{"id":132281,"date":"2023-03-07T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-146151"},"modified":"2023-03-07T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T17:30:00","slug":"random-mario-movie-plumbing-van-rolled-up-to-springs-london-comic-con","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/03\/07\/random-mario-movie-plumbing-van-rolled-up-to-springs-london-comic-con\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Mario Movie Plumbing Van Rolled Up To Spring&#8217;s London Comic Con"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a7820d55c8948\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a7820d55c8948\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Mario Movie Plumbing Van\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a7820d55c8948\/mario-movie-plumbing-van.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA4Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"508\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a7820d55c8948\/mario-movie-plumbing-van.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Mario Movie Plumbing Van\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo \/ Illumination<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last weekend saw the first London Comic Con of the year arrive at Olympia London, bringing with it a whole host of stars and fans from the worlds of movies, TV and comics. While Nintendo is often not the biggest name at this event, this season&#8217;s convention brought a certain iconic plumber twist thanks to the upcoming <strong>Mario Movie<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>And thus we land at why on Earth a real-life version of the Mario Bros. Plumbing van was parked in the middle of a convention hall in West London. What better advertisement is there than to bring a bit of your movie out of its animated form and park it up for fans to see?<\/p>\n<p>Some snaps of the attraction were shared to Twitter by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Aiden1291\">@Aiden1291<\/a> (thanks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintenderos.com\/2023\/03\/la-furgoneta-de-super-mario-y-luigi-existe-en-la-vida-real\/\">Nintenderos<\/a>) which you can check out below \u2014 just look at all of the detail that they got in there&#8230;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/aiden1291\/statuses\/1632501921327067136 @ 2023-03-08T00:01:56+00:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Mario Plumbing van was at the London Film and Comic Con<\/p>\n<p>YOOO! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5muWK8keLR\">pic.twitter.com\/5muWK8keLR<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 Aiden129 (@Aiden1291) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Aiden1291\/status\/1632501921327067136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>If you have been keeping up with all of the Mario Movie publicity on the run up to its release on <strong>5th April<\/strong>, then you will likely recognise the van from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pu57M7cjSD4\">recent trailer<\/a> that parodies <strong>The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!<\/strong> rap. Only the one to appear in London seems a little bigger and, you know, more real.<\/p>\n<p>The movie&#8217;s final trailer is set to premiere in a special Nintendo Direct later this week on <strong>9th March<\/strong>. Will we finally hear a little more of Chris Pratt&#8217;s much-discussed movie voice? Our fingers are (hesitantly) crossed.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/mario\/related-articles:145550 @ 2023-03-07T23:27:24+00:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>What other Mario Movie items would you like to see brought to life? Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo \/ Illumination Last weekend saw the first London Comic Con of the year arrive at Olympia London, bringing with it a whole host of stars and fans from the worlds of movies, TV and comics. 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