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1989 Batmobile

Tim Burton's sleek Batmobile in brick form, and it absolutely nails the shape.

Set 76139 · 2019

Pieces3,310

Minifigs3

Year2019

Set number76139

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The verdict

If you grew up on the 1989 Keaton Batman, this one's an easy yes.

It's a big, satisfying build that captures those long swooping curves better than any LEGO Batmobile before it, and the three minifigs (including Jack Nicholson's Joker) are the cherry on top. It's pricey and it's retired now, so you'll pay a premium, but people who own it rarely regret it.

Best for: Tim Burton Batman fans who want a proper display centerpiece

The full review

What it is

Let me tell you why this one gets LEGO® set fans so excited. The 1989 Batmobile is the long, low, ridiculously sleek car from Tim Burton's Batman, and for years fans doubted LEGO could ever pull off those flowing curves in a brick. This set proves they can. At 3,310 pieces and over 60cm long, it's a proper centerpiece, and the moment you finish it and step back, that unmistakable Keaton-era silhouette just lands. It's easily the best the 1989 car has ever looked in plastic.

The catch

Now the honest bits. The price is the big one. It launched at 249.99 dollars, which was already a lot for the piece count, and since it retired at the end of 2021 the aftermarket price has climbed hard (think 400 dollars and up for a sealed box). So you're paying for the license and the shape, not raw brick value. It's also very much a display model. There's a sliding canopy, hidden pop-up machine guns triggered by the turbine, and little grappling hooks, but nobody's buying this to swoosh it around the living room. And it's long, so clear some real shelf space before it arrives.

Who it's for

So who should grab it? If the 1989 film is your Batman, or you just love a big sculptural vehicle build, this is a set you'll be proud to have out on show. Fans of clever shaping techniques will get a kick out of how the curves come together too. Who should skip it? If you're chasing pure pieces-per-dollar value, or you want something the kids can actually play rough with, your money goes further elsewhere. But as a display piece with real heart behind it, this is a friendly, confident recommendation.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

The build is smarter than the finished car's smooth look suggests. It starts on a straightforward Technic skeleton, mostly sturdy 4x6 Technic bricks, so the whole thing feels rock solid before any of the pretty stuff goes on. From there each section (the long nose, the cockpit, the muscular rear) gets its own personality, and the cockpit in particular nails the subtle angle changes of the real car, with a canopy that slides shut and drops ever so slightly at the front just like the movie car. It's a paced, rewarding build that never gets boring despite being almost entirely black.

Piece-wise there's real stuff for parts nerds here. Two elements were made specifically for this set: the big printed windscreen (the black printing defines that curved central divide) and Batman's soft, rubbery one-piece cowl-and-cape that mimics Keaton's molded rubber suit. There's also a chunky tire (68.7 x 27) that was unique to this set at release. If you love a mountain of black curved slopes for your own builds, this is a goldmine of them. The part-count value is more about those exclusives and the sheer bulk of shaping pieces than any bargain, but for a black-heavy parts haul it delivers.

Fun facts

01The two element designers even show up in the instruction booklets: Jaime Sanchez Potter designed the printed windscreen and Niels Milan Pedersen designed Batman's cowl and cape.
02Batman's cape and cowl is a single soft, rubber-like piece deliberately made to echo the molded rubber batsuit Michael Keaton wore in the 1989 film.
03It's the first LEGO version of the Tim Burton 1989 Batmobile, a car whose design has influenced pretty much every Batmobile that came after it.
04The minifig Joker is styled after Jack Nicholson's performance, with an expression that walks the line between menace and glee.