DaredevilFan Posted October 9 Posted October 9 12 minutes ago, BatDeanj said: What time are we expecting the images today? Most reveals seem to happens around 2pm BST, so around 2 hours. But with it being related to comic con it could be a bit later Quote
psqidexslizer Posted October 9 Posted October 9 (edited) 2 hours ago, BatDeanj said: What time are we expecting the images today? Between the lack of any leaks yesterday and the lack of any sort of tease from Lego, I’d be surprised if that rumor turned out to be true. But I think we may still see the potential sets and minifigures from gameplay demos. Edited October 9 by psqidexslizer Quote
BrickBob Studpants Posted October 9 Posted October 9 Pics are out! All 3 Batmobiles are well-realised, the greebling on the logo is a neat touch with the rogue gallery‘s accessories hidden throughout, and the golden Man is pretty cool ^^ Still sucks we‘re getting nothing but MAN Quote
Mandalorianknight Posted October 9 Posted October 9 My thoughts: Pattmobile: Yeah, the car is speed-champions level good. Not going to pick it up, but it's very well-done. Soupless gunmobile: This might be the first DC set I buy since the 2021 tumbler. Another speed-champions quality build. Binless manbinmobile: In my opinion this one had the worst source material to work with, but man, it still looks the worst to me. The wings are really clunky, and I assume the lack of a windscreen is accurate but man the open-air cabin is stupid looking. I can't imagine what kid looks at the three cars on offer and chooses this one, and given B&R's reputation and the fact that it doesn't even have robin or the freezinator, I can't imagine this sells well with ANY demographic. Logo: Worst one here, just because the logo should have been an easy aesthetic layup. The greebling, as expected, looks awful. At least the SW and Marvel logos looked clean and professional, this just looks ugly. I think yellow backing was also necessary to help it stand out- between the greebling and the fact that unlike the other logos they've put it angled on a stand, this just looks like a weird batwing drone. Even the golden Man is worse than it should have been- it also should have had the type 2 cowl, but both that and the type 3 cowl have seemingly retired in favor of the dual-molded one. Overall, good car builds, but a terrible time for the theme. At this point Man deserves to celebrate alone, in his cave, with a gold statue of himself, some cars, a big black blob of greebles, and no friends. If the DC theme thinks this is in any way a good move, they deserve their fate. I look forward to Clooney Batman's set hitting $15 within a year of release. Quote
icm Posted October 9 Posted October 9 The Reeves car looks really good. It's a solid improvement on the old set in proportions and details, makes good use of new parts, and it's at a good price. The BvS car is a mixed bag. The color is an improvement, and the construction of the front wheel armor is much better, but the old dedicated element worked better for the windscreen than this generic printed element. The price should be $20. The B&R car is, you know what, it's cute. I don't like the movie car and I wouldn't like a larger model that was to scale with the 1989 or TAS cars, but I can dig this set as a cute little version of a 4+ Batmobile at a slightly higher age rating. It should still be $20 though. The shape of the logo is great, but it should be smooth and ungreebled and sold at half the price. This is one thing that doesn't need greebling all over the place. And Golden Batman is just weird and tacky. Quote
icm Posted October 9 Posted October 9 Mark Stafford openly spoke of having Speed Champions envy when he talked about designing the Forever Batmobile last year, which I thought was funny because the set was scaled much larger than the preceding Batmobiles since 2021 that were more or less in Speed Champions scale. Now that the Speed Champions envy is in the open with three $30 cars next January, I think it's deliciously ironic that the Forever car, as a strangely large set, is followed by the B&R car bludgeoned into scale as a kiddy car, when the prop car is fifty percent longer than the 1989 prop car so it could legitimately hit an overpriced ninety buck price point if it were done to scale at Speed Champions standards. Not that I'm complaining. That's one car where I'd much rather have a cute little playset than a larger display model stuffed with gonzo building techniques. Quote
Coryo Posted October 9 Posted October 9 At least they're finally taking advantage of the one positive aspect of the new cowl piece and actually using different head pieces for the various actors. It looks like Pattinson reuses Paul Atreides' face print and Affleck has the new Quicksilver/Bucky head piece. All of the minifigs are genuinely really well-done, it's just a shame they chose to exclude every other character not named Batman. The BvS Batmobile does look better from certain angles than the 2016 version, but the lack of the specially-molded doors does hurt it a little. The Reeves version seems about as good as the 2022 one, although I can't properly tell if it will only have room for one minifig. I wonder if Lego had any information about The Batman Part II by the time this set was in production, because I could see a possibility where this set retires and then another version including sequel characters releases almost immediately after. Compared to the other two using airbrushed promotional images, the realistic photo of Battinson just staring directly at you from the corner of the box is frying me Quote
