The best Lego Mario sets to buy in 2025

A car salesman slaps the roof of the kart. This bad boy’s made of 1,972 blocks. It measures 32cm deep and can even fit an oversized Italian plumber with an extremely large head!

Jokes aside, this set is the perfect homage for Mario Kart fans. Exclusive to the Lego Store, it makes for an ideal display piece. The Mario figure features poseable arms and head, so you can customise him to a degree.

The kart sits on a stand that lets you showcase it at dynamic angles.
It’s designed with adults in mind, offering an immersive build that calls for more technical skill. If this set doesn’t make you want to fire up Mario Kart World, I don’t know what will.

If you want the best and the biggest, meet The Mighty Bowser Lego set. At almost 3,000 pieces, this is a humungous set that displays the iconic Mario villain in all his enormous glory – and it’ll keep you busy building for hours.

Recreated in high levels of detail, this Bowser is surprisingly sturdy and poseable for his size. If you wanted to bring him down from the shelf for a climactic battle with Mario, you could do so with minimal worry about Bowser’s fragility. He can even launch fireballs and inspire reactions from your digital Mario figure.

You’ll definitely need an adult to build The Mighty Bowser (and an adult’s wallet to buy it), but Lego lovers of all ages can appreciate the finished product.

Read our full Lego Super Mario: The Mighty Bowser review.

This set is a must-have if you grew up playing Super Mario World. Not only does this beautifully designed set feature a pixelated Mario with his best pal Yoshi, but it moves! Yes! Moves! Wind the handle at the base to make Yoshi walk or run, or turn the dial at the back to watch Yoshi’s little tongue pop out. Brrrring!

Again, this set is designed with adults in mind, and with all the moving parts, it can be considered a trickier build. With a piece count of 1215 and measuring 40cm high, this set is a decent size, making it perfect for displaying at home or work, or wherever you want to show your appreciation for our favourite green dinosaur.

This set also includes an Action Tag so you can scan Lego Mario, Luigi, or Peach and discover their digital reaction.

If you don’t fancy blue shelling out for the bigger Mario Kart model or you want a kid-friendly Mario Kart set, this is the one. Ideal for birthday presents, it’s perfect for display or play. Plus, at just $19.99/£17.99, it’s a much more budget-friendly choice.

Designed for ages 7+, this 174-piece set is simple yet detailed. The iconic red kart comes with a detachable super glider and accessories like a banana peel and shells, all of which attach to the kart. It even includes a buildable Toad figure in pit crew gear, alongside a workstation where he can fix up the kart mid-race.

Placing Mario, Luigi, or Peach in the kart activates the Action Tag, triggering unique sounds. This interactive element adds a touch of Mario Kart magic.

Finally, the most iconic character ever created has their very own Mario Kart Lego set. Now, our e-commerce editor, Adam, can die happy.

Expand your Mario Kart collection by adding the first member of the DK crew to your display. Or perhaps, race against others in the Mario Kart Lego collection? Maybe race as your favorite duo from Double Dash with Donkey Kong clutching onto the back?

This set comes with a buildable Donkey Kong figure, complete with his red DK tie and his famous kart- the DK Jumbo. The kart is incredibly detailed, looking just like its onscreen counterpart. It even comes with accessories like shells and, of course, a banana peel!

This set features the action tag function, enabling sounds and visual effects when interacted with using the Mario, Luigi, or Peach buildable figures too!

Hehehhehe! I hope you heard that as if Boo the ghost was laughing and then suddenly disappeared into thin air. This set is spookily fabulous, and with a piece count of 932 pieces, it’s on the larger size. Featuring 4 buildable characters this set comes with King Boo, a yellow baby yoshi, Dry Bones and a regular Boo.

The mansion is packed with eerie details inside and out. Open it up to reveal a haunting interior, complete with spiders crawling across its shadowy corners. It features a bookcase with a hidden key function, a magically elevating sofa, a treasure chest, and key blocks. This set is so spooky, it’s sure to frighten that scaredy-cat Luigi.

You might remember this train from Super Mario 3D World from the level the Bowser Express… hey, I suppose it does what it says on the tin, or rather, what it says on the train?

This set is one of the larger builds, with a piece count of 1,392 pieces. Not only is the train incredibly detailed, looking just like it does in the game, but it has interactive elements like a spinning platform and spring-loaded shooter. Not only do you get the train in all its fiery glory, but you get a handcar, which you can hook onto the back of the train, and 2 train stations.

It even has six of our all-time favourite villainous characters, after all, villains need to get from A to B too! You get buildable versions of; Hammer bro, Boom Boom, 2 Para-Biddybuds, and of course, two Goombas, each with little hats! The expressions on the Goombas are priceless.

Released in 2023, the Lego Piranha Plant is a stunning set that recreates Super Mario’s most memorable plant (and you don’t even have to water it). A well-designed pipe and poseable plant make for an excellent build and a wonderful display piece for tables or shelves of any size. There are even some hidden secrets to discover during construction – always a welcome and delightful surprise.

Perhaps the biggest downside of the set, however, is its lack of play value. There are no compatibility with Lego’s other Super Mario courses or figures, and a poseable stem and head only get you so far. Still, if you’re mainly in this for the building, the Piranha Plant offers great value for money.