The Penguin

Thank you very much, people, for your support! ) I do appreciate it greatly! I'll sure use some of your ideas for my future figs! Time for a new part! I hope you'll like it! Arkham technicians. ) Sailor goons from the LEGO game. ) Gotham dancer and a male stripper. ) A student and a generic GCPD officer. ) Cherie. Singer in my Iceberg Lounge. ) Mr.Freeze. ) (Yep, someone simply should have made this version! Who but me? ) I hope you liked them! ) Any comments, please? ) Good day, ladies and gentlemen! )

New concept art! Well, it looks good, just the way I imagined Gotham Cathedral. Well, it's neither awesome nor poor, just the way it's supposed to be. ) Good day, ladies and gentlemen! )

It seems the poor guy was the first victim of it. Why would he touch it, anyway? ) Good day, ladies and gentlemen! )

Should you have any problems expressing your ideas, don't hesitate to contact me. I'd be glad to help. ) Обращайся. если требуется помощь с переводом на английский язык. Я с удовольствием тебе помогу! ) Good day, ladies and gentlemen! )

Not the best choice of words, is it? ) Now, that's a very nice post! We do not hear many nice, simple kind stories like that in our modern undelicate world. My congratulations to you and it's indeed quite nice to have such caring and loving relatives! I don't suppose it's very nice to say such things on a holiday. You may be against religion (I'm anticlerical myself), but that really does not allow you to hurt the feelings of believers here. Good day, ladies and gentlemen! )

Ah, excellent! Thanks a lot, TheBrickster! This means that a certain customizer ( ) can actually make some interesting things with those bottles, which I'm going to get in multiples with the sets. Thanks to your review. ) Good day, ladies and gentlemen! )

Thanks for the review, TheBrickster! ) For me it was actually one of the most anticipated sets. Still one question: Are the bottles solid plastic or not? What is actually inside? Good day, ladies and gentlemen! )

I vote for The Elf. He's just fabulous! Actually it's more than just a good fig as it is. Even the shield works nicely here, since you can always give him a hand weapon, like a spear and make a decent-looking elven footman. The only thing that really bothers me about that fig is that you can never have enough of those. I used to be buying entire BL stores with those minifigs. Now I'm not that keen, but still can't resist buying one or two every time I place a BL order. Good day, ladies and gentlemen! )

My most sincere congratulations!

Hm, actually I thought that something was a bit different that time..... But I couldn't really put my finger on it! Good day, ladies and gentlemen! )

Four posts? What are you talking about, anyway? Well, as for cheating or not, it really depends on your point of view. If you have ever seen applied facial decals, I guess you would understand me. Not that I have anything against people who design or apply facial decals, but IMO they really look like death masks on a minifigure. ) Good day, ladies and gentlemen! )

Disclaimer: 1) I really am a bit disappointed that some suggested that I used decals and some computer image adjusting on the minifigs. I never do that. Actually for me decals (facial mostly) as well as photoshopping of the final figs is no better than cheating. 2) I hand paint all my minifigures. First I removed their eyes and then painted the new ones. Thank you. Well, that was the optimim space to make the figs look more or less LEGO-classical without them havong their eyes to close, thus creating quite an ape-like look! Thank you for your opinion. But I'm afraid all-black eyes won't work here at all, trust my experience. Actually, I agree with KielDaMan here, that dotted ones are perfect for modern figs, while simple black dots work better for simplier prints luike in some old themes as pirates, for example. ) Thank you very much! Actually it's mostly the game that inspired me to make those! ) Thank you very much. Yes, I guess I should've added a pics with those two. Have a look above! Thank you. Yes, the game was my main sourse of inspiration. ) Why so? I could easilly do that! Thanks a lot! ) Thanks a lot, KielDaMan! You're absolutely right! I removed the eyes and painted new ones. As for all-black eyes, I totally agree with you. Just compare, say, Vader's apprentice head with any proper (non-CW) SW head. ) Thanks! ) have a look above! ) Well, I guess here, it's mostly a matter of taste, really. Thank you for your high ranking of my work! ) Well, my initial idea was not to replace a head for CW figs, or paint a new one. but to replace the yes, thus making them look like in the game. Though I agree that perhaps getting them totally new heads would have been even better. ) Good day, ladies and gentlemen! )

