Batman: TAS Gotham City Insiders Early Access
The DC Universe hasn’t had the greatest LEGO® showing over the past couple of years but when it does inspire a set, it certainly goes all out. The latest addition to the LEGO Batman line-up is inspired by the incredible 90s cartoon, Batman: The Animated Series. The mix of Gothic and Art Deco styles introduced in the Tim Burton Batman films would form the basis of the animated world of the Dark Knight. Now that same unique take...
Introducing The Batman Gotham City Skyline Set
To coincide with the 85th anniversary of Batman, the LEGO Group along with Warner Discovery and DC have partnered to create the LEGO® Batman Gotham City Skyline set. Inspired by the beloved Batman: The Animated Series, this impressive new set is filled with Easter Eggs from the show and the wider Batman universe. The set can be displayed on the wall and also features four minifigures. The set will be available from April 1st for LEGO...
LEGO Batman Batcave Shadow Box Designer Video
The LEGO® Designer Video for the recently released LEGO Batman Returns Batcave – Shadow Box has been released. In the video, LEGO Designers Bjarke Lykke Maden and Daniel Lundin discuss cramming the gadget-laden base of the Dark Knight into a self-contained bat-signal box. They detail some of the set’s many features and functions to discover. The LEGO Batcave – Shadow Box set is now available from LEGO Stores and...
LEGO Batman Returns Batcave Set Revealed
The LEGO® DC Comics/Batman theme hasn’t had the most exciting times in the last few years, but that’s about to change. Today, the LEGO Group officially revealed the latest set in the newly dubbed LEGO Batman Collection, which has previously featured the 1989 Batmobile and Batwing sets, along with the Tumbler. The Batman Returns Shadow Box is a new concept which hides the Dark Knights gadget-ladened Batcave inside a...
LEGO Licensed Magazines May Round-up
As I previously mentioned, coverage of the LEGO® Magazines range would be changing due to Immediate Media no longer providing their full range of titles and LEGO Explorer magazine dropping their subscription option and raising the cover price. So, for now, I’ve decided to focus on just the licensed titles. These include LEGO Star Wars, LEGO Avengers, LEGO Spider-Man, LEGO Batman, LEGO Jurassic World and LEGO Minecraft. You’ll...
New DC & Marvel Superhero Sets Revealed
Not had enough of the new set reveals, good as it’s now the turn of both the LEGO® Marvel and DC Superheroes themes to unveil some new sets. They include new buildable characters and a playset all inspired by the world of superheroes. Joining the likes of Spider-Man, Iron Man and Ant-Man are two Marvel Construction Figures inspired by Wolverine and Captain America. Rather surprisingly DC is getting in on the action with a Batman...
DC Studios Reveals Future Plans
For over 10 years both DC Comics and Marvel have inspired sets in the LEGO® Super Heroes range of sets. In the last couple of years, Marvel has seen vastly more sets released compared to DC. This is purely due to the fact there have been fewer DC movies and TV shows released by Warner Bros. Whereas Marvel and the MCU have released a number of movies and series on Disney+, as well as having a fully connected universe spanning 15 years....
The Batman Gets A LEGO Animated Short
Apart from the trio of sets released at the start of the year, Batman and the wider DC Universe have largely been abandoned by the LEGO Group. However, the mini Caped Crusader has made an appearance for Batman Day 2022. In this new animated short, The Batman’s brutal vehicular pursuit of Penguin has been recreated with animated minifigures and LEGO sets. You can check it out...
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