Honestly, I think I would have liked these more if they were more like micro fighters instead of the cartoonish versions. Of course I still got them tho

Not a fan of Micros.

I combined the Bane head with an Arkham jumpsuit to make an unpowered TLBM Bane. Still need to add Clayface and Killer Croc to the group, but I have all the other TLBM Arkham inmates in jumpsuits.

This range was out when I first opened my shops. These and the Star Wars constraction figures gave me my first dose of reality that not all Lego sets sell.
Of course over the years I still fall for the same old trick, and still am doing.
See ranges including Mario, DC Girls, Dreamzz, Friends, Animal Crossing to name just a few duds.
Guess it's clever marketing from Lego convincing not only customers, but also retailers that the newest line will be the next big thing

@paulrothwell said:
"This range was out when I first opened my shops. These and the Star Wars constraction figures gave me my first dose of reality that not all Lego sets sell.
Of course over the years I still fall for the same old trick, and still am doing.
See ranges including Mario, DC Girls, Dreamzz, Friends, Animal Crossing to name just a few duds.
Guess it's clever marketing from Lego convincing not only customers, but also retailers that the newest line will be the next big thing"
I guess the biggest sellers (and money makers) for LEGO are those themes we like to overlook because of all the hype around "new stuff".
Evergreen themes like City, Star Wars, Harry Potter, and even "Technic" / Racers 2.0, (because no matter how much we older Technic fans might hate the new direction, many kids still like cars of all kinds).

All the other stuff seems like experiments to see what might stick (and a lot of it doesn't, unfortunately for the retailers, and has to be discounted massively in order to shift at all).

These sets were strange. On the one hand, they gave you two minifigs and two vehicles for a tenner. And some vehicles were fun or creative relevant things.
But often the vehicles were generic. And those figures were so cartoony that they weren't really useful most of the time.

In this case I like that Bane's vehicle isn't also red like in the Batcave break-in set. Power Miners thunder driller is a bit random, but welcome in my book.

@paulrothwell said:
"This range was out when I first opened my shops. These and the Star Wars constraction figures gave me my first dose of reality that not all Lego sets sell.
Of course over the years I still fall for the same old trick, and still am doing.
See ranges including Mario, DC Girls, Dreamzz, Friends, Animal Crossing to name just a few duds.
Guess it's clever marketing from Lego convincing not only customers, but also retailers that the newest line will be the next big thing"

Hold up, Friends doesn't sell?
What kind of shop was that, because I'm pretty sure it's one of lego's top sellers. There's a reason the theme has been around for 14 years...
If it was a bricklink shop it might have been a specific clientelle?

I like this set. I bought one. More play functions than the pinball set.

So the first Brickheadz set here was a DC set, now the First Mighty Micros, although in both cases, the only sets from the line released that year (or in Mighty Micros' case, the only sets released at all) were Marvel and DC, and both got the same number of sets.

Binnekamp said:"These sets were strange. On the one hand, they gave you two minifigs and two vehicles for a tenner. And some vehicles were fun or creative relevant things.
But often the vehicles were generic. And those figures were so cartoony that they weren't really useful most of the time."

I still think the figures would be great for kids in costumes.

@Binnekamp said:
"These sets were strange. On the one hand, they gave you two minifigs and two vehicles for a tenner. And some vehicles were fun or creative relevant things.
But often the vehicles were generic. And those figures were so cartoony that they weren't really useful most of the time.

In this case I like that Bane's vehicle isn't also red like in the Batcave break-in set. Power Miners thunder driller is a bit random, but welcome in my book.

@paulrothwell said:
"This range was out when I first opened my shops. These and the Star Wars constraction figures gave me my first dose of reality that not all Lego sets sell.
Of course over the years I still fall for the same old trick, and still am doing.
See ranges including Mario, DC Girls, Dreamzz, Friends, Animal Crossing to name just a few duds.
Guess it's clever marketing from Lego convincing not only customers, but also retailers that the newest line will be the next big thing"

Hold up, Friends doesn't sell?
What kind of shop was that, because I'm pretty sure it's one of lego's top sellers. There's a reason the theme has been around for 14 years...
If it was a bricklink shop it might have been a specific clientelle?"

