Fireballs Are Useless Against LegoSuper Mario‘s New Baddie: Dry Bowser

With the final trailer forThe Super Mario Bros. Moviedebuting yesterday , and the film hit theatre of operations on April 5 , many Lego fans expected the company to reveal some film tie - in sets today — the most sacred day in the Mushroom Kingdom calendar . or else , for Mar10 24-hour interval , Lego has revealed another enlargement to its interactive Lego Super Mario solicitation : Dry Bowser and his castling .

In years past , Lego has actually struggled to sell Kid and kidult collector on sets boast an supernumerary storey of interactive play through mobile devices . Its Hidden Side aggregation was enhanced with extrasensory activeness like ghosts only visible through augmented realism effects on a mobile app , but was discontinued in 2020.Lego Vidiyotook a alike approach , but used an app and AR effects to let Thomas Kid create music videos with their brick - built creations that could be shared online , but was discontinued in 2022 .

Lego Super Mario , which uses both a mobile app and electronic figure that interact with buildable Super Mario level , has lastly been a huge winner for the toy dog maker , andsince its unveiling in 2020 , has seen unnumberable additions , include game elements , and both Luigi and Princess Peach electronic number unite Mario .

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Non - synergistic variant of Mario ’s arch - nemesis , Bowser , have already made several coming into court in the Lego Super Mario collection , let in a massive , 2,807 - opus , buildable Mighty Bowserthat arrived last year . For Mar10 mean solar day , we ’re actually getting a variant of the grapheme : Dry Bowser , who first appear in New Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo DS back in 2006 , after Bowser was dropped into lava by Mario . An unfortunate fate , but one that made the reference resistant to human dynamo attacks .

The skeletal Dry Bowser has made appearances in other Super Mario games since then , including Mario Kart Wii , and the Mario & Sonic sports games , but is finally unite Lego Super Mario , and bring his castle in tow . The unexampled Lego Super Mario Dry Bowser Castle Battle Expansion Set is built from 1,321 - pieces , and task the interactive figures with rescue a Purple Toad who ’s being held captive by Bone Piranha Plant , Bone Goombas , fiery Magmaarghs , and Dry Bowser , himself .

The bent will be available starting on August 1 from Lego ’s online and brick - and - mortar store for $ 110 .

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But the Lego Super Mario Dry Bowser Castle Battle Expansion Set was n’t the only thingLego revealed during a livestreamthis morn . At the very closing of the flow , a young addition to Mario ’s posse comitatus was teased : the first Donkey Kong figure that Mario can climb aboard and ride that triggers jungle sound effects . No other details were reveal for Donkey Kong , other than the character would be released some time this Summer .

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