For those too young to know, the vest features a screenshot from World 1-1 of Super Mario Bros. Super knitter sister Happy Seamstress made the vest for her husband, who apparently is the 10-year old version of John Hodgman. I’m kidding, Mr. Happy Seamstress (and Mr. John Hodgman).

Happy Seamstress has been asked for a knitting pattern as many times as Mario has abused that poor World 3-1 turtle’s shell for extra lives, so she’ll be posting said knitting pattern soon. Meanwhile check out her site so you can gather the materials and practice her instructions.

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Dirk took about 60 hours to build this 2-foot tall LEGO Yoshi, complete with bulbous proboscis (I think I know the name of my new band). Sure, he’s nowhere nearly as tall as the 5-foot 9-inch tall Mario, but that doesn’t make Yoshi any less cool in my book. Check out the video clip below to see timelapse footage of the build in progress.

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The gameplay of Tuper Tario Tros. starts out just like SMB, but as you start to proceed across the platforms, you quickly find out that the Mushroom Kingdom is largely impassable due to the configuration of blocks in your way. How ever do you get through? Simple – press your space bar and flip right into Tetris mode. You can drop your own blocks and create your own path to freedom.

The game combines platforms and puzzles in a way that works surprisingly well. The biggest challenge is that you constantly need to flip-flop between modes in order to battle baddies and to give you a place to go. It’s not easy – but if you do manage to get to the end of world 1-1, you’ll get “rewarded” with a Goomba boss battle where you have to build a castle out of Tetris blocks while being attacked. Fun, no? I dare you to make it past the first level.

Ready to try Tuper Tario Tros.? Head on over to Newgrounds and check it out now.

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This super-soft-looking pillow is one of a series celebrating a variety of Super Mario Bros-related objects, and if you ask me? It’s certainly the prettiest. Maybe I’m just partial to the nested circles and the bright colors, but surprisingly, fire flowers make great pillows. But the simple designs from Nintendo’s original powerhouse all look great in appliqué form, it seems.

deviantARTist Omonomopoeia seems to work in sets; the pillows shown here only represent about half of the pillow series, and before that, earrings and charms seemed to dominate. Nothing like a little variety to keep your fandom fresh.

Created by stained glass artist Radiant Art, this stained glass super ’shroom was created as an homage to the classic 8-bit Super Mario Bros. series. Instead of being made from pixels, it’s made from colorful glass. The piece was created from over 80 individual pieces of glass and comes in a 15-inch square zinc frame – I’m pretty sure there was no zinc in the Mushroom Kingdom. All I remember is gold coins. So much for accuracy. Feh.

So if you’re looking for some art to complement your other Mario decor, you can find the super mushroom stained glass window over on Radiant Art’s Etsy shop for $175 (USD). While you’re over there, be sure to say hello to Pac-Man.

You know, looking at this, the opening of Super Mario Bros., it occurs to me that I couldn’t possibly guess how many times I have played through this moment of the game. I think the motions are probably so ingrained in my fingers that I could do it with my eyes closed. But is that a testament to the game, or to the NES’s amazing gamepad?

I like the blue on the Mario bag, but it has to lose out to the controller that lives on in my heart. But whatever your tastes, from Donkey Kong to Pac-Man, you can find it in the 16-BIT Etsy shop.

The plumbing pair looks pretty snazzy against that blue background, but the simplicity of the white handles on the undecorated front side really make this dresser stand out. This project, made lovingly by a father for his toddler son, took several months and was documented on the Sprite Stitch forums. When Semifrank began work on the dresser, he wasn’t even sure where he was going with the design. No plan, no problem–the end result turned out great.

Here’s the dresser at various stages. Keeping that baby away from the project space and materials had to be fun, and by fun, I mean a potential nightmare. But the end result? Completely worth it.

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With these fun Super Mario Bros. refrigerator magnets, you can turn your ice box into yet another video game system. Just arrange the blocks to match your favorite level, and start moving Mario from platform to platform while you grab a can of beer.

Etsy crafter MagnetGames makes these kits out of perler beads – one of geek craftdoms’ main weapons of choice thanks to their pixel-like structure when melded together. The large kit ($25 USD) comes with 22 magnets in total, including a couple of different Marios, power-up and 1up ’shrooms, an assortment of bricks and blocks, a piranha plant, some coins, and of course, green pipes. There’s also a smaller set available with just 11 pieces for $15 bucks.

You can grab a complete set over at MagnetGames’ Etsy shop. Add on sets of extra coins and parts to build out bigger levels are also available.

You read that right–this Super Mario Bros shuns the traditional controller and instead relies on music (clapping, drumming, singing) to get to that other castle. Artists Marc Sciglimpaglia and Phoenix Toews, the minds behind this remix, used “nin.reflux” software to hack the ROM in order to produce the effect.

And lo! There is even a video. Super Mario Hero-Band? I’d try it.

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