Review: LEGO DC Comics 76188 Batman Classic TV Series Batmobile

Today we quickly tour the LEGO DC Comics set 76188 Batman Classic TV Series Batmobile, a small box of 345 pieces that pays tribute to the cult series Batman aired in the 60s with Adam West in the title role and Cesar Romero in the role of Joker.

This is not the first time that LEGO is lingering on this TV series, the manufacturer had indeed already offered a vintage version of the Batcave accompanied by a Batmobile and a Batcopter in the set. 76052 Batman Classic TV Series - Batcave (2016)

LEGO has chosen to get to the point here by skipping the additional content and focusing its efforts on the Batmobile. This new version of the vehicle takes some of the attributes of the model delivered in set 76052 and adds several welcome finishing details. If you don't have the previous version, there is no regrets, this new interpretation of the Batmobile is in my opinion more successful with less visible studs, the use of a more suitable part for the hood from the trunk (Design Brick 4 x 1 with Bow) and the integration of several Wedges with 45 ° cut-out to round off angles.

The Batmobile, about twenty centimeters long, can be displayed on a rotating support accompanied by a small presentation plate that recalls the configuration of the promotional set 40433 1989 Batmobile Limited Edition offered by LEGO in 2019. This similarity in the presentation of these two products forces me to imagine that this new box could also have been offered instead of being charged 39.99 €, for example on the occasion of the sale of a large-format reproduction of the vehicle. We can dream.

The sticker to stick on the presentation plate lists the same characteristics as the sticker in the set 40433 1989 Batmobile Limited Edition, the effect of "range" or "collection" is there. Nine other stickers dress the vehicle and LEGO even pushes the vice to the point of imposing two 1x1 stickers on us. For a moment, it almost feels like you're in the Speed ​​Champions universe. By deduction, you will have understood that the trim ornaments are pad printed.

Ultimate refinement offered here: the possibility of removing both Stud Shooters placed on the front hood and replace them with smooth parts for a less playful finish and above all more faithful to the reference vehicle.

We have to be content with two minifigs in this box and the first reaction of many of us was to regret the absence of Robin, played on the screen by Burt Ward. So the passenger seat of the Batmobile is hopelessly empty and that's a shame. I'm not losing hope, there is still the possibility that LEGO will soon offer us a new set to assemble a Batcopter with Robin at the controls. If this were the case one day, the distribution of the different characters in these boxes would then be consistent.

This small set allows us to obtain Batman and the Joker, two new minifigs. Some will consider that they are only variations of the figures delivered in 2016 in the set. 76052 Batman Classic TV Series - Batcave, but the most assiduous collectors will undoubtedly find it difficult to ignore. Batman still has a slightly pale face and ink is missing at the junction between the thighs and lower legs, LEGO doesn't seem to be making much progress on these technical issues.

In the end, this set is aimed especially at those who have been able to follow the adventures of Adam West and Brut Ward on their TV as well as those who want an exhaustive collection of everything that LEGO offers in terms of vehicles based on the universe of the justice of Gotham. This small model is not the ultimate version of that vintage Batmobile that I have been waiting for a long time, but I will do with it, hoping that one day LEGO decides to offer us something on the scale of the vehicles in the sets. 76023 The Tumbler et 76139 1989 Batmobile...

Note: The set presented here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at April 28th next at 23pm. 

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