Super Mario

Toad's Treasure Hunt Expansion Set

A Toad Village that plays better than it photographs.

Brick Rated Score

3.7/5

Set 71368 · 2020

Pieces465

Minifigs5

Year2020

Set number71368

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The verdict

The first time I bopped Mario through the spinning Cheep Cheep and watched it flip on its rotating arm, I actually laughed out loud.

That's the thing about this set, the mechanisms do a genuinely good job of recreating the feel of the games, even though the build itself is nothing fancy. I'd put this in your cart if you already own the Starter Course and want more real estate and more characters to interact with. If you're hoping for an intricate build or a striking centerpiece to display, this isn't it, and at seventy dollars it's a fair bit to ask for what's essentially a village of small platforms.

Best for: Super Mario course owners who want more levels and more figures to play through, not display-case builders

The full review

What it is

Toad's Treasure Hunt is one of the early expansion sets for the LEGO Super Mario interactive line, and what struck me first is how much personality LEGO packed into two little figures. Toad and Toadette aren't your typical minifigs, their bodies are printed round and rectangular bricks rather than standard minifig parts, and Toad's mushroom cap sits on an angled hinge that gives him that unmistakable tilted-head look straight out of the games. Add a Goomba and a pair of spinning Cheep Cheep fish enemies, and you've got a proper little Toad Village with a tree, a treasure chest, and sliding, rotating platforms tied together with ten action bricks that trigger coins and effects when the electronic Mario or Luigi figure rolls over them.

The catch

I'll be honest about the price, though. Seventy dollars for 465 pieces that lean heavily toward simple plates, slopes, and small platform sections is a tough sell if you're judging this purely as a building experience. Several reviewers pointed out you could find sets with far more construction satisfaction for the same money in other themes, and I don't disagree. This set isn't chasing clever building techniques, it's chasing gameplay, and on that front it mostly delivers, the Cheep Cheep flip and the layered platforms genuinely make Mario's journey through it feel like a mini level rather than a static diorama.

Who it's for

Get this one if you're already invested in the Super Mario Starter Course and want more track, more characters, and more ways for Mario to interact with his world, especially if Toad and Toadette are favorites. Skip it if you're new to the theme and just want a nice-looking Mario set to build and display, since there isn't much here without the electronic starter figure to power the interactions.

What works

Toad and Toadette are genuinely lovely figures, with printed 2x2 and 1x2 bricks instead of stickers for their faces and caps
The spinning Cheep Cheep mechanism and the action bricks make the play pattern feel like actual Mario levels
Good variety in one box, a Goomba, two Cheep Cheeps, a treasure chest, and two named characters instead of generic enemies

Worth knowing

At $69.99 for 465 mostly simple pieces, several reviewers felt it was overpriced next to what other themes offer for the same money
The build itself is quick and light on satisfying construction techniques, it's a play set first and a build second
Only useful if you already have the interactive Starter Course, it doesn't work as a standalone set

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The parts story

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

Building this one moves fast. It's mostly small modular sections, a tree, a couple of Toad houses, a treasure chest, and connecting platforms, so you're clipping things together more than working through any long technical sequences. It's a relaxed, quick build, which makes sense given it's meant to be played with immediately rather than admired on a shelf.

The real value is in the specialty pieces. Toad and Toadette both use printed 2x2 and 1x2 brick faces in place of the usual minifig head, a new mushroom cap element mounted on an angled hinge plate for Toad's signature tilt, and light nougat printed parts for their features. The Cheep Cheep gets a new wing mold and a newly printed 1x2 tile for its eyes, which is a nice touch for a small enemy piece. None of it is going to wow a serious AFOL parts collector, but for Mario fans building out their course, these are exactly the pieces you can't get anywhere else.

Fun facts

01Toad and Toadette are built from printed brick elements rather than standard minifig heads and torsos, a technique LEGO used across the whole Super Mario line to hit the games' distinctive proportions.
02The set was retired around August 2022, roughly two years after its 2020 release.
03This was one of the first wave of expansion sets designed to work exclusively alongside the LEGO Super Mario Starter Course, since it has no standalone electronic Mario or Luigi figure of its own.
04The Cheep Cheep's wing piece was a newly molded element introduced specifically for the Super Mario theme.