Batman & Robin Merchandise Review - Microverse Heroes and Villains from Kenner

I previously covered the Observatory Playset for Kenner's Microverse line a few years back. I noted at the time that it was a little sad they only included two figures with the set - Batman and Mr Freeze. They actually released this set of all the heroes and villains as 1.5cm tall figures (sadly no Gordon or Alfred!).

At this scale, the paint work and sculpting is extremely tiny and limited. I'm kind of annoyed at them bulking out the box to make it look like you're buying something bigger. 

It is still fun though to see how they translated them down to this scale. I feel they maybe went a little too small - this is the kind of thing you'd have lost in seconds if you were a young kid. 

I have some similar set for Star Wars and Star Trek and those figures and playsets are much larger and substantial. Oh well, at least my Observatory set is more fuller now. I just wish Kenner had stuffer the playset with these figures to start with rather than making you buy them separately.

Batman & Robin Merchandise Review - Microverse Observatory Playset from Kenner

I've got a lot of nostalgia for these kind of micro playsets. I had 5-6 Mighty Max playsets back in the day (some of which are still intact) and definitely a few of the Star Wars ones. I don't know how much I played with them but they were always fun to set up and have on a shelf. There's something intrinsically fun about having a movie set rendered in miniature form. 

Took me a while to find a complete version of this Observatory playset. People tend to lose all the little accessories easily which is understandable so it means wading through tons of half complete sets on eBay. Glad to finally have it in my collection but it doesn't feel quite as fun or packed with features as the three Batman Forever ones.

The scale of the figures is very small and the playset feels a little bit... empty. It could have really done with a trapdoor or missile or something extra to bring the whole thing to life. 

There's two more Batman & Robin microverse sets out there - a Batcave one and a slightly larger Arctic Gotham set. I'll keep my eye out for them. I'd really like the set of micro figures too (shown in the video) but I can't find these anywhere.