Thanks a lot! I'm glad that you like my reviewing style! ) Thank you. ) thanks a lot, I'm glad that you liked it! ) But, of course! I couldn't possibly say no to a lady, could I? ) Thanks a lot! Well, I wouldn't want to stay within one theme anyway. Especially when we get such a great fiel;d of work! No, more likely I lost my head. Gone bats! Get it? Get it? G-o-n-e B-a-t-s! Oh those bat-puns never get old! ( ) Thanks a lot, Rufus! Comments like that really inspire me to keep moving forward! And thanks for you help! Ribbons? Well, ribbons can hardly be even held by a minifigure. Still I'll make sure to include those in some upcoming reviews! Thanks a lot! ) I? It takes more than some vile creeps to poison or sacrifice me! Not to mention that i have batman at my side! Thank you! ) Good day, ladies and gentlemen! )

Well, technically it's not really Adam West one, but I often use it as one! Thanks a lot for the comments! I appreciate them greatly! ) Thank you very much! ) Well, originally I wanted to stay within Batman sets and try to review them all. But, damn some of those belville ones are just gorgeous! Thanks! Thanks a lot! ) Yes, indeed, it's a very fine set. Definitely aimed at both hardcore fans and peoply who are just interested in the topic. Thanks a lot. I'm glad you liked it! I didn't really get the kine about money business though..... And my name is Penguin, actually! Thanks a lot for the positove feedback! Hush is a nice storyline, but a bit overrated to my taste. There are some no less interesting plots that have been unfairly forgotten! Well, I guess I just never liked the glowing pieces in LEGO. Simply does not make sence in most caes. Except one. The old ghost minifigure! Oh, they do not make sets like that any more! Thanks a lot! ) Good day, ladies and gentlemen! )

Um, don't tell me it was not you?! DAMMIT ROBIN! Thank you very much, glad you liked it! ) Actually Batman theme's disappearance taught me to be wiser and buy tonns of sets while they're still around. Not to mention it's a good sourse of extra pocket-money. I guess so. Well, works fine for me. Easier to shoot in the dark waters of Gotham Harbour. Thank you. I sure hope you'll like my other reviews as well! ) Thank you. Thanks a lot! Glad you liked it! ) Aw! Thank you! Good day, ladies and gentlemen! )

This one looks pretty much like a demotivator to me! Seriously, TheBrickster, you did a great job with the review! Though as some people around I don't really like the ship very much. it's quite nice, detailed, the color-scheme is good as well, but it definitely is overpriced and I can't really see it being used somewhere outcide POTC theme. Not to mention, that for me personally there are no minifigs that would make this set worth getting. Do I understand it correctly, when i think that it actially has only one esclusive character in it: the Chef, while others can be found in other sets? Good day, ladies and gentlemen! )

Great review, WhiteFang! This set is indeed one of the most appealing ones in the whole line, with some nice accesories, let of inferior quality. Can we expect more revies of PotC theme from you? ) Good day, ladies and gentlemen! )

Blasphemy! Never do I use decals for my custom figures! Thanks! Good day, ladies and gentlemen! )

Well, I guess no special comments needed here. Hope you'll like it! ) Any comments, please? ) Good day, ladies and gentlemen! )

My most sincere congratulations, Rufus! May the following year be filled with only positime emotions, good and faithful friends and cash for our beloved hobby! ) Good day, ladies and gentlemen! )

Well, that is really well done! I wouldn't mind playing that map! Actually, I'm really looking forward to getting my hands on Heroica. Even though it uses the useless microfigs. I can already see people creating massive maps for it, since it really gives practically endless opportunities for your imagination. That really makes me miss the Fantasy line! Good day, ladies and gentlemen! )

