Review: 76274 Batman with the Batmobile vs. Harley Quinn and Mr. Freeze
Posted by CapnRex101,
Countless versions of the Batmobile have been developed for comics, movies, television series and video games, with the streamlined vehicle from Batman: The Animated Series considered among the best examples. While overdue, I am delighted to see a LEGO rendition.
Beyond its excessively explanatory set name, 76274 Batman with the Batmobile vs. Harley Quinn and Mr. Freeze contains three highly desirable minifigures and the actual Batmobile looks good, although the price is seemingly an ever-present issue.
Summary
76274 Batman with the Batmobile vs. Harley Quinn and Mr. Freeze, 435 pieces.
£54.99 / $59.99 / €59.99 | 12.6p/13.8c/13.8c per piece.
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While the set's content is very satisfying on the whole, the price is absurd
- A long-awaited set
- Attractive and distinctive Batmobile
- Accurate bodywork
- Great minifigures
- Extremely expensive
- Harley Quinn minifigure is repeated from Gotham City Skyline
The set was provided for review by LEGO. All opinions expressed are those of the author.
Minifigures
76271 Batman: The Animated Series Gotham City provided a Batman minifigure based on his animated design, which returns here, although now wearing a rubber cape. The simple muscle definition and belt match the onscreen character and I like the dual-moulded legs, decorated on the front to recreate Batman's pointed boots.
Ideally, the dual-moulded cowl would be equally angular, but that would involve a new element and this one suffices, introduced last year. The white lenses look superb and the double-sided head suits Bruce Wayne's character perfectly, displaying serious and determined expressions.
The cape is more debatable. Rubber capes do have certain advantages over fabric because they should be more durable and the shaping is effective, although the minifigure available in 76271 Batman: The Animated Series Gotham City features a double-sided dark blue and black cape, made of fabric, which arguably looks better than this one.
Batman: The Animated Series reimagined or introduced various villains and probably the two most closely associated with the series are provided here. Mr. Freeze received a tragic origin story in the acclaimed episode Heart of Ice and Victor looks good in minifigure form, sporting a new trans-clear helmet, with pale skin and sinister red goggles underneath.
A specialised shoulder armour component would have suited Mr. Freeze, recreating his bulky suit from the animated series, but the torso alone is reasonably accurate. I like the blue bands beside the arms in particular, although the absence of dual-moulded boots is unfortunate. Even so, I am glad this famous version of the character is represented as a minifigure, finally.
Harley Quinn, meanwhile, was created for Batman: The Animated Series, so her presence in both sets this year makes sense. This minifigure bears a strong resemblance to Harley's early LEGO designs and her traditional garb is supremely detailed. Of course, a unique villain would have been preferable, as Harley Quinn has appeared already, but I understand repeating her.
The Completed Model
LEGO has produced various minifigure-scale Batmobiles lately, inspired by memorable film and television designs. Some are formatted similarly to this Batmobile, displayed on a rotating base with an attached information plaque. I like this style and the model is immediately recognisable, thanks to the vehicle's distinctive elongated nose and blocky silhouette, unlike many versions of the Batmobile.
The plaque is decorated with a sticker, sadly, but documents the Batmobile's technical details and features a nice image of Batman beside the Animated Series title. The stand is otherwise quite plain, although its light bluish grey colour contrasts with the Batmobile and I like how the rotating 8x8 dish is integrated, so the turntable is completely hidden.
Attractive though the display base is, the Batmobile looks equally impressive without it, in my opinion. The model measures nearly 25cm in length and certainly captures the proportions of the source material, although its colour is open to debate. Depending on the scene and lighting, the vehicle sometimes looks black and sometimes dark blue, so either shade is arguable.
Personally, I think the onscreen car is supposed to be black, perhaps with a subtle hint of blue, hence it reflects dark blue when illuminated. However, we already have several Batmobile sets in black and the dark blue Batmobile stands out brilliantly beside the others, so the colour choice does not bother me at all.
2x2 wedge plates form the radiator grille, with black plates and tiles providing some texture in between. The angular shape looks great and contrasts with the rounded wheel arches. Ideally, the transition between the wheel arches and the bumper would be smoother, but given the size of the model, this is a good solution. Furthermore, the stickered headlights look splendid.
