Happy enough to order the parts to build it. So I imposed myself the following restraints: - Seat Batman with his cowl and mask - Seat 2 minifigures - The frontal windscreen should retract to the back - Sturdy enough to withstand collisions (I can throw mine off a table without losing parts) - Assemble a decent Batpod using nothing but parts from the Tumbler On my 16th version I finally had a version I was happy with. From the start of this project I decided I wanted to be able to recreate the The Dark Knight Trilogy iconic Tumbler scenes, such as Batman trying to save Rachel Dawes, taking her to Alfred for the Scarecrow's scare gas antidote. wow! I mean WOW!!! I started building on it slowly, on and off for a year, trying to get a Tumbler that retained the 7888 feel but in a more compact size. By chance I came across Lego Digital Designer and, well. My parents still had my old parts stored somewhere, but my parts were very, very, VERY dated. The problem was I hadn't build Lego's for 15years. I remember thinking how cool would it be if I could try to build something as awesome as it, but smaller. Bane: Tumbler Chase When 7888 came out I really liked it, although I had a few issues with its size and scale, specially if you compare it with the Joker truck it came with. LEGO® has recreated the Tumbler in 2 separate sets: - 7888 The Tumbler: Joker's Ice Cream Surprise - 76001 The Bat vs. well, in the words of 2005 Batman Begins Jim Gordon "I gotta get me one of those". When Batman Begins came out in 2005 the new Batmobile, the Tumbler, felt real, felt awesome, and I couldn't fit it in any of the categories I had put the other ones, because. For me all of them, the good ones and the bad ones, had a La La Land fantasy feel to them. All the Batmobile in those movies had fallen on my book as either in the 'ridiculous' category or the 'cool' category. Thanks for looking and I hope you like the designs.I wasn't a huge Batman aficionado but I had seen all the movies up until 2005. I have added the relevant parts into the inventory list though.įinally, the Tank Tumbler roof hatch in the LXF file is slightly different to the one in the photos - the LFX uses 1 piece less (4x4 Reddish Brown plate instead of 2, 2x4 Dark Tan plates) and the wing and 2 x 2 corner plate have been changed to Dark Tan instead of Reddish Brown to compensate for the increase in Reddish brown on this section. You need just one pack of 18978 for all 4 of the 5 spoke Hub Caps and 4 x 6141 (2 for each vehicle). Unfortunately, LDD still doesn't list the Hub Caps, so these assemblies are not in the file. Note that there are two parts missing from the LFX file - these are the Hub Caps - 18978 and the black studs - 6141 that go in the rear wheels. Each vehicle features rear wheel hub-cab details, side air brakes/scoops and an 8 cyclinder-esque engine block with jet exhaust. Both have SNOT details and make use of Technic pieces to allow for non-standard spacing and angles. The vehicles are designed to be fun to play with, as well as interesting to build. A thumbwheel on the side moves the turret into position, whilst a hidden worm-gear provides the resistance to allow the shooter to be fired. Along with the forks, opening roof and machine guns, it has the Tank Tumbler's distinctive turret,Ĭomplete with a side-ways mounted, raiseable arrow shooter. The second vehicle is the Tank Tumbler, as featured in the final film of the trilogy, "The Dark Knight Rises". Is a two-seater and designed to echo the ‘feel’ of the film vehicle, featuring a raked front profile with angled forks, a hinged roof and a triple rear wing, as well as dual machine guns at the front. This was the starting point for this project and where it all began, not just for me and my son but for the whole "Dark Knight Trilogy" itself. The first vehicle is the classic Batman Tumbler. Thus began a quest to design a child-friendly, playable build that became a 3 year mission. In that moment my unspoken (and possibly foolish) answer was, "Well, yes, I could design a Batman Tumbler for him. What do you say to a 3-year-old who asks, "Can I have one?"
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