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Hot Wheels Gets The Bowser's Castle Treatment With New Mario Kart Set

Multiple racers with the Bowser's Castle set
Credit: Hot Wheels
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Every 90s kid has memories about Hot Wheels. Collectively, I think the Retro Dodo team had more of these kicking around our houses than any other toy as kids. This Bowser's Castle set takes me right back to playing with my miniature cars as a kid, only this time I can play with Mario Kart stalwarts like Yoshi, Bowser, and Waluigi while racing around an epic course.

And not only that, but Kamek is making his Hot Wheels debut!

Two marketing images for the Bowser's Castle set
Credit: Hot Wheels

'Build the track, start your collection.' Hot Wheels was always the gift that kept on giving, as you could expand your world with new die-cast models as you went. Whether you've got kids or you just really love Mario Kart, this is a great set to show off your love for two of the most exciting brands from our childhoods.

A wide shot of the Bowser's Castle set from Hot Wheels
Credit: Hot Wheels

The set comes with Kamek as a 1:64 scale character and features exciting loops, a slam launcher, and a Bullet Bill who swoops around and tries to knock Kamek and the other characters that you collect off course.

For the collectors amongst you, there's also space to display 38 vehicles in the set when not in use. That sounds like a challenge to collect them all to me if ever I heard one - it makes me think about completing the old Panini sticker books I used to get as a kid!

You can pick it up from Amazon with a current discount of 40%, or if you're in the UK, you can grab a set from Very with 15% off!

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Sebastian Santabarbara profile image Sebastian Santabarbara
Sebastian is fuelled by a lifelong passion for Zelda, Banjo Kazooie, Donkey Kong, and all things retro. He uses his misspent youth with retro consoles to create content for readers around the world.