Brickpicker News Article and Discussion

Maybe I missed it but I didn't see a thread on this.  What's everyone's thoughts on this set?  

Looks like an sesame play set and love the 60s theme but not sure I would have room for it.  

Lego stores description 

"It’s back to the Batcave with this special set featuring iconic elements as seen in the classic 1960s Batman™ TV show. Answer emergency calls on the Batphone in Bruce Wayne’s private study. Then press the button under the bust of Shakespeare and open a sliding false bookcase to reveal the secret entrance to the Batcave. Change Bruce Wayne™ and **** Grayson™ into Batman™ and Robin™ and slide down the Batpoles. Protect the Bat Lab’s Batcomputer from The Joker’s TNT attacks and test Catwoman™ with the lie detector machine. Fly the Batcopter with Robin and fire the flick missiles. Then drive the Batmobile or Batcycle and stop those villains escaping with the Batcave’s secrets!

• Includes 9 minifigures: Batman™, Robin™, Bruce Wayne™, **** Grayson™, Alfred Pennyworth™, The Joker™, Catwoman™, The Riddler™ and The Penguin™.
• This LEGO® model of the Batcave as seen in the classic 1960s TV series features 2 Batpoles for Batman™ and Robin™ to slide down, a selection of Bat-gadgets, helipad, plus a Batmobile and Batcopter.
• The Wayne Manor section of the model features Bruce Wayne’s study with the iconic Batphone, a hinged Shakespeare bust with secret button underneath, sliding false bookcase to access the Batpoles, and assorted elements including decorated wallpaper bricks, wall lamps, framed portraits, a framed fish and trophies. It also includes an exterior wall for climbing, with an opening roof for easy access to the Batpoles and an aerial element.
• The Batcave incorporates a hi-tech, 2-floor Bat Lab with Batcomputer element and a variety of detachable accessory elements, including a lie detector machine, table, chest of drawers, Bat-gadgets and test tubes with translucent elements. Also includes the iconic Batcave entrance for the Batmobile and a helipad for the Batcopter.
• The Batmobile features a dual cockpit with iconic Batphone, 2 stud shooters, an opening trunk, dual exhaust and sign stickers.
• The Batcopter has an opening cockpit for a minifigure, bat-inspired wings with 2 flick missiles, spinning rotors and a spinning propeller. A villain minifigure can grab onto the back of the Batcopter for more aerial battle action.
• The Batcycle features a driver’s seat for Batman™, translucent headlight element and a sidecar for Robin™.
• Also includes a cat.
• Weapons include The Joker’s TNT, Catwoman’s whip, The Riddler’s TNT and The Penguin’s umbrella.
• Accessory elements include Batman’s 3 Batarangs, rope, grappling hook and handcuffs.
• Includes separate minifigures for Batman™ and Robin’s alter-egos, so enter the secret doorway as Bruce and ****, and slide down the Batpoles as LEGO® DC Super Heroes!"

1 minute ago, Empirecinema2u.com said:

Did u see the calendar ? If so please send me the link ......besides I don't trust it, I'd rather call to make sure....

 

13 minutes ago, odysea11 said:

Simmer down....I didn't want to order any, so I didn't. It was a statement of what the current purchase limit is.

8 minutes ago, fuzzy_bricks said:

 

Thanks my man!!!

9 hours ago, jaisonline said:

is the box Sandcrawler sized?

The box is the same size as the Grand Emporium but an inch thicker.

53 minutes ago, Empirecinema2u.com said:

Did u see the calendar ? If so please send me the link ......besides I don't trust it, I'd rather call to make sure....

You can trust the calendar

7 minutes ago, Lordoflego said:

You can trust the calendar

Thanks again!! I will try to..lol

 

1 hour ago, Empirecinema2u.com said:

Did u see the calendar ? If so please send me the link ......besides I don't trust it, I'd rather call to make sure....

Hi. The March calendar has been on the Brickpicker homepage.

 

30 minutes ago, TheOrcKing said:

 

Do people really watch these kinds of videos?  I clicked just to see who they were done by and that second one is more than 20 minutes long. I couldn't take any more after 30 seconds. 

Do people really watch these kinds of videos?  I clicked just to see who they were done by and that second one is more than 20 minutes long. I couldn't take any more after 30 seconds. 

I don't mind the speed builds if they're short and it's a set I don't intend on buying but yeah that 20 min video is a big no thanks. I can't stand Jang bricks voice even for 30 secs.

3 minutes ago, gregpj said:

I don't mind the speed builds if they're short and it's a set I don't intend on buying but yeah that 20 min video is a big no thanks. I can't stand Jang bricks voice even for 30 secs.

He's not that bad.  His review videos are nicely done and are far better than most of the other youtubers.  

21 minutes ago, Mos_Eisley said:

Do people really watch these kinds of videos?  I clicked just to see who they were done by and that second one is more than 20 minutes long. I couldn't take any more after 30 seconds. 

With presently 571,725 subscribers and rising, I guess so. I am more for pictorial reviews but some of these like Jang's are good albeit lengthy.

