My daughter recently declared that two of her favourite superheroes are Batman and Robin. As luck would have it, a few days later this was delivered.
We set to building it right away!
The first thing we noticed about this set is that it is almost like a series of LEGO play sets, which made it great fun to build and to play with.
The story behind ‘Jokerland’ appears to be an ordinary theme park has been taken over by the clown prince of crime and some of his villainous allies. Each of them has their own twisted theme park ride to torment our heroes.
The set has eight minifigs in total – Batman, Robin, Starfire, and Beast Boy are the heroes, while the villains are The Joker, plus his accomplices Harley Quinn, The Penguin, and Poison Ivy.
There are also a couple of bonus figures – a freaky clown robot and a penguin with some dynamite!
The Joker’s theme park is made up of these four main ‘attractions’:
My daughter and I construct these big sets in a few sessions, each one usually just one numbered of the bags these sets are divided into. That usually means we end a building session with only a part of the vehicle/set constructed.
While this set has over a thousand bricks, four of the six numbered bags contain one attraction each. We built a bag a session initially, so what was nice about this set was that each one ended with a finished attraction.
My daughter’s singing “I want to build the Batmobile! I want to build the Batmobile!” Oh, alright then 😊 #jokerland pic.twitter.com/sPE63Kah5b
— Man vs Pink (@ManVsPink) August 29, 2015
The exception is the Batmobile, which is two bags. We saved this one until the end as it was the most complex build.
A rainy bank holiday Monday morning – perfect LEGO building time 😊 pic.twitter.com/Y0Qfg1Hwri
— Man vs Pink (@ManVsPink) August 31, 2015
She’s only 3-years-old, and this set is recommended for 8-14, so it is pretty advanced for her age. But with a bit of guidance and encouragement (as well as patience!) from me, she eventually put together her very own Batmobile.
Overall, this set was a really fun build that was a great joint activity for us – especially on a rainy bank holiday Monday.
It has great playability when completed. Each attraction has interactive elements – The Jokerland slide into the Toxic Tank, as well as revolving eyes and tilting hat; Harley’s motorcycle launches down towards the flaming barrels; the Penguin’s Deadly Duckies turn; Poison Ivy’s ride falls suddenly to the ground when triggered; and there’s a cannon that fires cannonballs – or the Joker’s custard pie! Oh, and the Batmobile had spring loaded missiles too.
Jokerland’s also a playset – so it’s a great environment for children to create stories with the characters. We’ve had everything from Batman arriving to rescue Robin, to everyone enjoying a day trip to the theme park. Another big attraction for us was the number of female character minifigs included – even just one in a superhero set is a bonus, so getting three is fantastic. My daughter loves having more female characters to us with her LEGO.
“Everyone’s happy in Jokerland” stated my daughter. Not sure that was the Joker’s intention, but we’re very happy to have added this set to our LEGO collection.
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Disclaimer: While I was not paid to write this review, we did receive this LEGO set free of charge.
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I think it’s important for boys and girls that female characters are included in merchandise like this superhero LEGO set. What do you think?
Man vs. Pink 
Oh my! My son would kill for this set of Lego, I must look out for it in the shops. I completely agree that superhero characters in Lego sets should include male and female. I’ve mostly only seen male characters and even though I have a son he still likes the female characters as they all have a part to play in stopping the bad guy! #TriedTested
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My daughter loves playing with Lego, but I am often shocked with the lack of female characters!
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Totally agree
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I agree, but I also think that the girls shouldn’t automatically be given to a girls and the same for boys, my daughter is a huge marvel fan and she loves the males and females equally !
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My two would love this! I think that the female characters shouldn’t be weak and simpering, now that is annoying!
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I totally agree! I also don’t see why there has to be Lego Friends…. pinks and purples should just be in Lego anyway. Also, we need more female heroes! Batman of course has a couple of female villains and who knows what side Bat Woman is on, but we need to have more females in the sets for sure
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I’m sitting on the fence, it doesn’t bother me either way
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me and my daughter have always played with lego
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I agree, many of the traditional characters are male but girl superstars/legends are slowly working their way into the pack and whilst not exactly equal, should be represented in any set like this x
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I agree. Girls love this kind of thing as well!