G_Brickley Posted October 9 Posted October 9 Well I might pick up the Pattmobile, but man is this a disappointing wave. The builds and figures (with the exclusion of the logo) are all pretty decent and it’s a nice milestone to have every mainline live action Batman represented in Minifigure form, but seriously?! Not 1 other character?! Not even in the sets based on movies where the TITLE features another character!! The BvS one is the most egregious with the Batman figure being the suit he only uses to fight Superman and at no other point in the movie. You mean to tell me the budget would really be sooooo stretched by including one new Superman torso print with a reused head, hair, legs, and cape!? I have a similar bone to pick with the B&R one, in that if they had gone with Batman’s main and less detailed suit from the majority of the film they would once again probably have the print budget for a head and torso for the other title character. Aaaand then there’s the logo… the only “compliment” I could possibly give it is that comparing it to the other two logos gives a really good chart on where each theme is at. Star Wars is plagued with the 18+ brand, Marvel’s comes with under detailed and inaccurate Minifigures plus a poorly thought out play feature, and then this is flimsy and comes with nothing but two Batman figures. I don’t understand how Lego can go from showing they understand the fan demand with a set like Arkham and then turn around in a matter of months and give us this. It’s a good thing DC customs are becoming more prevalent, even if a lot of them are on the expensive side, at least it’s something other than Batman. Quote
DaredevilFan Posted October 9 Posted October 9 For £25 I’m actually really happy with the Batmobiles, I’d love to get the rest in this style. It’s cool you get a gold variant in the game as well. My main issue is this is all we’re getting, if we got some other Batman playsets with villains or other DC characters then one or two of these it would be great. Minifigs all look great, the Cowl works pretty well for Battinson, the shape and ear length look good just mainly the chin strap is the issue. The logo is well pretty boring, really should have done the yellow and black and thrown in some villains. Also looks like all sets come with a 20th anniversary piece. Pretty sad way to celebrate 😂 Quote
doclord Posted October 9 Posted October 9 Geez that Clooneybats figure is fantastic. Shame about the car. Quote
psqidexslizer Posted October 9 Posted October 9 (edited) My thoughts: logo: contending with the Shadowbox and $500 Hulkbuster for the distinction of worst superheroes set of all time Pattinson mobile: build is a slight improvement over the prior one, same with the minifigure. Affleck mobile: massive downgrade. The color is arguably better but the build of the windshield and back looks so much worse. The front and sides are arguably more accurate, but they look so much worse than the much cleaner 2016 version. Same with the minifigure, it’s more accurate in terms of print but the bulky armor piece was better at capturing the character even it was less accurate. Clooney mobile: this is the dumbest Batmobile build I have ever seen. And I love it. Is it 100% accurate to the movie? No. It’s 200% accurate! Easy day one purchase. Edited October 9 by psqidexslizer Quote
THELEGOBATMAN Posted October 9 Posted October 9 God, I hate this theme so much... this would ne a nice March wave for LEGO DC to promote their new Batman video game—if it wasn't all we're (probably) getting next year. The Batfleck Batmobile is really well-built. It's very sleek, the grey makes it pop, and it's definitely an improvement over the previous one—except for the cockpit. Batfleck looks really cool. Why is the cape black though? At least the helmet works fine here... Battinson's Batmobile is awesome. Somehow, it's a big improvement over the previous one (which was already really good), and probably one of the most accurate ones we've ever gotten. The minifigure is an improvement, thanks to a new face, dual-moulding, and a helmet with shorter ears. Still, it's not *great*. Just good enough. Unfortunately, Cloone'ys Batmobile isn't executed particularly well. It's missing a lot of texture, which really makes the design pop, whether you like it or not. The minifigure is awesome though, definitely the best one of the bunch. I almost forgot about the logo while writing this—man, what a laughable set. I like the texture on the logo, along with all the tiny easter eggs... but that's about it. It's an ugly display piece, and the minifigures are awful. Quote
