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The Penguin - Finally nice to meet you my friend. I respect your villainous work as well as your class. You sir are an inspiration to aspiring criminals like myself. Your mod is great. Its practical and something that should have been done in the first place or will be released later next year. Either way the execution of your creation is great. The second seat doesn't look out of place and infact it gives the Batmobile a more full look. This is definitely something I'd like to steal once I get my own Batmobile. Thats right - I said steal! lol, theres no honor about us criminals. ;) Great work, Tyler

With the Dark Knight coming out next month and the LEGO Batman video game coming out in September, Batman - especially the LEGO version of himself is going to be very popular going into 2009. What would you like to see LEGO produce for the Batman theme next year? I would like to see them focus more on buildings and less on vehicles. I'd like to see a hideout for Joker, the Riddler, or Mr. Freeze. Ra's Al Ghul. He should really show up next year. Maybe the Black Mask as well. More of the Bat Family. Batgirl, Commish Gordon, Jason Todd, and a new Nightwing with a new hairstyle. More Bat family = good. What do you think? Tyler

Brick Rat - thanks for taking the time out to give such detailed help. Actually thanks everyone for all their help. Your suggestions and advice are just fueling my love for this Batman theme. Catwoman: Agreed for none. Killer Croc: I like the pet crocodile idea. I also wanna recreate on of the LEGO Batman preview scenes with him riding a large crocodile. lol. Two-Face: I'm going to use the generic thugs for right now but I intend on using your idea in the future. Joker: Do you have any pics of your custom thugs for him? I'd love to see them! Also going to use his generic thugs until I can make them more clown-like. Penguin: Although I like your suggestions I'm going to keep the penguin minifigs as his henchmen. Penguins are my favorite animals and those things are just super cool. Mr. Freeze: My favorite Bat villain and I didn't know LEGO deemed him worthy of generic henchmen! I'm definitely going to stock up on these as well as Artic hoods. Can't wait to get my hands on his new set. The Riddler: Going with the generic henchmen head with either the Riddler torso or generic green torso. Still haven't decided yet. Scarecrow: The pumpkin head with a plain brown body is a winner for me. Can't wait to set them up. I'm thinking of buying the Skeleton Carriage from the Castle line to mod for him. Poison Ivy: Absolutely genius. Expensive to piece together but an awesome innovation none the less. Ivy is the least of my favorites here so she will have to wait till the end. Bane: Agreed with none. He will be thuggin' it up with someone else tho. Harley Quinn: None she will be grouped with Joker and his henchmen. Black Mask: I'm making Black Mask with white hands, the tux torso and the black skeleton head. I'm going to check out the head you suggested for his henchmen and get back to you. Ra's Al Ghul: I hope to see a minifig of him in 2009. His henchmen will be ninjas. Lots of ninjas. League of Shadows. lol. Let's keep the ideas rolling! Any advice or suggestions are happily accepted! Thanks, Tyler Batbrick, I agree with you and I'm eBaying the Batmobile as we speak. How can you not wanna get the coolest Batman vehicle ever? I plan on making a mod like the Penguin has to make it a two-seater once I get the parts. Plus I agree that Two Face is quite the awesome villian but then again there are barely any bad rogues in the Batman gallery. The Batcave is going to be a handful because of how expensive it is everywhere I've looked. It's been over a $100 everywhere I've looked. I'm getting to see that LEGO is a very expensive hobby but I love the fact that you can feel so accomplished after you finish building something. Tyler

