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This may not apply much here, due to the number of non-US members, but still very cool news that I wanted to pass along. I just got the email on this. It's so frickin' COOL!! If anyone can get one for me, I'll happily pay you for it. PM me to work something out!! I'm working on getting more details - I'll probably post 'em at LOG first, so if you want the news quicker, check here. If you can wait a bit, I'll post it here (like always) as soon as I get done at LOG. X-D

These are 2 minifigs in a box with a sound chip. The packaging is mocked up to look like a Batman comic book. Why would LEGO copy something another company already did? That makes absolutely no sense to me.

you can look at Arkham itself? X-D (sorry - that first one was a bit small)

Two more and I'm out of here for the long weekend. For those of you in the US, have a good holiday weekend. Everyone else, have a good weekend. I'll see y'all on Tuesday!

Wayne Manor was one of the 'future' offerings that we suggested while in Enfield. That, along with Crime Alley, a roof top with a gargoyle or 2 and a light up Batsignal, were some of the 'future' sets we came up with.

I only have a few so far:

Sounds like a challenge.... ;-)

I absolutely LOVE this skin!! Is it going to be available forever or just the month?

You guys are much better at this than I am. I have a couple of large tote bins holding all my parts. (Except for my vintage stuff still in the boxes.) It makes sorting and finding specific pieces hard as hell, but lots of times I'll come across a piece that'll work, which I didn't even consider when I started building.

I hope it's a pre-printed piece as well. Keep in mind, the set that I saw was a pre-production set. I hope it'll be the same on the production sets, but like anything, it could change.

Ok - to answer a few questions, yes, there is an interior to the buildings and cells. As far as this set I'm really looking forward to this one. Unfortunately (for my wallet) it's going to be one of those sets that I want multiples of, so that I can modify the jail cells to work with different villains. I think the beauty of the set is that it's modular and can be rearranged depending on your concept. If you want a long row of cells, you can arrange them that way. If you want a cell on either side of the main building, that's possible too. The vines growing on Ivy's cell were not stickers (on the one that I saw back in December at least). As far as actual price, I'll have to look at my notes from the summit when I get home tonight. Here's another pic: Previously these figs had only been seen from scanned copies of Toyfare. Now we've got some good pics! X-D

Guys - I gotta give credit where credit is due. I got the pic emailed to me from Steve - the LEGO community rep. He does that because I was part of the Comic Summit this past December in Enfield. Thanks again Steve!! *y* X-D

The first pic is available here. X-D It is a great set btw.

Still working on this.... I've pointed it out to my LEGO contacts and they're researching the two different rims. Hope you guys don't mind, but I used your photos as examples of the differences. Thanks for posting those!!

Very cool! I hadn't thought about doing this!! He does really look like the current 'toon version of the character. :-)

I'm working on getting an answer for you on this gang. I'll let you know what I come up with. (Sorry I haven't been around - real life tends to get in the way from time to time.)

Good review Grevious. Only one point to mention - the baggie of Bat-accessories doesn't come with every set. It is not included with the Catwoman/Dragster set. Nope. The all black suited Batman is exclusive to this set. The other three all have the black & grey suit. I WISH LEGO would have included the blue & grey fig. It was really the nicest of the bunch IMO.

Could be. Honestly - I wasn't looking at the transport itself as much as I was looking at Arkham, Ivy, Riddler and Scarecrow. The transport does come with a gurney to strap escapees to. Does the one in the photo you linked to come with something like that?

FYI - the Batman Box Art thread also contains the comics from the back of the boxes. I don't know if you want to point that out or not.

LOL!! I, along with others went to the 'comic summit' in Enfield this past December. We saw Arkham (along with all the other '06 sets). Also, one of the members of LOG is on the design team behind the Batman line. IIRC, the above quote is from one of the ambassadors that made the trip to Enfield with me.

For those that don't get the collectors mag, I've posted scans of all the Batman comics released so far in my blog. Feel free to copy them and post them wherever you want. Also, I have copies of all the comics from the boxes there as well. http://reideen1313toyncomicthoughts.blogspot.com/

The UCS set is REALLY nice when you see it in person. The photos I've seen don't do it justice at all. It's about the right size to fit a Microman Batman fig.

It's actually something that they didn't think of at the time. It's been suggested for a future Batman fig.

I got mine today in the mail. I'm playing with them now. They're AWESOME! *wacko* Better than I remember - maybe that's because I can actually take them apart and play with them on my own. When I was in Enfield, I was so worried about breaking something! :-$ Expect LOTS of pics and reviews soon!

They're coming out in the US in April. Everywhere else - I don't know.