This King Koopa-sized discount on Lego The Mighty Bowser may be our last chance to save now the set is retired

Plumbers and princesses beware, because the retired Lego The Mighty Bowser set just got a major price cut - and I'm worried this might be one of our last chances to get it for less than RRP.

His royal highness the King of the Koopas is now £184 at Amazon, down 20% from the full £230. Because this kit has now been discontinued, I doubt we're going to get many opportunities to save much on it down the line. Indeed, the model has already sold out via Lego itself, so can only be purchased from third parties while stock lasts... and even then, it normally seems to go for full price. Because I'd argue it's one of the best Lego sets overall and I'm a bit gutted to see it sail off into the sunset, I wanted to flag the offer while the going's good.

Lego Super Mario The Mighty Bowser | £229.99 £184 at Amazon
Save £45.99 - A 20% saving just dropped on this impressive model. While that isn't a record low, the kit has been retired and is no longer in stock from Lego itself. That means it'll gradually become harder to find until it vanishes entirely, and I can't imagine the price will go down to accommodate. If anything, I worry that prices could travel the other way as the set becomes scarcer, so this might be our best opportunity to grab Mighty Bowser for less. I'm certainly not hopeful for a return to the cheapest ever price, because we last saw that almost three years ago.

Buy it if:
✅ You want one of the most impressive Mario kits
✅ You're hoping to get the set before it sells out for good

Don't buy it if:
❌ You're happy to risk waiting for a bigger price cut

Price check:
💲 John Lewis | £184

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I built this kit a couple of years ago and absolutely adore the chunky bastard. Every one of the 2,800-odd pieces is absolutely full of character, and this model feels so much more alive than others of a similar size. I think a lot of that comes down to those emotive, movable eyes framed by Bowser's (also movable) red brows - it adds a lot. Actually, so much of the set is posable. The arms, the legs, the tail, the head... you can pose the King Koopa howsoever you like. It makes the otherwise flexible Lego Piranha Plant seem stiff and stilted by comparison.

I've not managed to put this side by side with the new Mario and Standard Kart set yet, but I'm tempted to say that they're to scale with one another to - or at least, close enough for jazz. That means The Mighty Bowser can be a fine addition to, or start of, a snazzy Super Mario display.

Will we get another Lego Bowser of this size and complexity in the future? Maybe - but I wouldn't count on it any time soon (a reprint of this model is more likely). There are so many other characters from the Mario universe to make, and Lego's designers always seem keen to try something new, so I suspect they'd prefer to give another beloved character a brick-based makeover instead.

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