Best LEGO Batmobile: All 5 Sets Ranked and Compared

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Five Batmen, Five Cars, One Minifigure Each

LEGO now sells a Batmobile for almost every Batman. There is the 1966 Adam West version, Tim Burton’s 1992 Batmissile, the 1995 Batman Forever car, Zack Snyder’s armoured tank from 2016, and Matt Reeves’ 2022 muscle car. They range from a 220-piece thirty-dollar thing you finish before the kids’ bath is run to a 2,269-piece flagship that costs more than a game console.

We have built four of them. The fifth — the new Batman Returns Batmobile (76355) — was revealed on 18 August and does not reach shelves until 1 September, so where it appears below I am working from LEGO’s own reveal and Brickset’s set data rather than from a build, and I will say so each time.

One thing became obvious only once all five were laid out side by side, and it is the single most useful fact in this guide: every Batmobile ships with exactly one minifigure, and it is always Batman. Not one of the five includes a villain. Whatever you are paying, you are paying for a car.

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Our highest-rated Batmobile at 4.5/5 and the best value per piece of the five - but it left LEGO's own range at the end of July 2026.

1. Classic TV Series Batmobile (76328) — The One We’d Buy

The 1966 Batmobile is the best set of the five and it is not especially close. 1,822 pieces, 18+, and 50 cm of glossy black bodywork with red accents and a clear bubble canopy — our full review scored it 4.5 out of 5, the highest of any Batmobile we have built.

What earns that score is the bodywork. The Adam West car is all curves — there is barely a straight line on it — and getting those swooping flanks and the long tapering tail right in brick is genuinely hard. LEGO used layered, angled panel techniques that make you stop and appreciate the engineering rather than just following steps.

The other half of it is tone. Where every other set in the wave leans dark, this one is bright and cheerful. It is the only Batmobile that makes you grin while building it, and the only one whose subject needs no explaining to a small child who wanders past.

The problem, and it is a real one: Brickset records its availability as 1 October 2024 to 31 July 2026. It has left LEGO’s range. It still appears at other retailers, but retired LEGO sets tend to drift up in price rather than down. At its $149.99 recommended price it was also the best value of all five at 8.2 cents per piece — so what you are hunting is the cheapest-per-brick set on this list, which is precisely why it will not stay cheap.

2. Batman Returns Batmobile (76355) — The New Flagship

Not built — announced 18 August, out 1 September. Everything here is from LEGO’s reveal and Brickset, and I will write the real verdict once it is on the table.

The Batman Returns Batmobile is the biggest LEGO has made: 2,269 pieces, 18+, 45 cm long, $229.99 / £189.99 / €209.99. Insiders get it from 1 September, everyone else from the 4th.

The headline feature is the one every Burton fan wanted. The complete sides of the car detach, turning the Batmobile into the narrow Batmissile from the 1992 film. LEGO developed three new elements specifically for this set, including a new Batman cowl — new moulds for a single set is not something the company does casually, and it is the clearest signal of how seriously this one was taken.

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The new 2,269-piece Tim Burton flagship. Splits into the Batmissile, three newly moulded elements, out 1 September for Insiders.

The criticism writes itself, though, and it is the one-minifigure rule at its most annoying. This is Batman Returns — the film with Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman and Danny DeVito’s Penguin, two of the most iconic villain performances in the whole run. Neither is in the box. DeVito’s Penguin is referenced on a stickered monitor in the cockpit, which is a nod where a minifigure should have been. At $229.99 that stings.

At 10.1 cents per piece it also sits above the 76328’s 8.2, so you are paying a flagship premium on top. Whether the Batmissile gimmick and three new moulds justify eighty dollars more than the Adam West car is the actual question here, and I will answer it properly once I have built it.

3. Batman Forever Batmobile (76304) — The Sensible Middle

The 1995 car is the one nobody talks about and the one that solves the most common problem: you want something substantial, you do not want to spend two hundred dollars, and you are buying for a household with a teenager in it.

909 pieces, $99.99, and — uniquely among the five — a 12+ age rating rather than 9+ or 18+. Our review gave it 4 out of 5. It stands 17 cm tall, the tallest of the lot, because the Schumacher-era design is the one with the enormous ribbed fin down the back.

That 12+ rating is worth more than it looks. It is the only set here that a capable eleven-year-old can build alone and an adult can still display without embarrassment. The two 18+ sets are shelf pieces; the two $29.99 sets are toys. This is the one that sits between.

At 11.0 cents per piece it is not a bargain, and the Batman Forever aesthetic — neon, ribbed, faintly ridiculous — is a taste. If you loved 1995, this is a delight. If you did not, the 76328 is a better object for fifty dollars more.

4. The Batman Batmobile (76332) — The One to Buy for a Child

The 2022 Matt Reeves car is 330 pieces at $29.99, rated 9+, and our review gave it 4 out of 5. It is 18 cm long, so it is a desk object rather than a centrepiece.

