Thanks to Dianne for sending me this awesome picture! As an amateur guitarist and massive Mario fan I must say I was a little bit excited to stumble across such an awesome addition to life! Some Koopa Troopa fan must have hand carved this marvelous piece by hand and then refined it into this awesome piece of rock and roll bad-ass-ary!

Get your Koopa Horns ready to rock…

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Queen to bishop 6, check mate! I think that may have been a quote from Bladerunner but let’s focus on the game of chess, more specifically Super Mario Chess! We all know that the game of chess is a good one, but over time the traditional white and black pieces have become stale and boring…how I loathe those boring lifeless pieces…Anyway, where was I…Ah yes, why not spice up your chess playing days with this awesome Super Mario Chess set? With Mario as King and Luigi (suspiciously) as the Queen of one team and Bowser and Koopa Jnr lead the opposing forces you know you are in for a barrel of fun!

For less than $40 you can bring our beloved plumber into your dining room! A word of warning however, this game brings with it another avenue for which Toad can annoy you, it may lead to a series of expletives directed at that mushroom wearing fungi that rivals that of a good Mario Kart session.

I won’t bore you with more ramblings, I think these pictures will make you want to buy yourself a set!

As per usual Drew over at KPfashion.com.au has got the ball rolling for our latest Bowser’s Blog after he sent me the first picture of the 4 listed here!

Some of these costumes are really well done and then there are some that…aren’t. I love the idea behind this Mario/Yoshi combination for a costume and the time and dedication that would be required to construct them is truly awe inspiring too! It takes a real dedicated fan to sit up for hours at a sewing machine to construct their own Mario and Yoshi Costume…

Here are our 4 images!

It doesn’t look like there are any professionally made costumes that are along these lines so if you don’t want to make your own perhaps you can combine some of the following pre-made costumes!

Drew is the man once more with his awesome Bowser’s Blogs submissions! This picture features a girl with some incredible ear stuff going on! If I had my ears pierced I cannot think of a better type of earring than a couple of Super Mario Piranha Plants!

It looks like a fan is making these and selling them! They are currently out of stock but if you are looking to get your hands on some of these you may be in luck! This could be the start of some awesome Nintendo fashion accessories…

I stumbled across this awesome picture on reddit the other day and just had to share it on Bowser’s Blog! This cool image depicts a kind of realistic version of the classic original Donkey Kong, complete with Mario and Hammer, a rather seductive Pauline and predominantly featuring a King Kong like Donkey Kong!

If you are like me you probably spent a fair bit of time on this classic game so you may be having mixed reactions to seeing this realistic portrayal…do not fear, I promise you the monkey has not come alive and he is not after you anymore! You do not have to dodge the barrels…please stop with the barrels…

…Maybe I played too much of the game…

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Just when you were struggling to find that perfect super Mario piece to add to your wardrobe along comes Mario Mayhem and presents you with these bad boys! I hope you enjoy these very stylish looking converse all stars complete with super Mario bros 1 (old school NES) imagery! I actually wish I knew a little more about where these came from and how I could get my hands on some…they almost look like a custom job but they also look really well finished!

Anyway…I haven’t owned a pair of all stars in my life but if I could find these things may just change. Many thanks to Shadow for sending this to me!

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Well as our 100th Bowser’s Blog blog post it seems fitting that we post a Mario Mayhem original! I had this idea for this picture for a long time but only just found my old Nintendo Zapper and the spare time today to do this!

This is part of what is fast becoming Duck Hunt Day at Mario Mayhem, today we added Duck Hunt Sprites and an awesome Duck Hunt Flash Game!

I think I spent too much time playing Duck Hunt in my youth…

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Ah the humble mushroom, the raw essence of Mario. We have seen it transform so many times over the years, from it’s pixalated beginnings on the NES to crazy Mega monstrosities on the DS the Mushroom has evolved almost as much as our favourite blue overall wearing plumber. Lucky for us an awesome Deviant artist by the name of MyBurningEyes has taken the evolution of the mushroom to a whole new level! Check out these fantastic ideas of different styled mushrooms! I wonder if Nintendo will ever incorporate any of these ideas?

I won’t lie, this is probably one of the coolest things I have come across this year!

When Mario goes to war he puts up propaganda! Or something… Thanks a lot to Chris G for sending me these awesome pics! There is something to be said about the old war propaganda posters, and whomever created these Mario versions sure hit the mark! If these were up during world war 2 I’m sure most people would hardly look twice they look so authentic!

The Koopa’s are fighting! Why aren’t you?

This is one pipe you don’t want to go down! Haha! Well, what better room of the house than the toilet to decorate in tribute to our favorite blue overall wearing, goomba squashing, fireball throwing plumber?

Complete with 1 up styled tissue cosey this room is sure to take you back to the classic NES Mario world.

Enjoy!