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LEGO Announcement: 70922 The Joker Manor
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MadLaughter
Member
Was very confused about Nightwing until I realized this was based on the Lego Batman *movie*, because I used to have different Batman Legos that pre-dated it
N21
Member
Nice set, but I suspect that a lot of people will think the price is too high.
I guess they can afford to be expensive considering K'nex, Mechanio (what ever it's called) and Mega Bloks aren't putting up much of a fight in when it comes to competition. Fortunately, even though these Lego sets are expensive, Lego don't cheap on quality (just employees, massive layoffs recently).
I guess they can afford to be expensive considering K'nex, Mechanio (what ever it's called) and Mega Bloks aren't putting up much of a fight in when it comes to competition. Fortunately, even though these Lego sets are expensive, Lego don't cheap on quality (just employees, massive layoffs recently).
friskykillface
Banned
$$$$$$$$$$$
Pretty cool set actually, might wait til a price drop though
Was expecting Wayne manor too, nice twist
Pretty cool set actually, might wait til a price drop though
Was expecting Wayne manor too, nice twist
Nightwing123
Member
Awesome set but that price 
DrForester
Kills Photobucket
Love the minifigures, and the set looks neat, but not something I would spend that much for. I still need the 60s Batcave.
Is that supposed to be the Eye of Sauron at the top?
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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Is that supposed to be the Eye of Sauron at the top?
edit:
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
First post, no less
(big sets expensive, small sets cheap. per-part prices on consistent downwards trend. news at 11)
plagiarize
Banned
Cool! Might get this one. Been itching for a large set since the Ghostbuster's firehouse. This might hit the spot.
GamePnoy74
Member
I haven't watched the Lego Batman Movie but Nightwing looks badass lol
plagiarize
Banned
Or, you know, adults. And, because you want to build that 1 thing.
fredrancour
Member
Lego's producing bad decisions faster than I can make them. Wonder if I'll wind up getting anything out of this, ninjago city, and assembly square.
Because enough raw material to make an enormous building is enough to make a wide variety of smaller ones. The only stuff in there not flexible would be the roller coaster track and any printed pieces or stickers.
Well if little Timmy decides he'd rather have this than a console for Christmas I guess many parents would be thrilled for the reduced screen usage. This would be one hell of a hand me down for the next sibling in line. A hell of a lot of raw material once it gets mulched into the family Lego bucket.
Because enough raw material to make an enormous building is enough to make a wide variety of smaller ones. The only stuff in there not flexible would be the roller coaster track and any printed pieces or stickers.
Not exactly sure how it "only lets you build 1 thing"? It's 3500 Lego pieces, do whatever you want with them.
DrForester
Kills Photobucket
I do believe these LEGO pieces can be used to make whatever the hell someone wants, and, like every other LEGO set ever made, can be used to build whatever you can think of.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Disco Joker is the look Jared Leto should've gone for.
Huw_Dawson
Member
Very cool set, especially if you are a fan of the movie.
Gentleman Jack
Member
8 cents per brick isn't that bad.
BattleMonkey
Member
Per brick cost makes no sense logically, nor does anyone care when they see the sticker shock. LEGO is too expensive, and large factor in their financial issues. Their licensed sets are ridiculous
I still haven't watched this movie, but it wouldnt shock me if there was a joke like that somewhere in the film.
I respectfully disagree.
Bruce Springsteen
Member
you think it costs even one penny to manufacture a lego brick?
Gentleman Jack
Member
They do tier their sets to reach all price ranges though, the Lego Batman sets range from $15.00 to infinite money (this is the most expensive set in the theme). Folks tend to react badly to the more expensive ones and I do understand that perfectly. I know I reacted badly to the 60s batcave one mostly because I had little interest in the license and the build looked tedious for kinda ho-hum aesthetics and an awkward build size. But this is an actually attractive looking build with cool elements like a roller coaster and a shitton of minifigs, on the scale of the Sea Cow from the first Lego film.
Do you expect me to believe that the only cost lego incurs is the plastic in their injection molds?
If youre not interested in Lego why even come into a thread about a large licensed Lego set and proceed to moan about the price? Yes, large sets are expensive. I am shocked. Just buy one of the cheap boxes that consist of many random parts if thats what you want.
I expect all those complaining live such spartan existences /s. Given this is gaf, I bet the vast majority of you all buy into some kind of plastic shit marketed towards your interests with rabbid enthusiasm.
