Mario eats super mushroom, becomes massive display at grocery store
It seems like Mario accidentally ate a mushroom in the vegetable aisle.
At least, at this small town grocery store called Orange Street Food Farm, located in Missoula, Montana. The organic market is currently displaying an incredible installation of Super Mario, Toadstool and Luigi, solely made out of 12-pack soda boxes.
According to the store's weekend manager, Paul Mori, the display was the brainchild of local Coca Cola reps stockers, who came in this past Friday to create the installation.
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"I think it took them an entire day to make it," said Paul Mori, the store's weekend manager, to Mashable.
Mori said the display, which stands around 12-feet high, is so big that customers are unable to make out the installation indoors, unless standing far back. That's when they do a double take and see the surprise, he said.
"My granddaughter and I were driving past recently and she was like, 'it's Mario!'" Mori said. "It's something that makes people happy."
The store says that the display changes monthly. One employee, Tyson Craft, said recently they created a Batman vs. Superman wall and before that, Jack Skellington.
For those wondering which soda boxes are which, Mori broke it down for us:
Orange: Fanta
Yellow: Mello Yello
Black: Coke Zero
Green: Sprite
Tan: Diet Coke
Silver: Barq's root beer
Red: Coca Cola
Blue: Sprite Zero
"The reaction is that everyone likes it and that's all that matters," he said.
Topics Gaming
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