The LEGO Batman Movie Set/CMF Rumors & Discussion

[Duncan Young]

26 minutes ago, Robert8 said:

Gentleman Ghost and Clock King kinda fit with the set, especially if they go with the BAS version of Clock King

 

 

Yeah, it'd be a missed opportunity to leave those two out of the Penguin set as all three are considerably classy foes. Plus the ones in the RR are all colourful, KC set includes all animal villains makes a lot of sense IMO 

[robertgorman2505]

That idea of specific themes with villains is a good point. The bane set has two villains renowned for their strength (bane and the mutant leader) so this theory makes complete sense in my opinion as well.

Edited November 27, 2016 by robertgorman2505

[Robert8]

That's why I asked how are Riddler, Magpie, Calendar Man and Kite Man related?

What do they have in common? 

[GeekByKnight]

34 minutes ago, Robert8 said:

That's why I asked how are Riddler, Magpie, Calendar Man and Kite Man related?

What do they have in common? 

Presumably they're in the same scene/s in the movie.

[AmericaLego]

Maybe because the villains, except the Riddler, are unknown to most. Hence the ? which goes with the Riddler. Most are unknown villains, which is a perfect way to add them together.

[robertgorman2505]

It may be that riddler and kite man have green on their outfits, while calendar man and magpie both feature red, could this possibly link them?

[Duncan Young]

1 hour ago, Robert8 said:

That's why I asked how are Riddler, Magpie, Calendar Man and Kite Man related?

What do they have in common? 

I've been thinking about this for a while and I think I've got it- All their alter egos are puns- Margaret Pye "Magpie", Julian Day "Calendar Man", Charles 'Chuck' Brown (as in Charlie Brown) "Kite-Man" and E. Nygma "Riddler"

Edited November 27, 2016 by Duncan Young

[THELEGOBATMAN]

For me Killer Croc set is funny. Zoo escape. Bat trying to catch crocodile, spider and zebra 

[BaneShake]

51 minutes ago, Duncan Young said:

I've been thinking about this for a while and I think I've got it- All their alter egos are puns- Margaret Pye "Magpie", Julian Day "Calendar Man", Charles 'Chuck' Brown (as in Charlie Brown) "Kite-Man" and E. Nygma "Riddler"

True, but a large percentage of Batvillains have play-on-word names, so it may just be coincidental.

[BigGuy4U]

Went to Target today, nothing. They said they weren't allowed to have them out until the 28th. Guess I'll be ordering them direct from LEGO.

[Duncan Young]

1 minute ago, PepperoniBricks said:

True, but a large percentage of Batvillains have play-on-word names, so it may just be coincidental.

Yeah, I know, a bit of a strech but the only concrete link I found

[Slink00]

They all have an obsession and base their crimes around them. 

Riddler's is obvs riddles 

Calendar Man's is dates

Kite Man's is his kite I guess

And Magpies is shiny stuff.

They all seem to be intelligent and master planners too, but I would have swapped Kite Man for Clock King if I was TLG...

It could also be that they're ridiculed villains and that's why they team up...

[1980-Something-Space-Guy]

12 hours ago, Ashnflash said:

United States right?

Yup! Went to a Target nearby and found nothing, though.

[Only Sinner]

10 hours ago, Duncan Young said:

I've been thinking about this for a while and I think I've got it- All their alter egos are puns- Margaret Pye "Magpie", Julian Day "Calendar Man", Charles 'Chuck' Brown (as in Charlie Brown) "Kite-Man" and E. Nygma "Riddler"

Wow, that's a really good guess. I was just thinking they were all just lunatics or obsessive criminal geniuses.

[BaneShake]

1 hour ago, Slink00 said:

They all have an obsession and base their crimes around them. 

Riddler's is obvs riddles 

Calendar Man's is dates

Kite Man's is his kite I guess

And Magpies is shiny stuff.

They all seem to be intelligent and master planners too, but I would have swapped Kite Man for Clock King if I was TLG...

It could also be that they're ridiculed villains and that's why they team up...

Again, though, most of Batman's villains, especially in "classic" setups, have themes they commit crime around. The main reasons these guys are together? A combination of how their screentime goes and how narketing thinks they will best attract sales. Maybe they all cling onto Riddler's car in the chase scene.

Edited November 27, 2016 by PepperoniBricks

[RM0B]

I went to a super target, it didn't even have them...

[Duncan Young]

5 minutes ago, PepperoniBricks said:

Again, though, most of Batman's villains, especially in "classic" setups, have themes they commit crime around. The main reasons these guys are together? A combination of how their screentime goes and how narketing thinks they will best attract sales. Maybe they all cling onto Riddler's car in the chase scene.

Even so it appears a few sets in this theme included grouped villains- the Croc set includes 3 animal villains (which is also a pretty common theme for supercriminals), from what we've heard of Bane's set it's a bulky set with Mutant Leader and Bane (also a common Batman villain type), it makes sense the Penguin car will include typically classy villains i.e Penguin, Clock King or Gentleman Ghost. So we're definitely look for some link between the villains in the RR. I'm going with the fact their alter egos are puns, despite the fact other villains are like this

[robertgorman2505]

I'm definitely agreeing with @Duncan Young on this one, the theory sounds really plausible and it makes sense for lego to group villains by their themes, kids may like that or possibly use their imagination to make super villain groups based on that specific theme.

[22kane]

I visited the KOP Lego store in Pennsylvania today to score the Holiday globe and saw they had all the January release Batman movie sets already. That and several other Lego series January release sets. They look much better in person. It was hard not to buy them all. I can wait though, there will be plenty of sales down the road.  

[Deathstroke77]

If I'm not wrong, isn't November 27th the official release in America?

[AFOLguy1970]

The first four sets are now available, at least on S&H in the States.  

[robertgorman2505]

^^Yeah, these sets are available in the US now and come out in the UK January 1st.

[Deathstroke77]

Damn you America. I need that Freeze set!

[The Jersey Brick Guy]

I know they are selling the sets in stores also, I picked up the new bat cave and mr. freeze set today.

[eldiano]

10 minutes ago, The Jersey Brick Guy said:

I know they are selling the sets in stores also, I picked up the new bat cave and mr. freeze set today.

Same thing with me, managed to pick these up today! I forgot about them until I got an email from the VIP reminding me about the sets and managed to get them.  Freeze was down to two after I got one and there was only one batcave.  Lego had some good deals on other sets.