I expect all those complaining live such spartan existences /s. Given this is gaf, I bet the vast majority of you all buy into some kind of plastic shit marketed towards your interests with rabbid enthusiasm.
The spread of prices from small to medium sets is the same now as it's always been, adjusting for inflation. You get more bricks for your money in those sets of course. What's changed is that they now make big expensive sets for adults too.
The Lamonster
Member
OP do you have a source link? imgur is blocked at my work and I wanna see this thing!
edit: oh wow, this thing looks great.
https://www.brothers-brick.com/2017...r-lego-batman-movie-officially-revealed-news/
edit: oh wow, this thing looks great.
https://www.brothers-brick.com/2017...r-lego-batman-movie-officially-revealed-news/
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Well, this seems expensive, even by Lego standards. The recent Ninjago City has a lot more pieces, is a more impressive construction no doubt, and costs about the same.
This is supposed to be a 50s Batman set, where the Joker also was more lighthearted and not a complete murdering psychopath.
It's 12.7 cents per brick in the US. That's not counting sales tax either.
Chezzymann
Member
You divided the numbers backwards. It's 8 cents, which is pretty decent for Lego. 80s sets rarely got that good. And people need to realize there's other costs to sets besides molding: R&D, testing, marketing, maintaining their infrastructure, etc. The average brick is 10 cents. Lego has a 30% profit margin, I'm not good at math but that means they could sell their stuff at 7 cents per piece and have narrow profits but obviously companies need to make some Money
And before people bring up Lepin, they don't have to deal with any of those things I mentioned, and also probably steal molds and other things, which is why they can sell things at ~4 cents per piece.
fredrancour
Member
270 dollars /3444 pieces = 7.8 c per piece.
You did 3444/270 and got 12.7 pieces per dollar.
It ain't as amazing of a ratio as ninjago city or some of the modular buildings but batman tax appears to be less steep than star wars tax.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Not in this set. It is in one of the cheaper sets in the theme.
whatsinaname
Member
Batman tax.
"A Bat signal.
Do you get it?
Because it's the Batman.
The Batman dresses like a bat.
Do you get it?"
This looks like a great set. But out of this and Ninjago City, I prefer NC not just for the piece count but I think NC is probably one of their best designed sets. Though NC looks better from a 45 deg angle, so for display The Joker Manor might look better if you like to display them traditionally from a front on view.
As for the price, I'm not sure what people are really expecting. Do people just for Lego to produce $50 sets for 700 pieces? I mean there's plenty of those already, they just don't get an announcement thread because there's a whole bunch of them announced at once, and the higher priced sets are more news-worthy and 'collectable'.
Do people want lower priced per piece sets? Like 4 cents or 5 cents a piece? You can get that on discount. Some of the Lego Classic sets get to that price when its discounted. Perhaps they'll up the piece count across most of their boxes to provide better value. But I don't think a lot of casual customers really look that hard into piece hard, they'd probably judge value on the size of the box and whatever they see on the packaging. I think in Lego's opinion, price per piece wouldn't really drive higher sales.
Anyways I don't want to derail the topic too much, but I think the drive by price posters haven't considered the issue entirely. If The Joker Manor was $150 for example, Lego would just put out another set at $300 with even more pieces, so lowering price per piece probably isn't going to solve the 'high' cost of Lego sets.
As for the price, I'm not sure what people are really expecting. Do people just for Lego to produce $50 sets for 700 pieces? I mean there's plenty of those already, they just don't get an announcement thread because there's a whole bunch of them announced at once, and the higher priced sets are more news-worthy and 'collectable'.
Do people want lower priced per piece sets? Like 4 cents or 5 cents a piece? You can get that on discount. Some of the Lego Classic sets get to that price when its discounted. Perhaps they'll up the piece count across most of their boxes to provide better value. But I don't think a lot of casual customers really look that hard into piece hard, they'd probably judge value on the size of the box and whatever they see on the packaging. I think in Lego's opinion, price per piece wouldn't really drive higher sales.
Anyways I don't want to derail the topic too much, but I think the drive by price posters haven't considered the issue entirely. If The Joker Manor was $150 for example, Lego would just put out another set at $300 with even more pieces, so lowering price per piece probably isn't going to solve the 'high' cost of Lego sets.
