LEGO Super Mario Coins Spotted In The Wild!
We first came across these ultra rare LEGO Super Mario Coins during the LEGO Super Mario launch in Asia. I believe the gold coin was exclusive to Hong Kong and the silver one was released in South Korea.
Now, there are reports coming in that they have been discovered in the United Kingdom, North America as well as Australia.
United Kingdom
- August 4th at Leicester Square and Southampton stores. No known requirements.
- August 6th, the Edinburgh store gave them away to people who took photos of 5 Mario figures hidden around the store.
North America
- A store in Canada gave them out with any purchase made (August 1).
- A New Jersey store had children interact with a themed scanner device. The device would display a result of “gold” or “silver” coin, and the child would receive that coin. A small scavenger hunt had to be attempted beforehand (August 8).
- An Ohio store has the scanner, but no scavenger hunt (August 7).
- A different Ohio store has the scavenger hunt, but no scanner (August 9).
- A store in Utah gave them out only to people who purchased Adventures with Luigi Starter Course (August 6 ).
Australia
- Purchases of Mario Lego sets at Zing stores
There does not seem to be one set way to obtain them as each store is reported to have their own redemption mechanic. The best would be to check with your store if they have it and how they are distributing them.
No word if this will actually roll out to other market regions like South East Asia or China as we have yet to encounter these gift with purchases yet.
(Images Via The Brick Post; ColonialLUG)
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My local Lego store (Overland Park, KS) handed them out to people waiting in line for the Aug 1st release of the Gunship. They had a rolling cart with a Mario display. There was a box you waived your hand over and a colored coin would display on a screen on the front of the box. That was how they determined if you received a silver or gold coin.
En stockholm Suecia se entregaron las monedas encontrando 3 personajes de lego Mario escondidos