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Batman with the Batmobile vs Harley Quinn and Mr. Freeze

The Animated Series Batmobile finally arrives, and it nails the silhouette even if the price stings.

Brick Rated Score

3.6/5

Set 76274 · 2024

Pieces435

Minifigs3

Year2024

Set number76274

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The verdict

I grew up on Batman: The Animated Series, so the second I saw that long, blocky nose and the fin sweeping off the back, I knew exactly which car this was before I read a single word of the box.

LEGO got the shape right. What I can't get past as easily is the sticker price against what you actually get, three minifigures and a stand-mounted car for sixty dollars is a tough sell next to other Batmobiles LEGO has put out for less. This is a set for animated-series loyalists first and casual Batman fans a distant second.

Best for: Batman: The Animated Series fans who want the car on a shelf more than a big build

The full review

What it is

This is the Batmobile I wanted as a kid and never got, the one from Batman: The Animated Series with the impossibly long hood and that jet-black brooding stance. LEGO finally built it, and the proportions are spot on, that nose alone makes it unmistakable even to someone who hasn't watched the show in twenty years. Two stud shooters tuck into the hood, the cockpit lifts open to show off a little cockpit interior, and there's a rotating exhaust flame that spins as you roll it across the table, a small touch that made me grin more than it probably should have.

The catch

Here's where I have to be honest with you. At $59.99 for 435 pieces and three minifigures, this set asks a lot for what it delivers, and nearly every review I read flagged the same thing. The build itself takes an evening at most, there's no hidden mechanism or clever technique that justifies lingering over it, and the color choice, a rich dark blue instead of the moody black-on-black of the actual cartoon, threw a few longtime fans for a loop before they came around to it. If you're chasing build satisfaction per dollar, this one comes up short.

Who it's for

Get this if you love the animated series specifically and want that car on your shelf, the Mr. Freeze figure alone is worth some of the asking price to fans of the show. Skip it if you're a general Batman collector looking for value, there are other Batmobiles in LEGO's catalog that give you more car and more minifigure for less money.

The parts story

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

Building it is quick and straightforward, this isn't a set that makes you sweat over sub-assemblies or wonder how a panel is going to close up. You snap together the chassis, layer on the long nose and tail fin, and the car takes shape fast enough that experienced builders will likely finish in one sitting. The rotating stand at the end gives the build a little ceremony, since it turns the finished car into something you display rather than shove in a bin.

The dual-molded legs on Batman recreate his pointed animated-series boots in one piece, a nice detail for a figure that could have been generic. Harley Quinn leans on LEGO's established jester-suit look but with fresh printing to match her animated design, and Mr. Freeze is the clear scene-stealer, with a sculpted helmet and ice-blue coloring that reviewers consistently called the best figure in the box. At 435 pieces for three figures and a mid-size vehicle, the part count itself is reasonable, it's the price tag stacked against it that draws the complaints, not the parts themselves.

Fun facts

01This is the first LEGO set to depict the Batmobile as it appeared in Batman: The Animated Series, a design fans had asked for since the show aired in the early 1990s
02The exhaust flame piece at the rear rotates as the car rolls, a small kinetic detail on top of the two retractable stud shooters hidden in the hood
03Reviewers across Brickset, Brick Fanatics and Eurobricks converged on the same critique, that the set is priced noticeably higher than comparable Batmobile sets for the piece and figure count you get
04LEGO chose a deep dark blue for the car body rather than the near-black of the cartoon, a decision that split early reactions before most reviewers came around to it in hand