(The pic is an official box art one.) Set Number: 7585 Name: Horse Stable Theme: Belville Year of Release: 2008 Pieces: 209 Minifigs: 1 Price: $40 USD Brickset, Bricklink, Peeron parts inventory All images can be found in my brickshelf folder. This is a dark and terrifying story of the deepest nightmares of every crime-fighter and ordinary LEGO-fan. This is a story from an abandoned (and seemingly dead) theme: Belville. So do not say that I have not warned you! The Box The box seems to be relatively large for a 209 pieces set, even though you can expect some big parts inside, like the horse. It is actually bigger than a System set of the same bricks quantity, but I strongly doubt that the sane “systematic” logic may be applied here. Above you can see the theme’s symbol with a lifeless, yellowish heart and the word “Belville” over it. You may also see that unlike some sets of that year they do not give the quantity of bricks figure, which has been undoubtedly done for some particular reason, which I can’t really understand now. The box art is done in a nice, joyful purple-pink and green color scheme which actually gives us an impression of a peaceful and quiet place. But pray don’t let the looks fool you! The unspeakable horrors, which started with the heart continue here: at the bottom left corner we can see a hideous monster, crawling to a poor pony, with bloodlust on its face and an apple in its hand (no doubt the apple is poisoned!). Where on earth did they find an artist who sees young girls like that!? It deserves a picture of its own: The side of the box again is not free of the monster, which is now crawling to a cute little (printed!) kitten. Oh the horror! I just hope it is clever enough not to fall into a trap, since cats do not eat apples. But who knows what that clever vile beast is capable of!? To my surprise the back of the box showed some alternative build which I could never expect from this theme. Well, yes, actually it is a stable as well, but an alternative one! And look the beast is obviously trying to tear apart the fence! Run, horses, run! On other pictures you can see the monster trying to feed the animals, strangling stroking the kitten, etc. Instructions booklet The booklet is done in the same color scheme as the box art and as practically in every set of that age comes slightly battered. The monster is here as well, so open it with caution! Here’s a random page of the booklet. The build is quite simple thanks to the huge parts that are included. Still to be fair I must say that the build is quite interesting, not repetitive at all. And a big amount of arches makes the set quite appealing for, say, Castle MOCers. Interesting parts and pieces Well, that part was hard to write since I was pretty unsure what pieces to include here. Practically all Belville accessories are rarely seen in System sets, so those may be considered useful. But at the same time very few of those can really be applied to normal figures. Still, here are some that may be nice to get from the set: The Minifigs Officially the set contains only one minifigure. Well, yes, they DO call that creature a minifigure, but I’ll also have a look at the horse and the pony, since girls, who are obviously the target category, like ponies and will give them cute names, lovely back stories and such….. Ugh! Now the beast itself in flesh plastic. Quite innocent looking, is she not? But I assure you the evil of this scale can not be concealed by good looks. First of all I find her head to be a bit big for her body, obviously hinting to the fact that she’s a master mind who tries to look as a standard blonde girl. Actually if you look at those lifeless, cold blue eyes you’ll see the foul nature of her being. Not to mention that she wears her makeup in quite a professional way which indicates that she may be also older than she wants her prey to think. The horses are frozen in terror before her, like fluffy bunnies before a hungry snake! The minifigure itself is supposed to represent a pretty sports-loving girl in her mid-teens, dressed for riding a horse in the classical black-white and red outfit. But to me it looks more like some weird military uniform with those high black leather boots and a tight red jacket. The minifig also comes with the black (probably steel) helmet which can be applied on the hairpiece. While wearing it her head looks even bigger. How can she support the balance, anyway!? (So don't be surprised that I had to bend the minifig a bit on the picture, since her feet are too small and she kept falling on her back!) I decided to put both the horse and the pony to the shot as well as the standard system horse to show you how useless those figures are for anything not within the Belville line! Though again to be fair