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 
I agree, I think it would help if some ‘boys’ shows and a female and the hero
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I think it is absolutely essential for both boys and girls to see a variety of strong male and female characters and role models in all areas of life, toys, books, through the media and in real life
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i have a boy and a girl and they both love playing with lego, they are both happy to play male or female roles thanks to lego marvel and DC
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I completely agree, both boys and girls love playing with Lego and as such both should be represtented in the characters
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100%…. Girls can be empowered by this too
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Definitely important to have both sexes in the set!! 🙂
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Girls can be super heros too. I wish this girl and boy thing would go do one.
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Yes, both boys and girls like and play with lego althoug the boys do seem to prefer it abit more
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I love the look of this set sooooooo much!!
I think it is very important that women are represented in LEGO kits like this, women are very much part of real life why not make believe life too?! Also they’re in the comics so it’s only fair they do it right 🙂 x
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Of course, Lego is for both boys and girls so why not
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Its very important to include both sexes, equality is important in all aspects of life
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Definitely agree. I used to love playing lego with my brother when little.
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Agreed but think there’s only cat woman
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I must admit I probably never even thought about it as a child, but I was pleased when Ryland got Princess Leah in a Star Wars set recently – so YES is the answer!
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Yes! I love to see the Lego ladies getting stuck in!
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Lego appeals to everyone and there needs to be more female Lego characters
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Absolutely female characters should be included where appropriate and possible.
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I don’t remember having female lego characters when I was a kid, but now I have 2 sons who LOVE lego, I feel happy when there is a female character! Wyldstyle in the Lego movie was such a perfect example of this, a strong female character whom girls (and boys!) can admire and parents don’t think “damn, another airhead they admire!”. I
love the females included in this set because they are female villains which is AWESOME!!! Where else does that happen?!
Way to go lego!
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yep i agree let them play with whatever toys they like be it boys or girls x
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Yes. Totally agree. Love Lego that is for both girls and boys. X
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Yes, definitely, I was always a big fan of lego (still am!). I think its important that kids have both male and female role models even if they are made of plastic!!
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I don’t really mind either way, although its nice to see a female cop or male nurse in a City set perhaps? Supereroes are superheroes, male or female!
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i think its important to have both as my daughter and grandson spend hours building and playing with lego it really is the best toy ever and super heros is his favorite at the moment
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Yes definately a good idea
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I agree. Toys should not just appeal to a certain sex. My son love My Little Pony and has a pink Peppa Pig bag…
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totally agree too much separation going on across the board, i have a very girly girl, a sensitive lad who’s definitely geeky and my middle daughter loves so called boy toys and hates everything pinkish lol buying toys for her can be a bit of nightmare because for the most part female characters are not included in most o the really cool stuff she likes which is a shame, I hate the whole boys toys , girls toys thing there should be a better balance x
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Since there are female super heroes I would expect them to be in packs like this – it is perhaps more the male to female super heroes ratio.
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It’s definitely important to have female characters in there although Ive noticed my son (4) makes his lego batgirl say things about her hair and clothes a lot!
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I agree, every play set should include both sexes, I love to see boys having a play with their sisters dolls houses and girls playing with cars, we should be encouraging them to enjoy playing with whatever they like
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Very important – lego is so universal and we should start as we mean to go on
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Very important – lego is so universal and we should start as we mean to go on
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if the females are more positive with good moroles then YES
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Definitely! Love the fact that these female superheroes are such strong characters! 🙂
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A good mix of characters makes for more interesting play
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I agree, regardless of set gender equality must be promoted
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I agree, regardless of theme, gender equality must be promoted
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Totally agree, lego is for both sexes
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Yes, they should be included. Girls can also be superheroes. I’m against trying to assign gender roles to children – let them be who they want to be.
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Definitely yes, when the grandchildren come to stay, both girls and boys, the first things they get out is the Lego and they have hours and hours of fun making different things and it stretches their imagination.
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Yes I agree just like how girls can play with boys toys and vice versa!!
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It should go without saying!
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yes i think its important, its shows to children that not only men are superheros :). its nice they aren’t stereotypical.
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I agree, after all girls can be amazing superheroes too!
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Without a doubt, no reason why girls can’t have awesome super hero role models
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Yes i think its inportand its real life x x
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Very important for both sexes to be included – boys and girls can both attain to the same positions in life.
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IT would be nice to see more female mini figures and some ethnically diverse figures too
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there are female superhero’s so it’s very important 🙂
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All toys should be unisex and boy and girl figures in everything to empower both girls and boys with all situations 🙂
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Yes I think so too, it’s nice to see for male and female characters.
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