Super Mario

Yoshis' Egg-cellent Forest Expansion Set

Two Yoshis, one spotted egg, and honestly, that egg stole the whole show for me.

Brick Rated Score

3.7/5

Set 71428 · 2024

Pieces107

Minifigs2

Year2024

Set number71428

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The verdict

I opened this expecting filler and ended up genuinely charmed by the printed green-spotted egg piece, it is the best part in the box by a wide margin.

What you are really paying ten dollars for is two brick-built Yoshi figures, a pink one and a yellow one, plus a tiny patch of forest to stand them in, and at that price it is the cheapest route to owning both colors without buying a much bigger set. I will be honest that the build itself is over almost before it starts, this is closer to a polybag than a proper set. If you already have Yoshi from another Super Mario set, or you were hoping for a meaty forest diorama, this one will feel thin.

Best for: Super Mario collectors filling out their Yoshi lineup on a budget

The full review

What it is

I will admit my expectations were low walking in, expansion sets like this usually feel like an afterthought, but the little printed egg with green spots won me over almost instantly. It is a small, specific detail, and it is exactly the kind of thing that makes a Super Mario shelf display feel complete. The two Yoshis themselves are built with the newer half-circle plate construction on the chest, which is a nice quiet upgrade over older Yoshi builds in the theme, and having both a pink and a yellow variant in one box means you are not hunting through bigger, pricier sets just to get the color you want.

The catch

Here is the honest part though. This is a genuinely tiny build. A handful of trees, some connector plates, and the two figures, and you are done in a few minutes. At $9.99 for 107 pieces that is not an unreasonable trade, and reviewers who compared it to buying Yoshi through a full-price starter or expansion set called it by far the cheapest option, but you should walk in knowing you are buying two figures and an egg, not a forest scene with any real depth. And if you were hoping for the classic green Yoshi, you will not find him here, it is pink and yellow only.

Who it's for

This one is for people actively building out their Super Mario interactive course who want more Yoshis without spending big, and for anyone who just thinks a spotted egg and a pink dinosaur are a nice thing to own for ten dollars. If you already have Yoshi from a previous set, or you need a real building challenge to feel satisfied, skip this and put your money toward one of the bigger course sets instead.

The parts story

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

Building this takes only a few minutes. It is a stack of small forest greenery, a couple of connector base plates so it locks into a bigger Super Mario course, and then the two Yoshi figures themselves, so there is very little of the step-by-step satisfaction you get from a proper set. One reviewer put it plainly, it almost feels like it could have shipped as a polybag.

The parts that matter here are specific rather than plentiful. Both Yoshis use an updated build with a newer 1x2 half-circle plate forming the chest, a small refinement over earlier Yoshi figures in the theme, and the printed Yoshi egg with green spots is the clear standout piece in the box. There is also one Action Brick, which triggers an egg-hatching animation and opens up a Yoshi mount when scanned by a LEGO Mario or Luigi interactive figure, so the set has a little functional payoff even though it needs a figure from elsewhere to open up it.

Fun facts

01At $9.99 for two Yoshi figures, reviewers called it by far the cheapest way to add extra Yoshi colors to a Super Mario collection compared to buying them through bigger sets
02The set includes pink and yellow Yoshi variants rather than the classic green Yoshi most fans picture first
03Both figures use a newer 1x2 half-circle plate on the chest, an updated build method compared to earlier Yoshi appearances in the Super Mario theme
04The single Action Brick in the set triggers an egg-hatching animation and Yoshi mount when scanned by a LEGO Mario or Luigi interactive figure, meaning the set needs a figure from another set to show off its full feature