Lego Batman

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For the video game, see Lego Batman: The Video Game.

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 third wave, the sets feature vehicles, characters and scenes based on their standard accepted appearances in the comics. Many characters, such as Nightwing, Robin and Alfred have made their appearances in the sets so far, the villains are usually paired with vehicles such as Joker's helicopter and ice-cream truck, the Penguin's submarine, Scarecrow's biplane, Two-Face's Truck, Killer Croc's speedboat, Catwomen's Motorcycle, Harley Quinn's Monster Truck, and Mr. Freeze's Freezer Car.

The inspirations for the various versions of vehicles and characters vary widely. For example, the Batmobile retains its basic sleek shape and prominent fins from the Tim Burton films. The Tumbler as seen in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight made its lego debut this year to tie into the release of The Dark Knight. The Batboat is more of a hovercraft, and the Batwing looks very similar to the version in the 1989 Batman movie, albeit without decorative lights. The "Bat-tank" seems to be based on the tank-like Batmobile in Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns.


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[edit] List of Batman Lego sets to date:

Name Number Minifigures Released
The Batman Dragster: Catwoman Pursuit 7779 Batman (grey suit), Catwoman 2006
The Batboat: Hunt for Killer Croc 7780 Batman (grey suit), Killer Croc 2006
The Batmobile: Two-Face's Escape 7781 Batman (black suit), Two-Face, Henchman, Batmobile 2006
The Batwing: The Joker's Aerial Assault 7782 Batman (grey suit), The Joker, Henchman 2006
The Batcave: The Penguin and Mr. Freeze's Invasion 7783 Batman (black suit), Bruce Wayne, Robin, Alfred, The Penguin, Mr. Freeze, Henchman 2006
The Batmobile: Ultimate Collector's Edition 7784 (None) 2006
Arkham Asylum 7785 Batman (black suit), Nightwing, The Scarecrow, The Riddler, Poison Ivy, Arkham Guards (two) 2006
The Batcopter: The Chase for Scarecrow 7786 Batman (blue suit), The Scarecrow 2007
The Bat-Tank: The Riddler and Bane's Hideout 7787 Batman (blue suit), The Riddler, Bane 2007
Batman's Buggy: The Escape of Mr. Freeze 7884 Batman (Dark Knight suit), Mr. Freeze 2008
Robin's Scuba Jet: Attack of The Penguin 7885 Robin (new hair piece), The Penguin 2008
The Batcycle: Harley Quinn's Hammer Truck 7886 Batman (Dark Knight suit), Harley Quinn 2008
The Tumbler: Joker's Ice-Cream Surprise 7888 Batman (Dark Knight suit), The Joker, Henchman 2008

Batman is given a wide range of vehicles, their appearances resembling their 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. Lego will be releasing a line of Batman sets that will be released in Summer to tie in (albeit indirectly) to the The Dark Knight (film). However, these sets will not directly reflect sequences or scenarios in the film, unlike most of Lego's other movie tie-in lines.

[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.

On March 27, 2007, Lego Batman: The Video Game was announced. The game is scheduled to be released in September 2008.

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