Weekly Minifig Review: Bat Lord

Post by **architect** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:37 pm

Danju the Clever wrote:Please, Ban this guy...

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Username · Post by **Username** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 6:02 pm

He reminds me of the bad guy from the first Beastmaster movie.

airborne trooper 2 · Post by **airborne trooper 2** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 6:11 pm

I have this fig. The helmet would look better if the face was different and if the helmet did not have bat wings on it.

Lord Bas · Post by **Lord Bas** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:48 pm

I have at least a dozen of these, but I like him.

I think this is the strongest minifig character in medieval lego (at least untill Vladek and all those power rangers crap showed up).

He is a strong fighter and one of the few characters who could wield magic. These powers combined could destroy the other powerfull characters like the blue mage, the Black Knight, The Royal Knight's king etc.

From this point of view he is actually quite cool.

Spongey · Post by **Spongey** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 11:15 pm

I think that, although the hat is cool, he looks a little to kooky to be taken seriously as a true LEGO fig. I prefer Vladek, as he has at least a little bit of a more menacing, realistic get up.

Lord Felix · Post by **Lord Felix** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 2:47 am

Oops. I forgot to post on this.
I personally like this figure.
My brothers and I each got one or two, so I have quite a few black dragons and the figures. The figure itself is very cool, and if you turn the cape inside-out you have a good looking grey cape. After a few years they get ruffled and battered, and it makes the cape look even better.
For me, this figure means a lot to me.
It was my first "bat"
It had my first cape...
And my first dragon. All my green dragons belonged to my brother

9/10 (1 point of for the helm)

Coatsy · Post by **Coatsy** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 1:12 am

I think the Bat Lord is a great figure, especially the when he came in the set that came with the black dragon. I purchased about 15 of these chaps, and Bingo! I've got an airforce. They are a great counterpart to all of my "happy" castle sets. Mopey, emo knights! What a concept! (I do dig the goateed soldier with the gladiator helmet from the Fright Knight line as well)

The face is great, the Frowny Lord of the Darkness who Takes Candy from Kids (tm) has made his way into many of my troops, but I have to admit that the coloring, the frown, and the Bat-Mace are great little touches to set the mini fig apart from the rest.

I give his Frowniness an A.

Patron of the lego · Post by **Patron of the lego** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:34 pm

Cut off the bat wings and he looks somewhat like a knight.

Rubberchickenknight · Post by **Rubberchickenknight** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:18 pm

I really like parts of this fig, specifically the helmet. I love this helmet, and I am glad Lego "reprinted" it for Orient Expedition in grey. The bat wings, eye holes, and overall look of the helmet look cool. On the other hand, I don't really like the face. The frown looks stupid, and the moustache is too big in my opinion. The torso is okay. I find it works nicely for slave-traders and pirates.

PunkRockCowboy · Post by **PunkRockCowboy** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:50 pm

Although I am much more of a fan of the old school, I gotta say that I love Fright Knights. I love the torsos, I love the bats, I love the faces, the weapons, all of that, this character is not an exception. I think they look way cooler than Vladek's taem, even if the scorpion is a cool emblem.

leaf_of_lire · Post by **leaf_of_lire** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:05 pm

About the only thing I like about this minifigure is his torso, other than that it's not very good. I recently got a dark grey version of his helmet from bricklink and I was kinda dissapointed in it, only his face looks good in it.

Legendary_Corsair · Post by **Legendary_Corsair** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:08 pm

I like the colors they put into him,as well as the helmet not like other kinds.The cape looks good too.I like this minifig a lot.

Anubisconq · Post by **Anubisconq** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:29 pm

Yeah, it's a pretty good minifig. Unfortunately, I'm biased against him because his line started the downfall of the Castle theme. If only his helm had the wings going to the back instead of the side...

Blue Head · Post by **Blue Head** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 11:52 pm

I used to have this figure, or my brother did. The cape was oblidorated and the head was chewed up. Anyway, I like this minifigure due to, not only the unike cape, but the fact that he seems to look like what I think a bat lord sould. If I could rebuild my destroyed minion I would.

The_Fright_Knight · Post by **The_Fright_Knight** » Wed May 23, 2007 11:01 am

I like the Fright Knights, though I don't, technically, have any of the sets. I could use twenty or so of Basil- replace the faces, and I'd have a good army.