Lego's first Super Mario Kart sets revealed — release date and features

The first Lego Mario Kart sets, scheduled for release in 2025, have been officially revealed at this year’s Gamescom event in Cologne, Germany.

The buildable sets feature karts, bikes , a garage, and a grand prix . They include characters such as Donkey Kong , Baby Peach, and Yoshi .

The sets focus on the trio of Mario, Luigi, and Peach digital figures, central to the Lego Super Mario theme.

By incorporating recognisable Mario Kart audio and visual effects for the game's race-starting, horn-honking, kart-drifting, and gliding sounds, Lego says the new sets further elevate the interactive experience.

The sets will be available in Lego stores, Lego.com, and from select leading retailers worldwide from January 1, 2025.

Simon Kent, design director at the Lego Group, said: “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.”

Here are all the sets that will be available soon.

Standard Kart - £17.99

Standard Kart comes with a workstation, a detachable glider for the kart, many accessory pieces, and Toad in his pit staff costume.

With 174 pieces, for most people, this will be the classic Lego Mario Kart set.

Baby Mario vs Baby Luigi - £24.99

Baby Mario vs Baby Luigi is the first Lego Super Mario: Mario Kart set to have two racers. Baby Mario gets a Biddybuggy, while Baby Luigi has a Tri-Speeder. They are then outfitted with shooters and shells for a balloon fight.

The set includes 321 pieces.

Yoshi Bike - £12.99

The cheapest set at £12.99, the Yoshi Bike set, features Yoshi riding a green bike.

Among the accessories are several traffic cones, a banana peel, green and red shells, and an item box.

There are 133 pieces in the cute set.

Donkey Kong & DK Jumbo - £29.99

Donkey Kong & DK Jumbo may be the one to buy in 2025 if you want one with a character to drive its kart.Red and green shells, a stud shooter to shoot them, and a target that appears to release a banana skin are all included in the 387-piece set.

Toad’s Garage - £34.99

Moving up to the mid-range Lego Mario Kart sets, there is Toad's Garage. This comes with many customisation possibilities for karts, a workbench, two blue Toads dressed like pit crew members, and a clever Lego replica of the B Dasher kart.

With 390 pieces, this piece could be worth buying if you’re a Toad fan.

Baby Peach & Grand Prix Set - £69.99

At a still-remarkably low price of £69.99, the main set from the first Lego Mario Kart wave creates the ideal racing environment with the Baby Peach & Grand Prix Set. Its 823 pieces can be assembled to form three distinct racers: Lemmy in the Landship kart, Baby Peach in her Wild Wiggler kart, and Toad on the regular bike. It also includes a podium, starting gate, and several extras, including a Lakitu to indicate the start of the race.

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