LEGO DC Batman v Superman Batmobile (76331) Review

🦇 Introduction — The Armoured Tank Of Batmobiles

🦇 This review is part of our LEGO DC Hub – every LEGO DC set we have built and graded, in one place.

Of all the modern Batmobiles, the Batman v Superman version is the one built for a fistfight. Where Matt Reeves later gave us a stripped-back muscle car and the comics have given us everything from finned cruisers to the Tumbler, Zack Snyder’s 2016 Dawn of Justice Batmobile went in one very deliberate direction: armour. It is the widest, lowest, most aggressively plated version the films have produced — less a sports car than a low-slung tank, designed to look like it could shrug off gunfire and ram straight through a Gotham roadblock. The LEGO DC Batman v Superman Batmobile (76331) is that machine in brick.

After building it, the verdict is a fair 7.5 out of 10. This is a solid, well-proportioned mid-size set for ages 9+ that captures the armoured silhouette honestly, and its real ace is the Armored Batman minifigure. The reason it lands a notch below its sleeker siblings is honest, too: the bulky, plated shape is less elegant on a shelf, and the film it’s tied to has a narrower fanbase than the broadly beloved Reeves film. This is a set that knows exactly who it’s for.

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The armoured Dawn of Justice Batmobile as a 9+ build, with an Armored Batman minifigure and a golden collectible coin. The tank-like Snyder-era car in brick.

For the Dadnology community, the framing matters. This isn’t the Batmobile to buy if you just want “a Batmobile” — for that, the sleeker The Batman Batmobile (76332) is the more universal pick. The 76331 is the one to buy if you specifically loved the Snyder era, or if the Armored Batman minifigure is the figure you’ve been wanting. For that fan, it’s a strong set. For everyone else, it’s a perfectly good one.

The headline here is the silhouette — and it’s a divisive one. A LEGO car lives or dies on whether you recognise it from across the room, and the Batman v Superman Batmobile is unmistakable: wide, plated and aggressive. Whether you love that look is the whole question with this set.

🦇 Build Experience — Plates, Width And Bulk

The build follows the logic of the car. You lay the wide chassis, build up the heavily plated armoured body, and finish with the details that turn a generic black vehicle into the Snyder Batmobile — the layered armour, the low aggressive stance, the bulky front end built to ram. It’s a satisfying, legible build, the kind where you can always see the car taking shape, which keeps a younger co-builder engaged and gives an older builder a steady evening’s work.

The chassis and body are the backbone, and the defining challenge here is width. The Dawn of Justice Batmobile is enormously wide and low — that’s the entire point of the design — and LEGO has handled the proportions well, resisting the temptation to slim it down into something more conventional. The result genuinely reads as the armoured tank from the film rather than a generic black car, which is the bar a licensed vehicle has to clear.

Then come the details that earn the licence. The layered armour plating is the single most important element, because it’s the design feature that defines this Batmobile — the thing that makes it look bulletproof rather than fast. LEGO captures that plated, aggressive surface honestly. The golden coin tucked into the set is a small collectible flourish, but make no mistake: the build’s true reward is the Armored Batman minifigure, the heavily plated version of the character that’s the figure most fans are actually here for.

🎨 Design & Display — Bulky By Design

Display sets have to work at two distances, and the 76331 is honest about its trade-off. Across a room you read the wide, armoured, aggressive stance instantly — there’s no mistaking it for any other Batmobile, which is what a licensed vehicle has to achieve. Up close, the layered plating and the front-end detailing reward a closer look. What it can’t do is be elegant — this is a deliberately bulky design, and a bulky design will always be a chunkier shelf presence than a sleek one.

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The sleeker alternative: Matt Reeves' muscle-car Batmobile as a 9+ build with a Batman minifigure and a golden coin, for fans who prefer the 2022 design.

The colour palette is faithful to the film: matte black, the occasional metallic accent on the plating, the restrained near-monochrome that defined Snyder’s grounded DC look. Nothing clashes, and nothing screams “toy.” It’s a vehicle you can put on a grown-up shelf, though it asks for a bit more horizontal room than the slimmer Batmobiles because of that armoured width.

