hey everybody this is the Lego Batman movie Justice League anniversary party
set it's based on one of the scenes from the movie that I found to be a great
example of real world real life inspired situational comedy where Batman
discovers that he was not invited to the Justice League anniversary party and
it's funny if you even look at the description the official Lego
description for this set at shop lego.com
you'll see a special unusual note that a Batman figure is not included with this
set I'm gonna start off just cycling through the figure so here obviously is
Superman and he's a very very happy Superman that's just great to see you
know they've they've done some comic expressions for superheroes in the
mighty Mike Rose line but you know this being an official licensed Superman
figure who is full-sized and kinda looks like it could be a serious figure to
have such a genuine looking smile of enjoyment not cheesing but you know just
having fun it's just it's just great to see it makes this I think a special
figure that has is going to continue to have a special collectible value it's
got the nice newer style of cape so you can easily take a look at the a pretty
decent print on the back of the torso which is appropriate and he has the the
embarrassed kind of fake smile version of a face as well where he got caught
he's what he's amongst the ones that got gotten he's just embarrassed today yeah
we forgot to invite you sorry Batman here's a very classic Green Arrow
showing off as much as he can his Robin Hood inspirational background of course
he has his very green accoutrement with the the bow there and also quiver done
in just a regular green color the feather in his cap is lime green and he
also has lime green printing for the leggings that he's showing off there the
print for that lime green on the legs is a little bit on the thick
side but hey it's better than being on the thin side actually yes good good
opacity there and yeah it's just a pretty decent look and figure it it's a
little bit tough to see his blonde hair until you get up close like in person
maybe I'm like a foot and a half away I don't even see it at all you have to get
the light to kind of strike it just right so that's a little bit on the
subtle side he does have print back here so uh I'm pretty complete
you know torso print around the back but no alternate face of course because of
the type of headgear he wears now this is hawk girl a character that I gotta
level with ya I didn't even know existed before any of all this so to me it's an
obscure character there may be some fans of Hawkgirl out there who would disagree
I don't like what they did with the printing on this one with just the
quality of production because that there in the center is supposed to be skin
tone so see that's not thinking of printing and then there's not a match
between these two colors here you know that's that's off that's that's too bad
and also even the yellow down here at the base kind of at the top of the
trunks that was supposed to be matched there and it just doesn't doesn't all
fit together all that well so I think that mostly the the torso is off but the
legs are a bit as well just kind of makes it look a little bit
prototype EE to me which is unfortunate I think that if those were matched
better oh yeah also I guess is this supposed to be no it's not supposed to
be a skin tone for the neck is it it can't be can't be no if that was if that
was supposed to be a skin tone then that's definitely just a mistake that's
not a matter of putting too little on there but yeah that would have made it
so much better if that had been been done correctly print around the side of
the legs done really well that lines up decently you know respectably but it's
just fairly crisp and and from any kind of distance it looks almost like it's
dual moulded until you turn it around all the way now this does come with the
vinyl wing piece but they also include the second
Pease the the wider version so you get either option you can just swap those
out she has an alternate face that is also
the one of embarrassments upon being caught at the party where batman was not
it's a just a useful face to have in general you know hot girl or not
DC comics are not Lego Batman movie or not and there's a clear look at her
normal face here is El Dorado another character that I personally had never
heard of before interestingly this one has many of the same colors in the color
scheme for the outfit as Hawkgirl that we just looked at but with this one
there's no need to match colors between the paint or ink and the plastic you
know so I don't know if the quality of this printing is any better but it looks
better because you know everything just kind of goes together nothing nothing is
obviously off this one does have dual molded legs which makes the the boots
look really clean and crisp they really pop and you can see those laces from
1020 feet away you know so I think this one has just really good quality is just
a well-done figure well produced figure has the same Cape as Superman so the
nicer you know softer style good printing for the back of the torso well
sculpted body lines there I think well chosen placement for those and beneath
the hair he also has the the surprised face I'm I'm glad that not all of these
have the same type of expression the same type of a response that they give
you know in in the minifig form they don't have to to do the exact same thing
in the minifigs as they did in the movie in that in that scene and I'm glad that
they give us a variety here and I'm glad that all of these faces except for
except for Green Arrow can be used for other custom figures you know they're
not necessarily specific to these characters the inclusion of the
underdog from Superfriends as the DJ at the party was a nice deep deep dig to
