Building Batman 7786: The Batcopter: The Chase for Scarecrow

[jaisonline]

I've built set 7782 The Batcopter: The Chase for Scarecrow. It was released in 2007 for $29.99, contained 293 elements, and 2 minifigs (dark blue / gray Bats and Scarecrow (glow in the dark head), the Batcopter , and a bi-plane.  It was only 1 of 2 sets released in 2007 for the Batman 1 theme.

 

I haven't built the recent 76011 Man-Bat Attack set which includes the latest Batcopter for a comparison.

 

 

I bought this set 2 weeks ago and it's over 95% complete.   The only missing elements are 1 pumpkin head (of 2) used in Scarecrow's gas bombs and 1 transparent green bowl (of 6).  The pumpkin element is actually pretty scarce and is still exclusive to this set.

 

 

 

The brinklink inventory can be found at..

http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemInv.asp?S=7786-1

A couple of elements are pretty pricey. 

The pumpkin head averages $3.81 new.  Most sales are over $8 plus shipping though.

The Pistol Automatic Short Barrel averages $3 new

2 "Dark Tan Brick, Modified 1 x 4 x 1 1/3 No Studs, Curved Top" elements avg nearly $3 new. 2 are used in the set.

 

 

For detail pics of the box and manual, please refer to this Eurobricks review...

http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=54129

 

 

 

 

My previous build threads.

7780: The Batboat: Hunt for Killer Croc :

http://www.brickpick...-croc-batman-1/

7782 The Batwing: The Joker's Aerial Assault :

http://www.brickpick...arison-to-6863/

 

7786: The Batcopter: The Chase for Scarecrow :

 

http://www.brickpick...-for-scarecrow/

 

10123: Star Wars Cloud City :

 

http://www.brickpick...ars-cloud-city/

 

10173: Holiday Train :

http://www.brickpick...-holiday-train/

 

10179 UCS Millennium Falcon :

 

http://www.brickpick...lennium-falcon/

 

10226 Sopwith Camel :

 

http://www.brickpick...-sopwith-camel/

 

10181 Eiffel Tower :

 

http://www.brickpick...l-tower-advice/

 

10194 Emerald Night train :

 

http://www.brickpick...-emerald-night/

 

10196  Grand Carousel  :

http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/13647-building-10196-grand-carousel/

 

10225 UCS R2D2 :

http://www.brickpick...0225-ucs-r2-d2/

 

75059 UCS Sandcrawler :

 

http://www.brickpick...59-sandcrawler/

 

21021 Architecture Marina Bay Sands

http://www.brickpick...rina-bay-sands/

 

21108 Ghostbusters Ecto-1 :

http://www.brickpick...busters-ecto-1/

[jaisonline]

Building the plane.  Like most smaller plane bodies, it starts out resembling a boat.

 

         Starting to add the bottom wings

 

         Wings complete

 

        Bottom of the plane complete.  Picture doesn't show the two bottom flick-like missles (they don't flick). There are a total of 4

        Engine area and propeller complete.

 

        Completed plane.

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[jaisonline]

Starting the Batcopter.

 

my son and i really like these spring loaded rubber missiles.  they go pretty far depending on condition.  the one in our 7888 Tumbler fires further than this one due to less use before we bought it.






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[Brickshopper]

I might have contributed to the priciness of the tan bricks we built and sold more than 30 of these a couple years from bricklinking buying all the pieces available for reasonable prices at the time...Nice review Awesome Set.

[TheOrcKing]

Ah yeah, classic Batman! Thank you for putting this set together, jaisonline.

[jaisonline]

Finished the Batcopter build.

Size comparison to Ecto 1.

Thanks,

J A is Online

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[jaisonline]

More pictures of the bi-plane and size comparison to the Batcopter.

Side view of entire plane build with accessories and the Scarecrow. The "fear" sticker is missing from the transparent green bowl. Need to pick this up. I do like how the pumpkin's month resembles the Bat symbol.

Propeller spinning in this front view.

Batcopter and Bi-plane.

Thanks,

J A is Online

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[jaisonline]

Minifig close-ups.

This version of the Batman was released in only 2 sets (the other 2007 set, 7787 The Bat-Tank: The Riddler and Bane's hideout. The costume is inspired by the early 2000s comic. Based on Bricklink sales, this version sells for nearly $50 new.

The Scarecrow was released also in 2006

[jaisonline]

Quick size comparison picture of this set's Batcopter with the latest one (76011 Man-Bat Attack).

Really that that much difference in size excluding the shorter tail on 76011. I do like the 3 blade style better.

In the picture, those are 12"x12" tiles.

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[jaisonline]

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