brickbride Posted October 9 Posted October 9 (edited) I think the logo looks better than the Marvel one. You decide whether I think it's that great or the Marvel one was just worse. Otherwise this wave looks depressing as hell, it makes even Star Wars look colourful! To think LEGO Marvel skipped the Thunderbolts movie entirely, probably at least in part because of the drab colour scheme, and then LEGO DC gives us an entire wave of nothing but this. Even a single other minifig per set such as, say, SUPERMAN or ROBIN, would have made a huge difference. Batman is still huge with kids but between a logo and three different cars from non-kid-friendly older movies I don't see anything here for kids. EDIT: LEGO have always fostered a certain "Collect 'em all" mentality (i.e. modular Hogwarts Castle going back as far as 2001, collectible tiles in different sets of the same wave, CMF series...) but lately the things we're supposed to collect are all basically the same thing: an entire wave of F1 Speed Champions, an entire CMF series of barely distinguishable F1 cars, and now three Batmobiles in a single wave. Is that going to be a continuing trend? What do you think? Edited October 9 by brickbride Quote
Mandalorianknight Posted October 9 Posted October 9 37 minutes ago, psqidexslizer said: logo: contending with the Shadowbox and $500 Hulkbuster for the distinction of worst superheroes set of all time Thank you! I feel like people aren't realizing how truly awful this set is. The logos in general are dumb sets, but they couldn't even bother to make this one look clean. It's a greebled monochromatic blob that's inexplicably a different style than the other logos. It looks horrendous, in no way serves as a shelf signifier with the other two- the lack of a yellow background and being on an angled stand make this seem like some batwing drone. And of course the figures sum up the state of this theme by just being two versions of Batman. 22 minutes ago, THELEGOBATMAN said: The Batfleck Batmobile is really well-built. It's very sleek, the grey makes it pop, and it's definitely an improvement over the previous one—except for the cockpit. Batfleck looks really cool. Why is the cape black though? At least the helmet works fine here... This is actually one of only two movie batmen scenes in which the eye-cover helmet works. I still can't believe the designers haven't figured out a way to make the batman cowl work with normal minifigure heads such that the eyes are visible underneath, especially since all we do are movie batmen nowadays. The cape being black is hilarious, I hadn't noticed that. Lego DC doesn't even have the budget to buy fabric in another color. 17 minutes ago, brickbride said: I think the logo looks better than the Marvel one. You decide whether I think it's that great or the Marvel one was just worse. Otherwise this wave looks depressing as hell, it makes even Star Wars look colourful! To think LEGO Marvel skipped the Thunderbolts movie entirely, probably at least in part because of the drab colour scheme, and then LEGO DC gives us an entire wave of nothing but this. Even a single other minifig per set such as, say, SUPERMAN or ROBIN, would have made a huge difference. Batman is still huge with kids but between a logo and three different cars from non-kid-friendly older movies I don't see anything here for kids. EDIT: LEGO have always fostered a certain "Collect 'em all" mentality (i.e. modular Hogwarts Castle going back as far as 2001, collectible tiles in different sets of the same wave, CMF series...) but lately the things we're supposed to collect are all basically the same thing: an entire wave of F1 Speed Champions, an entire CMF series of barely distinguishable F1 cars, and now three Batmobiles in a single wave. Is that going to be a continuing trend? What do you think? "We can't do thunderbolts, the color scheme isn't as exciting!" Releases a full wave of sets exclusively featuring black and DBG parts Don't forget trying to see how much they can get people to pay for different colors of clone troopers. At least with these, the BVS batmobile is pretty significantly different from the other two. Quote
doclord Posted October 9 Posted October 9 I assume by the name of the wave we will be getting more game design batmobiles throughout the year. Quote
icm Posted October 9 Posted October 9 All three Batmobiles are must-buys for me, but at 20% off, not on day one. The DuckBricks hands-on video shows there's a big 2x4 empty space inside the B&R car. I wonder if that's intended to accomodate a Smart Brick? If so, I'm glad the car isn't overtly, outwardly compromised for the sake of that feature, like the Pikachu and X-wing are. 19 minutes ago, doclord said: I assume by the name of the wave we will be getting more game design batmobiles throughout the year. I'd assume we'll get more with the same "Legendary Batmobiles Collection" branding in early 2027, but probably not in 2026. I imagine even TLG realizes that 3 playscale Batmobiles in one year is enough. Quote