The front of the Batmobile is almost entirely smooth, interrupted only by a pair of stud shooters that can be attached on the bonnet. These are welcome for play, but they are easy to remove if you prefer, revealing the exhaust manifolds, which look fantastic. However, I wish the tyres were thinner because the wheels seem much too chunky in their current form.
The studs around the cockpit are not ideal either, though unavoidable, given the use of wedge plates for the bodywork. The intakes flanking the cockpit are accurate and I think a trans-black 4x5 windscreen was an appropriate choice, despite lacking a central pillar. The shaping behind the cockpit is excellent as well, particularly with the scalloped edges of the tail fins.
Batman sits neatly inside the cockpit, even while wearing his rubber cape, which is a pleasant surprise. I am impressed with that consideration here, although rubber capes will surely cause problems in future sets, where space could be at more of a premium. At least Batman's cape is fairly narrow, only extending slightly beyond his arms.
Three stickers are applied inside, forming the various controls and showing the Gotham City skyline in front of the driver. A basic steering wheel is also included, represented by a bucket handle. There is only space for one minifigure, unfortunately, but adding a second seat would entail drastically changing the proportions of the model.
Like a couple of previous Batmobile sets, the rear wheels are linked to the flaming exhaust via Technic gears, so the flame and the dark bluish grey barrel turn with the wheels. While familiar, this function works perfectly and the rear of the vehicle looks superb, even featuring a couple of trans-red lights.
Overall
76274 Batman with the Batmobile vs. Harley Quinn and Mr. Freeze finally fulfils the long-held desire for a LEGO version of the Batmobile from Batman: The Animated Series, nearly twenty years after the first Batman sets took such obvious inspiration from the series. The result looks brilliant overall and the three minifigures are excellent, especially in the case of Mr. Freeze.
Sadly, like so many sets released this year, those positive qualities are overshadowed by the price. £54.99, $59.99 or €59.99 seems wildly expensive to me, far exceeding the comparable Batmobile sets produced recently and without any obvious reason, beyond the inherent appeal of this ever-popular Batmobile. Discounts are inevitable though and are already taking place.
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Great set but minor nitpick: no hairpiece for Bruce?
Might pick this up later down the line, unless they release a Batman Forever batmobile before that point. I will defend that movie till the day that I die.
Excellent review and a very nice model. The price is absolutely absurd.
I already managed to find it for 20% off. Even then it was more than I'd like, but it's my second favorite Batmobile behind the 1989 version.
A terrific set that's clearly overpriced. As mentioned above, a hairpiece for Batman/Bruce Wayne would have been nice. Shoulder pad armor for Dr. Freeze also, as noted, would have been a smart addition as his suit was/is bulky.
Overall though the design is spot-on and the blue color was a smart choice.
@LegoMKB said:
"Excellent review and a very nice model. The price is absolutely absurd. "
It's not as bad as 21003
@b2_O said:
"Great set but minor nitpick: no hairpiece for Bruce?
Might pick this up later down the line, unless they release a Batman Forever batmobile before that point. I will defend that movie till the day that I die."
Who is Bruce?
@nldarklord said:
" @b2_O said:
"Great set but minor nitpick: no hairpiece for Bruce?
Might pick this up later down the line, unless they release a Batman Forever batmobile before that point. I will defend that movie till the day that I die."
Who is Bruce?"
I've said too much.
You know the price is bad when even at a 25% discount it still feels expensive...
Harley being repeated from the Art set only counts as a negative if you think most builders are going to already own that, and I don't think I have to explain why a $60 car is a more attractive purchase than a $260 piece of home decor. (An *overpriced* car, but still more affordable and easier to find a place for in your home.)
@LegoMKB said:
"Excellent review and a very nice model. The price is absolutely absurd. "
76232 has way more worse price calculation but I guess it could be cheaper too.
@nldarklord said:
" @b2_O said:
"Great set but minor nitpick: no hairpiece for Bruce?
Might pick this up later down the line, unless they release a Batman Forever batmobile before that point. I will defend that movie till the day that I die."
Who is Bruce?"
He's from the philosophy department of the University of Woolamaloo.
