A few days ago, I reported on a new The LEGO Batman Movie Accessory Pack polybag. A reader has given some information on how to get this particular polybag. If you checked out the January 2017 LEGO Store Calendar, there is an in-store event that starts from January 2-February 26. From what I’ve been told, they’ll be little stickers of Batman hidden throughout the store and if you find them all, you can get one of these polybags.
As you can see from the image above, the Accessory Pack consists of Batman and the Batsignal along with a sticker sheet and a double-sided poster with the heroes on one side and the villains on the other.
It looks like there will be plenty of The LEGO Batman Movie Accessory Packs available since the event goes on for two month however those not close to a LEGO Store will probably have to get it from another source.
Thanks to Purple Dave for the heads up.
Update: I’ve had people say that this promotion won’t start until later in the month while I’ve heard others say they’ve gotten it. I guess it depends if the individual stores have everything set up or not. You may wamt to call and see if they’re ready.
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Is there any age group their trying to hit, or is it for anyone who goes into the store?
It’s geared more towards kids but I think anyone can do it. It was like that for The LEGO Movie Accessory Pack.
The promo starts tomorrow and even the local store management was pretty in-the-dark about this one. The manager was just finding out about it by reading the info card on the front door after the psycho rush to buy the new Modular had cleared out. The assistant manager knew there was a promo polybag, but didn’t know exactly what it was. On a hunch, I asked if it involved a bat-signal, and he had to go check in the back to confirm that it did. As a word of caution, some stores may try to steer this towards the younger crowd, especially if they have a less-than-stellar relationship with the local AFOL crowd, but I’ve never had any problem getting any LEGO Store promos that don’t have specific age ranges listed, and I’ve never tried to get in on any that do.
Now, why they had to go and start it _one_day_ after the LEGO Batman Movie sets officially released, I couldn’t say. Sucks for me, since I live about 30 minutes away from the local store, so that’s a full hour of travel.
BTW, I think the foamcore cutouts are a way to avoid confusion. You don’t have to worry about people complaining that Batman #42 doesn’t come in their Star Wars set just because that’s where it got placed for the contest, and you don’t have to bother counting all the Batmen that are already on display with sets. Count the cutouts and hide them, and all you have to do is explain the difference.
I can see many people abusing this and coming back to get more polybags, given how attractive it is (entire Batman minifigure and what is presumably a printed 2×2 round tile). Wouldn’t be surprised if my store runs out before the end of the month.
The Batman minifig is in just about every set in the LBM theme, albeit with one of three known head variants. This particular minifig is identical to the one from the Mr. Freeze set and the Phantom Zone polybag, so it’s already pretty easy to obtain. It is indeed a 2×2 printed round tile, but it already comes in the Lex Luthor and Mr. Freeze Juniors sets (both of which feature exclusive versions of those characters). The trans-black dome is probably as attractive to AFOLs as the minifig or printed tile.
Beyond that, the parts are nothing to fret over. About the next most interesting thing in this is a build technique, where the top of a 1×2-2×2 up bracket is backed by a 1×2 panel w/ rounded corners.
Though, I have an insane amount of Batmen, so I may be undervaluing his inclusion. To be fair, though, he is the first Batman since the previous black/yellow one that I have zero plans to buy on Bricklink. By the time I get all the sets to strip for minifigs, I’ll be swimming in them. To use up the previous one, I did my “Many Moods of LEGO Batman” shirt plate, which I wore to the sneak preview of The LEGO Movie and have displayed at Brickworld Chicago. To use up some of this one, I’ve been thinking about trying to give a different piece of gear to each of the various “expressive eye” faces (six from LBM, two more from LEGO Batman & Angry Kitty, and a ninth from Heavy Metal Batman…so far).
One of the managers in my local store said they didn’t get nearly as many as they usually do. He thinks stores might be more restrictive on giving them out since they are supposed to last so long.
This is a Search and Find game for kids who visit the LEGO Store aged 6 – 14.
Although some stores may give this if an adult asks… it is only for kids who visit the store aged 6 – 12 and who participate in the search and find event.
So Mr Details says it’s for kids aged 6-14, but only kids 6-12 can win the prize. More intel like this, please!
Both of my kids received this polybag for completing the mini scavenger hunt which was to find 6 small stickers (silver dollar size) placed around the store on the display cases. We needed to specifically ask a sales associate about the polybag as we had seen someone else holding one and were told to look for the six batmans and to then come back to him and the polybags were the prize they would receive. They were giving out paper Batman masks to others, but I guess if you specifically asked for the polybag prior to starting the scavenger hunt, then kids could earn that prize instead. That’s the only thing I can think of as to why certain kids were getting the polybag and others the paper mask.
Is this a USA exclusive? Will the promotion happen in the UK?
I was in my local Lego store a few days ago browsing and one of the regular (as in he’s there all the time) employees was chatting with me about the new sets and asked me if I wanted this set..said he just built it for fun to see what it looked like…I said heck yeah! Guess I got lucky…didn’t know anything about it until I googled it just now!