deviantARTist l1vethedream reports that the Big Daddy project took a long time, and no wonder–most perler bead craft centers around pixelated images. That means the Big Daddy had to be re-imagined before the project could get underway. The end result is worth the time, though!  Now someone just needs to whip up a beaded Little Sister. You know, just to keep him company.

It’s like a little puzzle! Rearrange them over and over to recreate your favorite two-second segements from the game. Punch a block! Leap through the air! Die to Bullet Bill! The options are endless. Okay, they’re not, but who feels like multiplying all these elements together? Not me, that’s for sure.

The SNES sprites turned up on Flickr and are also available at Etsy, though apparently not the whole set. You can add some Super Street Fighter II art to the mix, though. It’s timely, with the release of Street Fighter IV, and Ryu can probably beat down some koopa for real.

[Etsy via Flickr]

Put coins and even paper bills inside! Or mushrooms and flowers and stars and leaves. Although they look fragile, the blocks are actually held together by contact cement. So if you get one, you can re-enact Mario’s block hitting antics. Or don’t. Yeah, just don’t.

If you’re afraid that Mario’s gonna come and hit your question mark block, you can fool him by using the brick block patterns on the other sides as its facade.

These coin blocks sell for $14. Really cheap for something so unique.