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LEGO Batman: The Classic TV Series Batmobile (76328)

Name: LEGO Batman: The Classic TV Series Batmobile
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 76328

The gloriously campy 1966 Batmobile in nearly 1,800 bricks of glossy black.

Brick Rated Score

4.0/5

Set 76328 · 2024

Pieces1,822

Minifigs1

Year2024

Set number76328

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The verdict

I have a soft spot for anything from the Adam West show, and this LEGO set hits that nostalgia square in the chest.

It is big, it is accurate, and for a licensed 1,822-piece set the price is genuinely fair, which is rarer than it should be. What I want you to know going in is that it is a shelf model first, with basically no play functions and a single minifig. Buy it for the shape and the memories, not for swooshing it around the living room.

Best for: Adult fans of the Adam West Batman who want a display car, not a toy

The full review

What it is

The shape alone is what got me. This is the Batmobile from the 1966 Adam West show, the campy one with the bubble windshields and the red pinstriping, rebuilt at a proper big scale (about 50cm long). It knows exactly what it is, and I love that about it. If you remember Batman and Robin sliding down the Batpoles and that theme song lodging itself in your head for a week, the profile is going to do a lot of quiet work on you. LEGO chose accuracy over gimmicks, and I think they were right, because the long swooping nose, the finned tail and the twin cockpit bubbles all read as that exact car the second it lands on a shelf.

The catch

I will be straight with you about the catch, because there are a few. The minifigs first. You get exactly one, Adam West Batman in the grey and blue suit with a new double-sided head (a smile on one side, a snarl on the other), and he perches on a little display stand. There is no Robin, and that feels genuinely odd to me for a two-seat car that had Burt Ward riding shotgun for three seasons. Then the stickers. There are a lot, and a chunk of the interior charm (all those labelled dials and switches, plus the info plaque) comes from decals rather than prints, so the build keeps stopping so you can line them up. And functions barely exist beyond an opening boot and rolling wheels. This one is a display piece, full stop.

Who it's for

So here is where I land. If you want a handsome, accurate 1966 Batmobile to sit out and spark conversation, this is a lovely thing to own, and at 150 dollars for 1,822 pieces of licensed nostalgia it is one of the better-value big cars going right now. Fans of the show and anyone who enjoys a clean bodywork build will be very happy. If you are hunting for play features, a full cast of minifigs, or a sticker-free evening, you will want to look elsewhere. It is also on its way out of production, so if it is calling to you, I would not sit on it too long. For the right person, this is an easy yes from me.

The parts story

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

The build is a slow burn that pays off. The early bags have you laying down the chassis and the guts of the interior, and then it wakes up as the sculpted bodywork goes on and that unmistakable shape appears under your hands. There is a satisfying amount of angle and curve work to keep you engaged even while you are swimming in a sea of black, and shaping those long fenders and the finned rear is the stretch I enjoyed most. Fair warning again, the frequent stops to apply stickers interrupt the flow more than I would like.

There are some lovely bits for the parts-minded. The set brings a new mould for the uniquely shaped bubble windscreens, and you get two pairs of them (Windscreen Rounded 6x8x3 2/3 and 6x6x3 2/3, both in trans-clear). There are recoloured masonry bricks used for the interior seats that look great, and a tipper-truck end panel repurposed as the angled rear lights, which fits scarily well. Batman himself brings a new alternate-expression head and dual-moulded legs for his boots, plus the newer rubber cape piece instead of fabric. At roughly 8 cents a piece for a licensed set this size, the part-count value is honestly one of its strongest arguments.

Fun facts

01The real 1966 Batmobile was built by customiser George Barris from a one-off 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car, and he reportedly turned it around in just 15 days for around 15,000 dollars.
02The Futura donor car originally cost about 250,000 dollars to hand-build at Ghia in Italy, roughly 3 million in today's money.
03The set is big, about 50cm long, 19cm wide and 14cm tall, which is close to matching the presence of LEGO's other large-scale Batmobiles.
04Batman's fabric cape got swapped for a rubber cape piece that first appeared in the 76274 Batman & Bat-Pod set.