Kit Review
Straight build
Size comparison with a cigarette pack.
In terms of length alone, it's the longest of all the Batmobiles.
The underside detail is pretty decent too.
The distinctive front section... the combination of chrome plating + clear parts + mesh armor(?) makes it quite flashy.
The multiple parts give it excellent three-dimensional depth.
The side sections that look like ribcages.
The Batman logo on the wheels is handled with stickers.
The shiny chrome-plated rear end.
The underside content is relatively decent.
Though it does feel a little plain compared to the Batman original version Batmobile.
Since the interior is packed with detail, let's remove the outer armor panels to take a closer look.
Thanks to the mesh-structured armor, you can see right into the interior.
The underside of the vehicle. There are quite a few chrome-plated sections.
Various chrome-plated sections.
The chrome parts combine with clear parts in many places, as shown above —
This is to guide the light from the internal LED and let it leak out just enough.
The cockpit detail is excellent too. It's clearly a step up from the Begins version. :-)
The driver's seat area.
You can reassemble the front structure to recreate a missile launch scene.
For the front lights, the combination of chrome-plated parts and clear parts allows for a pretty realistic look.
Just like the Batman version, the cockpit cover slides open.
Unlike the Batman version though, it opens and closes easily. The Batmobile is improving little by little.
The vertical tail fins at the rear can be pulled upward and then folded out to either side.
The highlight of this kit is the LED lighting.
The LED unit is housed in the underside of the body, and requires 3 LR43 button cell batteries.
There's just that one single blue LED.
But it cleverly uses that one light source to illuminate the entire vehicle.
The LED switch is located on the underside of the body.
The LED switched on.
It's honestly impressive how that one tiny LED manages to light up such a large portion of the body so evenly.
It puts on quite a dazzling display, more than you'd expect.
Up close, the lighting effect is really something —
The interior looks incredibly intricate and detailed.
This time I dimmed the room lighting way down to really let the LED glow stand out.
Yeah, it definitely looks more magical in the dark.
Almost like it's glowing. It's actually brighter and sharper in person — the camera just isn't capturing it well.
The overall size feels similar to the Batman version, but
it's longer because of the extended tail fins.
The Batman EX set of 3.
True to the EX line kits,
All together... they look amazing. Heh heh..
The lighting feature is exclusive to the Forever version.
That's why it's ¥4,500 — a whole ¥1,000 more than the others..