Beginner
≈ 20 hSuggested range13 h – 29 h
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DC Comics Super Heroes · SET 76252
Batcave™ – Shadow Box
Batman Returns’ Batcave sits behind a bat-shaped display façade, with active interiors and a Batmobile.
- Pieces
- 3,981
- Release year
- 2023
- Theme
- DC Comics Super Heroes
- Set number
- 76252
- LEGO recommended age
- 18+
- LEGO retail price · Italy
- 399.99 €
Retired from the LEGO Italy catalogue when checked on 23 October 2026. Availability can change. Check the store for the latest information.
Retail price reported by the LEGO source for the stated market. Check the store for current price and availability; this does not establish the launch price. LEGO ↗ · Reference checked on 23 October 2026
Official English name verified at: LEGO English catalogue ↗ · Checked on 24 October 2026.
TIME TO BUILD
How long does it take to build Batcave™ – Shadow Box?
A starting point for planning your build. Times for each experience level are editorial estimates, not measurements submitted by HowLongToBuild users.
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Intermediate
≈ 13 hSuggested range8 h 15 min – 19 hExperienced
≈ 9 hSuggested range5 h 45 min – 13 h 15 minBased on one person building the set for the first time, following the original instructions and using numbered bags where supplied. Includes normal piece-finding and minor adjustments; excludes long breaks, filming, dismantling and modifications. Sources may use different methods. This range is neither a statistical interval nor a limit: your build may take less or more time.
How we estimate times · sources and method
Large dark structure, internal mechanisms, car and similar black elements. The three central durations are model-specific editorial assessments. Planning ranges extend approximately from 65% to 145%, rounded to quarter-hours; they are not measured experience-level averages or guaranteed limits.
Sources do not always specify the builder’s experience. The three experience bands are our editorial assessment, based on the complexity of the set and individual accounts where available.
- LEGO Italy · Batcave™ – Shadow Box ↗
This source documents the model’s features and components, not a timed build. No sufficiently verifiable individual building-time report has been identified for this set.
- LEGO building instructions · Batcave™ – Shadow Box ↗
Set-specific instructions checked against the set number, piece count and year. The duration is an editorial assessment based on piece count, construction type, mechanisms and detail.
Checked: 23 ottobre 2026 · Method v1.0 · Limited reports; not a statistical average.
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BEYOND THE BRICKS
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Inside the set
Rear controls
Operate chair, screens and compartments from behind, preserving a clean front.
LEGO sourceA glowing wardrobe
The suit compartment opens and lights up beside the Batmobile and seven minifigures.
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The stories, places and inventions behind your build.
Burton returns to Gotham
Tim Burton directed 1992’s Batman Returns as well as 1989’s Batman.
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Burton and Keaton reunite for 1992’s Batman Returns after their 1989 film. That continuity places vehicles and atmosphere in a specific screen interpretation, helping distinguish them from later filmmakers’ different versions of Gotham.
Two distinctive adversaries
Michael Keaton faces Danny DeVito’s Penguin and Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman, characters central to the film’s tone.
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DeVito’s Penguin pursues political power while Pfeiffer’s Catwoman feels attracted to Bruce Wayne. Their differing aims connect Gotham’s public life with the hero’s private identity, complicating conflict beyond two simply interchangeable masked adversaries.
Expanded stories updated on 29 October 2026
Written by HowLongToBuild · Sources are linked with each story · Checked on 23 October 2026. Historical facts and story details refer to the context described.
BEYOND THE BRICKS
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Films, series, games, books and music connected to this model or its universe.
Batman Returns
Another adventure in the same universe, for before or after your build.
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Doctor Strange (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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