Name: Arkham Asylum
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 70912-1
Rating: 85 (10 reviews)

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Recommendations

Indifference 71%

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Price Per Part (PPP)

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Average PPP for System in 2017 is 0.11. PPP for this set is 0.09, which is better.

All prices are in $USD, adjusted for inflation. This set is compared to other sets categorised as System. Read more about this in our article about price comparisons.

PPP is a guide, not a rule, and affected by the type of parts included. A set containing small generic parts generally have better PPP than one containing larger specialized parts.

Price Per Minifig (PPM)

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Average PPM for System in 2017 is 16.03. PPM for this set is 12.04, which is better.

All prices are in $USD, adjusted for inflation. This set is compared to other sets categorised as System. Read more about this in our article about price comparisons.

PPM only takes the number of minifigs into account and discards everything else. It's a guide, not a rule.

Review breakdown

Scored reviews

From Bricks To Bothans Recommendation: yes 5 / 5 → 100 / 100

amazon.com Recommendation: meh 4.7 / 5 → 94 / 100

The Brick Fan Recommendation: meh 4.5 / 5 → 90 / 100

Blocks Magazine Recommendation: meh 82 / 100 → 82 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: meh 4.1 / 5 → 82 / 100

LEGO Recommendation: no 3.8 / 5 → 76 / 100

Brick Fanatics Recommendation: meh 3.7 / 5 → 74 / 100

Unscored reviews

HispaBrick Magazine

The Brothers Brick

JANGBRiCKS

Set information

Set ID: 70912-1
Name: Arkham Asylum
Parts: 1628
Minifigs: 13

Retail price (USD):
Original: 149.99
Inflation adjusted: 156.44

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.09
Inflation adjusted: 0.09

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 11.54
Inflation adjusted: 12.04

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From Bricks To Bothans

Recommendation: yes 5 / 5 by Nick Martin

This is a curious set, but one that I really liked. It's designed for display and for play, and it does a good on both fronts. Turn it around, and you get the playset features, but most of the time it just made me wish I had three or more of this set to try and build it out into a proper modular hospital and prison.

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amazon.com

Recommendation: meh 4.7 / 5 from 20 reviews

As expected! Have a very happy child, who finally got it!

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 20 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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The Brick Fan

Recommendation: meh 4.5 / 5 by Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The LEGO Batman Arkham Asylum (70912) is a pretty cool set with a lot of playability to it. The design of it is a upgrade to the Batman: Arkham Asylum Breakout (10937) from 2012. The different areas of Arkham seems for substantial from the previous Arkham such as each villain having their own cell.

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Blocks Magazine

Recommendation: meh 82 / 100

70912 Arkham Asylum was reviewed in issue 33 of Blocks Magazine.

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Brickset

Recommendation: meh 4.1 / 5 from 3 reviews

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LEGO

Recommendation: no 3.8 / 5 from 25 reviews

Out of all the lego prisons I have this is the best! even though they are city sets this set is the coolest!

This score from LEGO is an aggregate of 25 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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Brick Fanatics

Recommendation: meh 3.7 / 5 by Daniel

Despite a couple of shortcomings, the positives of Arkham Asylum easily outweigh them – this is a set done right. It holds an enormous amount of play potential for kids, would make a fine display for an AFOL, and is a great source of useful parts for the MOCers out there. I have every version of Arkham Asylum released by the LEGO Group, and can confirm that this is the best version yet – it comes highly recommended.

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HispaBrick Magazine

by hispabrick

Despite the fact that this set has more parts than its predecessors, the final result is not entirely satisfactory. The aesthetic are similar to the set 10937 from the year 2012, with the windows, although in the current set the brown color is more predominant.

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The Brothers Brick

by Elspeth De Montes

In summary, this set is the most expensive of the tie-in sets for The LEGO Batman Movie and offers a lot of Black, Reddish Brown and Medium Stone Grey parts for fans who want to use the parts for other builds. While I love the Gothic features, this façade of Arkham Asylum doesn't look too bad from the outside, but is ultimately a little disappointing inside.

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