LEGO has unveiled a towering, 14-foot (4.3 meters) tall build of LEGO Super Mario's The Mighty Bowser. Dubbed The King-Sized Bowser, the gigantic, animated LEGO model will debut at San Diego Comic-Con 2022 before touring the world.
In a press release, LEGO introduced the "massive King of the Koopas" and said the "impressive feat" of LEGO engineering used approximately 663,000 bricks and took 3,290 hours to complete. "Bringing The Mighty Bowser to life in this unique representation was the natural choice and very much in line with what we offer in LEGO Super Mario," said Federico Bagher, Head of Global Marketing at the LEGO Group. "In our theme, we bring together interactivity and brick building. The same can be said of this king-sized version of Bowser, who is as ferocious as he is fun. We're excited to share it with everyone at Comic Con this year."
The short promo video for The King-Sized Bowser showed off the incredible detail put into every part of the statue and highlighted the build's animated aspects. LEGO said the model is "operated by a control panel" and that its "arms head, eyes, eyebrows and jaw all move and are accompanied by sound effects and background music." LEGO called the creation "the first of its kind" and plans to debut it at SDCC 2022 this Wednesday before taking it to LEGO® World, Netherlands, sometime later in 2022.
The King-Sized Bowser was created to "pay homage" to the LEGO Super Mario line of LEGO sets. In particular, it's an upscaled version of the recently announced LEGO Super Mario The Mighty Bowser. By LEGO standards, The Mighty Bowser is a large set, consisting of 2,807 bricks and creating a Bowser that stands over a foot tall. The take-home LEGO Bowser is also animated and uses Bluetooth to interact with other toys in the LEGO Super Mario line, such as the recently announced Princess Peach expansion set. Designer Carl Merriam called it the "ultimate Bowser build."
Information on The King-Sized Bowser's world tour can be found on LEGO's website. LEGO Super Mario sets are available on the LEGO website. Super Mario games are available exclusively on the Nintendo Switch and older Nintendo consoles.