Captain Nemo

Ahh, ok. Eh, still sucks. I don't feel like its a Series 7, 8, or 9 contest if it doesn't actually include anything from those series. Most likely going to give a second thought to entering now.

Wait I've got at question. Why is it we cannot use an official figure/parts in that figures category? So like we cannot use a series 9 figure in our series 9 vignette? I don't understand that.

This is great! Can't wait to get building!

Azrael Made from CM Red Hood, Judge, and Series 9 Space Villain. Malfoy head; Torso is the back-print side of the female Monster Fighter. PoP Shoulder pads, and LotR sword.

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I don't think you can compare Luthor's mech to the Dr. Inferno one, simply because the latter is 30 dollars more and has almost double the number of pieces (It's only short by 3!). The knee thing may be a let down, but really to me, Luthor's mech is (Aside from Arkham, which again really can't be compared to the other DC sets due to size) the best of the DC sets so far. You get three exclusive characters all of which are major, and a great mech--one of Lego's best in years--all for a cheap $20.

A MOC depicting Batman fighting the Mad Hatter. The latest part of my series on Batman vs. Villain Creations. I rather like this one, mostly for its chaotic nature, but also because of the seemingly joyful facade with shadows of horror. I was waiting to build this for a long time, and finally when the parts and bunny hats arrived yesterday, I just had to make it. Now is it weird that I post many creations here? I don’t see people posting MOCs here often since to me, we spend more time talking about Lego then actually doing anything with it. Should I be posting creations like this—at least so many in this time frame? --- Batman vs. Villain Creations: Bat in Wonderland Catwoman Museum Heist Joker's Funland Riddler's Hostage Hideaway (Flickr) --- Enjoy ~Nemo

Well after seeing a new poster for IM3, I can somewhat understand the choices Lego made in regards to Mandarin's hair. It's defiantly a mesh of styles, and giving him the short hair is probably better then making a new mold, which most likely would have looked too big/much hair. Link to Picture

The Hall of Justice from the Super Friends show, in Micro Scale. I've also built the Legion of Doom many months ago, as shown below, but that will be rebuilt new soon, so look for that too! Anyways, The Hall of Justice Super Friends! Legion of Doom (Old) Enjoy ~Nemo

While I'm not known for my Marvel things (Which I hope will change eventually!), for Spiderman, you could either go like standard Green Goblin/Doc Ock or perhaps some lower level villains like Shocker or Rhino (A giant brick built Rhino would be really cool!). Mysterio might also be a good choice, since you can do so much with his movie maker background (Aliens and smoke anyone?)

Catwoman Museum Heist Catwoman and her crew break into Gotham Museum, but are soon surprised (Ok maybe not that surprised) to discover their plot is about to be foiled by the Dark Knight. I really like this creation. It’s a great museum, packed full of details (And lights!), and it works perfectly for a Catwoman scene. To see more of my photos or my Flickr, click the pictures. Catwoman In Black and White Icon Format ~Nemo

I see Lego making an Iron Patriot figure at some point, either in an exclusive set or more likely like some people said that promo month figure. In all honesty, I can't see Lego not making this figure--he's highly wanted, most likely an important part of the movie, and is a new colored Iron Man. I see Lego making Iron Man the Marvel version of Batman; new suits every set (For the most part), and this is one suit that will be made. On a side note, most likely that will be Iron Man’s use in the Marvel game, swapping out suits for special tasks. Now, if it were released as an exclusive event figure that would be a tragedy. He's clearly highly wanted, and releasing only a few hundred of him would really ruffle feathers, more so then last year’s exclusives.

Thanks! Thanks! Yes I am looking into making more episodes. I'd like to do Mad Love, Read My Lips, and Heart of Ice among others eventually.

I'm surprised he got the sets so early, but more surprised they are allowed to sell them this early. If I was only just a bit closer to that place I would go see if I could pick some up now.

I'm not too happy with Lego using Luthor's head for Faora; even if it looks slightly like her. It doesn't look female at all and worst of all it's not a new print. I don't think Lego should reuse prints of major characters for other characters--they should all be new. Least of all, it just add variety. You don't see them reusing faces in the other lines, so why here?

Gotta say, that's defiantly not what I was thinking when I heard Smallville attack (Er whatever). Regardless the ship looks cool, and I'll pick it up--though I'm not a big fan of the armor troops however that may change when I see the film. Black Zero Escape looks good, but I wish they used the pieces on the ground thing for the ship itself to make it larger. It does look like Zod in that set has the same Armor he has on in the Smallville attack set though. But overall, on first impressions, disappointing. Lego needs to kick the Superhero sets up a notch--especially when compared to lines like Lord of the Rings or Lone Ranger where these just look so lacking.

