Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice Batmobile unveiled!

I think that looks absolutely dreadful. £30 also means it will likely have a tiny bit of scenery (which are the kind of things I hate in LEGO sets, because they tend to bump up the price, or justify a higher price tag, but add no creative value to the set). Very poor IMHO.

I'm disappointed, it looks like an old MegaBlocks set! The wheels, the cockpit, and the turret up front are totally off. It also lacks a ton of detail!

I think the door could open. If you look at previously revealed production pics, each half of the windscreen opens upwards separately with a hinge in the back. Looking at the pic, it looks like there are tiles underneath the front of the windscreen pieces and possibly some room behind the windscreen, so I think it could open that way.

It at least looks better than the two Minifig scale Tumbler sets!

This is very disappointing. If I buy the set, it'll end up in the Parts Drawers immediately.

Gabriel Leite(BRAZIL) said my first thoughts on this: "It looks like a MegaBlocks set!"

Not very impressed so far, but at least we get a new windscreen. :\

It is a little suprising that we didn't get a minifig Batmobile for the Nolan trilogy, that had a huge impact and spanned over 7 years. You have to imagine there was 7 years of chances making a set and they didn't take it. And now that the Ben Affleck movie is coming, which has already many critics, we get one in such a small set already? It's tough to me to follow this logic but I believe it has to do with the US ratings of the movies.

@yamaki, the UCS Tumbler was basically the Nolan Batmobile.

The only thing I like about this is the windshield/doors, but that's all I like about the practical film version also. I'm assuming they will fly open from the center as well. It's like they tried to merge a Batmobile and a Tumbler, and to me it just looks like a dune buggy. I shall call it the Batbuggy.

I think it looks much better than the last ones, except the one from "The Batman". Some more details, shields around the fronttires or so would be nice. Can't wait to build it!

I actually like it. Sure, it's a bit buggy-ish, but I think it looks cool. Very fast and nimble, unlike the overly armored Tumbler. Perhaps it could have more of a batlike appearance, but for what it is (a cool car), I'll take it.
There does appear to be some way of hinging the cockpit open, so I'm glad about that!

Meh. At least the minifigure has the new moulded legs, hopefully that's the norm now for Superheroes.

I think the canopy are 2 pieces and hopefully it will open

Well, I have the Batman:Arkham Knight game on my PS4, and I have to say this is slightly inaccurate.(I know this is the vehicle for the movie, but both of the Knight-mobiles look the same, so I will comment based on the game vehicle.

There are no turrets in the front, turrets pop up out of the back top of the vehicle.
There is a part in the back of the vehicle that flips out seats for two person(s) to sit inside, (If they include that this set will be awesome)
The lights for the vehicle are farther down where the tires are at instead of being on the hood(Where the stud shooters are)
There is suppose to be armor/lights above the front tires and the back tires, (They got armor for the back tires)
The minifigure does not really look all that cool besides the legs, it still looks like a normal batman minifigure, I hope they release a Movie/Arkham Knight batman suit.

That is pretty much all I can think of, but I do agree that the toy quality should be made for Kids and Adults,(I am a teenager) but I think it is still a really cool set, the back/front are pretty accurate(In Lego perspective) to the car, so why not? I will totally be getting this, and I hope others will be to.

Edit: Oh, and change those tires! At least add a black batman symbol flat tile 2x2 round on the outside of the tires, to make them look thicker.

Looks alright, though the lack of armor around the front wheels really does give it that "buggy" look other people have been talking about. I feel like there's too much "stuff" on the front of the vehicle; looks like it has a mustache or something. Those windshield pieces, though, will undoubtedly come in handy.

I would say this is definitely aimed at TLG's primary market..... which is children.
There is not much to interest an AFOL here, except for the need to improve the design.
Which could be a cunning marketing ploy to make us buy more flat plates and slopes to make this into the "real" movie vehicle?

@yamaki We did get a minifigure scale Batmobile during the Nolan era. The first was the 7888 The Tumbler: Joker's Ice Cream Surprise, which is loosely based on the chase scene in The Dark Knight. We also got the 76001 The Bat vs. Bane: Tumbler Chase, which had a camouflaged Tumbler from The Dark Knight Rises.

@polyester333 yamaki was referring to one in minifigure scale, I believe. The 76023 is probably closer to 1:12 scale.

Honestly, I think this Batmobile looks very good given the $29.99 price point. If the new DC shared universe takes off, we may see a superior version (maybe even UCS). But the set looks good enough to sell a lot of units.

I'm not a huge Batman fan, but I think it's a cute set with nice lines - albeit not super accurate to the few shots we've seen of it from the film. On this point, mind you, it is impossible to please every geek and nerd out there. I think the skipping of hidden guns in the front is reasonable, given how much this would have bulked up the model (nevermind the price..!)

A fairly good replica of an awful vehicle... And yes, it does look like a Megabloks set. Bleach.

That looks great! I would definitely get it if I wasn't so focused on Bionicle!

The only thing I like is the silver batarang.

I am not a fan of the original. It looks like an armored dune buggy. But at this scale I don't know if they could have done a lot more with it. There isn't that much there to work with. So a poor model of a poor vehicle.

It looks pretty decent. It doesn't win out for best batmobile, but it looks decent enough to warrant a purchase.

How different is this Batman vs the most recent Batman from this year? It doesn't look that different...which is a shame.

Wow! Looks Great!

I love the reaction of "pfft it's just a kids toy, why's everyone so butthurt?" in response to a press release in
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TLG has been dodging the issue of the importance of AFOLs for so long now but it's so clear how much impact they have on Lego sales. I just don't get why TLG doesn't just own it and roll out a line of AFOL targeted sets. That's basically what Cuusoo/Ideas is, but they always have to parade around this farce that they're "just a kid's toy company". All of the Cuusoo/Ideas winners have been by AFOLs and companies. ALL OF THEM.

Pick an Ideas set made by someone under 12 years old, TLG, I dare you.

I am not sure what we could expect for $30. If there are other minifigs and there is another vehicle, there isn't a lot of piece count for a solid Batmobile. They should have put all the $30 toward the vehicle and just had a Batmobile set. They do it all the time with Star Wars and their non-licensed themes. I can't say that this is a bad rendition, not having seen the original, but it will have to be on the sparse side.

@DanRSL: Part of the reason LEGO focuses on kids is because a lot of people become AFOLs BECAUSE they loved it as kids, and the things that draw them to LEGO as adults are similar to what drew them to LEGO as kids. There's no sense abandoning that "kids' first" approach when it's the reason why so many of us became AFOLs in the first place, and when LEGO already releases about as many strictly AFOL-focused sets per year as the primary market can bear.

Your last little jibe about LEGO Ideas doesn't really make any sense at all. The age a toy is intended for has nothing to do with the age of the person who designed it, and just like the actual designers who work for LEGO, the people who create the most viable LEGO Ideas projects are generally able to do so because they have YEARS of knowledge and experience to draw from, no matter what audience they're trying to target.

I didn't say to "abandon the kids first approach", all I suggested was a line of AFOL products. I don't know which "strictly AFOL-focused sets" you're talking about because Lego is just a kids toy, right?

The age of the winners IS pretty important, because they're creating things THEY like, not doing it for the sheer goodwill of what the children of today will enjoy. Everyone knows this, but TLG won't embrace it.

"Kid's first" is a cop-out that refuses to accept reality.

Grey rims... Ugly...

In fairness, I'm not a huge DC Superheroes aficionado (Man of Steel was alright, but it suffered from being too bleak). So, with that qualifier, I think that this set just looks somewhat mediocre. For one, the "buggy" type look isn't working for me. I'd expect Batman to be driving around the beach rather than the streets of Gotham City. For two, I'm not so sure about the splotches of dark bley throughout the model. If you're going for black, I say go straight black. For three, and maybe my opinion will change on this, something is slightly off-putting about the cockpit. It just looks very M*** B****-ish.

If I got it, I would probably change the following:

1. Add front wheel covers.

2. Take out the dark bley. I might also add some slight pops of color. That's one other problem I have with DC movie LEGO sets. Because the movies are so dark, LEGO's choice of colors is very limited. This results in rather bland looking sets (see the Man of Steel line).

3. I'd prefer some type of LEGO-standard printed cockpit to replace the one here, but again, my mind could change on this.

Just my take.

I must be the only one who likes it. Oh well.

The new canopy pieces are going to be great for long-nose bullet train locomotives, both 6- and 8-wide, especially once they release them in lighter colors.

I haven't at all been impressed by any of the spoilers that have been released about this movie. The Bat-suit doesn't impress me, neither does the Batmobile. So I really don't know how to respond to this set. I mean, it seems like a faithful reproduction of the vehicle ... it's just the vehicle is awful, so the set isn't much better.

And the front does look a little bit like a moustache.

