{"id":133412,"date":"2023-04-28T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-148765"},"modified":"2023-04-28T15:45:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T15:45:00","slug":"lego-reveals-new-donkey-kong-adventure-playsets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/04\/28\/lego-reveals-new-donkey-kong-adventure-playsets\/","title":{"rendered":"LEGO Reveals New Donkey Kong Adventure Playsets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/79f0a53fb73c9\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/79f0a53fb73c9\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Donkey Kong LEGO\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/79f0a53fb73c9\/donkey-kong-lego.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/79f0a53fb73c9\/donkey-kong-lego.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Donkey Kong LEGO\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo Life \/ LEGO<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After being teased earlier on this week, we have now got our first proper look at four new Donkey Kong LEGO adventure playsets which provide another expansion to the LEGO Super Mario collection.<\/p>\n<p>The sets each contain one or two famous members of the Kong family, and have various interactive components to be used with other figures. The upcoming collection consists of Donkey Kong&#8217;s Tree House Expansion Set (\u00a357.99 \/ $59.99), Diddy Kong&#8217;s Mine Cart Ride Expansion Set (\u00a394.99 \/ $109.99), Dixie Kong&#8217;s Jungle Jam Expansion Set (\u00a320.99 \/ $26.99) and a smaller Rambi the Rhino Expansion set (\u00a38.99 \/ $10.99), all of which will release on <strong>1st August<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You can get a taste of each of these sets in the following announcement tweet from LEGO:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/lego_group\/statuses\/1651949484564201473 @ 2023-04-28T21:57:42+01:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jump into the wild side with new LEGO Super Mario\u2122 and Donkey Kong\u2122 adventure playsets! \ud83d\ude4c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gFsTuJerB5\">pic.twitter.com\/gFsTuJerB5<\/a><\/span>\u2014 LEGO (@LEGO_Group) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LEGO_Group\/status\/1651949484564201473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Tree House expansion (containing Donkey Kong and Cranky Kong figures) is now available to pre-order on the <a href=\"https:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lego.com%2Fen-gb%2Fproduct%2Fdonkey-kong-s-tree-house-expansion-set-71424&amp;key=ae68f205e9e6fcdefa7db1ab4f93a912\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" class=\"external afflink\">LEGO website<\/a>. Here&#8217;s a little more info about the set itself from LEGO:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8211; Join the DK crew at Donkey Kong\u2019s Tree House (71424) \u2013 Kids team up with Donkey Kong\u2122 in the jungle for banana-gifting, conga drum-playing fun with this colorful LEGO\u00ae Super Mario\u2122 Expansion Set<br \/>&#8211; 2 LEGO\u00ae Super Mario\u2122 figures from the Donkey Kong\u2122 world: Donkey Kong and Cranky Kong<br \/>&#8211; Authentic details \u2013 Explore the tree house with its buildable TV, radio and secret compartment, nap in the hammock, knock a banana off the palm tree, \u2018play\u2019 the conga drums and more<br \/>&#8211; Friendship play \u2013 Ride on Donkey Kong\u2019s back with LEGO\u00ae Mario\u2122, LEGO\u00ae Luigi\u2122 or LEGO\u00ae Peach\u2122 (figures not included), \u2018give\u2019 Donkey Kong\u2122 a banana and visit Cranky Kong several times to gain a reward<br \/>&#8211; Gift for ages 8 and up \u2013 This 555-piece set makes a fun birthday or holiday gift for kids who own a LEGO\u00ae Super Mario\u2122 Starter Course (71360, 71387 or 71403), which is needed for interactive play<br \/>&#8211; Rebuild and combine \u2013 Measuring over 7.5 in. (19 cm) high, 18 in. (46 cm) wide and 6.5 in. (17 cm) deep in its basic formation, this modular set combines with other LEGO\u00ae Super Mario\u2122 toy playsets<br \/>&#8211; Digital instructions \u2013 Download the LEGO\u00ae Super Mario\u2122 app for building instructions, inspiration and more. For a list of compatible Android and iOS devices, visit LEGO.com\/devicecheck<br \/>&#8211; Encourage kids\u2019 creativity \u2013 Collectible LEGO\u00ae Super Mario\u2122 toys are designed for solo or social play, offering coin-collecting fun and limitless creative challenges through expansion and rebuilding<br \/>&#8211; Premium quality \u2013 LEGO\u00ae building bricks satisfy rigorous industry quality standards, ensuring that they connect simply and strongly for robust builds<br \/>&#8211; Safety is a priority \u2013 LEGO\u00ae components are dropped, heated, crushed, twisted and analyzed to make sure that they comply with stringent global safety standards<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>As we have seen with previous expansions in the collection, none of these sets includes any of the interactive figures such as Mario, Luigi or Peach, and will need to be combined with one of the starter sets in order to be used like a Mario course.<\/p>\n<p><em>Are you going bananas for these new sets? Swing down to the comments and let us know.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer\">Please note that some external links on this page are affiliate links, which means if you click them and make a purchase we may receive a small percentage of the sale. Please read our <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/advertising\">FTC Disclosure<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo Life \/ LEGO After being teased earlier on this week, we have now got our first proper look at four new Donkey Kong LEGO adventure playsets which provide another expansion to the LEGO Super Mario collection. The sets each contain one or two famous members of the Kong family, and have various interactive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133412\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}