It punches above its price because the source design is simple — a brutal, stripped-back muscle car with an exposed engine — and simple shapes survive translation to 330 pieces far better than curves do. There is a golden anniversary coin hidden under the removable hood, which is exactly the kind of detail that makes a child feel let in on something.

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The $29.99 impulse buy that actually holds up: 330 pieces, a proper muscle-car silhouette, and a hidden anniversary coin.

Crucially, this is the only one on the list that is genuinely built to be played with. The 18+ sets are display models with fragile panelling. This is a car a nine-year-old can push across a floor. If the question is “which LEGO Batmobile should I get my kid”, the answer is this one and the reasoning is not close.

5. Batman v Superman Batmobile (76331) — The One to Skip

The armoured Snyder tank is the awkward one. $29.99 — the same as The Batman version — for 220 pieces, which is 110 fewer. Our review still gave it 4 out of 5, because what is in the box is fine, but the value comparison is unavoidable once the two sit next to each other at identical prices.

At 13.6 cents per piece it is the worst value of the five, by a distance. It does come with a commemorative armoured Batman with a fabric cape and its own anniversary coin, and if that specific figure is what you want, the set is a cheap way to get it.

Otherwise: same money, same shelf, fewer bricks. Buy the 76332.

How They Compare

Two things fall out of that table that are hard to see any other way.

The value ranking is not the price ranking. The cheapest set is the second-worst value and the most expensive is mid-table; the best value per piece is the 4.5-star set that just retired. If you are optimising for bricks per euro, the order is 76328, 76332, 76355, 76304, 76331 — almost the reverse of what the price tags suggest.

Two of the five are on a clock. The 76328 is already gone from LEGO’s range and the 76304 runs only to 31 December 2026. The three that will still be straightforwardly buyable in 2027 are the two $29.99 sets and the new flagship.

How to Choose

If you want the best one and you are willing to hunt: the Classic TV Series (76328). Best build, best value, our highest score. Accept that retirement means paying above $149.99 and that the price will not improve by waiting.

If you want the best one you can just order: the Batman Returns (76355) from 1 September. Biggest, newest, three new moulds, and the Batmissile is a real feature rather than a marketing line. Go in knowing you get no Penguin and no Catwoman.

If a hundred dollars is the ceiling and there is a teenager involved: the Batman Forever (76304), and buy it before the end of December.

If it is a present for a child: the Batman (76332), every time. Thirty dollars, one evening, and it survives being played with.

If you are choosing between the two $29.99 sets: the 76332, unless you specifically want the armoured Batman figure. It is 110 more pieces for the same money.

If you already own one and are wondering whether to start collecting: they display well as a row because they share a visual language despite spanning sixty years of Batman. But note the footprint — the 76328 alone is half a metre long, and all five side by side need about a metre and a half of shelf.

Which is the best LEGO Batmobile?

The Classic TV Series Batmobile (76328) is our highest-rated at 4.5 out of 5 - 1,822 pieces of 1966 Adam West charm, and at 8.2 cents per piece the best value of the five. The catch is that it left LEGO’s own range at the end of July 2026, so it now needs hunting down. If you want something you can simply buy today, the Batman Returns Batmobile (76355) is the flagship and the Batman Forever Batmobile (76304) is the sensible middle option.

Which LEGO Batmobile is best for kids?

The Batman Batmobile (76332) at $29.99. It is rated 9+, it is 330 pieces so it finishes in one sitting, and it is a solid play vehicle rather than a fragile display model. The two 18+ sets are shelf pieces that will not survive a seven-year-old, whatever the box says about display stands.

How much does the new LEGO Batman Returns Batmobile cost?

$229.99 / £189.99 / €209.99 for 2,269 pieces, which works out at about 10.1 cents per piece. It is available to LEGO Insiders from 1 September 2026 and to everyone from 4 September 2026.

Does the Batman Returns Batmobile really turn into the Batmissile?

Yes, and it is the set’s headline feature. The complete sides of the car detach so the model becomes the narrow Batmissile from the 1992 film. LEGO developed three new elements for this set, including a new Batman cowl.

How many minifigures come with the LEGO Batmobiles?

Exactly one each, across all five sets. That is not a typo - every Batmobile ships with a single Batman and no villain. The Batman Returns set is the most conspicuous case: Danny DeVito’s Penguin appears on a stickered cockpit monitor but not as a minifigure, and there is no Michelle Pfeiffer Catwoman either.

Is the Classic TV Series Batmobile (76328) still available?

Not from LEGO. Brickset records its availability as 1 October 2024 to 31 July 2026, so it has left the official range. It still turns up at other retailers, but a retired LEGO set generally drifts upward in price rather than down - so if you want it, that decision has a clock on it.