I must say that the molds are very good on their own and would make small girls go “wheeeeee!” because of them. I have never really understood why girls like ponies, unicorns and other things like that. I guess they have never seen real horses, because I bet most will get frightened even to mount one…… Nevertheless these horses seem to be pretty normal to me. I mean no visible fire breath, no horns, no war or famine around, so it’s ok. Still we should be cautious, because the pony does not actually move at all and can not even move its head down or up like the bigger one. Oh, I get it now! The monster actually does not eat animals, it stuffs them! Oh, that villainous, cruel taxidermist! The Stables One general thing I don’t quite understand about the stables is why make it white. Yes, I may even understand pink, but why white!? It’ll become dirty in no time! Yes, you may argue that in fairy-tales like that things do not get become dirty, but why have a brush there in that case!? Let’s start with the small pony’s stable. If I can call that a stable actually! Because to me it looks more like two arches thrown together. What is really interesting here is the drinking bowl with a golden faucet, which is pretty simple in design, but extremely useful in every theme. The bucket is a bit big, but talented MOCers who inhabit the forum in multiplies will think of a good way to use it. The big horse’s stable in indeed….. big, and it looks much more like a stable to me. Actually I must say that it looks very nice with those pink and dark pink roof tiles. Not to mention the large pink fence thing that just begs to be used in Umbridge HP MOC, or some Castle princess one. The upper floor is a pretty dull place with a white kitten living there among 2x4 standard yellow bricks, which are supposed to represent piles of hay. You can also see an empty pink cup there, no doubt, left by the monster during its previous attempt to poison the kitty! You can also see the lovely pink flowers on a bright green branches, which I find to be a very nice and cute touch. I can almost see chirping birds on those delicate thin leaves….. Wait, wait, wait! What am I talking about!? A-a-ah, the foul magic of this place has started affecting me! Complete set As said before the set is rather big, but TLC’s designers’ goal to create a doll-house look in Belville has been achieved masterfully. You can easily access practically every even smallest location, so in that matter the play opportunities with those oversized monstrosities are endless. Play features Again as every doll-house it’s supposed to be playable. Is this set playable? Not quite. The range of possible scenarios here is quite limited in the stables in fact there are only two possible ways to make a good story with this set. A race and…. a preparation for a race. The race one is practically impossible to make due to the fact that there is only one “real” horse here. Well you can always make it jump over obstacles and fences, I guess. Girls and some boys may find it interesting to be sharing all their love and kindness with dead-cold plastic horses those cute creatures! Brushing them, feeding them, cleaning after them, applying horseshoes, giving them speed boost injections, isn’t it lovely? Not to mention that taking into account the vile nature of the monster in the set, the game may have an interesting turn…. Ratings Design: 3/5 I’m no expert (yet!) in Belville sets, but comparing it with those that came before it, shows that this set lacks some accessories and details that were present in all those stables, released before. Well, I guess TLC understood that it was the end of the theme. Build: 4/5 The build is pretty simple. And such set cannot be repetitive at all. Nothing much to say. Minifigs: 3/5 Ghastly-looking girl, with some odd moves and terrible representation on the box art. Belville had seen better times in their fairy-tale ages. Playability: 3/5 – Again as said above, quite a limited number of playable scenarios. Actually, perhaps, it was not the best set to pick up out of the whole Belville line. But you have to start with something, don't you? Parts: 4/5 – Well I gave it a “good” rating only for the colors. To me pink and dark pink are very rare colors, so I find them to be pretty useful in certain MOCs. Price:3/5 – The price is terrible! The set is practically the same size and bricks quantity as the Batman Penguin’s sub one, and costs twice as much. Not to mention that it’s not even a License! Overall: 3/5 – The set is quite weak, perhaps only slightly better than some 1999 Belville sets. In fact I even wouldn’t mind them reviving the theme, should they consider going back and making sets like they used to during their fairy-tales ages. Good day, ladies and gentlemen! )

