[REVIEW] 42127 - The Batman - Batmobile

[astral brick]

On 10/29/2021 at 2:51 PM, Jim said:

How do I rate this set?

Professional level review of Bruce Toretto's new car, from the upcoming movie The Bat and The Furious 10.

Visible blue pins are horrendous.

[Jim]

17 hours ago, Seasider said:

I do think it’s strange TLG have released this way before the film is out. The film got delayed till March 2022 in the U.K. so it seems odd to release this so early.

I'm not sure either. Maybe they were already producing and shipping when the film got delayed?! Not sure when that happened.

[kbalage]

Same happened with the Ghostbusters ECTO-1, there'll be almost exactly 1 year between the LEGO set and the movie premiere. Studios can easily push the movie release date, it's not that easy for TLG to do the same with all the logistics involved. It's not that uncommon btw to have the sets a few months earlier than the movie release, the sets for Eternals have been around for a while as well.

[Jim]

5 minutes ago, kbalage said:

Same happened with the Ghostbusters ECTO-1...

Except the Ecto-1 is from 1984   

(probably different version, I know)

[kbalage]

2 minutes ago, Jim said:

Except the Ecto-1 is from 1984   

(probably different version, I know)

That was the one without the ugly rusty stickers ;) 

[Jim]

2 minutes ago, kbalage said:

That was the one without the ugly rusty stickers ;) 

Hehe true that.

[Seasider]

2 hours ago, Jim said:

Except the Ecto-1 is from 1984   

(probably different version, I know)

Actually it’s the one from the new film that’s almost out. The “gun seat” and the remote controlled buggy trap are shown in the trailer but not been in the previous 2 films

[Jim]

1 minute ago, Seasider said:

Actually it’s the one from the new film that’s almost out. The “gun seat” and the remote controlled buggy trap are shown in the trailer but not been in the previous 2 films

Valid point. I am looking forward to that movie btw.

[Seasider]

2 minutes ago, Jim said:

Valid point. I am looking forward to that movie btw.

Yes it’s turning out to be a good movie year. But then most are basically what I should have seen last year. Dune is my favourite so far and then either Bond or Suicide Squad. Eternals is 2 weeks time and Ghostbusters will be 2 weeks after that here

[howitzer]

6 minutes ago, Seasider said:

Yes it’s turning out to be a good movie year. But then most are basically what I should have seen last year. Dune is my favourite so far and then either Bond or Suicide Squad. Eternals is 2 weeks time and Ghostbusters will be 2 weeks after that here

I'm just sitting here waiting the Dune ornitopter-MOCs to appear.

Or maybe I should build one myself...

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Great design ...thanks for the accurate review!

[Celeri]

Usually, I am always balanced about Technic sets' design and understand both people praising them and people criticize them. But with this "Batmobile", I just cannot manage to understand how one can find it nice, sorry. Granted, I do not take into account its accurateness in relation to the movie, and am standing just on pure design: I really feel like no other Technic set was so close to abject ever.

I am not criticizing people who like it and will buy it, of course: tastes are always personal and respectable. It just baffles me how TLG managed to put me on the "yuck" side for the first time with this one.

[Jundis]

17 minutes ago, Celeri said:

 

Same here. There are so many things wrong here, and for actually zero technic functions, it looks just like it's been put together from leftover bricks.

[Celeri]

By the way, this new MOC on Rebrickable (#76139 alternate) seems way more convincing than this "Technic" set:

[Maaboo the Witch]

42 minutes ago, Celeri said:

By the way, this new MOC on Rebrickable (#76139 alternate) seems way more convincing than this "Technic" set:

Yeah. The shaping's way more dynamic.

[Cypr-21]

On 10/30/2021 at 7:53 PM, Seasider said:

Thanks for the review @Jim.

I do think it’s strange TLG have released this way before the film is out. The film got delayed till March 2022 in the U.K. so it seems odd to release this so early.

They do the same for all other superhero licences, new sets are released few month before the movies.