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Mario is an intricately detailed vinyl figure. Mario is clad in blue overalls, white gloves, a red shirt and a red hat bearing an auspicious “M”. Under the name “Jumpman” Mario initially appeared as the protagonist in Donkey Kong. Later, Mario appeared in the Mario Bros. games, emerging valiantly and selflessly to defend the Mushroom Kingdom and Princess Toadstool against the minions of King Koopa.

Luigi is an intricately detailed vinyl figure. Luigi is clad in blue overalls, white gloves, a green shirt and a green hat bearing an auspicious “L”. Luigi is the younger brother of Mario. Initially he was nearly identical to Mario, although in Super Mario Bros. 2. Luigi’s comparatively lanky disposition and his superior jumping ability helped to differentiate him from Mario.

Yoshi is an intricately detailed vinyl figure. Yoshi is a friendly apple-green dinosaur with a white belly and clunky brown shoes. Yoshi appeared in Superior Mario World, during which he assisted Mario as a mount. Yoshi was additionally useful in that he had the ability to gobble down various enemy types and would sometimes regurgitate said enemy types in egg-form. Few things suck more poignantly than getting pummeled from Yoshi and being forced to watch him obviously run away.

Toad is an intricately detailed vinyl figure. Toad is a fun-loving anthropomorphic mushroom with an overall shape approximate to a penguin or a salt shaker. Toad is among a breed indigenous to the Mushroom Kingdom, often found to be retainers of Princess Toadstool. In Super Mario Bros. 2, Toad was in fact a playable character, extremely useful in terms of speed and power, but decidedly underwhelming in jumping capacity.

Donkey Kong is an intricately detailed vinyl figure. The largest and most imposing figure in the assortment, Donkey Kong is a powerful brown gorilla with a kind of pointed pompadour and a blunt red necktie bearing an auspicious “DK” insignia. Donkey Kong recalls Mario from his “Jumpman” days, having taken the damsel Pauline captive and having hurled an endless number of barrels and other obstacles to prevent Mario/Jumpman from rescuing Pauline.