
"The Piranha Plant earns its Recommended rating with a BrickScore of 78.2 and a 4.82-star average from over 6,800 owners who praise its iconic design, coin-drop play feature, and satisfying build, though the top-heavy head assembly and price-per-piece are consistent niggles."
The LEGO Piranha Plant (71426) lands a BrickScore of 78.2 and a Recommended verdict, with owner ratings of 4.82 out of 5 across an impressive 6,810 ratings confirming the broad appeal of this Super Mario display piece. Owners consistently praised the iconic character design, the interactive coin-drop play feature, and the posable head, while a recurring concern is the top-heaviness of the model and occasional stability issues with the head assembly. The set sits comfortably in the mid-tier of the 18-plus Mario range, praised as a strong companion to larger sets like The Mighty Bowser.



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"71426 Piranha Plant is phenomenal! It has so much personality, which is helped by the level of posability and the coin dispensing play feature."
Brickset Reviews
"The LEGO Super Mario theme has produced many fun and playable sets since it premiered in 2020."
The Brothers Brick"This is the latest character set from the Super Mario world."
RacingBrick"I'm really underwhelmed with the LEGO Piranha Plant set, not because it's bad, there's actually lots of good stuff about it, but because it didn't meet my expectations for it"
Tiago Catarino
"71426 Piranha Plant is phenomenal! It has so much personality, which is helped by the level of posability and the coin dispensing play feature."

"The LEGO Super Mario theme has produced many fun and playable sets since it premiered in 2020."
"This is the latest character set from the Super Mario world."
"I'm really underwhelmed with the LEGO Piranha Plant set, not because it's bad, there's actually lots of good stuff about it, but because it didn't meet my expectations for it"
The Piranha Plant is a broadly beloved display piece and fun build that wins fans over with its posability and clever engineering, though a persistent minority find the head too heavy and structurally unstable for casual handling.
Amazon4.9
Target4.6
LEGO.com4.6