LEGO Super Mario
© 2020 LEGO Americas
Designed to let you make a physical video game out of LEGO blocks, this toy/app combination features a battery powered Super Mario character that fits comfortably into any LEGO system. Standing about four inches tall, Mario is jammed with sensors, screens, speakers and accelerometers that let him talk, count special blocks and detect motion. The $60 Starter Course is central to this product, because it contains the interactive LEGO Mario figure. As with any LEGO product line, there are now shortage of expansion kits ($10 each) that come with specific challenges and characters. These include the Piranha Plant Power Slide; Bowser’s Castle Boss Battle; Guarded Fortress; Mario’s House & Yoshi; Toad’s Treasure Hunt; Desert Pokey; Whomp’s Lava Trouble and Boomer Bill Barrage. Other content includes ten collectible enemy characters, "blind bag" character packs. Every Expansion Set and collectible Character is made to be used with the Adventures with Mario Starter Course. The entry point set features seven action bricks for different interactions with the LEGO Mario figure, which has LCD screens in its eyes, mouth and belly to display instant reactions to movement, color and action bricks. A LEGO Super Mario app that connects to the Mario figure via bluetooth, that tracks scores and provides ideas for building. Launch date August 1st 2020.
$60
Teaches: logic, LEGO, building, spatial relations