*Incoming transmission from Robin’s Scuba Jet* - You crazy old man! Ar-rgh! - What’s wrong, Robin? What’s that sound? - My jet is sinking, dammit! Why the heck didn’t you tell me that Penguin has superpowers!? - I didn’t know that he has any superpowers….. - Then why do I see him grinning at me now!? (The pic is an official box art one.) Set Number: 7885 Name: Robin's Scuba Jet: Attack of The Penguin Theme: Batman Year of Release: 2008 Pieces: 207 Minifigs: 2 Price: $20 USD Brickset, Bricklink, Peeron parts inventory All images can be found in my brickshelf folder. This time, ladies and gentlemen, I’m proud to present you my new Batman review, which is not just any review, but a really special one for me. It’s time show you my new submarine as promised in the previous review! We’re going deep! The Box The box is approximately of the same size as the Scarecrow one. It’s 28 x 28cm which I find to be one of the most reasonable sizes, since I could easily bring home 6 of those from the post without any trouble back there in 2008. oh those good all days when you could buy out entire Bricklink shops of Batman sets! This set belongs to the third (and, alas, final wave of Batman sets), which received a certain graphic revamp. Those sets were released just before Nolan’s The Dark Knight, so naturally it received the film’s color scheme. This set was no exception and the box art has been made in the nice black-purple color scheme with a new Bat-symbol in the top right corner. The scattering symbol is iconic for Nolan’s Batman universe and in the left bottom corner you can actually see the Bale Batman himself. And, damn, he’s just ugly. Not Christian Bale, of course, but that hand-drawn Batman! Why is he there, anyway?! It’s the only set you don’t appear in and you just couldn’t let it happen, could you Bats? Now I understand why Boy Wonder hates you. The top side of the box depicts the minifigs in their actual size. This set as all other 3-rd wave ones (except the Truck one) does not have any unique figures or accessories. Actually this set is jus great for those who couldn’t afford or simply missed the Batcave one, since both of the exclusive wave 1 characters are here, Robin the boy wonder and me, the master of Gotham, lord of the crime underworld, a fine-feathered gentleman of crime, the Penguin. *thunderous applause* But the best thing about the box art is….. (Haven’t you got it already?) Yes, it’s me again! Chuck Norris has a heart attack, since I can breathe underwater! Not only breathe, but steer the sub at high speeds and still have my monocle fixed as well! Now that’s what I call mastery and class. Unlike the box art the characters were not changed at all, except that Robin got his hair cut and received rare-at-the-time Mutt’s hairpiece in black. Looks much better this way! (No match when standing next to me, of course!) The back of the box shows us some play features of the set, and a very nice comic story as usual. Play features of the set are pretty obvious and still very interesting. Actually I suppose that this set is one of those that really work well for both display and playing purposes. Actually I would point out two main play features here: 1) the rubber torpedo shooting one; 2) opening submarine to place me inside. Yep, it’s that that rare case when I agree that opening hatches/hulls/cockpits are actually play features. And do note that both play features are provided by my sub, yay! As in each and every Batman set we get a very nice comic story. This time it’s about me chasing Robin, Robin chasing me. Boom, bang! Ka-pow! And he gets me! Wow, how unique, how innovative…. Not to mention that somebody will have to pay for my wet suit from his pocket money now! Sticker sheet Now that is a real torture! Torture I tell you! The set suggests that I should apply this lovely penguin face on the sub’s nose and still I stood firm, braced myself and resisted the temptation. And now look at those awesome illuminator stickers, and the hilarious cuts near the bat-symbol, meaning that I have sunk at least four Bat-vehicles! In your face, Bats! One more thing that I’d like to draw your attention to is the fact that the penguin drawn on the sub is not actually an Emperor penguin that is usually associated with me, but the Rockhopper penguin, the most aggressive penguin there is. Have a look: I just love those neat little touches about the sub, that actually make the set become really outstanding. Instructions booklet The instructions booklet shows the same box art as the box front. Nothing special here, a bit battered. Though since I really enjoy the box art it’s good to have a look again. Here’s a random page of the booklet. Since the vehicles are pretty different in style it’s quite interesting building those. The build is in no way repetitive and not complicated at all. The Minifigs As I have already said before, this set is an ideal way to get Penguin and Robin’s minifigures if you didn’t have the chance to get the Batcave set. Perhaps it would have been better if Robin got some bat-gadgets