The footprint is wide — it’s a low, broad car, so it wants a shelf with real horizontal room rather than a tall cabinet. It pairs naturally with the The Batman Batmobile (76332): line the two up and you get a genuine study in Batmobile design philosophy — the armoured tank next to the stripped-back muscle car, two completely different answers to the same brief. It also works under the Batman Logo (76330) on the wall, the symbol watching over the garage.

👨‍👩‍👧 Family Fit — Sturdy And Shareable

Here’s where the 76331 holds its own. The 9+ rating puts it in the same family-friendly sweet spot as its sibling: old enough that a capable child can build most of it themselves, sturdy enough that it survives being driven across the floor in a way the delicate 18+ display Batmobiles wouldn’t. The armoured design actually helps here — a chunky, heavily plated car has fewer fragile sticking-out bits than a detailed sports car, so it tends to hold together well under floor play.

Batman is one of those characters that genuinely spans generations right now — the modern films pulled in parents, the games and shows hooked the kids, and the bat-symbol is shorthand the whole house recognises. So this is a set a parent and a child can be excited about together, with the Armored Batman minifigure being the kind of figure an older kid will guard carefully. The dad who loved the Snyder era gets the armoured machine he remembers; the kid gets a tough black tank to crash around the living room.

The honest caveat is the same as for any vehicle: the finer detail elements are the parts most likely to pop off under heavy play, so the occasional repair comes with the territory if it lives as a toy. But the armoured bulk means it tends to survive better than most, which is a quiet point in its favour.

💸 Value — A Figure-Led Buy

Let’s be honest about the money, because that’s the Dadnology way. As a mid-size licensed set, the 76331 sits in a sensible price band — not an 18+ collector’s budget, not a throwaway impulse set. The piece-per-euro maths is reasonable for a licensed vehicle, and where the value really concentrates is the Armored Batman minifigure, which is a sought-after figure that carries a meaningful chunk of the set’s worth on its own.

But here’s the honest read: this is a more conditional value proposition than its siblings. For a Snyder-era fan, or for anyone who specifically wants the Armored Batman figure, it’s a strong buy that delivers exactly what they’re after. For a general Batman fan who just wants a great-looking Batmobile, the sleeker 76332 is probably the better-value pick, because its design has broader appeal. The 76331 is a good set — it just knows precisely who it’s for, and it’s at its best in those specific hands.

📌 FAQ — Frequently Asked Questions

Is the LEGO DC Batman v Superman Batmobile (76331) worth it?

It depends on how much you love the Snyder era. As a build it is solid and well-proportioned, and the Armored Batman minifigure is a real draw. But the armoured silhouette is bulkier and less elegant than the sleeker Batmobiles, and the film appeal is narrower. A fair 7.5 out of 10 — a strong buy for Snyder DC fans, a middling one for everyone else.

What age is the LEGO Batman v Superman Batmobile (76331) for?

It is rated for ages 9 and up. Like its sibling set, it sits in the family-friendly sweet spot: sturdy enough for an older child to drive across the floor, detailed enough to display. A capable nine-year-old can build most of it on their own.

Which minifigures come with the LEGO Batman v Superman Batmobile (76331)?

The set includes an Armored Batman minifigure and a golden collectible coin. The Armored Batman is the standout here — it is the heavily armoured version of the character from the film, and a sought-after figure that gives the set much of its value.

Which Batmobile is this based on?

It is based on the Batmobile from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the 2016 Zack Snyder film. That version is the widest and most heavily armoured Batmobile of the modern films — a low, aggressive, almost tank-like machine, and this set captures that bulky silhouette.

How does it compare to The Batman Batmobile (76332)?

The Batman v Superman Batmobile (76331) is the heavier, armoured tank-like car from the 2016 Snyder film, while The Batman Batmobile (76332) is the sleeker muscle car from the 2022 Reeves film. Both are 9+ sets with a Batman figure and a golden coin. The 76332 is the more elegant display piece; the 76331 wins for fans of the armoured Snyder design and the Armored Batman figure.