Banpresto – Super Mario – Luigi Slippers

Character Name: Luigi
Series Name: Super Mario
Company: Banpresto
Set: Banpresto Super Mario Slipper Set
Year: 1993

These slippers were a Japanese UFO catcher prize from the company Banpresto, and are part of a set of five characters that included Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, and Bowser. The slipper colors were red, green, pink, orange, and blue, respectively. I’m pretty sure the ring the characters are popping out of is supposed to be a pipe, and I love that it includes their little arms sticking out out. The noses on Mario and Luigi are actually a flocked sphere and not plush fabric like the rest of the face. The character designs resemble Banpresto’s other Mario UFO catcher plushes of this era. I’d love to see pictures of the actual UFO catcher machines these were available in!