in some different color for a change, but it’s okay even without those. The Penguin actually gets a bigger than usual umbrella cupola for some reason, but that can be easily fixed, should you not like that. Some of you may claim that my opinion is biased toward Penguin’s minifigure, but I’ll try to prove that wrong. Penguin is a very nice minifigure and one of the best in the whole theme, in my opinion still. He is based on a classical 60-s image of him, as he appears in comic stories and in the Adam West Batman series, played by Burgess Meredith, who made the character extremely popular then, actually making him Batman’s second biggest rival. He has everything the character needs: a tuxedo suit, a purple bow tie, a podgy belly, a classical orange vest and purple trousers. The color scheme may seem odd for people who got used to either monstrous look of the character or a classical gentleman one. I myself prefer the second one, but find the classical approach a reasonable, still a bit unexpected move from TLC. Now to cons. I see two major ones here and both are “purple” in some way. The first one is that it would have been much more “classically-classy” if Penguin’s top hat was purple, following the tradition started by comic stories and 60-s series. The second one is legs. I do not like short legs on Penguin minifig at all. Yes, they are supposed to show his moderate height and even look good to make an impression of him being a overweight, but still he looks like a gorilla that way with a normal torso, head and seemingly long hands. I prefer a “normal approach” to the character, which implies that he’s a normal-looking person with a love to penguins and living with class: pretty much like myself in reality! I find it highly debatable that those little pests can be called minifigures, since I consider them to be "play features", but still they're worth showing. They are exactly the same as ones in the Batcave set. I find the design to be really ingenious though. I remember they have even been used on some Christmas poster in LEGO City theme. For comparison I gave a Batman Returns movie penguin, since it's the only case Penguin used them as armed soldiers, as far as I remember! For me LEGO ones however have always been mechanical robotic penguins, since normal ones can't weild guns and things like that. Or do they actually want us to think so!? Robin, the Boy Wonder, minifigure is one of my most favorite Batman minifigures as well. Actually in terms of figs this set is an ideal one for me, since I never shared the general dislike of Robin as a character which can be seen among some Bat-fans. It is not quite clear what Robin this minifigure is based on, but apparently it’s Tim Drake (the third and last Robin so far), since the first one, Nightwing appears in Arkham set, and the second one, Jason Todd, has been brutally killed by the Joker. Though Tim Drake usually wears red-black outfit…. Aren’t you bored yet? Oh, sorry. The fig itself is just great, the printing shows the boy in his late-teens, who is not that heavily muscled as Batman, but nevertheless he looks imposing. What I really like about the fig is that you can easily change his hands and legs to any color you wish to make every Robin version, starting with 60-s Burt Ward one. As said before, Robin received a new hairpiece, black Mutt’s hair, instead of Lockheart’s one which he had in the Batcave set and the videogame. Who on earth ever thought of giving him that piece in first place?! Robin’s Scuba Jet When I first saw the set back in 2008, I immediately though: “Why does TLC always give Robin vehicles, colored in yellow, red and green?” Yes, I do understand that it’s his colors, but in comic stories and animated series he usually borrows vehicles from Bats, and those are obviously painted black, dark grey, etc…. In fact as far as I remember Robin only has a dark red-black colored motorbike of his own. Still, now that I think of it, I suppose that it would look blank and boring in black, and would be a match to the Penguin’s sub, which will definitely make the set look worse. You can see that the jet is pretty simple in design and its front is somewhat even plain. Though I must say that it’s good to have that front glass piece, since as far as I remember it has been used only in SW Naboo Fighter set before that. Oh, no? Shame on me! It has also been used for Batwing, of course! Still I never liked it there. Here is the side of the jet. The jet is pretty small, but it is very sleek at the same time, almost fish-like. The turbines that are usually used for planes and old school Space are used in an innovative way here and come in a green color. You can also see those yellow lights that you can see installed on practically on every Bat-vehicle. Though if we believe the comic and the videogame those are not lights but some kind of energy guns, or something of the kind. Where does Bats get such toys!? The back of the sub may seem a little silly. I’m no expert in such things but I doubt that the jet would need a propeller at the