If the Super Mario fans in your house are still raving about The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Amazon has a great deal for you. The LEGO Super Mario Bowser Express Train set is the perfect gift for kids 9 and up, and for a limited time it’s just $84 — 30% off of its usual $120 price. Finding a LEGO collaboration set with 1,392 pieces and 6 minifigures for this price is a deal well worth hopping on.
LEGO’s Super Mario sets occupy a unique space in the construction toy world. They’re not just display builds — they’re designed around interactive digital play with the LEGO Mario, Luigi, and Peach figures (sold separately), which scan bricks, collect digital coins, and react to enemies as they move through the environment. The Bowser Express Train is built to be played with, not just looked at, and the feature set reflects that: a locomotive with a lever-operated spinning platform and a Super Star Block, a passenger wagon with a removable roof for accessing the interior, and a cannon wagon with a spring-loaded shooter that actually fires. For kids who already have a LEGO Mario figure, this is one of the best expansion sets available.
Perfect Size
At 1,392 pieces, the LEGO Super Mario Bowser Express will keep a 9-year-old happily engaged for hours or even days. The finished train measures over 26 inches long, which makes it the centerpiece of a larger LEGO Super Mario layout. Two train stations and a handcar round out the set, creating a complete chase scenario — the heroes pursue the Bowser Express in the handcar, defeat enemies along the way, and reclaim the station.
Six minifigures are included: a Hammer Bro, Boom Boom, two Goombas, and two Para-Biddybuds, which populates the set with enough characters to make it feel complete without additional purchases. But it’s the interactive element is what keeps kids coming back after the build is done. LEGO Mario and friends scan the Super Star Block and enemy figures as they move through the train, triggering sound effects, coin collection, and challenge completions through the figure’s built-in screen and speaker. The companion app provides building instructions and play inspiration, and the set connects with other LEGO Super Mario expansion sets for anyone already building out a larger world.
Priced for Parents
For parents, the value in this Amazon deal is obvious: 1,392 pieces at $84 works out to about six cents per piece, which is a strong ratio for a licensed Nintendo set. LEGO Super Mario sets tend to hold their prices longer than generic themes, so a 30% discount on a set this size is worth acting on rather than waiting for.
The kids who are into LEGO and Super Mario don’t really care about the value equations — they just want to start a LEGO Super Mario world of their own, or add to the one they already have. The Bowser Express is perfect for both situations, and this Amazon deal makes the timing just right.