the Batman character in that scene and they've included him here in the set was
which is fantastic I mean under what other circumstances would Lego ever make
a wonder dog figure he's got the green cape and it's the softer kind the good
kind of of material at least I I prefer this this type of material but it allows
it to flow over him pretty well it's also a well executed figure I think if
you just look at the front of the snout you see a little bit of imperfect
registration of the white from one side versus the other but it's really not a
big deal I mean how often are you gonna be looking at it up this close
underneath the nose no I think that this is a well-done figure for what it is
his color is medium blue what else would you get a medium blue colored dog also
just such a such an odd thing but I appreciate it you know different to be
different you see how happy this scene looks by virtue of all the wide smiling
genuinely enjoying faces that they've put on to the figures and it's a nice
scene too you know it's it's well-constructed I feel like this could
be used as a basis for all sorts of different parties I mean these are just
some some tiles just - 2 by 4 tiles with stickers on them so you can replace
those with anything you know stack up some two by twos use some stickers from
some sticker books if you want to this is ready to customize there's nothing
really Justice League specific about the setting here there's nothing like a
Batman movie specific about this setting so I feel like this will have a lot more
staying power than then some of the sets that were made specifically for this
movie you know it's just it's just a nice reusable basis for fun 4 figures to
be having fun and there's a lot there's not a lot that you actually do here
there is some stuff there are some actions built into it some interesting
changes like for instance this is a very very small dance floor as what it's
intended to be just a little raised area there are no actual working lights in
this but with all the transparent pieces in this it tends to kind of shimmer and
shine a little bit but there's a whole thing back here behind the DJ booth that
you can rotate and turn that and then this spins around so if I just hold this
down a little bit you can see it a little bit better yeah there's a little
bit of friction in there I wish it would spend just a little bit
easy more easily I might be able to loosen that up just a little bit by
messing with the parts wiggling them around but yeah just you know something
you can do to add a little extra life to the scene so that's cool and the wonder
dog gets what I believe is the single largest DJ stand assembly that Lego has
ever put together I might be mistaken on that or try and think was there anything
for the original Lego movie I don't think so this is this is pretty
comprehensive it uses three stickers this is a very generous one here on the
the 2x4 tile going down the center aisle I'll get this rotated around but also
you get these prints the batman-themed prints for the the records there so a
couple more of those always like getting printed pieces and especially things
that are just useful in general you know those are things that again will last
quite a while and certainly outlast the popularity of this this movie and they
can be used you know and just any kind of regular city setting so look around
this from the back you can see the other couple of stickers that are identical
that are applied to two 1x2 cheese wedge pieces so this is kind of the view from
the wonderdogs position and you don't need to have the wonder dog up there as
the DJ if you want to put a human there instead you can take him off and then
flip this back that's cool gives you a place for a humanoid to just stand there
very simple so who am I gonna pick El Dorado because he's convenient and he
looks like he's ready to get on the ones and twos and I'm stretching my neck to
look at the monitor because I can't see I can't see where I'm actually putting
him but there we go there we go yeah so that's that cool you can also adjust the
angles of the the needles the kind of fo needles here put one up if you want to
or what not so yeah just a cool little scene here's how the whole thing looks
from behind so nothing special back here but at least it doesn't look
particularly unfinished or unbelievable yeah not bad did I show you the speakers
I mean I've shown them for quite a while now but I mean they're very
straightforward but they look good I think I'm glad they didn't put a sticker
on this and make it all bright yellow and red and green and blue and
everything there's a a red bushing piece behind there but you know it doesn't
stand out too much such a weird set to make but a happy scene right really
really happy scene I hope that a lot of folks will be able to get some enjoyment
out of this and especially some inspiration as well just to to bring
more more life and joy into your minifigs 'iz lives you know for whatever
theme that you personally prefer it's an interesting way to get some strange
minifigs plus a couple of familiar characters more familiar characters and
what they did is done well all the stuff is done well I forgot to mention that
you know these are bars so you could have some of your superheroes you know
hanging on to those and they are clear so you could probably come up with some
poses that'll make it look like you know look like they're flying around or doing
acrobatics and such wonderdog Wow Wow who'd a thunk an actual wonder
dog figure but that's it for my look at this set so thank you for watching I
hope you enjoyed this and even if you're not interested in purchasing the set
hope it gives you a little bit of inspiration to try some stuff just for
the fun of your figures in whatever you do with
Lego thanks for watching and I will talk to you again soon
you
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