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if the character are part of the theme of the set then yes . But it isn’t essential in everything
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It doesn’t really matter to me as long as boys and girls can enjoy the creativeness of lego
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My daughter has recently started getting into the lego. I used to play with lego too so its great to see.
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no
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Definitely agree
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I agree!
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I think it is very important to have female characters – more reflective of real life
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100% agree. my girls love batman comics, i would never dream of imposing those kind of gender stereotypes upon them
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I could not agree more defo important to include female characters
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i think lego is a classic toy for all ages, i think there is a good range of characters and absolutely love it!
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I’m not bothered either way, my kids don’t really pay attention to the gender 🙂
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I think there is a distinct lack of female characters available in lego and i know little girls love playing with it too
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i do think there should be more females
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Definitely agree!
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Yes!! Not that the boys pay much attention but one day they will.
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Of course there should be more female characters!!
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Definitely x
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I completely agree. I don’t know all of the bat man characters but I am not sure that there is a strong character suitable to include, this may be one that has only male characters. What I do think is that where possible female characters should be included, often they are not included. Lego should not decide gender specific interested, there is no need at all for Lego Friends, it simple dictates what girls should be interested in and send the message that everything else is for boys. There should be no place for Lego Friends in 2015! Both my son and daughter would love to win this set.
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I love lego i don’t think its imperative to have male and female characters they shouldn’t be put in just to be equal but they shouldn’t be left out either if they fit well with the set. as a mum of 2 lego mad boys and one girl we have lots of the DC/Marvel sets and there are plenty of girls with in them even less mainstream ones
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There are males and females in all aspects of everyday life , so it is natural to have both sets of figures in lego surely .
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definitely agree, wish more people thought like that!
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Yes i think its a good idea because there is more games you can think of to play
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yes!! I totally agree!! My asked why all the lego ladies are princcesses the other day!
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Absolutely, both sexes should be seen as equal
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I think its nice for their to be more female characters so girls can relate, but its nice for boys to play with the female characters too
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it doesnt bother me really if you like Lego it doesnt matter as all the sets are grate for boys and girls alike i think its the grown-ups that have issues with this not the kids my kids love al types of lego and it doesnt matter to them if there’s ore female charicters or not xx fab giveaway and really good question x
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Yes I think that there should be both males and females in lego sets. Even though I have a boy I would still like him and show him that females can be superheors and villians too. But of course his mummy is a super hero! 😉
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YES WOULD TOTALLY AGREE
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I agree
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My son has a number of Lego sets. Going through the figures included it’s something like 30 male to 2 female figures.
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Yes it is very important as it is hard for a kid to be pigeonholed into what sort of toys they should be playing with and then for there to be no representation of them in a play set like the marvel Lego is hard as it is would be like Lego saying this isnt meant for you.
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i totally agree
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Ben would be beside himself with excitement if that turned up on our doorstep! Perhaps one for Father Christmas 😉
Thanks for sharing your review on #TriedTested this week x
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What a great lego set and well done to your daughter with its complexities. I’m not too bothered about whether there are female characters or not. As a child myself, I loved my lego cogs and gears set equally to my lego kitchen, but wasn’t bothered about my lego family #triedtested
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I am a girl who has always loved toys which are ment for boys, everything is made so much betterand you can play with it rather than just sit it on a shelf to look pretty. It so awesome that lego has included female figures into their play sets, it also makes it nicer so that siblings can play together without the stigma of ‘It’s just a game for girls’ and vise versa
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My 4yo daughter has recently watched the original Star Wars and has become a huge fan of Princess Leia, she loves the fact that she’s a strong role model.
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I believe that it will sink into children’s minds that there isn’t equality between genders when they notice that all their superhero toys are men.
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i think these days it is very important for both male and female figures to be included
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Yes but I also like that girls now have their own range.
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I agree with you, I remember when I used to play with my brother’s LEGO and would get annoyed that there was not enough female figures.
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