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4x2ReVu: 6864 Batmobile and the Two-face Chase
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Tue, 3 Jan 2012 18:42:06 GMT
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Much is made of what I once was: public servant, doer-of-good, champion of the
people. . . Pathetic! It wasn’t until tragedy and trauma brought vision to my
once-singular mind that I now see through enlightened eyes. For now I
understand that joy and sorrow dwell in the same heart, madness and sanity in
the same mind, that death and rebirth are but twins of the same mother! And I
will bring this vision to the good people of Gotham. I will be their
Prometheus, their bringer of light, that they might truly see how misfortune
nestles closely to affluence, how pride and confidence mingle so intimately with
fear. . . and revelation’s gift will come easily, justly, and abruptly at the
toss of a coin.
Being a huge fan of superheroes and Lego, I’m pretty pleased that the DC/Marvel
sets are making a repeat performance. For historical purposes, it ought to be
noted that some of the late 2011 sets are variations on sets that were released
between 2006-2008: chiefly the 6863 Batwing Battle over Gotham City varies the
7782 Batwing: Joker’s Aerial Assault, the 6864 Batmobile and the Two-face Chase
is a close variation on the 7781 Batmobile: Two-Face’s Escape. Finally, the
6858 Catwoman Catcycle City Chase is awfully similar to the 7779 Batman
Dragster: Catwoman Pursuit minus the earlier set’s inclusion of a dragster
(which was a throwaway model anyway).
I eagerly picked up the 6864 set because I missed the earlier release. This
particular set comes with the Batmobile, a bad-guy tow truck and a small bank
structure. The main model is, of course, the Batmobile and in comparing this to
pictures of the earlier version from the 7781, one can see that they’re very
similar. It was a pretty good build with a number of colors under the chassis
but a mainly black exterior. As I assembled this model I was struck by how much
I miss the classic 1960’s (Lincoln Futura) Batmobile. (If anybody from the Lego
Group is listening, PLEASE release a model of this version of the Batmobile!).
Batman’s car only seats him and features two flick missiles behind the cockpit.
The only annoying thing I found with the Batmobile was the over-sized wings,
remove these and you’ve got a pretty cool model.
The other vehicle in this set
is the Two-Face tow truck which comes in two-colors (orange and purple, yuck!)
and is a pretty sturdy build. Besides the driver seat, there is also a seat to
control the swiveling tow arm in the back. Chassis-attached weapons include a
couple of flick missiles and what looks like a large Gatling gun (kinda cool).
Rounding things up for the set is a mini bank structure with a walk-in door,
teller window, nicely detailed safe and blow-away wall. Despite being a simple
structure the design of the bank is very well done with brown-stone style
columns and walls.
Figures include black-cowl Batman (these newer sets seem to vary between black
and blue cowl), Two-face, two goons and a bank security guard. Set comes with a
sticker sheet, one batarang, dynamite and a red crowbar along with some money
tiles and two Two-Face coins (I particularly appreciated receiving two of these
since one is bound to get lost!). An orange brick-separator also came with the
set (I can’t remember when the last time was I got a brick separator with a
standard non-freestyle set) along with a textless comic book briefly outlining
the Two-face heist, but chiefly promoting the other superhero sets.
The set comes in at around $50 for 531 pieces which I found to be a worthwhile
price. The two-tone badguy car is a bit lame and will frustrate any alternate
building plans (at least for the symmetry minded) but the set remains a decent
standalone purchase.
!!! 4x2ReVu Stats !!!
Rating: Six out of eight studs
Pros: An okay principal Batmobile model with a good assortment of figures for
standalone play.
Cons: Bad guy vehicle is a bit wanting (in my opinion) and
there are no guns included (what’s a good old fashion bank robbery without
guns?).
Walletwise: 531 pieces for around $50 is an acceptable
price-per-piece. Watch out where you buy this set, some retail stores jack the
price up by anywhere from 15-20%.
Date: 1/3/2012
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