I'm Batman!

Should be a big winner for Lionel. Thanks Marty for the update.

Just think if they made this set up... elevated rail triple height... running right through a building.

BTW, when I was in New York last I think I saw these guys trying to catch a train.

 

 

Even though I'm not a subway kind of guy, I still kind of want one!

 

I also think this set will be a winner.

 

Andy

I am definitely getting a set.   very cool!

Would Wayne Industries let GC trains get that painted up?

Chief O'Hara's boys in blue slackin' off perhaps?

Maybe after all these years of letting Batman and Robin catch the bad guys the police don't even bother chasing the small time criminals anymore?

Great graphics on that link!

 

This would be god for my Elevated Line!

 

I wonder if it plays well with a Z-4000 transformer, the Conventional Classics line did not, inadvertant horn blasts: kinda like walking around at York.

 

Can you run it Conventionally without the LionChief remote?

Looks cool but......

• RailSounds RC™ sound system with diesel revving and background sounds, horn, bell, and user-activated announcements

 

I knew Gotham City was heavily populated but diesel subways?      Really?  

I always thought they were electric!

 

You know, that third rail and getting fried!

 

Looks like no one who proofs this stuff has any clue...

 

BTW, I have my set and add-ons ordered already, so it better not have diesel sounds!

I'm holding out for Ninja Turtles.

Something about a guy in tights wearing a cape running around with a young kid in shorts and tights doesn't quite seem right.......

You mean like Robin Hood and his Merry Men?  lol

 

I'm waiting for the Larry the Cable Guy train set.

I like the BatRemote!

 

http://www.trainworld.com/manu...ubway-lionchief-set/

Wayne Industries test hybrids?

I am definitely getting this set.  A little disappointed at the announcements, however.  They could have had the original joker, riddler, and penguin sounds instead.  Maybe even some Nicholson Classic joker sounds or Catwoman meows.    The remote definitely looks cool.   I see Ro has it for $250.  Any better prices out there in Gotham City?

 

Rick

 

Man, I can only imagine the play kids are going to have with this set.  Very smart move on Lionel's part.  I can't think of another set where kids will create an entire session of play like this.  I'm sure Lionel will release figures with the characters.  Kids will stuff Batman and his nemesis in the train, have it run around a loop, stop at a station, the two characters get out and fight, etc.  It's exactly the kind of thing that today's kids need to be interested in trains.  So much more interaction and conducive to imagination than just watching the train go around the loop.

 

Very smart move by Lionel.  I think we'll be seeing this set a lot on public layouts and I predict a lot of people will be busy adding on a subway line either elevated or below their layout.

 

I really think Lionel is an a big roll right now with they are releasing.  I feel like there is so much energy into trying some new things to attract new customers while also keeping the old-timers very happy with what's being released for them.

Very cool!

Peter

 

Very nice!!  I may just have to pick up my very first subway set.  Of course I will need one of these to go with it.  http://www.lionel.com/products...AF61&PageID=2133

I like the graphics of this set. Kind of a Batman / joker graffiti theme.

Have the Caped Crusader and the Boy Wonder reached….. the end of the line??!!

 

Can Lionel….. electrify… True Believers young and old alike with this set??!!

 

Tune in next week……. same Bat time, same Bat channel!!

For figures to go with the Batman train set, people will have to go to their local comic book shop to get the DC HeroClix Batman figure sets.

 

 

Andrew

Not sure about the size, but another readily available option for kids would be the Lego Batman figures.

 

This looks like this could be a fun set.  I'll be looking forward to the posted videos.

 

Here's another dynamic duo who were shocked that they were overlooked for this set.

 

There's EEEVIL afoot!  EEEEEEEVIL!!!

HeroClix figures are the same size as O Scale figures.

 

 

 

 

 

The figures on the base have to be popped off of the game disc to be used with the subway train.

 

 

 

Andrew

Batman is cool, but I prefer the Wolverine:

Holy psycho wards, Batman!  Does this train stop at the Elizabeth Arkham Asylum?

 

http://www.miniaturemarket.com/wzk71238.html

 

Arkham Asylum marks the end of the line, old chum.

 

 

       
       


The Git 'er Dun Express Freight!

I like it. I've never been into subways but looks like I will now be getting my first one.

If they got Christian Bale to do the dialog they could again advertise "unintelligible crew talk" as a feature. 

       
       


LOL..I thought it was my cerumen acting up...again!


K.C.

 

 

 

 

A serious train for a serious Earth.

 

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               serious??   

When Lionel was designing that catalog they sat around and came up with a number of ideas to make the  trains  fun and colorful.  Instead of deciding on one of them that did them all!

 

As stated here, although I think it these were aimed at a younger audience, collectors are going to grab these up as well.

We need the Batman theme DADA DADA DADA DADA BATMAN!!!!!! Maybe an add-on recordable sound module.  Wish we could send sounds to the train(Not sure, does MTH do this with some of theirs?)

The first Saturday in May happens to be FREE comic-book day. You should buy a few good comic-books if you stop at a shop.

 

http://www.freecomicbookday.co...206?articleID=147047

 

WizKids has announced that its 2014 FCBD HeroClix offering will feature DC's Batman and Joker Arkham Origins characters!

 

 

 

Andrew

Maybe that will be the horn sound? 

 

When this set was first announced were there 4 cars or three?  Now I see three and the price is the same. These cars do run in pairs with a blind end.