Lego Batman Series: Adam West Show’s 50th Anniversary Celebrated with Batcave Included!
These days, Batman has gone back to being the stern and dark protector of Gotham, but in the 1960's, Adam West and Burt Ward starred in the campiest version ever of the DC hero. Now, celebrating the Batman series' 50th anniversary, Lego has released a new set to honor the Batusi-dancing Bruce Wayne, Batcave and all!
As explained in a new press release, the new Lego set, which is as deliciously colorful as the full Technicolor show, has 2,526 pieces in total, including nine minifigures of some of the main characters of the show. The whole set will cost $270. IGN reports that the nine characters included in the set are Batman and Robin (as well as Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson, so nobody confuses the two), Cesar Romero's Joker (mustache included), Julie Neymar's Catwoman, Burgess Meredith's Penguin, Frank Gorshin's Riddler and Michael Gough's Alfred. Plus a cat, for kicks.
Surprisingly, Yvonne Craig's Batgirl isn't included, though the figure does exist.
The absolutely lovely nostalgia piece includes not only the Batcave (to which West and Ward returned barely more than a decade ago) but also the library in Wayne Manor where the access to it was. Of course, Lego Batman and Robin also have a high-tech lab, with everything a superhero in the 60's could possibly wish for, including a computer that encompassed a whole room.
There's also the Batcycle and the Batcopter, in case you were wondering and (this is the point where you die of cuteness), a building wall where Batman and Robin can climb, just like they did in the classic show.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the set, obviously aimed at adults who grew up watching the show, is hardly the first time the company releases sets aimed at those who like toys more than growing up: there's a Ghostbusters HQ set that's sold for $349.99.