Random set of the day: Batwing Battle Over Gotham City

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Batwing Battle Over Gotham City

Batwing Battle Over Gotham City

©2012 LEGO Group

Today's random set is 6863 Batwing Battle Over Gotham City, released during 2012. It's one of 14 DC Comics Super Heroes sets produced that year. It contains 278 pieces and 3 minifigs, and its retail price was US$34.99 / £34.99, which equates to about US$49 / £50 in today's money.

It's owned by 9,457 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you should find it for sale at Brick Owl, BrickLink, where new ones sell for around $52.00, or eBay.


14 comments on this article

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By in United States,

Despite probably never using them, I wish I had gotten some of those Batman sets for all the various types of guns. LEGO made a tommy gun and they may never do that again even if it is appropriate for whatever license requires it.

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By in New Zealand,

Great remake of the legendary tier 7782.

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By in Turkey,

Some of these sets are real wacky.

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By in United Kingdom,

Did find it funny that all these first DC Superheroes sets were essentially remakes of the Batman sets

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By in United States,

@Lego_lord said:
"Some of these sets are real wacky."

What do you expect from a hero whose Rogues Gallery largely consists of recurring escapees from a not nearly secure enough insane asylum?

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By in Netherlands,

Let's get out of the way that this has nothing on 7782.

That said, I briefly owned it and to this day I'm not in a hurry to get it again. The build felt very basic. But more importantly, it lacked character. The helicopter could as well be a Lex Luthor thing with that color scheme. The batwing's wings are angular and you see a grey plate stick out under the corner panels that make up the curvature in the middle. The helicopter has some flick fire missiles and the bomb underneath. And the batwing... also has flick fire missiles and a bomb or drone thing (which uses black axes to form bat wings, which admittedly is NPU).

The Joker here would appear in many more sets, as does this Batman. Which leaves the goon, which is probably the best part of the set.

Compared to the original the goon is also the only part this has in its favor. The ladder is half as long. The missiles are not hidden, nor is there room for the Joker. The Bang! flag is now a regular red flag draped over the gunbarrel. There is no display stand. The heli doesn't drop any bombs, just awkwardly flicks one big one forward. The batwing is cramped, and the wings are not nearly as sleek, and it's missing bat fins that stand up on the rear...

Some of these are a lower budget, but it feels like it also was the more comic-book esque direction Super Heroes did and in some cases just that they tried to do the same thing a different way. But on the whole, it had been done better.

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By in United States,

@Binnekamp said:
"Let's get out of the way that this has nothing on 7782."

Let’s get out of the way that I saw both of these as boxes full of spare parts and minifigs. It took about another half decade before I felt they were doing a decent job of designing vehicles, and 76239 was the first minifig-scale one that truly impressed me.

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By in Croatia,

@Maxbricks14 said:
"Great remake of the legendary tier 7782."

7782 is great, this one not so

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By in United Kingdom,

Looks like a fun kids playset, rather than a collectable.

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By in United States,

@Binnekamp said:"...drone thing (which uses black axes to form bat wings, which admittedly is NPU)."

Just looked the instructions up, and yeah, that is nice, although my favorite use of that piece is still 10338' horns.

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By in Canada,

Didn't get it...did get:
4528: Green Lantern (:))
6862: Superman vs. Power Armor Lex (:D)
and, because I got 'Lego Batman 2: DC Superheroes': 30164: Lex Luthor...I should put this version into the mec...er, 'Power Armor'...

Anywho; won't 'rant', you folks my P.O.V. on the DC/TLG situation (and how it's still BUNK...:()...so, carry on:)

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By in United States,

One of the most iconic sets from my childhood, I love it so much!

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By in United States,

@brick_r said:
"6862: Superman vs. Power Armor Lex (:D)"

Um…

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By in Canada,

@PurpleDave said:
" @brick_r said:
"6862: Superman vs. Power Armor Lex (:D)"

Um…"


Transparent green and single-letter logos - looks fine to me.

This might be the most direct of the 2006 Batman remakes in the 2012 DCSH line. It doesn't really have any elements added or dropped like the others.

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