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Almost a complete year after Mattel's announcement that it would be partnering with Nintendo to create a die-cast Mario Kart set of cars, and a themed racetrack, have we finally received more information on the release. The upcoming toyline will feature 1:64 recreations of iconic Mario Kart racers, like Mario, Bowser, Luigi, and Yoshi. Princess Peach, Koopa, and Toad will also join the lineup sometime after the initial release. In addition, three racetracks will be available: Thwomp Ruins, Pirhana Plant Slide, and Mario Circuit. The cars and tracks are scheduled for release later this summer, and will be sold globally in "select markets".

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[raxadian]

Do you have your own kids? It’s really fun to play with their toys with them. Sometimes I think I enjoy my son’s Legos more than he does.

Legos have way too many pieces, so is easy for kids to get bored of Lego, more so when they don't have enough pieces to build what they want. Or it gets too complicated.

I remember having much more fun with a wooden set of simpler pieces that I ever did with Legos.

Too bad I didn't keep all the pieces, nowadays it would be worth a lot since it was made of wood.

 

[banjo2]

unfortunately this probably is never going to happen.

You never know, Nintendo gives F-Zero all sorts of love except for a new game

It had references in three(?) Mario Kart games through vehicles and 2 tracks, I don't see why not.

 

[raxadian]

You never know, Nintendo gives F-Zero all sorts of love except for a new game

It had references in three(?) Mario Kart games through vehicles and 2 tracks, I don't see why not.

Is weird it has not got any new ports.

Is a licening rights issue or what?

 

[DANTENDO]

Does it include a free bunch of bananas

 

[Veho]

Neat.

Weak choice of karts for characters, mostly just the default "kart". I would have liked some of the other vehicles from the games. I hope they get released later on. Either way I'm getting Bowser and Mario for sure.

Spoiler: karts

 

[Burorī]

I don't care if I passed the age of playing with toys, I still want this. It still looks better than those K'nex ones

 

[BraveDragonWolf]

I wish they made something like this when I was growing up with Mario.

 

[Stealphie]

You never know, Nintendo gives F-Zero all sorts of love except for a new game

It had references in three(?) Mario Kart games through vehicles and 2 tracks, I don't see why not.

i said that because the only thing that Nintendo does with F-Zero now is Put Falcon in Smash, make a stage in smash and sell All the F-Zero games in the e-shop WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GX AND AX, which are the best ones.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

You never know, Nintendo gives F-Zero all sorts of love except for a new game

It had references in three(?) Mario Kart games through vehicles and 2 tracks, I don't see why not.

What's the third one?

Is weird it has not got any new ports.

Is a licening rights issue or what?

New games you mean?
Nintendo owns the rights so, licensing shouldn't be an issue.

But when Mario kart slot cars? Yeeee

My kids will be stoked.....for a few days anyway.

There is a Carrera set or something with Mario Kart slot cars. I remember it having Mario in the white kart from MKDS.

 

[Deleted member 445482]

F-Zero hot wheels when?

F-Zero anything when?

 

[banjo2]

What's the third one?

I wasn't sure if MK7 had it.

Put Falcon in Smash, make a stage in smash

I think they're only keeping him in because he's been there since 64 tbh

5 games and he's still the only F-Zero fighter. Not that they could do a whole lot with a racing game of course, but, not even an echo?

 

[iluvfuzz]

I made a mistake and showed these to my five year old son. Now he wants them for his birthday.

 

[VinsCool]

I would have lost my shit if that existed when I was a kid, back when we had hot wheels and tracks on the floor with several custom parts, creating very cool designs!

Ahh, the memories of playing Mario Kart 64 and also pushing the remote triggers to race and miss a loop, making the tiny cars crash loudly on the other side of the room

 

[LucasM3]

What would the reaction be as a child. Same as the N64 kid?

 

[H1B1Esquire]

Just buy the cars now.

You'll kick yourself later.

All of these kids are crying as adults.
https://www.google.com/search?sourc...j0i131j0i10j0i13j0i22i10i30j0i333.IU65Jv11VE8

 

[ChibiMofo]

As someone who loved playing with something very similar back in the mid-1970s that belonged to my older cousin, I'm really glad they still make real toys like these. And just for the record, we played with it for about a week and then lost interest (either because of the Frisbee or because we got a used copy of Operation at a garage sale). Some things never change even if some older people tend to forget they were the same way at that age.

 

[gameboy]

nintendo made toys really suck in real life, im glad they went somewhere else. Now for them to port mario to playstation.

 

[Quadrotix]

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Almost a complete year after Mattel's announcement that it would be partnering with Nintendo to create a die-cast Mario Kart set of cars, and a themed racetrack, have we finally received more information on the release. The upcoming toyline will feature 1:64 recreations of iconic Mario Kart racers, like Mario, Bowser, Luigi, and Yoshi. Princess Peach, Koopa, and Toad will also join the lineup sometime after the initial release. In addition, three racetracks will be available: Thwomp Ruins, Pirhana Plant Slide, and Mario Circuit. The cars and tracks are scheduled for release later this summer, and will be sold globally in "select markets".

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I would've loved this as a kid!

 

[jrobertdobson]

I'm 37, and am gonna buy these... for the collectability lol... I still have a lot the old cars and a bunch of tracks from when I was way younger, and some of those cars were my uncles when he was a kid.
Some are still in package and worth a few hundred dollars. Kinda wondering if these are gonna be worth anything when my son gets my age, although they may be slightly used...

 

[DANTENDO]

. Kinda wondering if these are gonna be worth anything when my son gets my age, although they may be slightly used...

Theyl only be worth something when nintendo no longer exists