If the roof was dark bluish gray, it would be good for updating old sand green Hogwarts sets to fit with the dark bluish gray roofed ones. But it's actually light bluish gray, probably a lighting error or miscoloring given this is an early CG render for the box art.

I remember the local TRU having a whole shelving unit of these, and the batcaves for like 50% off, and not buying any, then seeing them rise in price through the years...

I want this one so bad. Such a cool scarecrow!

Wow, this hasn’t aged well. I’d love to see an 18+ variant of this soon.

That said, I do like the Scarecrow and Nightwing figures.

I was lucky enough to get this set for my birthday in 2006. Super fond memories of building it and playing with it.

Honestly kind of shocked to see some negative comments here. It's way better than any of the other Arkham Asylums they've done to date, especially the LEGO Batman Movie one. Also, this is happens to be my favorite Batman set of all time. It's just so good in person and it's not surprising how expensive it's become over the years.

The Batman 2006-2008 theme had so many sets I wanted, but could never find. I still stand by that the theme had had the best Batcave, Arkham Asylum (2013 is a close second), and minifigures. Even compared to the modern DC builds, some sets of this theme still hold up today

This set has been on my radar multiple times when I am looking for that 6x8 preformed roof in light bluish grey; still exclusive :[

First showing for basically every character who isn’t Batman in this set I think

A year ago, I won this set at an auction on Catawiki in MiSB state for € 170 (less than $ 200). This was less than half the lowest price.

Curious how the guards neither appeared in any other sets, maybe they couldn't find work anywhere else after so many escapes. At the time everyone who was interested in Batman went for the Batcave 7783 first as this was more playable with the different levels inside. A more up-to-date single building version that looked more like a playable Asylum prison from the inside would be great.

@Nokturn:
This has some rare pieces that people find desirable, but it’s a bit anemic. I don’t know whether the DCS or TLBM version ranks highest, but I do remember when the DCS Arkham was revealed, honest opinions about this first attempt were not kind.

@deathmoth:
The newest version of Nightwing has a very similar torso print. Poison Ivy looks so close to her B:TAS design that I got a spare and gave her her an orange 2001 Hermione hair. She’s not the only character to borrow that look. Joker, Harley, and Two-Face from the original Batman theme are also clearly patterned after their B:TAS character designs.

@LegoDavid:
In the US, the way things seemed to play out was the original launch, which followed on the heels of Batman Begins, sold really well, especially the Catwoman and Killer Croc sets. The following year, only two sets were released, with Bane being the only new character, and Batman getting one new costume. These didn’t sell very well, so retailers placed smaller orders for the third year, and it was decided to conclude the theme following that launch. Harley was the only new character, and again Batman got one new costume (and Robin got a haircut), with four new sets. This time, however, The Dark Knight trailers were generating so much buzz that the final wave of sets was a blink-and-you-miss-it release. I bought two copies of each set the first time I spotted them, and never saw them again. I have no idea if you would have had better luck at a LEGO Store, because we didn’t get one locally until 2010, and I didn’t make it to Brickworld Chicago until 2009.

@Brickalili:
For the original run, this was the only appearance of Poison Ivy and Nightwing. Riddler and Scarecrow both made a second appearance in the 2007 wave.

@PurpleDave said:
"I just had most of the Nightwing from this set stolen off our layout over Labor Day weekend, along with the customized motorcycle he was riding."

Sorry to read that, it really sucks.
Although I always find it ironic/funny when people steal toys of crime fighters...

That is some backpack Batman has:)

These Batman sets are interesting in that they are the prototypes for the Super Hero-era sets; by the same token, this is why I limit my collecting to Super Hero sets and up. While the Castle-influenced design of this set is charming, I find both 10937: Batman: Arkham Asylum Breakout and 70912: Arkham Asylum to be much less like a medieval inn and much more like an imposing institutional structure.

I remember getting this set for Christmas as a kid and playing with it for hours, specially since I'd also received the Batmobile/Two face set. One that always thought was interesting is that the packaging shows the model built as you see it but the instructions show the lower half of the two tower buildings as being turned 180 around! Which admittedly makes sense than having .. outdoor jail cells? XD

@kdu2814:
In 2014, I also had a Flash minifig stolen. Someone ripped it right out of my Flash trail, which is a modular motion blur that consists of over 13,000pcs, and over 55’ of trail. What’s worse, it was one that was actually embedded in the construction with a running pose, and getting the replacement back in seemed a lot trickier than building the original in had seemed.