Today is Batman Day, and for the occasion LEGO unveils the DC Comics set 76161 1989 Bat Wing, a new reference directly based on the 1989 Batman film directed by Tim Burton with Michael Keaton in the title role, Jack Nicholson as Joker and Kim Basinger as Vicky Vale.

Last year, LEGO already regaled us with a reproduction of the Batmobile from the movie in the set 76139 1989 Batmobile (3306 pieces - 249.99 €) and this year it is the Batwing of the film's turn to go down in history at LEGO.

In the box, 2363 pieces to assemble a Batwing of 58 x 52 x 11 cm and three minifigs to install on a ledge-shaped display identical to that of set 76139: Batman who is back with his superb molded plastic cape, the Joker in his mime outfit and Lawrence, the Joker's henchman played by George Lane Cooper with his boombox and seen dancing with Nicholson on party man of Prince in the museum scene.

We will talk about this set, which will be available at the public price of 199.99 € / 209.00 CHF as a VIP preview from October 21, on the occasion of a "Quickly Tested"but be aware that the machine can be hung on the wall via a support provided and that it contains some easter eggs relating to the film. As you can imagine, I will approach the matter with enthusiasm, I hope not to be disappointed by the possible too great fragility of the construction.

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LEGO now confirms the rumor that has been circulating for several days: the LEGO Ideas sets 21309 NASA Apollo Saturn V. (2017 - 119.99 €) and 21313 Ship in a Bottle (2018 - 69.99 €) will soon be released under new references (92176 for Saturn V and 92177 for the bottle).

Below, the brief comment from the LEGO Ideas team which confirms the reissue of these two sets removed from the LEGO catalog and mentions that the commissioning contract for fan designers (1% of the amount of sales made) remains active despite the change in reference:

At this stage, we therefore simply know that the reference assigned to each of these two boxes changes for logistical considerations, but we do not yet know if the inventory of these two sets will be modified or if they will emerge identically.

LEGO comes out with a promotional offer that will perhaps allow those who could not take advantage of it last June to recover a nice little box: the set 40409 Hot Rod is indeed again offered from € 85 / CHF 95 without restriction of range until September 22.

For those who would ask the question and who do not want to search, the two minifigs provided in this small set are not "rare" or exclusive: the head of the young girl comes from the set 10264 Corner Garage, the cap with integrated hair is the one seen in many CITY sets and the torso is also delivered in the CITY sets 60258 Tuning Workshop et 60232 Garage Center. The driver's torso is the one seen in the sets 70657 Ninjago City Docks et 60233 Donut Shop Opening, the legs are in the Hidden Side set 70423 Paranormal Intercept Bus 3000.

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LEGO has put all the thematic references online on the US version of the official store that will eventually add to your usual decorations for the holiday season and we now have official visuals for these different products.