Review: LEGO Batman 76118 Mr. Freeze Batcycle Battle

Today we quickly tour the LEGO Batman set 76118 Mr. Freeze Batcycle Battle (200 pieces - 24.99 €), a small box that could go unnoticed in the middle of the few sets marketed on the occasion of Batman's 80th anniversary but which ultimately offers quite acceptable gameplay at a reasonable price.

The Bat-vehicle of the day is a Batcycle, or rather a kind of mini Tumbler in the Microfighters spirit which splits in two so that Batman and Robin each have their Bat-two-wheels. It is quite well done and the machine has at least the advantage of allowing two young fans to have fun without arguing over who is driving.

The box containing only 200 pieces, the finish of this Batcycle is logically very basic. The machine is illusory when assembled but the separation reveals some somewhat unsightly details that affect the finish of the two Bat-motorcycles. The few colored pieces that appear during separation and the protruding connection pins spoil the appearance of the two machines a bit.

Batman and Robin remain standing to drive, unable to sit the two characters in their respective cockpits. As you will have noticed, I always prefer to let the capes fly in the wind rather than damage them by trying to get them wedged between the minifig and the other parts of the vehicle.

Unlike other boxes, the villain of the set also has a small vehicle here so that the balance of power is balanced. Mr Freeze drives a very basic snow scooter but in the spirit of the character. This will be enough to have fun together. A little annoying detail, the two pieces supposed to be clipped on the two front skates of the snow scooter in the set I received were missing. A call to customer service and the problem will be resolved.

There are a handful of stickers to stick on for the craft to become more "Bat", but the construction can also do without. The many cannons placed on the sides of the vehicle do not really fire, we must be satisfied with the Stud Shooter placed on Batman's Batcycle to try to knock out Mr Freeze who will not be able to retaliate. Note that the Gotham Vigilante Bat-Grapple is also based on a Stud shooter.

Three minifigs are delivered in this box. That of Batman is identical in the four sets of this new wave. Always the same problem of pallor of the face, we would almost start to get used to it.

Robin's torso and head are never seen before and are available both in this box and in the set 76122 Batcave Clayface Invasion which we will talk about later. The minifigure seems to be loosely based on Damian Wayne's outfit in version Rebirth, even if the cape is not two-tone. I would have preferred to get a pair of mid-size hinged legs, like in Harry Potter, rather than those hobbit legs.

Victor fries aka Mr Freeze is also delivered in a version Rebirth with a very successful torso. The minifigure makes good use of Mysterio's helmet, too bad the part is not perfectly transparent. The Ice gun based on parts with its dorsal tank is quite convincing, it will just be necessary to orient it correctly to leave it in the hands of the minifig without unbalancing the whole.

In short, for 25 €, this small set allows you to obtain three interesting characters and three playable vehicles, two of which are assembled together. This is not always the case with boxes that are in this price bracket and I appreciate the effort here.

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