If you’ve never played Super Mario 64 before, you’ll probably think they look rather neat then think no more about them. The Question Mark Block itself is really only the outer shell the real feature is on the four level dioramas hidden inside. Yes, I keep using that word – magic – but it really is the best word to describe this fantastic build. Even after spinning around the top of the cube to reveal the levels inside twenty or thirty times, it still feels like magic. Perhaps the best thing about this build, though, is just how effortlessly everything works. Everything is very cleverly constructed using very basic hinges and joints, but yet the final result is something that appears way more complex than it actually is. That may sound like an exaggeration, but just look at the ingeniousness of this thing:Ĭonsidering how ‘technical’ the Question Mark Block seems in function, there’s actually very little Technic building involved. Instead, every stage of the build leaves you more and more dumbfounded and impressed. The way the Question Mark Block is constructed means there’s never any time for repetition (apart from the very last step, when you need to create two ‘?’ concurrently – but that’s the only point where you’ll ever build something identical). Surely it’s a boring, repetitive build, then? That couldn’t be further from the truth. There’s a lot of yellow, and its four outward-facing sides appear to be identical. It’s the biggest set I’ve built since the rather woeful Volkswagen T2 Camper Van, and it has been the perfect antidote to restoring my faith in how magical building LEGO can be.Īt face value, the Super Mario Question Mark Block might not look like much. I’m going to cut straight to the chase here: putting together LEGO 71395 Super Mario 64 Question Mark Block is one of the most satisfying LEGO building experiences I’ve had in a while. The instruction booklet is 264 pages and is prefaced by information about the set, Super Mario 64 and the levels featured in the set. Later numbers tend to be just one bag, so they’re easy to get through.

Most earlier numbers have two (sometimes three) bags. Let’s jump straight to the good news: there’s not a single sticker in sight! Inside the box you’ll find an instruction booklet and 13 sets of numbered bags.

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