest issue is that they don't work with any other sets besides mario. it takes all the fun out of it. They'd be cute in any other context imo
inland gust
i would assume not
supple pendant
like they're ugly in a cute way if that makes sense
inland gust
if there were digital minifigs then they would still make things exclusive to just the mario shit
worthy tendon
i doubt they could make a digifig minifig sized
worthy tendon
wouldnt the display be really small
supple pendant
Maybe!!! Not sure how they would even do it lmao
inland gust
if they kill the digifigs then they're killing compatibility with every single mario set released thus far
supple pendant
inland gust
they can't make it work with minfiigs
worthy tendon
i think the brickbuilt characters can work with minifigs
the non-human ones of course
worthy tendon
the builds are whatever
inland gust
now that I look at animal crossing
supple pendant
it's also so limiting to have only 3 of the main characters as "playable"
like 
if they really are rebooting with mario kart its the dumbest idea ever. mario kart with a 3-character roster is lame af
(in my opinion)
worthy tendon
the builds arent really location-based
with minifigs they could focus on making actual dollhouse type sets
supple pendant
Yeah
or like actual locations from the game
indiscriminate ice area
indiscriminate lava area
it takes everything that makes mario interesting and fun out of it
inland gust
actual mario games aren't much better about that
supple pendant
Hmmm. Idk if I agree!
I think LEGO Mario is just missing so many cool core characters like Daisy, Rosalina, Wario, Waluigi, etc
they made it a baby toy 🤷
inland gust
nintendo likes missing out on those characters
just in general
well i guess not daisy anymore
hushed cloak
sarasaland set please
supple pendant
nintendo likes missing out on those characters
we hate to see it
but we have 50 versions of fuckin iron man/spider man/harley quinn 
0 mario
craggy magnet
I love Lego mario
unborn shell
Y’all a few years ago lego peach was announced on march 10th aka Mario day do y’all think the new sets will be revealed then
worthy tendon
Is that when DK was revealed
unborn shell
So guess we gotta wait till march 10th for any news
pastel token
a pic like this would spook me into expecting more digifig stuff
unborn shell
true
supple pendant
a pic like this would spook me into expecting more digifig stuff
Same one was used last year
I’m p sure
soft forge
didn't someone else already post this in here a minute ago
unborn shell
This looks confusing
soft forge
This looks confusing
its set numbers, names, and prices
pastel token
i dunno but its deleted though
unborn shell
Like why are they re-marketing the starter courses
worthy tendon
maybe we're getting wonder enemies
soft forge
"Yay! they're retiring the digifigs! This means we're free from the digital game system!!"
soft forge
i kinda doubt it
pastel token
i still wouldnt count out minifigs considering there seems to be some ambiguity with whats happening
could be the 18+ set
worthy tendon
the 18+ set will be dk
soft forge
yeah but at the same time. it could've been the 18+ set every year
pastel token
yeah but at the same time. it could've been the 18+ set every year
thats true but we dont get conflicting reports in leaks every year
like, that is possible, its also possible some of these are minifig sets anyway
soft forge
It isnt gonna be mighty bowser size for $170
analog tapir
a big "heck you" to Randy for putting the idea of "Lego Goomboss in Goomba Treehouse set" in my head
pastel token
its inevitable
soft forge
thats cheaper than the ? block was
pastel token
considering lego zelda and animal crossing are happening now
slate pewter
lego zelda?
pastel token
yes
analog tapir
double deku tree
soft forge
bowsers train sounds interesting. like the muscle car
soft forge
they are not beating the Lego Super Mario 3D World allegations
pastel token
in a perfect world its minifig scale and a working train
worthy tendon
i forgot lego has trains
soft forge
it being approximately Minifigure scale sounds pretty plausible. like the airship
probably not an actual 8 wide train
unborn shell
I really do hope minifigures come but the one thing that is still holding me back about those is Roy
He hasn’t gotten a brick built figure yet
pastel token
he definitely will now
tepid pawn
a big "heck you" to Randy for putting the idea of "Lego Goomboss in Goomba Treeh...
Don't worry we can be inevitably disappointed together.
pastel token
when the line was first announced i wanted to make a lego goomboss moc
soft forge
theres the giant goomba for a starting build
pastel token
yea but goomboss should probly be bigger
unborn shell
I don’t think goomboss would be in a 16.99 set
supple pendant
didn't someone else already post this in here a minute ago
I did but I was like oh wait a spoiler
supple pendant
Why are they doing peach’s castle again
But at half the price
It’s stripped back enough what else could they take away 💀
soft forge
its the microscale model from the ? block on its own
pastel token
i have to wonder if some of these rerun sets are minifig scale
supple pendant
It could be like a miniature model of it like they did the haunted mansion
unborn shell
Kinda interesting that we are getting a king boo set with a Luigi starter course and a peach set with a peach’s castle
supple pendant
I give up on Mario minifigs 4 real like I just have to work on making them a reality myself
supple pendant
Kinda interesting that we are getting a king boo set with a Luigi starter course...
Third king boos mansion set btw
Oh wait that is interesting
unborn shell
I already own two king boos I don’t think I need anymore💀
supple pendant
LOL
It’s also like how many times can you just rearrange the generic set themes? It’s not like we get anything new in them
It’s slop
soft forge
they still need to be kinda flat fronted for the screens
unborn shell
Maybe the screen could be curved idk
soft forge
i dont think they'll be changing the form factor, they're too much part of the lego mario identity
unborn shell
I guess so
soft forge
plus it still needs to stay in System™ and nothing fits easier with Lego System™ than a rectangular brick
supple pendant
No
tepid pawn
At most I imagine if the Digifigs are redone shape wise, Peach will be the main one to be redone.
worthy tendon
not luigi?
unborn shell
Ok cause I thought a few months ago people were saying that it was the final one
soft forge
there might have been a misinterpretation based on the original digifigs being retired
unborn shell
OHHHHHHH that makes sense
worthy tendon
what if they do minifigs and its mini mario
supple pendant
They kind of look like mini Mario
unborn shell
Wait this mini Mario?
worthy tendon
yeah
unborn shell
That sounds interesting
unborn shell
What if the starter courses are Mario kart
Well actually nvm cause the names would probably say mario kart
soft forge
the other sets would have a mario kart theme
unborn shell
True
unborn shell
im really excited to see what this new wave is gonna be
unborn shell
Y’all Lego announced that they will be revealing the new Lego Mario on MAR10 day
pastel token
not that surprising but keep expectations in check
unborn shell
pastel token
opaque sierra
did bowser break the wall and kidnap him or something
worthy tendon
its not wario
worthy tendon
its not waluigi
opaque sierra
is it you shouty
inland gust
it's shouty he admits it
worthy tendon
i cant shoulderbash walls
opaque sierra
not with that attitude
inland gust
