Best Buy's Black Friday in July sale has dropped the LEGO Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi set — item number 71438 — to $90.99, a 30% instant discount and the lowest price it has ever hit. It's also the first time the set has fallen below $100. Stock is limited, though: many locations are already sold out for shipping, so you may need to check in-store availability.
The set stands nearly 16 inches tall and 5 inches wide, built from 1,215 pieces. It's a mostly 2D display build, but it has a couple of satisfying interactive touches — a crank handle that animates Yoshi running with Mario on his back, and a dial that makes Yoshi's tongue flick in and out. LEGO rates it for ages 18 and up, and the build does involve fiddly small bricks alongside technical elements like rubber bands, hinges, and ball joints. IGN's own reviewer built the set and called it his favorite Nintendo LEGO set to date.
There's an added reason not to sleep on this deal. According to Brick Fanatics — a well-regarded LEGO news source — the Mario & Yoshi set is set to retire on July 31, along with several other Mario-themed sets. LEGO hasn't officially confirmed that date on its own site, but Brick Fanatics has a solid track record on retirement news. Once a LEGO set retires, prices on the secondary market tend to climb fast.
If you're a Nintendo fan or a LEGO collector, this is a hard deal to pass up at this price — especially with a potential retirement date just around the corner. Just move quickly, because shelf stock at Best Buy locations is already thinning out.
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