I stated this a bit above, but I actually don't own that muesum set. Personally, I think it's too expensive. When I saw it I wanted it--which is rare since I'm almost exclusive to Superheroes and LotR, but then the price tag? No, maybe on discount though. <----Wait a second? What is this? A Batman symbol?! Hell yeah! Thanks Eurobricks!

Thanks everyone! Yeah I was going to give it a more 60's Batman feel, where Catwoman sits around while her henchmen fight Batman, but the addtion of the DKR Batman to increase the level of badass kind of takes away from that image. Yeah I like that set too--though I don't have it. 60 dollars is just a bit too much for me, well when it's not a licensed set or something. Thanks! No, I don't have any more pictures of this . Most of my creations on my Flickr are one picture things, so it's lucky I even have what I have! Although I did take like 30-40 pictures total, I only choose the best. I will be working more to take more pictures of my future creations though.

While these “improvements” above mostly come off as complaints, I can understand why you and many others (In part myself) are disappointed with the newest DC Batman line. To me the biggest changes, or reasons for “improvements”, are because of style and scale—both of which clearly change the ascetic of the lines, which is what is fostering the complaints. So why do we feel the new line needs improvement? Well lets look at the differences between the lines in terms of style and scale. The original Batman line was clearly and heavily based on Batman: The Animated Series; so much so that many of the figures are direct representations of the characters. But is this a good thing? Absolutely. Not only is B:TAS an amazing show (Also my favorite show, so you know bonus points), but it has the perfect tone for Batman which translated well in Lego; ergo dark and gloomy. All of the original line used many dark bricks, and it featured a more rough and tough looking wave than what we have now. Chief in point, the line introduced Tommy Guns and Uzis. (Now did the rough and tough/dark deco style lead to low sales? I’m not sure) In terms of scale, the original Batman line was impressive. At least on the Batman side, as opposed to some of the villains, the scale of his vehicles were enormous (I’m looking at you Batwing!), and in being so they really gave you the feeling you got your money worth—which I feel is a major problem/complaint felt across all lines currently. Everything in the builds had a purpose for being there, and I can’t think of any set where there was just “wasted bricks”. This added to the overall scale of vehicles, and with the edgy tone and great figures formed an amazing but too short lived line. Now compared to the new DC Batman line, the two appear as night and day. First, I don’t think the new line is bad; it’s just different—and so different that it’s really like comparing apples to oranges with the first line. So why is the new line so different in the first place? Style. Rather than being based off some kick-megablocks show from the 90’s, Lego dug deeper into the Batman mythos and came back with representations of classic comics (Ergo: Orange & Purple Two-Face). It appears that this change defiantly brings in a more “kid friendly” aspect most clearly evident in the swap of actual guns to ADU ones, and secondly in the overall color scheme which is far brighter (Bright Blue is the new Black I guess). Rather than just “Black on Black with some gold maybe” from the first line the new line features “Black + Rainbows” and appears much lighter in general. Could the change be because of the lack of sales of the heavy dark first wave, with Lego realizing a more colorful line would sell better? With the style addressed, the other major difference between the lines is scale. Basically, the new sets which are just remakes of the old ones are generally looked upon as failed sets—in large part because they just don’t look as good or as big (Ergo, Style and Scale problems). The Batcave is a prime example of this, where the original was so good and large, the newer “kid friendly” junior version appears like a really, really bad set. While their pricing is only a bit off, it’s surprising on how the style and scale changed the opinions of two sets which depict the same thing. On an important note, I do need to say that I do like both lines. I was only able to get one set of the original line (Two-Face Chase), and I’ve gotten almost all of the sets of the newest one (Plus hunting down minifigures from the first line). They are both great lines but for different reasons, and their differences are almost so great that it’s hard to compare without being biased. With that, I’ll leave you with some questions I thought of. Is the new line successful? Yes. Is the new line successful in the eyes of AFOLs? Eh… Was the old line successful with AFOLs? Yes. Was the old line successful? Eh… Should be we grateful and happy for the return of Batman despite changes? Yes.

Tomorrow marks the birthday of Gotham City War, a great fan made Lego RPG Batman group that I’m a moderator of. This creation was built in honor of its first birthday, as well as a marker for the fifth round of game play which also begins tomorrow. If you don’t know, GCW is an RPG style group based in the DC universe where members play as heroes and villains attempting to gain control of Gotham. Anyways enjoy this Batman Party MOC! ~Captain Nemo

That sucks. After the lackluster Iron Man sets I was looking forward to hopefully something good.

Thanks everyone! I'm happy with how this turned out, as well that you're all happy too!

Love this! Good luck in the contest!

Is it me or do those heads look like they're glowing? Could they be glow in the dark? Either way, both of their heads look lighter than standard flesh tone.

Yeah I'm not the biggest fan of Mandrin--all the others are either ok or good to me, but that beard is just not working for him. How can they make like 10 new/unique beards for the Hobbit line, and not make something new and perfect for Mandrin?