Mandalorianknight Posted October 9 Posted October 9 Oh man, oh man, the logo is $80. That's perfect, that's the perfect cherry on top. I legitimately thought it was $60. $80 is amazing. The Marvel Logo has a better PPP AND 5 minifigures, 4 of which were exclusive. This one has a worse PPP and 2 minifigs, one of which is exclusive. Like to put this into perspective, the marvel logo- the one with disney licensing- is $20 more expensive for 253 more pieces and 3 more exclusive minifigures. And it's not like the bat symbol isn't chock-full of tiny greeble pieces. The star wars one- again with disney licensing- doesn't have those two figures and is only a few more pieces... for $20 less. The batman logo being hilariously bad value is perfect. This might actually beat out the black panther bust and hulkbuster, because at least Ransom Fern showed that the parts within the set could be used to make something that looks worth the cost. I don't think there's anything he could do for this thing. Quote
psqidexslizer Posted October 9 Posted October 9 16 minutes ago, icm said: I'd assume we'll get more with the same "Legendary Batmobiles Collection" branding in early 2027, but probably not in 2026. I imagine even TLG realizes that 3 playscale Batmobiles in one year is enough. I can already see the 2027 set lineup - Michael Keaton Batmobile - Christian Bale Batmobile - Adam West Batmobile - Val Kilmer Batmobile 0 sets for Man of Tomorrow and a UCS Batmobile as our only tie-in set for The Batman part 2. Quote
CloneCommando99 Posted October 9 Posted October 9 (edited) The Man: Good. Just not for me. Man vs Soup: Mourn of Justin: Excellent. I may actually pick this one up when on sale. And armoured Batman offers a nice differentiation from my base Batman. Man & Bin: Complete and utter Batcrap. The minifig doesn’t even have Batnipples. Logo: Creative Bat-rupcy incarnate All of the cars should have had a 2nd Figure. And those figs should have been: Jim Gordon (prevalent in the game), Robin and Superman. Also, could they just not afford interesting box art? 1 hour ago, THELEGOBATMAN said: Why is the cape black though? At least the helmet works fine here... Yeah. It’s annoying. I’ll probably just use a spare Mando cape though. 3 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said: If the DC theme thinks this is in any way a good move, they deserve their fate. I look forward to Clooney Batman's set hitting $15 within a year of release. At this point I legitimately think that Turtle was on to something. Maybe the current Superhero designers are Marvel supremacists? A whole ton of their decisions (Batmobile copypasta and no titular Superman or Robin in sets based off their movies) sure make it seem like it. 1 hour ago, doclord said: I assume by the name of the wave we will be getting more game design batmobiles throughout the year. If there’s another wave in like June then maybe we could get some villains and a Green Lantern mech this time? Nah. Lego’s not reasonable enough. Edited October 9 by CloneCommando99 Quote
icm Posted October 9 Posted October 9 3 hours ago, icm said: Mark Stafford openly spoke of having Speed Champions envy when he talked about designing the Forever Batmobile last year, which I thought was funny because the set was scaled much larger than the preceding Batmobiles since 2021 that were more or less in Speed Champions scale. Now that the Speed Champions envy is in the open with three $30 cars next January, I think it's deliciously ironic that the Forever car, as a strangely large set, is followed by the B&R car bludgeoned into scale as a kiddy car, when the prop car is fifty percent longer than the 1989 prop car so it could legitimately hit an overpriced ninety buck price point if it were done to scale at Speed Champions standards. Not that I'm complaining. That's one car where I'd much rather have a cute little playset than a larger display model stuffed with gonzo building techniques. Actually, you know what, I was wrong. The B&R car is actually the perfect size. The prop car is 30 to 33 feet long, depending on who you believe, and the Lego set is just shy of 30 studs long. So, that's pretty close to my preferred 1:38 scale (1 stud = 1 foot). It's a little short of the usual 1:35 scale of minifig-scale military builders and it's a good deal short of the usual ~1:25 scale of 8w Speed Champions, but it's not shrunk down to kiddy size for the sake of the playset. Quote
psqidexslizer Posted October 9 Posted October 9 Can someone explain why there’s a DC logo on the boxes? 🤔 Does Lego think we’re stupid? Quote
icm Posted October 9 Posted October 9 It's there to trick unsuspecting passersby into thinking that Superman is on the way, when in the grim darkness of Gotham City there is only Batman. Quote
doclord Posted October 9 Posted October 9 I don't think we've heard any rumors on the next SH modular, so the Planet could still be in the cards. Quote
brickbride Posted October 9 Posted October 9 (edited) No rumours but many people suspect Oscorp: had a recent playset, a bunch of ready minifigs currently in production, replacing the Bugle with another Spidey modular since he's easily the SH theme's most popular character... Edited October 9 by brickbride Quote
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