The LEGO Group Reveals ‘Super Mario: Mario Kart’ Sets

The LEGO Group revealed “Super Mario: Mario Kart” sets, alongside three new LEGO “Animal Crossing” sets at Gamescom 2024 earlier this month. Each set is designed to ensure the LEGO brick version offers a fun way to experience the Mario Kart universe. 

With vibrant characters, customizable karts and unique track items, these sets will get fans’ creative engines revving as they can turn unexpected surfaces into “Mario Kart” tracks. 

To add a layer of digital play, fans can also add a LEGO Mario, LEGO Luigi or LEGO Peach (figures not included into the driver’s seat. The sets include iconic “Mario Kart” audio and visual effects for race-starting, horn-honking, kart-drifting and gliding sounds from the game. Players can also use these characters to scan Item Boxes, to collect extra coins and help boost their score as they finish the race. 

The six sets include: 

“We are beyond excited to turbo-charge our LEGO Super Mario universe with the reveal of these latest Mario Kart sets that we know fans have been eagerly waiting for,” says Simon Kent, design director, LEGO Group. “We can’t wait for builders of all ages to put their pedal to the metal and bring ‘Mario Kart’ races to brick-built reality at home with friends and family. The brand-new LEGO ‘Super Mario: Mario Kart’ sets provide an immersive building experience and capture the heart-pounding action of the beloved video game series – showing fans that the world is your track like never before.” 

Three new LEGO “Animal Crossing” sets will also be released next year: 

LEGO “Animal Crossing”

This expansion allows fans to continue creating and exploring their own “Animal Crossing” villages and fun in brick play, bringing more characters from the video game series into the LEGO play realm. 

The new LEGO “Super Mario: Mario Kart” sets and LEGO “Animal Crossing” sets will be available Jan. 1 via LEGO.com, LEGO stores and select leading retailers worldwide.