I'm surprised at this: "...the stickered headlights look splendid.". On my screen it is fairly clear that the sticker colour is nowhere near the colour of the bricks. Otherwise, nice review and nice set.
Having just rewatched the series with my son, the Batmobile from BTAS is definitely blue. I can see how screen shots make it look black with blue accents, but that is only because it was so often in a dark setting.
So I'm glad that they got that right, but they missed the mark with the figure - Batman in BTAS was gray and blue . . . and again because he is so often in a dark setting it looks black . . . but to be true to the series, Batman (like the Batmobile) should have been mostly blue.
I thought Batman only worked in black, or very, very, very dark grey.
The Batmobile was always Black in the animated series. The blue was meant to represent metallic sheen highlights so it didn't appear flat in some scenes.
So for me, this is totally the wrong colour.
edit: I'll use as a point of fact, the origional Kenner toys for the series from the 90's had the Batmobile in black.
I don’t want to over-criticise as the style is hard to
cram to MF ‘scale’ so due to the price I’ll try designing this myself in black (cue hours of fiddling).
Bear in mind a VERY large animated batmobile was available for action figures at under double the price with headlights lit.
Worse than the price which can be changed with sales/discounts is the lack of Batman chin. A new mould for an animated cowl and face print to represent that might have twisted my arm. To hear Kevin Conroy’s voice I need more chin!
Well done to the designer, the car just about convinces.
Edit: no dual-mould purple boots for Mr Freeze is a major minus.
It is a 1-wide single-seater. 60 bucks. does it really have to be that big? My brother had the Action-figure version in the mid-90s which was as large as this but about 75% cheaper (inflation yaddah, yaddah... not so big in Germany...)
@SinKiller_Nick said:
"Having just rewatched the series with my son, the Batmobile from BTAS is definitely blue. I can see how screen shots make it look black with blue accents, but that is only because it was so often in a dark setting.
So I'm glad that they got that right, but they missed the mark with the figure - Batman in BTAS was gray and blue . . . and again because he is so often in a dark setting it looks black . . . but to be true to the series, Batman (like the Batmobile) should have been mostly blue."
Think you need to adjust your screen settings as Batman was never represented as being Grey and Blue in the series whatsoever.
The underside of the cape was sometimes depicated as being blue, to represent contrast. But his main colour was always black, same as the car. The blue was just sheen highlights rather then the main vehicle colour.
A great pic of all the minifig batmobiles from TV and film!
I've never watched it, so I can't argue about the right color. Looking at pictures I can see it both ways. Hmm...
But I'll likely wait for a sale and pick this up. My childhood love of Batman rings true to modern day, so I need to keep the collection going. Plus, new figures are always welcome.
I didn't have a list of Things Not Worth £54.99... until now.
To me the price seems reasonable, but then I spent a lot over the weekend, and it's a set I'm not interested in.
I do agree that the colour seems wrong however, the vehicle should be black. It would look better and seems more in keeping, from what I've seen of Batman.
It looks good, though of course the price. Feels like since LEGO *knows* the primary audience for this set are adults that they can get away with charging more. It'll be easy to find on sale for around $45, but you shouldn't have to resort to that, IMO.
Mr. Freeze is an exceptionally well done fig. Ruthlessly charming rendition of that now-classic character design.
Harley Quinn is the perfect test of Lego’s printing quality when it comes to white printing. You be the judge!
For those who have not watched the show: If you have any interest in animated shows or the art of animation, it’s a classic and worth watching.
For those who thinks this model of the BAM Batmobile is expensive, check out the 1/6 model that JazzInc Dioramas is planning to make. 1.500 USD for a 1/6, part die cast, part plastic molded model that is planned to be as accurate as possible. Including lights, sound effects and possible smoke effects.
I am actually on the fence about it. I have ordered their 1989 Batmobile, and if that is as good as early reviews suggest, this one might go in my bag.
Best minifig scale batmobile yet!
Amazing build but the price is disappointing. Batmobiles of this size shouldn't cost more than $30-40 USD and all the others in this style have been in that price range.
I don't agree with Harley's repetition being labeled a negative for the set. It's the best classic Harley Quinn minifigure ever produced and now more people can enjoy it! I personally love getting exclusive minifigures in expensive sets, but I also love it when great minifigures become readily available to everyone in cheaper sets. Gotham City Skyline still has two exclusive minifigures and a unique cape for Batman. I'm glad to see this Harley being repeated in a cheaper set, especially because a classic red and black version of her with the jester hat hasn't been seen in a decade.
