{"id":917239,"date":"2025-12-26T23:12:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T23:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/goodbye-money-lego-mario-yoshi-can-of-worms"},"modified":"2025-12-26T23:12:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T23:12:16","slug":"goodbye-money-legos-latest-gaming-set-will-surely-open-a-wallet-emptying-can-of-worms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/goodbye-money-legos-latest-gaming-set-will-surely-open-a-wallet-emptying-can-of-worms\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye, money: Lego\u2019s latest gaming set will surely open a wallet-emptying can of worms"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Oh god. Oh no. Oh, Christ<\/em>.<\/p>\n

That was my reaction when I saw Lego’s latest video game themed set: kit #71438, “Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi”. Nintendo and Lego have been hand-in-hand for years now. A collaboration that began with kid-friendly, app-enhanced Mario sets but has quickly expanded. We have grown-up nostalgia bait like the NES and ? Block<\/a>, Animal Crossing sets<\/a>, and after rejecting multiple fan pitches<\/a> featuring the series, Lego Zelda<\/a> arrives in a little over a month.<\/p>\n

My point is, the concept of a set like this isn’t exactly new<\/em>. This gorgeous brick-built representation of Mario riding atop his trusty dinosaur pal fits right into that ‘nostalgia bait’ category above, a set aimed squarely at people hurtling towards middle age with a longing for their childhood and enough disposable income that £115 for some plastic bricks seems ‘fair enough’. It’s aimed at me, basically. So none of this is exactly new. And yet…<\/p>\n

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Oh god. Oh no. Oh, Christ. That was my reaction when I saw Lego’s latest video game themed set: kit #71438, “Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi”. Nintendo and Lego have been hand-in-hand for years now. A collaboration that began with kid-friendly, app-enhanced Mario sets but has quickly expanded. We have grown-up nostalgia bait like the NES and ? Block, Animal Crossing sets, and after rejecting multiple fan pitches featuring the series, Lego Zelda arrives in a little over a month. My point is, the concept of a set like this isn’t exactly new. This gorgeous brick-built representation of Mario riding atop his trusty dinosaur pal fits right into that ‘nostalgia bait’ category above, a set aimed squarely at people hurtling towards middle age with…<\/p>\n

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