32 minutes ago, gregpj said:

I don't mind the speed builds if they're short and it's a set I don't intend on buying but yeah that 20 min video is a big no thanks. I can't stand Jang bricks voice even for 30 secs.

It was my first time watching one of his videos, and it was not pleasant to listen to at all  

33 minutes ago, gregpj said:

I don't mind the speed builds if they're short and it's a set I don't intend on buying but yeah that 20 min video is a big no thanks. I can't stand Jang bricks voice even for 30 secs.

 

I hope they do the mr freeze promo in April, would be great to add to this set.

I'm with you guys on his voice.  I've seen a couple videos from him, and I tend to just look past his voice because he does pretty good reviews.

As far as what I watched, it just further confirms what I was originally thinking...  I'll be passing on this without a doubt.  It does not look like a $270 set, and like people's complaints with UCS Hoth, it's too much, or really it's lacking in everything.  All I could gather from this set, aside from some cool unique pieces, is that people will only buy this set for the minifigures, or people will buy it to part it out.

It's just so unfortunate, because it could've been a really cool set.

I just don't understand what's going on with Lego here... this is now 2 exclusives, (this batcave, and Assault on Hoth,) that seriously look like a kid put it together.  Ugh, I hope this isn't some new trend from Lego.

He's at least clean in his videos and kids enjoy them. I'm thrown off too, but my son talks about him like he's our neighbor he just talked to about the latest LEGO set.

I agree that Jang doesn't have the most pleasant voice to listen to, but his reviews of Lego sets are thorough and informative. Not shying away from giving criticism where criticism is due. I like that he touches all the details of the sets he reviews and I usually find myself agreeing with his opinions. 

His voice is something he can't do much about it, but his reviews are worth it. So I do listen to them whenever he reviews a set I'm interested in, and I have subscribed to his YouTube channel as well.

32 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

He's at least clean in his videos and kids enjoy them. I'm thrown off too, but my son talks about him like he's our neighbor he just talked to about the latest LEGO set.

He talks too much for me.. his reviews are too long, but yeah my kids loved his Bionicle reviews and I know he speaks respectfully unlike many other videos Youtube recommends when a video is over.

Okay... couldn't watch the whole video either.. but hey... some of us were born with an annoying, nasal voice... what's a guy supposed to do ? ... hire a voice actor to dub over our (free to watch) youtube videos?

Anyway... about the set... I don't much care for it either. The main thing is... I don't remember the Batcave having so much tan / brown.  I thought it had more of a bluish-grey feel to it.  I've been searching youtube for images from the TV series... kind of hard to find good ones, but now I see that there was brown cave in the background. It must be the grey computers, floor, etc, in the foreground that left me with that impression.  Along the same lines (my vague recollections of the show) I have no real memory of the nuclear reactor (a center-piece of this model). Again - reviewing the tape - I see it there in the old footage. It was a big part of the backdrop of the Batcave.  I just don't remember it. Did it play much of a role in the series?

Maybe it's just me, but when I think of 60's Batcave, I think of Batmobile (nicely done here), Bat poles, bat computers, a bluish-grey cave environment, and maybe an ivy-covered exit for the Batmobile (with a road block sign that automatically flipped up). I think they could have made the reactor more of a "background feature", to add more floor space, computers, gadgets, etc.  Including stately Wayne Manor is a nice idea, but cannot really be done justice in a set like this. They could've eliminated the entire back side of Wayne Manor, and added more detail and more "cave-iness" to the cave. For me, the colors and gadgets of the 6860 Batcave bring back more of the feeling of the old Batcave than this new set does.

15 minutes ago, Kenxxx said:

Okay... couldn't watch the whole video either.. but hey... some of us were born with an annoying, nasal voice... what's a guy supposed to do ? ... hire a voice actor to dub over our (free to watch) youtube videos?

 

Hire Morgan Freeman because he makes everything better.

47 minutes ago, Kenxxx said:

They could've eliminated the entire back side of Wayne Manor, and added more detail and more "cave-iness" to the cave. 

Nah, I think you've got to have the back side, for the wall climbing.  If there was something that was a staple of the 66 Batman series, it was the climbing the wall and talking to a celebrity making a cameo in the window every episode.

1 minute ago, Alpinemaps said:

Nah, I think you've got to have the back side, for the wall climbing. ...

Definitely that was a great part of the series. But I don't remember them climbing Wayne Manor. And it aint the Batcave. Yes... absolutely a nifty idea... very fun... it definitely adds to this (lacking) model. I would enjoy playing with this part of the model if I built it myself.  But it also adds a lot of height, cost, and piece count that could have been used to make a much better Batcave.

8 hours ago, Alpinemaps said:

If there was something that was a staple of the 66 Batman series, it was the climbing the wall and talking to a celebrity making a cameo in the window every episode.

This is hilarious. Why did they have to share a single wire and climb so close to each other such that robin's butt is touching batman's groin? 

On ‎2‎/‎20‎/‎2016 at 1:07 AM, TheOrcKing said: