Put the Clown Prince of Crime Back in Arkham!
First off, I just want to say this is an amazing set. With 523 pieces at (originally) $50, you can't go wrong. I bought this set off of Bricklink for $76 USD. 3 minifigures and a bunch of features makes this set even better.
Minifigures:
Batman- Light Gray Costume. Great addition to set.
Joker- Batman's most iconic villain. Great set to get him in.
Joker's henchman- Great generic street scum to do the Joker's dirty work.
Unfortunately, I already had a light gray Batman and Joker.
Joker's Helicopter:
This copter is awesome. You get some Joker bombs that drop out when you pull a little green piece at the back. There are also some flip out guns and a big target that has a rope ladder loosely attached. The cockpit can also fit Joker and his henchman.
Batwing:
Batman's famous bat-shaped plane! The cockpit has one seat, along with some batarang storage. There are two adjustable air flaps and Bat wings. The wings lift up to reveal hidden guns, and the back fin lifts to shoot a big rubber-tipped missile which is intended to hit the target and knock down the ladder.
Pros:
Batman
Joker
Henchman
Joker gun and card
Batarangs!
Lots of play features
Cons:
None! 15/10
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The Batwing Review
Batman....
The name alone combined with LEGO makes for all sorts of awesomeness. 2006 & 2007 saw a renaissance for me with my love of Lego when the Batman theme came out. I was still buying lego, just being far more picky about the sets or themes I was getting.
As is the case with nearly all of the Batman sets, they feature vehicles that are often times one that Batman has used at one time or another in one incarnation or another from Comic, Cartoons to Movies. And if it's not a vehicle that's the big draw it's surely the featured villian that the Dark Knight is going after.
The batwing makes for a very cool design being based off the early 90's Batman movie staring Michael Keaton and then later in the Batman: The Animated series. The wings on that back fold up to reveal some minicannons that can be pushed forward a bit. And there's a rear cannon the fires much like the forward cannon found in the Batmobile set. Unlike the Batmobile, I don't have too much complaints on this cannon as the part you push up to reveal it also sits flush with the rest of the design and isn't obvious. The cockpit also lacks any sort of controls or consoles for those looking for detail work inside the batwing. What's also cool, is that the batwing has a hanger for it, where Batman can climb up into the batwing before departing from his Batcave or another locale.
The other vehicle is that of Joker's helicopter. It's not a bad design, mainly purple and white. There's bombs in the back that Joker's henchman can release and drop on the batwing as they try to get away from Batman. There's also a rope ladder that Joker's hanging from as he's being airlifted away. He's holding too a gag weapon with a flag reading "bang" on it.
The only other set featuring Joker is 7888: The Tumber with Joker's Icecream Surpise. So it can be slightly redundant getting Joker and it boils down to really which set do you want to get. And in the case of a collector and limited budgets, it's one, the other, one first or the other, or get them both at the same time.
Batman of course may start to feel redundant far as mininifigures go as he features in nearly all of the sets despite a change of custome design he's got. The final minifigure for this set of course is Joker's henchmen and those are good to have around as fodder to fight against Batman with.
In the end, this is a very solid set, there's some stiffness, I've had slight problems with the wings and side missles breaking, but it's still fun to display and time to time, pull down to play or fiddle with. Batman fans and Lego collectors are sure to see this as a must have for their collections.
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My first set! Totally awesome!
My first set I got it with some of my 11th birthday money (I'm still 11). It cost me $198 (obviously I didn't know about bricklink.com yet ;).
The helicopter is bigger than i expected.There is a pull thing in the back and when you pull it two pumpkin bombs fall out of the bottom. The windshield is a up and down one. The cockpit can fit two people Two-Face;s van which can only fit 1.. Both propellers move. There is a ladder which is supposed to go in a radar like thing but I attached it to the side of the helicopter so it does not fall out. There are machineguns or missiles on the side whick fold in and out (hard to describe) like on Two-Faces van.
The Batwing is the great part. The back wings which move up and down have machine guns or missiles too but the wings are a bit flimsy. the small wings are neccasary just like on the batmobile. There are these two things on the back wings which I forgot to add but it actually looks better without. The cockpit is up and down like on the batmobile ( I'm talking about the batmobile set because I did not really talk about in the review) and you must bend batman back (yep you guessed it, like on the batmobile). There is a missile that shoots out but I put that missile on the batmobile and made the thing that is on the missile shooter stay down so when I put Robin on it and go upside down or something it does not move.
The minifigs are pretty cool batman is normal grey. The goon is the same as the other sets just a purple shirt. Joker is Jack Nicholson Joker ( my fav Joker actor, not to crazy, has a hint of genious and is good ol' fashioned funny!).
It is a great set, I would reccomend it.
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Best Christmas Ever!
I got ths set and when I built the helicopter it had all the pieces so did the batwing but the stand for the batwing had a few pices missing! luckily I already had them.The instruction book was falling apart but still useable! The Jokers helicopter is cool (bigger than expected, And Joker and his henchman are in mint condition! same with every thing else though. the batwing is cool too!
Pros: Everything!
Cons: Nothing!2 out of 6 people thought this review was helpful.
"Where does he get those wonderful toys?"
This is one of the biggest and best Lego Batman models out there! Everyone who gave this set a low rating doesn't know SQUAT! The Batwing is a very neat design with the fold-out wings, gadget storage, and missile launcher. My only beef with it is that the wings are kinda fragile.
The Joker-copter is something else. It seats two, has hidden machine guns, and a bomb bay in the back. (Heh, a little alliteration there.) This set is a very creative use of pieces on the Batwing's part. Also has a display stand/landing pad for the Batwing that you can put in the Batcave.3 out of 4 people thought this review was helpful.