back when it has the turbines. Still it looks good and no Freud-related images come to my mind, as it was in wave 1 reviews! Unlike Batman's comfortable vehicles, Robin has quite a miserable cockpit. not to mention the lack of any controll panels and such. I guess his arms and legs should really be acking when he gets out of it. Oh well, works for me! Penguin’s sub The front of the sub looks quite interesting and very round, penguin-like. I still can’t really make up my mind about whether I like it with the sticker or without one. Without one looks more realistic and imposing, while stickered one looks much more classy and stylish. It is something for you to decide, but I suppose that applying a sticker would have been better still. I just love the way designers used those new-fashioned rounded sleek parts here to hake orange markings at the side of the “face”, it looks so penguin-like! Not to mention those slope bricks that are supposed to represent the “flipper-wings”. On top you can also see a periscope that can go up and down, pretty much like in the previous version of the sub, and the dreaded (and why green?) flick-fire missiles that got in the set somehow. Next time I order a sub, I’ll make sure none of those are included! Useless as they are and just add up to the total price. Bah! Now the back of the sub is quite imposing with those nice big turbines and a rubber torpedo launcher. The previous version had penguin legs that looked cute but didn’t give an impression of being very useful as a driving force. Some fans did not like the way the mechanism looked at the back, but it can be easily modded to become another room, or a storage area, or even a compartment for mechanical penguins that come with the set. Just look at that nice red carpet in my sub! We even get a printed electronic panel brick. And do note that those are the things you do not see when the hull is closed, meaning that the designer did a pretty good job here, making it possible to play little scenes not only with the sub and the jet themselves, but inside the sub as well. Complete set I was really amazed when editing the complete set photo, that it looked a bit blank on the verge of being “classic-looking” (in a bad way) without the stickers attached. I can’t believe that I’m saying that, but I’d recommend you to add those, at least the ones to the sub. Pimp my sub! Play features In this set I managed to calculate at least three major play features, which makes the set one of the most appealing in that matter in the whole line of LEGO Batman sets. Let’s have a closer look at this epic underwater birdfight between Robin and Penguin! The main and the most obvious feature is the torpedo shooting one. It’s simple, yet interesting mechanism is shown above. Note that it doesn’t actually shoot it in the horizontal trajectory, but a bit higher. Up, up and away! Speaking of torpedoes. Those proved to be pretty effective against Bats and Robin before! How do they always get out!? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exZmjjCOKbk See!? They cheated! Earlier I did say that it is that rare occasion when I do consider opening cockpits to be play features. And my sub is the best example here with all those scenes you can possibly make. I even invited some of my colleague-villains to share my joy! The third one may be a bit controversial one, and I remember having quite a discussion about whether to consider penguins to be minifigs or play features. Since they are brick-build (and robotic the way I see it) I consider them to be play features. In the set we get two of those guys, one armed with a revolver gun and another with the underwater hunting rifle. In their design they are exactly the same as the ones in the Batcave set, apart from the weapons choice. I was very glad to receive two of those in the set, which were instantly added to my 300+ Penguin Armada! Ratings Design: 5/5 I can’t really find any single big design flay which may spoil the rating. It may not be the most beautiful or unusual set, but it is very neat and has everything it needs, no more, no less. Build: 5/5 The build is simple and fast. But at the same time not repetitive. What else can we ask for? Minifigs: 5/5 We do not get any exclusive minifigures, but this set is a cheap way to get Penguin and Robin ones. Very thoughtful of TLG. Playability: 5/5 – Three playable features, with a little bonus as brick-build penguins. That is something worth being given a 5. Parts: 4/5 – A nice collection of useful parts and some rounded sleek bricks. Though the set may seem blank with the lack of stickers. If it were printed, it would have become one of the best Batman sets. Price:5/5 – 207 bricks for $20 is a very fair piece/price ratio. Nothing of that kind can be seen now. Overall: 5/5 – According to my ratings this set is one of the best. In fact it can easily compete with Two-Face one, or the Scarecrow one. I tried to be fair and objective, but suppose that I will get accusations of being biased to my own vehicle still! Good day, ladies and gentlemen! )