Customer Reviews

Batman Arkham Asylum Lego 7785

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When this set came out in August, I knew I HAD to have it.I had been wishing for Lego to do an Arkham set since they started the Batman line. On Christmas, I finally got it. This is a WONDERFUL set, and I say that as a Batman and Lego fan. Even the Scarecrow minifigure, which I was afraid Lego had ruined, isn't too bad. If you have the time, you can get it done in two days. But don't buy it here. Toys 'r us has it for about eighty dollars.

This is a very cool toy. My kid is playing happily with the assembled set. However, assembly was made unnecessarily complex by the packaging. The fine folks at Lego chose to package the pieces somewhat by size, somewhat randomly. Other sets have all the pieces needed for the figurines, together. The motorcycle, together. And so on. Yet we were finding a head in this bag, a body in that bag... and when we got to the truly complicated projects, just finding the tiny tiny medium grey piece we needed became a needle in a black and grey and lighter grey haystack. The cat wanting in on the action (at one point curling up in the box) didn't help. It's a minor miracle we only lost one light fixture. Hopefully the cat at least enjoyed batting it under the radiator. My kid is good at putting the pieces together but lost patience with finding them. So it fell to me. And my rapidly fading eyesight.

Once put together, the ambulance, locking cell gates, and batman's jet pack are great fun, clever, and reasonably sturdy.

The set has a lot of little pieces which at times come unconnected. Overall we like it and my kids play with it quite a bit, also they use the figures with other lego sets.