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"With a BrickScore of 73.5, the LEGO Super Mario Character Pack series — including 71361 Peepa — is a near-unanimous hit: fun, affordable, and cleverly designed blind bags that expand both the playable Mario course and the display shelf with delightfully obscure Nintendo characters."
Reviewers overwhelmingly love the Series 1 Character Packs (71361 Peepa being one of ten blind-bag characters) as charming, affordable expansions to the LEGO Super Mario ecosystem. The variety of lesser-known Mario enemies — Urchin, Eep Cheep, Blooper, Fuzzy, and Peepa itself — earns special praise for going beyond the usual roster. Each pack's inclusion of a buildable terrain tile and an interactive ID tile for the Mario figure is consistently highlighted as a smart design choice. The only recurring friction is the blind-bag format, which makes targeted collecting frustrating and risks duplicates.
Where they split: Reviewers were split slightly on value: most rate it 5/5 at ~$5 a pack, but a handful knocked it down due to the randomness tax — buying multiples to chase a specific character inflates the effective per-character cost. Design accuracy of the terrain tiles also drew minor dissent, with a couple of reviewers feeling some backgrounds don't match the characters' in-game environments.
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"This LEGO recreation uses a SNOT technique and printed 2x2 piece to capture the spiky shape. It works and, as with rest of the characters in the theme, the printed piece is excellent."
Brick Fanatics
"71361 Character Packs provide a colourful collection of creatures to supplement the Super Mario starter set, 71360."
Brickset Reviews"This LEGO recreation uses a SNOT technique and printed 2x2 piece to capture the spiky shape. It works and, as with rest of the characters in the theme, the printed piece is excellent."
"71361 Character Packs provide a colourful collection of creatures to supplement the Super Mario starter set, 71360."
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