No I have retail stores - I know Lego always say Friends is in their top 5 sellers for the year, but we just cannot sell it. I sometimes think I have a bit of an oddity in my shops - we probably sell 75% to adults now which skews my data a lot.

@AustinPowers said:
" @paulrothwell said:
"This range was out when I first opened my shops. These and the Star Wars constraction figures gave me my first dose of reality that not all Lego sets sell.
Of course over the years I still fall for the same old trick, and still am doing.
See ranges including Mario, DC Girls, Dreamzz, Friends, Animal Crossing to name just a few duds.
Guess it's clever marketing from Lego convincing not only customers, but also retailers that the newest line will be the next big thing"
I guess the biggest sellers (and money makers) for LEGO are those themes we like to overlook because of all the hype around "new stuff".
Evergreen themes like City, Star Wars, Harry Potter, and even "Technic" / Racers 2.0, (because no matter how much we older Technic fans might hate the new direction, many kids still like cars of all kinds).

All the other stuff seems like experiments to see what might stick (and a lot of it doesn't, unfortunately for the retailers, and has to be discounted massively in order to shift at all). "

Yes, like I've mentioned a couple of times the reason Lego makes so many Technic cars and the F1 range is that they sell, and sell well. I dont believe many kids that the Technic cars are aimed at are too bothered about functionality, they want to buy a car that they have seen on Youtube/Top Gear/whatever. And as for F1 it is still in our biggest selling range. The f1 cars have obviously dropped off as most people who want them have now got them, but the helmets have been very popular

I never noticed the Power Miners connection until now.

@paulrothwell said:
" @AustinPowers said:
" @paulrothwell said:
"This range was out when I first opened my shops. These and the Star Wars constraction figures gave me my first dose of reality that not all Lego sets sell.
Of course over the years I still fall for the same old trick, and still am doing.
See ranges including Mario, DC Girls, Dreamzz, Friends, Animal Crossing to name just a few duds.
Guess it's clever marketing from Lego convincing not only customers, but also retailers that the newest line will be the next big thing"
I guess the biggest sellers (and money makers) for LEGO are those themes we like to overlook because of all the hype around "new stuff".
Evergreen themes like City, Star Wars, Harry Potter, and even "Technic" / Racers 2.0, (because no matter how much we older Technic fans might hate the new direction, many kids still like cars of all kinds).

All the other stuff seems like experiments to see what might stick (and a lot of it doesn't, unfortunately for the retailers, and has to be discounted massively in order to shift at all). "

Yes, like I've mentioned a couple of times the reason Lego makes so many Technic cars and the F1 range is that they sell, and sell well. I dont believe many kids that the Technic cars are aimed at are too bothered about functionality, they want to buy a car that they have seen on Youtube/Top Gear/whatever. And as for F1 it is still in our biggest selling range. The f1 cars have obviously dropped off as most people who want them have now got them, but the helmets have been very popular"
I was wondering about the helmets, because LEGO definitely put in a lot of effort to make these feel premium. And while I myself am not into helmets at all I know people who definitely are in the market for such a collection.

And once again about Technic, the current generation of kids doesn't even know that Technic used to be different, with a very different focus, or that for what they like there used to be a separate line of sets called Racers.
I fear that Technic as it used to be is gone forever.
One sign for that is that other manufacturers now offer that and LEGO may well think that serious Technic aficionados can turn to these alternatives so LEGO themselves don't have to put in the effort and resources anymore.
After all, the current Technic sets require minimal effort for maximum profits - exactly what LEGO is aiming for with almost all of their products (the helmet collection being one of the notable exceptions).

@SearchlightRG said:
"It’s like the DC version of David and Goliath."

That is one way of looking at it.

@TheOtherMike said:
"I still think the figures would be great for kids in costumes."

Indeed, some of them (especially Bane) have prints that make no sense for the character they represent, but look exactly like the sort of thing you’d get in those flimsy cardboard boxes for Halloween costumes. Sometimes the character didn’t have a distinctive enough costume, so you’d end up looking like the Hulk wearing a Hulk t-shirt, or they’d make up a logo like Bane’s “B” here. And none of the MM torsos have a muscle print, so they work very well as logo t-shirts.

