Super Heroes DC

Batcave Clayface Invasion

Six great figures, a monster Clayface, and a Batcave built for wrecking.

Brick Rated Score

4.2/5

Set 76122 · 2019

Pieces1,073

Minifigs6

Year2019

Set number76122

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The verdict

This is the Batcave that leans all the way into play, and honestly that's what makes it fun.

You get six minifigures plus a hulking posable Clayface who can grab a figure in his jaws, and a cave that splits into modules so villains can smash through it. The stickers and the slightly disconnected zones keep it from being a display centerpiece, but as a Batman playset it delivers. If you love the characters more than the architecture, you'll be very happy here.

Best for: Batman fans who want the villains and the play features, not a display shelf

The full review

The Batcave Clayface Invasion is one of those LEGO® sets that knows exactly what it wants to be. It's not trying to be a quiet display piece you admire from across the room. It's a Batman playset, built for knocking villains around, and the whole thing is designed so the cave can take a beating. You get 1,073 pieces, six minifigures, and a big posable Clayface figure looming over all of it, and the moment you snap his jaw shut around a minifig you understand the pitch.

The character lineup is where this set really wins you over. Batman turns up in a dark bluish gray suit with a gold-outlined belt, and he's joined by Bruce Wayne, Robin, Batwoman, Catwoman and Two-Face. Three of those figures are exclusive to this set, so if you're a collector chasing figures you can't get anywhere else, that's a real draw. The Catwoman with red goggles is the one people hunt for on the secondary market, and Two-Face got a fresh design here too. Even Clayface, who could easily have been a flimsy mess, ended up better than a lot of people expected, with snapping jaws and gripping hands that can actually hold a captured hero.

There are trade-offs, though. The cave is packed with zones, a Batcomputer with five screens, a hi-tech area, a workout corner, a weapons room and a trophy chamber, plus a detachable transformation tower that flips Bruce into Batman and a jail module that explodes on cue. That's a lot of function. The trouble is those zones don't always feel like one connected Batcave, more like a row of separate little scenes parked next to each other. And LEGO leaned on stickers for a lot of the detail here rather than printing it on the pieces, which is the complaint that comes up again and again from builders. If you want crisp printed screens and dials, you'll wish they'd gone further.

So who should grab it? If you love the DC characters and you want a cave your kids (or you) can actually play villains-invading-the-Batcave with, this one is a joy, and the six-plus-one figure count is strong value for a Batman set. If you're after a clean, cohesive display model with printed detail everywhere, you'll feel the caveats. It retired back in December 2020 and prices have climbed hard since, roughly doubling over its old shop price, so a sealed one is now a collector purchase more than a casual buy. Go in for the figures and the play, and you'll be glad you did.

The parts story

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

Building this one is a series of small, quick modules rather than one long marathon, which is part of why it's such an easy set to build alongside a kid. You knock out the Batcomputer desk with its rotating chair and screen wall, then the separate hi-tech, workout, weapons and trophy zones, then the transformation tower and the jail that explodes apart. The Bat-Tank comes together fast with a rotating turret and flick missiles. Clayface is the odd one out, his flowing, lumpy body has to be faked with a lot of small clip-and-plate pieces so he reads as melting mud, and that section takes the most patience by far.

On pieces, the headline is really the figures, six minifigures plus the oversized Clayface bigfig, and three of those minifigures show up in no other set. Catwoman with her red goggles is the standout that collectors resell, and this Two-Face and Bruce Wayne torso are fresh prints. Beyond the figures, the parts are mostly practical Batcave greys, blacks and translucent bits for the computer glow, useful for your own builds but not loaded with rare new molds. At 1,073 pieces for its original price the part-count value was fair rather than amazing, and reviewers pointed out a leaner design could have hit the same play features with fewer parts. The reason to buy this is the roster and the functions, not a treasure chest of exotic elements.

Fun facts

01The map glowing on the Batcomputer screens is styled after Gotham City as it was drawn during the 1999 No Man's Land comic storyline.
02The set was released in June 2019 and retired in December 2020, and sealed copies have since climbed to roughly double their original shop price.
03Three of the six minifigures are exclusive to this set, with the red-goggled Catwoman being the most valuable figure of the bunch on the resale market.
04Clayface comes as a large posable figure rather than a standard minifigure, with a jaw and hands built to snatch and hold a minifig mid-invasion.