Yay, yet ANOTHER Collector's Batmobile.
Easy pass. Wake me up when LEGO suddenly remembers that *le gasp* wow! Batman isn't the only DC superhero that exists! No friggin way! Who would've thought!
(At least we're getting Superman next year)
This price just seems especially egregious at $60, especially after last year's 76224 at $48 was also vocally noted to be overpriced. And it just feels a bit worse when I can buy both the 1992 Batwing and Batmobile in 66790 for only $50 (with a multipack discount, but it's still competing on the market).
Really I just want villain vehicles these days, not an endless battery of batmobiles. The villain builds were always a creative highlight on any set, and see them entirely absent for all recent offerings in incredibly disappointing.
Question, Where's Robin?
@b2_O said:
"Great set but minor nitpick: no hairpiece for Bruce?
Might pick this up later down the line, unless they release a Batman Forever batmobile before that point. I will defend that movie till the day that I die."
Batman Forever is a great movie. In fact I’ll defend that whole era until I die, even Batman and Robin, that’s the movie that got me into Batman.
"Batman with the Batmobile vs. Harley Quinn and Mr. Freeze" might be the dumbest name for a Lego set that I've ever seen. At what point will they simply name sets based on a complete inventory of all the bricks used in the set?
@HOBBES said:
"I'm surprised at this: "...the stickered headlights look splendid.". On my screen it is fairly clear that the sticker colour is nowhere near the colour of the bricks. Otherwise, nice review and nice set."
Absolutely agree. But not only that, on some pictures the blue of the bricks also looks pretty far from consistent either.
In itself I like the car, but especially considering the absurd price cutting corners on quality is unforgivable.
@nldarklord said:
" @b2_O said:
"Great set but minor nitpick: no hairpiece for Bruce?
Might pick this up later down the line, unless they release a Batman Forever batmobile before that point. I will defend that movie till the day that I die."
Who is Bruce?"
Bruce Mama!
Ha! I always wanted to make this joke.
...
What do you mean it doesn't work like that?
@SinKiller_Nick:
The issue with black stuff in animation and print media is that they traditionally use a darker color to indicate shading. In the case of colors that are already dark, this usually means black. Problem is, when the color you’re trying to shade is already black, there really isn’t anything darker you can use, so they’re typically “shaded” it with primary blue (that being the next darkest single-color option). This becomes real obvious in old comics when they put a blue streak through the hair of a character like Superman or Bruce Wayne. They clearly don’t have a blue stripe in their hair, but it provides a contrasting color so they can define curves in a way the reader can understand.
The series used a new art style they dubbed “dark deco”. They painted the backgrounds on black paper. They used a color palette that leaned heavily into dark colors. The majority of the scenes with Batman occur at night. They use a _lot_ of black shadows to establish mood. And they’ve got the coolest car in the business. Except it’s black, and that makes it really hard to see. So they lean heavily into the blue shading at times.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SNZed-xesEA&pp=ygUPQjp0YXMgYmF0bW9iaWxl
This is a compilation of Batmobile scenes, where you can see some of the extremes. At 3:47, a weapon pops up from a hood that looks very similar to this model. But at 4:03, it’s painted into the background, and there’s not really any hint of blue. It looks very black in this shot. Depending on who animated it (and they farmed that process out to dozens of animation houses, wherever they could find someone with an opening in their schedule), and what it’s being animated against, you get both extremes and everything between.
But the car is black. It’s just animated in blue a lot.
https://dcanimated.com/WF/batman/btas/backstage/styleguide/07.jpg
That’s from the show’s style guide. Looks blue in the top image, two-toned in the middle, and pure black in the bottom. Every toy I’ve seen of the car depicts it as black, except standard Hot Wheels. They did do a dark-blue version…but they’ve also done a black version, a gold version, and even a purple version. They like to do lots of alternate colorways, so they don’t really work as proof one way or the other.
Now, Batman’s costume is black and grey, except I could see an argument for the cape either being black over blue, or simply animated that way so his shorts/boots/gloves show up against it. Toys almost always give him a two-tone cape, and it consistently appears with a solid blue lining, where that’s just not the case with the Batmobile.
@GrizBe said:
" @SinKiller_Nick said:
"Having just rewatched the series with my son, the Batmobile from BTAS is definitely blue. I can see how screen shots make it look black with blue accents, but that is only because it was so often in a dark setting.
So I'm glad that they got that right, but they missed the mark with the figure - Batman in BTAS was gray and blue . . . and again because he is so often in a dark setting it looks black . . . but to be true to the series, Batman (like the Batmobile) should have been mostly blue."
Think you need to adjust your screen settings as Batman was never represented as being Grey and Blue in the series whatsoever.
The underside of the cape was sometimes depicated as being blue, to represent contrast. But his main colour was always black, same as the car. The blue was just sheen highlights rather then the main vehicle colour. "
I can see how you would think that looking at pictures but watching the actual show there is a preponderance of blue in the BTAS design and the black comes from the shadows and darkness. Some modern action figures do the black with the blue underside of the cape but again that is an interpretation of the design like what Lego did here. If I could attach pictures I would, but not looking to argue about it. BTAS is awesome and I hope everyone checks out the old shows. Cheers.
@nldarklord said:
" @b2_O said:
"Great set but minor nitpick: no hairpiece for Bruce?
Might pick this up later down the line, unless they release a Batman Forever batmobile before that point. I will defend that movie till the day that I die."
Who is Bruce?"
I'll do you one better: Where's Bruce?
(It's an MCU joke, but it still works here!)
@GrizBe said:
"Think you need to adjust your screen settings as Batman was never represented as being Grey and Blue in the series whatsoever."
No, that really is an artifact of the animation style. Watch the video I linked above, and you’ll see that the Batmobile looks _really_ blue in many shots, and Batman almost always has blue highlights, except when shown in silhouette. I don’t remember the underside of the cape ever not being blue, nor does it typically have any sort of shading added to the blue. I have a really nice action figure/diorama from McFarlane Toys (that feels so weird to type, given how crap their early stuff was) that has a light-up lightning bolt that’s probably meant to represent the lightning strike from the end of the opening credits. Black and grey costume, but the underside of the cape is solid blue and the black parts of the costume have matching blue highlights on them.
Now, on an unrelated note, if we’re going to talk about minifigs that have been tragically left out, I’d make a case for Detective Renee Montoya. While she did appear in the mainstream print comics for her first appearance, the character was created for this animated series. The folks at DC just liked her so much they jumped the gun and debuted her before the show could. Harley, on the other hand, did make her debut in broadcast, then her first print appearance was in The Batman Adventures (companion comic book drawn in the same style as the show), and it would take a little time for her to be absorbed into the main print continuity. By that time, the show had already separated her from the Joker, and created the Harley/Ivy team-up, as well as shifting her more towards anti-hero status.
@nldarklord said:
" @b2_O said:
"Great set but minor nitpick: no hairpiece for Bruce?
Might pick this up later down the line, unless they release a Batman Forever batmobile before that point. I will defend that movie till the day that I die."
Who is Bruce?"
Sounds like a cool guy!
@Murdoch17 said:
" @nldarklord said:
" @b2_O said:
"Great set but minor nitpick: no hairpiece for Bruce?
Might pick this up later down the line, unless they release a Batman Forever batmobile before that point. I will defend that movie till the day that I die."
Who is Bruce?"
I'll do you one better: Where's Bruce?
(It's an MCU joke, but it still works here!)"
What's Bruce....?
@Ridgeheart said:
" @Murdoch17 said:
" @nldarklord said:
" @b2_O said:
"Great set but minor nitpick: no hairpiece for Bruce?
Might pick this up later down the line, unless they release a Batman Forever batmobile before that point. I will defend that movie till the day that I die."
Who is Bruce?"
I'll do you one better: Where's Bruce?
(It's an MCU joke, but it still works here!)"
He’s not ‘ere, Bruce."
It's hot enough in here to boil a monkey's bum!
Bruce, Bruce, Bruce..... Bruce!
Good for Lego showing they can print black to match black (and make you pay for it!). They still can't do white, and that ain't right.
As a long time Batman fan, I'd really like to get this set. I had just turned 22 when this series came on TV and as a grown-@$$ adult, I would come home from college classes and watch it every day that I could! :)
I would have also preferred this set to be black with possibly some blue highlights like the 76188 Classic TV Series Batmobile. Yes, it was blue in the show a lot of the time, but that was to contrast the car from the dark night it was driving through. Everyone knows it was really black. Aside from complaining about the absurd price, there are ways they could have justified it; for example, by including a big-fig Killer Croc. I really wish it had different villains - Harley Quinn is so overused. Mr. Freeze has been done enough to last me as well, despite how much I love his character. It would have been much more fitting by including Man-Bat since he was the villain of the first episode and has only been made in minifigure form twice.
This led me to count the number of DC villain minifigs that are common Batman foes; here's a rundown in order from most used to least (as of today):
Joker 37
Harley Quinn 17
Mr. Freeze 10
Penguin 10
Riddler 10
Poison Ivy 8
Bane 6
Scarecrow 6
Two Face 6
Killer Croc 3
Man-Bat 2
Ra's Al Ghul 1
I too wasn't thrilled with the price, BUT as I'm a huge fan of B:TAS I picked it up regardless. As to the color like everyone else has stated it should be black OR at least a metallic grayish/blue tint. When the inevitable UCS version(you know it will, don't deny it) of this comes out in a couple of years then Lego can correct the color at that point.
@graymattr:
Huh. Weird. I have at least four different versions of Man-Bat. I knew the B:TAS version was custom, but I forgot I had to make my own TLBM Man-Bat as well. Anyways, Harley did pretty well for herself, considering she was just a throwaway, one-shot character created just to enable a single joke. The production order for the series was just assigned according to when scripts were assigned, and the episodes aired in whatever order they came back from the various animation houses, so the two orders are incredibly out of synch with each other. On Leather Wings is notable for being one of the few early eps that actually aired in the correct position based on production order. It's also notable for resulting in Kevin Conroy's first line in the entire series _not_ coming from Batman/Bruce Wayne. He also voiced one of the cops in the dirigible that gets strafed by Man-Bat at the start of the episode. Imagine how jarring that would have been if we'd already had a chance to become familiar with his distinctive voice by the time that aired.
And I just realized this set is notable for a very unfortunate reason, which is that all three voice actors represented here have passed away. Michael Ansara in 2013, Kevin Conroy in 2022, and Arline Sorkin in 2023.
I just built this set over the weekend, and, although I quite enjoyed it, I believe it should have a better connection between the car and the base. It comes apart ALL THE TIME.
@PurpleDave said:
" @GrizBe said:
"Think you need to adjust your screen settings as Batman was never represented as being Grey and Blue in the series whatsoever."
No, that really is an artifact of the animation style. Watch the video I linked above, and you’ll see that the Batmobile looks _really_ blue in many shots, and Batman almost always has blue highlights, except when shown in silhouette. I don’t remember the underside of the cape ever not being blue, nor does it typically have any sort of shading added to the blue. "
And thats my point. The blue was just highlights because of the animation style, not the main colour as being suggested by others and that both the car was black, and batman grey and black. Thankyou for summing it up in your previous post a hell of alot better then I ever could have.
@MusiMus said:
" @LegoMKB said:
"Excellent review and a very nice model. The price is absolutely absurd. "
76232 has way more worse price calculation but I guess it could be cheaper too."
Nothing is more absurd than the price of 76232.
Not even 76281.
@Zrath said:
" @MusiMus said:
" @LegoMKB said:
"Excellent review and a very nice model. The price is absolutely absurd. "
76232 has way more worse price calculation but I guess it could be cheaper too."
Nothing is more absurd than the price of 76232 .
Not even 76281 ."
Atleast 76281 is based on something that a majority of people actually like! (in comparison)
I have to say that it looks very good on display, next to the others minifig scaled Batmobiles. Sleek design, very smooth. The only con is the sticker for the front lights. I managed to replace it and MODED something correct with trans yellow 1x1 cheese slopes. The headlights are so not exactly where they should and are of course a bit bigger than the ones provided by the sticker, but it looks thus way better in my opinion. For the rest, excellent and affordable set for an iconic car. I like it.
