To say that this theme has been controversial would probably be an understatement. What many assumed would be a simple, easy, almost free money for Lego and Nintendo theme quickly turned into quite the debate. "Too many specific pieces", "The electronics are unnecessary", "It's going to look awful to display", "It's too expensive for what you're getting" (though that last one is justified), "Why can't it just be a normal Lego set?". Hopes for Minifig scale display sets like Peach's castle were quickly dashed by the reveal, and many weren't happy. Me? I honestly had a feeling something like this would happen. This is a Nintendo collaboration after all. When have those made sense? I could see why people weren't liking the look of it though, but now that this is out, were those criticisms justified? At time of writing, right now I only have the Adventures with Mario set, the set you need to get the most out of the theme, and will from this point out be referred to as the "Starter course". There are some things I can bring up about the rest of the wave in terms of criticisms (I'm not personally a fan of how they handled the powerups for example), but until I can get some first-hand experience, the bulk of this review is going to be focused on the Starter course.