It's nothing fantastic, but for a $30 set with a few minifigs, no big disappointment for me. Frankly, small Lego Batmobiles rarely ever look very good IMHO. But they can be customized...

As far as "kid-focus vs AFOL-focus," I think that Lego does pretty well. There are plenty of large or Technic sets that are not targeted at kids, and in particular we've had a couple of huge UCS Batmobiles, right? In general, I find it hard to criticize Lego for aiming their superhero-themed sets at kids, even though I'm and adult who enjoys them.

This looks weird. It does look like a MegaBloks set. Batman looks really weird.

This set looks fine. Lets not forget LEGO's are for kids. A kid will like to build and play with this. That is LEGO's focus. They don't care that you think AFOL's matter because most of their money comes from the sets being bought for kids. Don't lie to yourself... Have you see a Toys R Us or LEGO store around the holidays? Yeah kids are the primary focus. To those of you claiming LEGO doesn't do enough for AFOL's you must not get to LEGO stores often. There are plenty of sets aimed more for adults. The Tumbler just came out not long ago.

Also lets be honest if they made a bigger one is would cost way more and most of you would complain about the price. No matter what set comes out AFOL's always whine about the price.

Look Batman Vs. Superman is based off of comics most people have never read. The look of the movie is so spot on but no way that can translate to LEGO. So you're going to get a kiddie-fide look. None of this should be a surprise to anyone.

Anyway, for this price you get some nice pieces like the canopy, so do what lego means, build your own version!

I haven't seen any of the trailers, but I kind of like the look of this, pretty cool.

@DanRSL - TLG already has an AFOL LEGO series - it's called LEGO Architecture, and it is squarely aimed at adults, as the published history about the line has stated. And the prices of those sets are also AFOL-geared, as they are always quite a bit more, per piece wise, than TLG's other sets.

Is that a new window piece or are they just stickers?

Batman Arkham Knight Batmobile >>>>>>>>>>>>>> BvS Batmobile.

Doesn't surprise me because Batman Arkham Knight sets would have destroyed these poor MCU clone sets.

Makes me less excited for the upcoming force awakens sets. For all we know they could also be plagued with inaccuracies. Obviously they're doing this just to capitalise on the movie's release, disregarding attention to detail.

I'm not a fan of these boots... Had they used them to make accurate Robin or Wonder Woman minifigures, I would have been onboard, but with figs like this, Spider-Man and Deathstroke, it just looks silly...

If you squint and cover up the front wheels it looks pretty cool...
Hopefully we get some more sets from this line that signify moderate effort by LEGO

I actually like it fine, but the Batman feet are just horrible.

I think it looks good, with some nice pieces and after all it will have to fit the Lego play style. As a more accurate version its nowhere near as good as theJANG version

Not the biggest fan of the super heroes franchise, but this looks pretty good.

This looks OK, they definitely lost a bunch of the overall vehicle design with LEGOs.

I'm totally diggin' that windshield though, it could be epic for MOCs. =)

Yep. Getting this for that Batman figure!

All they had to do was take a look at JangBricks MOC on Youtube :)
His looks better and obviously uses all previously available pieces
Love that Batman though

I would of prefered a lego version of the batmobile from Arkham Knight than this.

I am a little surprised that no one has noticed Batman's cowl. It seems that the cowl is open at the chin and the lower "neck" portion of the head is painted black. There have been a few custom cowls like this on eBay and they didn't look very good without the painted "neck". This LEGO version looks well done.

My guess is that these Batman mini figures will show up on Bricklink with a $15 price tag. Making it more cost effective to just buy the set.

OK, looks like a Bat-Dune Buggy to me. I like it though... Anyone know how the cockpit opens?

I'm one of those who think Ben Affleck should stay away from superhero movies. And pour guy, picking up after Nolan's excellent triology is nearly impossible.

@yamaki: There were 3 incarnations of the Nolan Batmobile: 7888, 76001, and 76023 (4 if you count the mini set as well: 30300)

That is not a Batmobile (well it is, but it certainly doesn't look like one). It looks somewhat good, but for a Batmobile, oh boy........

@rpojeta I am not sure what you mean. Do you mean to say that the cowl is different than that found in these figures? http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=18987&in=M If so, how?

The Batmobile really is not up to scale.It really looks like a mega block set.

@johnnyvgoode - honestly I didn't pick up the new line of Batman sets and didn't notice that the open neck cowl has already been released! Thanks for bringing that to my attention, you've inspired me to add more items to my 'wanted list' :-)

finally no more yellow rims batmobile wohooooo!!!