LEGO Mario Kart, Mario & Standard Kart (72037)

Name: LEGO Mario Kart, Mario & Standard Kart
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 72037

The big Mario Kart display set that actually lives up to the hype.

Brick Rated Score

4.3/5

Set 72037 · 2025

Pieces1,972

Minifigsn/a

Year2025

Set number72037

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The verdict

I went in half-expecting a licensed cash-grab and came out one of this set's biggest fans.

It's a 1,972-piece build that turns the Standard Kart from Mario Kart 8 into a chunky, sticker-free display piece with a brick-built Mario riding shotgun, and the engineering is some of the best I saw all year. It's pricey and Mario is stuck in his seat forever, but if you want a shelf centerpiece rather than a toy, this is an easy yes.

Best for: Adult Nintendo fans who want a showpiece Mario Kart display

The full review

What it is

The short version of my feelings on the big Mario Kart set is: it's worth it. It recreates the Standard Kart from Mario Kart 8 at a scale big enough to actually sculpt the thing properly, with a chunky bumper, deep side pods, and those dramatic twin exhausts sticking out the back. Riding it is a brick-built Mario, posable at the head and arms so you can have him gripping the wheel or throwing his signature fist pump. It comes in at 1,972 pieces and looks like a proper trophy on a shelf, not a kid's toy. LEGO even dropped the reveal on March 10, aka MAR10 Day, the sort of detail that tells me the whole thing was made by people who care about the source material.

The catch

I'll be straight with you before anyone drops the cash. The price is $169.99 (£149.99), which works out to a fair 8.6 cents a piece, but it's still a chunk of money for something that mostly sits and looks good. Mario is permanently seated. He's built into the driving pose and can't stand up, and reviewers point out his leg proportions wouldn't even work if he could. The steering is the other quibble I have. The wheel itself is tiny (basically sized to fit between Mario's shoulders because his arms can't angle inward), and while the front wheels do turn, once you plop Mario's weight into the seat they barely budge. So the play function is more novelty than feature. None of this is a dealbreaker for a display set, but if you want a rolling toy, this isn't that.

Who it's for

Here's who should pull the trigger: any adult Nintendo fan who wants a centerpiece, anyone who loves a build packed with clever techniques, or someone hunting a birthday present for a grown-up gamer. It carries a strong 4.4 out of 5 on Brickset and reviewers across the board have called it one of the best builds of the year. Who should skip it? Little kids who want to actually race it around the floor, and anyone on a tight budget who'd rather have two smaller sets. But if the shelf space and the money are there, this is one I recommend without hesitating. It's the kind of set you finish and just leave sitting out where you can see it.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

The build is split across 17 numbered bags, and the first nine are all kart. That means you spend the front half sculpting the body before Mario even shows up, which keeps things interesting because the kart is where the clever engineering lives. There's a white racing stripe running down the middle made from a slope that clips into place, and in some spots parts aren't even connected to each other, the upside-down red sub-assembly just floats, held down later by slopes and tiles locking it from above. The massive wheels slot in near the end with printed hubcap tiles, and Mario himself comes together last as a posable figure with a movable head and arms.

For parts nerds, this one delivers. Mario needed two brand-new molds: a Plate Special 2x6 shaped for his black moustache, and a genuinely weird one-off piece for his nose. There are no stickers anywhere, with all 12 printed elements doing the decoration work, covering the eyes, the cap and kart 'M' logos, the glove knuckles, the hubcaps and the exhaust trims. New Elementary flagged rare recolors worth pulling too. At 8.6 cents per piece for 1,972 parts, the value math holds up nicely for a licensed set, and you're getting genuinely useful bulk plus those printed extras rather than filler.

Fun facts

01LEGO revealed the set on March 10, 2025, aka MAR10 Day, the unofficial Mario holiday, then put it on sale that May.
02The kart is modeled on the Standard Kart from Mario Kart 8, and the larger scale let designers sculpt real detail into the bumper, side pods, and oversized exhausts.
03The whole thing uses zero stickers, with every decoration printed, right down to the tiny stitches on Mario's gloves.
04Mario required two entirely new molds just for his face: a special plate for his moustache and a unique piece for his nose.