So who's gonna reverse this for us to build? It looks totally cool. 

"AC Pin has posted a photo on his Flickr photostream showing an upcoming contest for VIP members in the US and Canada, who will be able to enter a prize draw to win one of 750 limited edition Bat-Pods. These are intended to be displayed in scale with 76023 The Tumbler and will of course appeal to fans of the Dark Knight trilogy.

Entry will be open for the whole of June and it appears that one entry is allowed each day, so you will have a maximum of thirty chances to win. To enter all you will need do is make a DC Super Heroes purchase or send an email with your name, VIP number and the word 'Bat-Pod' in the subject line to [email protected]. The winners will be announced in mid-July."

http://www.thebrickfan.com/lego-dc-comics-super-heroes-limited-edition-bat-pod-promotion-in-june/

http://brickset.com/article/15138

Did anyone have their tire order cancelled?

Mine is still saying in warehouse

First order shipped awhile back.  Recent one still says in warehouse.

Ordered 4 tires on Wednesday, still in warehouse.

My tires order was moved from "in warehouse" to "completed" today. 

Now to get the hero factory parts..

Got a notice yesterday that mine are on their way.

nvm

Edited October 3, 201510 yr by Alpinemaps

Got notification today that the tires I ordered on Monday have shipped.  I only ordered two.

nvm

You were right but I guess you figured that out.

My tires order was moved from "in warehouse" to "completed" today. 

Now to get the hero factory parts..

Have you found any sources for the HF sets at retail still? I should have pulled the trigger on the 44027 sets for $15 during the $20/$100 eBay promo. I had 4 sets in my cart and meant to buy them but I guess I got sidetracked. By the time I went back to complete the purchase they were poofed....

I found one of those Hero Factory shield pieces in a pick-a-brick bin today (reseller, not a Lego store) if someone wants to trade a minifig or poly for it. :-)

Tires in stock again if anyone didn't get any before.

Mine are still in warehouse since 30 september. And the rest of the order has already arrived...

Just waiting for my tires from the last restock to arrive...they should be here any day.

There was that small restock a couple weeks ago that went to OOS after a few hours, and stayed OOS for about a week.  Have we had an OOS period of time at all since then?

Something to consider. 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/262074903468?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l5999&_trkparms=gh1g%3DI262074903468.N36.S1.R1.TR1

 

Something to consider. 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/262074903468?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l5999&_trkparms=gh1g%3DI262074903468.N36.S1.R1.TR1

 

Amazing...

Something to consider. 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/262074903468?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l5999&_trkparms=gh1g%3DI262074903468.N36.S1.R1.TR1

 

I guess people don't check bricklink where you can buy one for $250 US.

Something to consider. 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/262074903468?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l5999&_trkparms=gh1g%3DI262074903468.N36.S1.R1.TR1

 

Boy, he's really moving on up. What he used to get for this one...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LEGO-MOC-Bat-Pod-Dark-Knight-Batman-Motorcycle-DC-Comics-/181830827408?nma=true&si=czqDJITzz4chPkRoYDxb5KKE2dQ%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

From $10.99 to $455.00...

 

I guess people don't check bricklink where you can buy one for $250 US.

Anyone paying that kinda money doesn't even know what Bricklink is...

Anyone paying that kinda money doesn't even know what Bricklink is...

Nor do they care to.

Got my tires today. Was surprised that it wasn't shipped through fedex and it went to my PO box (billing address) rather than the street address that I usually have to use. 

After a what seemed like an eternity, I finally received my Bat-Pod last night.  I was very surprised because I was expecting Lego to send me the tracking information, but nothing ever came of it and FedEx just showed up at the door.

My first thoughts on this set are just spectacular.  I'm a huge Dark Knight fan.  I've seen the movies many times over, so I was naturally stoked when I heard about this contest. What a fantastic prize.  I'm shocked to see Lego do something like this as a contest.  It was a pretty straight forward build with nothing really too overly complicated.  It's also pretty solid.  I know I committed a huge sin in some investors eyes, but I don't care, It looks fantastic next to my tumbler and I will never get rid of this set.  And besides, it will still be worth a ton of money regardless of the fact that I broke the seals.

The box is pretty nifty with all the different angle views of the bat-pod on the box. One thing I find a tad odd are the instructions.  It's actually thicker paper than your normal run of the mill thin paper instructions, but I would've expected maybe something along the lines of an architecture type of binding and quality. (I really shouldn't complain honestly though since it was a free set, but I can't shake the feeling that all the effort put into this set they could've done something really special with the instructions.) One of the biggest things, is that there are like 3 or 4 mistakes in the instructions that had me scratching my head a couple of times trying to figure out what in the hell they were trying to get me to do.  But the actual pictures do help out, so you need to keep an eye out for those.

I think what I find intriguing is Lego never actually making this a regular production set to go along with the tumbler.  This thing would sell tons.  Who knows, maybe Lego one day will put it into production.

I like the up close picture of the knife cutting the seals, "don't do it!". I almost have my "fake" one finished just missing a couple pieces I should be getting today or tomorrow. 

is the "New parts" cost on this around $120?

is the "New parts" cost on this around $120?

The major cost is the tires and six pearl dark grey Hero Factory pieces.  If you can't get those pieces somewhere other than bricklink, I think it will cost more.