Lego Batman

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LEGO Batman is a theme of LEGO building sets based on the comics, films, and cartoons featuring the DC Comics superhero, Batman.

Currently into its second wave, the sets feature vehicles, characters and scenes based on their standard accepted appearances in the comics. Most major villains and a few heroes such as Nightwing, Robin (presumably Tim Drake) and Alfred have made their appearances in the sets so far, usually paired with vehicles such as Joker's helicopter, the Penguin's submarine, Scarecrow's biplane and Killer Croc's speedboat.

Batman is given a wide range of vehicles, their appearances pretty much resembling their more accepted forms. A new vehicle, in the form of the "Batman Dragster", has also been introduced. The Batmobile appears similar to the way it does in the 1989 film, while the Batboat takes on a hovercraft-like form. All the set-boxes feature a comic strip by artist Greg Hyland at the back, featuring stylised versions of the set in action.

Lego has obtained the license to produce sets based on all available mediums in which Batman appears, and will most probably produce sets based on the 2008 film The Dark Knight and subsequent films in future waves.

Contents 1 List of Sets 2 Notable Batman Lego in the Media 3 Video Game 4 External links

[edit] List of Sets

• 7779-The Batman Dragster: Catwoman Pursuit

Minfigs: Catwoman, Batman (Grey suit)

• 7780-The Batboat: Hunt for Killer Croc

Minfigs: Killer Croc, Batman (Grey suit)

• 7781-The Batmobile: Two-Face's Escape

Minifigs: Two-Face, Two-Face Henchman, Batman (Black suit)

• 7782-The Batwing: The Joker's Aerial Assault

Minifigs: The Joker, Joker Henchman, Batman (Grey suit)

• 7783-The Batcave: The Penguin and Mr. Freeze's Invasion

Minifigs: Mr. Freeze, The Penguin, Mr. Freeze Henchman, Robin, Batman (Black suit), Alfred, Bruce Wayne, Penguins (Three)

• 7784-The Batmobile: Ultimate Collectors' Edition

• 7785-Arkham Asylum

Minifigs: The Riddler, Poison Ivy, Scarecrow (comics), Nightwing, Batman (Black suit), Security Guards (Two)

• 7787-Bat-Tank: The Chase for the Riddler

Minifigs: Riddler, Bane (comics), Batman (blue and grey suit)

• 7786-Batcopter: The Hunt for the Scarecrow

Minifigs: Scarecrow, Batman (blue and grey suit)

[edit] Notable Batman Lego in the Media

The first Batman LEGO Fan Film to hit the internet circuit was the 2003 fan film production Batman: Revenge (The Batman LEGO Film), although it did not utilize any of the official products as it was created nearly three years before the official line was released. Official films include the Cartoon Network Lego movie to promote their lego line, as well as several shorter videos for the same promotions, which can be viewed at Lego's official Batman website listed below. Students of the digital animation institution DAVE School created a CGI animated fan-film entitled Batman: New Times in the style of Minimates, but with Lego bricks comprising the backgrounds. There is also a gaining popularity among directors to make Batman LEGO Fan Films since the release of the official product line.ADI.Studios maybe doing a new Lego Batman movie.

[edit] Video Game

A new video game based on the theme has recently been announced as in production by Traveller's Tales, the creators of the Lego Star Wars video game series.[1] According to Variety Warner will release it in 2008 on multiple consoles.

[edit] External links

• Official Site
• LEGO Batman Secret Files Site
• LEGO Batman Wiki - Brick-Knight.com