Flexing creative muscles and coming up with new ways to use old pieces is what keeps LEGO so popular and relevant even in the digital age. Just this week, we reported on a fan who created a Breath of the Wild LEGO set using the official LEGO Ideas website. Nintendo’s Super Mario LEGO sets haven’t been out more than a week, and they’re already sparking tons of amazing ideas in fans.
The creatives over at Playfool on YouTube, for example, have figured out how to easily replicate the barcodes that make the new sets work. In their video, they show how, once printed, the barcodes can be applied like stickers and will be recognized by Mario as course pieces. This lets builders turn virtually anything into a course for LEGO Mario to jump around in. They used this technique to make a real-life Paper Mario course that integrates LEGO, Labo, and even papercraft of their own making!
The best part of all of this is that they’ve made the printable barcodes available for everyone via a Google Drive. You can watch the full video breaking down how they managed this feat below. The results of their efforts are sure to bring a smile to your face!
If you want to see even more LEGO Mario content, our own Jason and Lauren recently opened and built every LEGO Mario enemy blind-bag set over on our YouTube channel!
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Written by Marcus Ramirez
A writer and dreamer who loves all things tropical, bright, colorful, and shiny. Marcus is obsessed with Kingdom Hearts and patiently awaits its triumphant return to Nintendo hardware. He has a (totally real) court order that requires him to always have a 3DS or Switch on his person when leaving the house for more than a few hours.
