At the end of the day, Nintendo is a toy company. Mario, being their flagship mascot has been formed into more playable plastic molds than most other franchise characters combined. He’s like the Mickey Mouse ♌of video games, and everyone wants a💮 piece. Personally, Mario means a great deal to me and I have definitely fallen prey to purchasing a wide array of toy-like interpretations of my little Italian buddy. Just try and go into a Best Buy or a GameStop these days and NOT leave with a stuffed Mario. It’s nearly impossible as most gaming outlets are staying afloat by sales on these lovably tangible collectibles.
However, not all of the Mario toysꦚ you can purchase out there in the deep reaches of the web or in the dark swamp meets of the earth are, shall we say, great? In fact, not all of them were even licensed by Nintendo. Mario, like Mickey Mouse or Bart Simpson, has been used to execute a wide variety of half-baked or straight up looney ideas. Not that I wouldn’t buy every single one🐼 of these toys, but not for nothing, they are very weird.
Below is a list of 15 weird toys that bare the Super Mario name or likeness.ꦫ We have also included 15 awesome toys to balance out the bizarre and give context to what makes a truly great Super Mario product. Most of these items you can find purchasable (at a reasonable price) as a gift for the Mario fanatic in your life.
29 WEIR🍌D: Kewpie Mario And Luigi
Ou💃r little Mario pals have never looked♍ weirder! Look at these little chibi-monsters and only the size of a coin?
These little ones have everything you're looking for in a weird toy including creep factor!
They made a lot of Kewpie toys all based off of the mascot of a Japanese mayonnaise company (a sentence you never thought you would hear). Now, be👍 honest with yourself, how bad you do want these two boys? As weird as they are they would look great in a glass case or on the dashboard of a car.
28 𒁃 BEST: Super Star Tree Topper
This is such an obvious choice for a toy, but I bet you never thought of i☂t. Using the in-game canon Mario Super Star as a holiday tree topper is brilliant! I bet that thing lights up and when it does I bet your whole body fills wꩵith nostalgic chills. This is also conspicuous enough to please everyone, including non-Nintendo fans because this fun yellow buddy just looks like a star. While this Super Star Tree Topper is clearly intended for holiday use, I'm sure no one will mind if you pull it out of the attic early to play with it?
27 WEIRD: Dino And Martin 𒀰
Who doesn't love the good old Super Martin Bros. I'll tell you who, no one because they don't exist. So,🍨 this is obviously a knock-off Mario toy but wowza! They didn't even try to use a close facsimile of Yoshi's name. Plus, I can't think of Martin without thinking of the hot '90s sitcom bearing the same title. One might agree that this certainly qualifies for weird, but also lazy. Not to mention Dino's eyes are the things that nightmares are made of.
26 BEST: Boo Bean Bag C🌠hair ♛
Nothing like taking a big load off after a long day of work by landing softly onto this big fluffy ghost. This is the scariest/cu🏅test chair you could ever own. It's perfect!
Beware! This chair will follow you around until you look at it, at which point it will stop dead in its tracks.
Only ki♐dding! The oౠnly threat this fluffy ghost poses is the threat of a nice long nap. Do not snooze on this oversized pillow pal.
25 𒀰 WEIRD: Mario Kicking Trophy
Whoever designed this particular Mario trophy had a particularly violent interpretation ☂of our plumbing hero. Look at the furious way Mario has decided to punt this poor Koopa into the stratosphere. In fact, if you look closely at Mario's face you might be unsure who the true villain really is. Another noticeably strange feature of this odd collectible is the lack of white in Mario's eyes. Can you imagine an appropriate situation where you would likely display this? We can't!
24 ꦐ ❀ BEST: Mario Kart 8 Mini Anti-Gravity RC Racer
Remote control cars are already very fun. Developing a working remote control Mario Kart is a no-brainer! Any honest boy or gi🤡rl would go bananas opening this up Christmas morning. Sure, this will probably eat batteries faster than a world-stopping robot but who cares. The joy of watching Jump Man become Drive Man in real time is bar-none 🦹an experience one never forgets. Even if you never took his out of the box it would still look great on a shelf or on display. No way around it, the Mario Kart 8 Mini Anti-gravity RC Racer is a match for all.
23 WEIRD: Super Mario Bros. Movie🧔 Action Figures
All you need are two working sets of eyeballs to understand why this line of action figures is a huge problem. For one, they're pretty ugly (even for action figures). For two, they all hail from the same terrible Super Mario Bros. Movie that almost ruined Nintendo from making entertainment outside video games, forever. Mario, Luigi, and King Koopa would almost make nice collectibles (if you were 🌟collecting bad things), but who are those two guys i🌠n the back?! Honestly, I would Google them but maybe it's best to just let sleeping Yoshies lie.
22 BEST: Super Mario McD𝐆onald's Toys ღ
Happy Meals are probably the most joyful food a child can receive. They are low in nutrition, but high in fun! Of course, the big draw w🌳ith any Happy Meal from McDonald's is the toy you get with each one🦹.
Super Mario toys are up there with Pokemon and Beanie Babies for most sought after McDonald's toys ever.
This is the kind of haul that would make the hoarding collecto🍎r in us chase down even the most stingy eBay seller. Luckily, more recent set♈s go for pretty cheap.
21 WEIRD: Super ꦉMario♋ 2 Bow Biters
Much like everything that came from Super Mario Bros. 2 in America, this is weird. Being that it does bare the title boldly on the box, however, is actually kind of cool. We cannot imagine someone actually wearing these, or an🌄y bow biters for that matter. They just seem like more trouble then they're worth. But, as a piece of rare Ninten♐do collectibles, I can definitely see the appeal. You can get one in-box on for about $65.
20 BE🤡ST: Mari🔴o Kart Hot Wheels
These aren't technically out yet, but come 2019 get ready🦂 to build those tracks and grease those wheels because these little racers will be gearing to ride. What a novel idea. Much like the Mario Kart 8 Mini Anti-gravity RC Racer, these make a lot of tactile sense. It's almost curious why they have never been made before. Of course, we want to take our favorite Mario friends for a little ღride down the kitchen table, accidentally drop it on the floor, and pray it isn't broken. Hot Wheels are fun.