Ok, I won't go on my usual 'rant'; instead, I'll focus on what's 'on hand':
Funny enough: I have two Mighty Micros. Both DC (shock), neither from this year (which is a shame, Flash is one of my favorite characters, but...this one's leg DON'T MOVE, and that's JUST WRONG...:)).
No, I got the Wonder Woman one (with...Doomsday?!?!) and Supergirl...though I should have the Superman one (because, miniaturized Supermobile..:D), and that same year's Batman one (Whirlybat AND Killer Moth...should have been Batgirl, but Ok...:))...

Closest thing to a 'rant', I will state is: I wish TLG had followed what they did 'here', when they made those 'Mech sets': Wonder Wonder should have gotten one, most certainty Green Lantern (and I'd argue Kyle on that one), Flash...instead, the 'other side on the street' got one for a racoon, a...multitude of Spider-people, Iron Man (hat on a hat)...guess what I'm trying get at is: I wish that TLG would...re-split 'Super Heroes' back to DC and Marvel, and actually LET the DC team MAKE SETS...but, that'll never happen :|

@brick_r said:
"Ok, I won't go on my usual 'rant'; instead, I'll on what's 'on hand':
Funny enough: I have two Mighty Micros. Both DC (shock), neither from this year (which is a shame, Flash is one of my favorite characters, but...this one's leg DON'T MOVE, and that's JUST WRONG...:)).
No, I got the Wonder Woman one (with...Doomsday?!?!) and Supergirl...though I should have the Superman one (because, miniaturized Supermobile..:D), and that same year's Batman one (Whirlybat AND Killer Moth...should have been Batgirl, but Ok...:))...

Closest thing to a 'rant', I will state is: I wish TLG had followed what they did 'here', when they made those 'Mech sets': Wonder Wonder should have gotten one, most certainty Green Lantern (and I'd argue Kyle on that one), Flash...instead, the 'other side on the street' got one for a racoon, a...multitude of Spider-people, Iron Man (hat on a hat)...guess what I'm trying get at is: I wish that TLG would...re-split 'Super Heroes' back to DC and Marvel, and actually LET the DC team MAKE SETS...but, that'll never happen :|"

DC? It stands for dBATcMAN

@brick_r:
I’m fine with the DC characters they did, and with the fact that they have short legs (makes them look less like they’re surfing in these things, plus you can find replacement mid and normal legs for every single one of them pretty easily if you just want the minifigs). I would have liked more characters, though. I did use both Batman torsos. I’ve got one TLBM Batman (there are so many of them, even just the basic costume) with his Bat Merch cannon, and besides a bevy of Batbucks, three of the kids are wearing MM Batman shirts (black, dark-bley, light-bley, because they put him in three MM sets), and a fourth is wearing the TLBM Batgirl hoodie.

I haven’t made any MM MOCs from DC, shockingly, but I did make a Deadpool one. He’s wearing a unicorn costume and driving a taco. And I may have just talked myself into doing a Squirrel Girl MM. We’ll see. First I have to do the Squirrel-a-gig and a Squirrel Mech (and maybe a Tippy Mech).

I'm not sure why Bane is so enamoured with drills, but this would not be the only time he'd turn a big drill (6860) into a tinier version (71240). Maybe 2016 was just Bane's "Year of Fun-Sized Drill-Tanks", why not.

@Crux said:
"I'm not sure why Bane is so enamoured with drills, but this would not be the only time he'd turn a big drill (6860) into a tinier version (71240). Maybe 2016 was just Bane's "Year of Fun-Sized Drill-Tanks", why not."

Well, there are worse hobbies.

@Hiratha said:
" @Crux said:
"I'm not sure why Bane is so enamoured with drills, but this would not be the only time he'd turn a big drill (6860) into a tinier version (71240). Maybe 2016 was just Bane's "Year of Fun-Sized Drill-Tanks", why not."

Well, there are worse hobbies."

Sure, like soccer. And country music. And Spiderman.

@Hiratha said:
" @Crux said:
"I'm not sure why Bane is so enamoured with drills, but this would not be the only time he'd turn a big drill (6860) into a tinier version (71240). Maybe 2016 was just Bane's "Year of Fun-Sized Drill-Tanks", why not."

Well, there are worse hobbies."

I mean, he could have a big drug habit... oh, right.

The mobile game made these look so cool. Can't believe I didn't get more of these.

@Trigger_ said:
"The mobile game made these look so cool. Can't believe I didn't get more of these."

The what now?