Review: 72050 Mario Kart - Luigi & Mach 8

In 1983, Luigi was created by performing a simple colour swap of Mario’s sprite in the Mario Bros. arcade game. Since then, his unique identity has developed beyond ‘green Mario’ and has even spun off into his own separate games. The choice of Luigi’s name was inspired by the formal Japanese word for similar, pronounced “ruiji”. While there are many similarities to 2025’s 72037 Mario & Standard Kart, in this set, Luigi stands, or rather sits, tall on his own in his often-used Mach 8...