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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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 
Films need to make the change, and other areas can follow, to a certain extent. However toy manufacturers must in addition stop making girls versions, all pink and doe eyed.
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I definitely agree 🙂
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I agree but they should both be packaged in gender neutral boxes – why pink!?!
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I too believe that there should be both males and females in Lego sets. It should be more reflective of real life.
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I completely agree
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Yes I agree
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I totally agree! I think children should play with whatever appeals to them regardless of gender.
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I agree with you.
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I agree completely, my daughter would go mad for this set! x
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It is so important, children need to grow up realising that women can be as successful in life as men, and that a hero can be a woman. woman can work for the police, fire and ambulance services, can be dr’s nurses, soldiers all of these people are heroes so why not a famale superhero 🙂
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Definitely agree, so many times it’s only male characters
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I agree. I think it’s great that Lego have started to include some Female Superheroes. My Son and Daughter would love playing together with this awesome set.
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I find the new princess Lego range very good
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I agree, I think it’s slightly annoying the lego sets aimed at girls are very pink and flowery too.
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So true! The “Girl” Lego is patronising & dull. Why would you want to build a clothes shop when you could be building a castle or a space rocket!?
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Yes, it should be reflective of life as this is the time their brains are forming.x
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i agree too we are a superhero family my daughter loves catwoman/batgirl,shehulk ect 🙂
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I agree
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Think it’s very important. I think we should be encouraging girls and boys from a younger age to look at Non-Traditional Roles and careers. I am a Career Adviser and very often hear boys say that they wouldn’t be a nurse because it’s a girls job and girls refusing to consider roles like Construction.
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In principle, I agree. However, from my limited experience, I haven’t know many girls who are interested in Lego. Although, I suppose it would be equally good for boys to have the option as well.
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In principle, I agree. However, from my very limited experience, I haven’t found too many girls are interested in Lego. Although, I suppose it could be good for boys too.
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yes it should have both!
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I believe that they should have both and not some inappropriate sexy version of a woman super hero
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I agree. Children should be encouraged to play with whatever they want, regardless of their gender.
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I agree, My son loves a kitchen set as well as cars and guns.
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Yes, it’s important that children of both sexes have strong male and female role models and that ideally, these role models are comfortable in both traditional and non-traditional gender roles.
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Absolutely. Lego should be gender neutral!
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Completely agree.
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Definately – me and my little girl love playing Lego and it so nice for her when she has a girl figure to add to her creations 🙂
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my daughter would play with it anyway but I agree should be at least one female character in the set
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yes i totally agree, it shows children that males and females are equal
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What an awesome set! I would like to see female characters too, whether the set is bought for a boy or a girl. Makes it much truer to life. Thanks for linking up with #TriedTested
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I don’t think it matters if the characters are male or female as long as both boys and girls are given the chance to play with the LEGO sets.
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Definitely agree, my grandson always gives me the role of Poison Ivy
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I couldn’t agree more! Especially as there are so many awesome female characters in DC comics! GIRL POWER!
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I agree, I think toys should be gender neutral as children should be able to play with whatever they like without being judged because it’s a certain colour or aimed at a certain gender.
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Absolutely – role models should be portrayed in Lego as being both male and female just like they are in real life. I think it’s a shame that the Lego sets that are aimed at girls are so pink, but like that the new Lego Elves range is starting to move away from that pastel colour palette!
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I totally agree
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Definitely! When my daughter is older I want her to be as engaged in creative toys, such as Lego, as her big brother is. Toys shouldn’t be “for boys” or “for girls”, and both genders should be catered for within this type of toy.
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my kids will build or play with lego whether it be for boys or girls. I think so long as they are using there imagination and playing nicely what they are playing with doesn’t matter
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I agree, even though there are not that many girl superheroes considering how many boy superheroes there are.
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Nothing should be set to venters in this day and age
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I totally agree that there should be lego sets for both boys and girls!
My boy and girl both LOVE lego! They can spend hours in on a rainy day building lego, It is great fun and brilliant for their imagination.
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Completely agree, my daughter got the Lego movie set and was thrilled to see that it contained Wildstyle as well as Uni-Kitty and though she loves Emmett those are the two she plays with the most.
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I agree too, there is males and females in real life so why shouldn’t there be the same in playsets x
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I agree with this x
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It’s important for female and male action figures. We don’t live in a society anymore where genders have to conform to certain roles
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I totally agree, I have often heard lego mentioned as a boy toy, with more female figures I am sure more girls will play.
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i definitely agree here
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I agree, grandson has loads of lego with female figures in them
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Totally agree, and looks like an awesome set! My daughter also LOVES superheroes and lego so fingers crossed! xx
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