So I finally got Arkham Asylum in the mail today and decided to make a Batman theme day by renting Batman Forever from the library. Let me tell you what - VHS is not good on the eyes and that movie is not good by any means. Let's get on to the meat and bones of this post - Arkham Asylum. Due to some interruptions by my best friend and girlfriend I haven't finished it yet but man what a pain this set is to build. The pain isn't coming from the instructions its coming from the fact that none of the bags are labeled. So being the genius I am I poured out all of the parts in the bag. What an idiot. lol. Anyway I finished up the Ambulance, Nightwing's Motorcycle, and the Guard Tower so far. Thats with about an hour and a half of work too. Also let me complain about how dark the instruction booklet is. It's very hard to tell whats what and what color is which. But enough with the complaining. This set is awesome so far and I'm not even half way done. I love the fact that Nightwing is included in this set because he is my favorite member of the Bat family. His cycle is a great touch as is the Ambulance and the guards. It's the little things in this set so far that are making it worth while. I'll keep you guys up to date on my progress and post some pictures when I'm done. I'll also throw out a simple question to you all - What mods have you made to the Arkham Asylum set or what have you added on? Thanks! Tyler

Niiiiiice looking Army there kimt! I just started collecting and only have 4 Crownies but I hope to amass an Army as large as yours one day. I really like the formations as well. Only thing missing from this Army to truly make it a threat is weapons. lol. Can't wait to see pictures of your Trolls and Skellies Army. I'd like to see more pics of your Crownie Army armed and dangerous. Take care! Tyler

Same here! Very cool thread. Likewise DK, my girlfriend suprised me with the Knight's Catapult Defense last night and I can say that I am most definitely hooked on the Castle theme! So hooked that I went out and bought the Tower Raid set tonight. I never thought LEGOs could be this addictive. :) Tyler

I hope this means we will be seeing a LEGO Clayface and Commisioner Gordon pop up in the Batman sets next year. Do you guys think this game will make the LEGO sets more popular? I sure hope it does. I would like to see everyone in the Batverse represented in LEGO form. Hell I would like to see the entire DC Universe represented in LEGO form. Man don't get me started on how mad I was when I found out that the LEGO minifigs and DCU minimates weren't compatible together. Tyler

Batbrick thanks for the welcome! I was hoping you would reply to this as I have seen some of your exceptional work. Your thoughts, insights, and comments are always welcome to me. Catwoman: I agree you with you - none needed. Killer Croc: I see him more as hired muscle but I really like his character for some reason. He'll get some fodder evantually when I think of a good theme for them. Maybe I'll throw in a couple of crocodiles in his display, lol. Two-Face/Joker: I like the henchmen that they come with so they'll do for now plus they're plenty of them on bricklink. In the future I will be taking your advice and spicing up Joker's. Penguin: I'll all about his henchmen. Once I get big into this I'm going to try and piece together as many of them as possible. Mr. Freeze: I'm still looking for suggestions for him. I can only find these Planet Ice minifigs on bricklink and they will look completely stupid next to him. There has to be a plain minifig in a parka or snow jacket out there. Riddler: Batbrick and Big T - Both of your ideas are great and its kinda left me unsure as to what to do. I guess I need to find a good head and then the rest will come together. I'm definitely not using the old LEGO standby smilie face because it will look ridiculous. If either of you could throw some pics together that would be fantastic. Scarecrow: I think you have an awesome idea Batbrick and its the one I'm most excited about. Those pumpkin heads will look great on some plain brown bodies armed with some pitchforks. God my girlfriend is going to be so mad at me when she sees how much I'm going spend on bricklink, lol. So yeah, I'm getting my first ever LEGO set (since I was a kid) in the couple of days and I'm pretty pumped about getting the Arkham Asylum. What would be the next great set to get? Tyler

Hey guys - whats up? I just started getting into the Batman LEGO theme and expect to receive the Arkham Asylum set I ordered off eBay tomorrow or Saturday. I wanted to give my villains some firepower and manpower in the form of henchmen but I just wanted to toss around some ideas and get some suggestions first. For the Riddler I was either going to simply use the Riddler minifig without the hair piece as his henchmen or take off the headpiece and replace the torso with a plain green one. I'm not sure what would look better but that sounds like something the Riddler would do with his henchmen. As for the other villains - well I'm kinda stumped and thats why I'm here making this topic. lol. Any help is appreciated. I'm just looking to beef up my villains and displays so it looks like maybe this once evil will have a shot a winning. Thanks, Tyler