@Murdoch17 said:
" @nldarklord said:
" @b2_O said:
"Great set but minor nitpick: no hairpiece for Bruce?
Might pick this up later down the line, unless they release a Batman Forever batmobile before that point. I will defend that movie till the day that I die."
Who is Bruce?"
I'll do you one better: Where's Bruce?
(It's an MCU joke, but it still works here!)"
I'll do you one better: Why's Bruce?
@GrizBe said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @GrizBe said:
"Think you need to adjust your screen settings as Batman was never represented as being Grey and Blue in the series whatsoever."
No, that really is an artifact of the animation style. Watch the video I linked above, and you’ll see that the Batmobile looks _really_ blue in many shots, and Batman almost always has blue highlights, except when shown in silhouette. I don’t remember the underside of the cape ever not being blue, nor does it typically have any sort of shading added to the blue. "
And thats my point. The blue was just highlights because of the animation style, not the main colour as being suggested by others and that both the car was black, and batman grey and black. Thankyou for summing it up in your previous post a hell of alot better then I ever could have. "
But adjusting the screen settings isn’t going to make it stop looking blue in those scenes where it’s the predominant color. Unless you set your screen to B&W, that is. Which, that’d be a curious way to watch the show, considering their TV broadcast (with one notable exception) is always depicted as being B&W, even though computers all have color monitors.
This is the only set recently that really smacked me hard in the face as "too expensive". There are a lot of sets that feel about ten bucks more than they should be, a few twenty, but this feels like a $20-30 set for over $60 bucks and I can't think of any set that has hit me that dramatically. I'm sure many of you will disagree, I'm only stating my own feelings here.
Terrible print quality on Harley Quinn. Her skin isn't pink, Lego, it's white.... Beating a dead horse, though, it seems.
For comparison the same number of pieces as the £43 76224, which is about to be retired, and I prefer the black colour and Joker minifig as well!
"Depending on the scene and lighting, the vehicle sometimes looks black and sometimes dark blue, so either shade is arguable."
True, BUT if they depict the vehicle as blue, Batman's cowl and cape should be blue too.
@Thunderbear said:
""Depending on the scene and lighting, the vehicle sometimes looks black and sometimes dark blue, so either shade is arguable."
True, BUT if they depict the vehicle as blue, Batman's cowl and cape should be blue too."
Look closely and you’ll usually see some dark-blue highlights on the cowl, cape exterior, shorts, gloves, and boots. Unless he’s shown in silhouette, of course.
The price is just insane and making me move on to other options to spend my money on.
@Murdoch17 said:
" @nldarklord said:
" @b2_O said:
"Great set but minor nitpick: no hairpiece for Bruce?
Might pick this up later down the line, unless they release a Batman Forever batmobile before that point. I will defend that movie till the day that I die."
Who is Bruce?"
I'll do you one better: Where's Bruce?
(It's an MCU joke, but it still works here!)"
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What's strange is there was a Mr. Freeze armor piece in 70901, which uses the standard 2x2x2 dome, and wouldn't have required a new mold.
@PurpleDave said:
"And I just realized this set is notable for a very unfortunate reason, which is that all three voice actors represented here have passed away. Michael Ansara in 2013, Kevin Conroy in 2022, and Arline Sorkin in 2023."
RIP.
@Norikins said:"What's strange is there was a Mr. Freeze armor piece in 70901, which uses the standard 2x2x2 dome, and wouldn't have required a new mold."
That mold would have been retired by now (molds are retired after a certain length of time, five years if memory serves), so yes, they would have.
@TheOtherMike:
They don't necessarily retire molds after five years. If it's still in regular use, they'll just keep running it until it needs to be replaced. It's five years of disuse where it costs as much to store it as it does to cut a new one the next time they need that mold. But in this case, the only two uses of that mold were Red Hood and Mr. Freeze from the 2017 waves of TLBM, so certainly past the five year mark by now. Of course, they can still call that design up for a new mold at any point. The files have to be stored on computer somewhere, so they don't have to redesign something as complicated as the goat. I mean, they still did (the open cavity on the belly is different), but the outside shape should be essentially identical.
@PurpleDave: Yeah, five years of disuse, that's what I meant. Thank you for the clarification.