LEGO Super Heroes DC 70909 Batcave Break-in

Set 70909 “Batcave Break-in” depicts the Batcave from The LEGO Batman Movie within the Super Heroes DC theme. Released in 2017, it contains 1047 pieces and focuses on Batman’s base, its equipment and several costume variants.

This model belongs to the Batman branch of the Super Heroes DC theme and is tied to The LEGO Batman Movie. The Batcave is the main setting, presented as Batman’s headquarters and as the location for an intrusion involving The Penguin.

The set contains 1047 pieces and 7 minifigures. The line-up includes Batman in a black suit with black cape and cowl, The Penguin, Bruce Wayne in a white tuxedo, Alfred Pennyworth in a dark blue suit, Batman in a light bluish gray and dark blue boxing outfit, Batman in a scuba outfit and Batman in a gold tuxedo with gold cape and cowl.

It suits display as a Batcave scene and also supports character play through the mix of civilian identities, villain presence and Batman suit variants. Within The LEGO Batman Movie range, it is best placed as a headquarters set, complementing vehicles and smaller scenes that represent action away from Batman’s base.

Inventory of set 70909

The inventory of set 70909 lists 1,047 pieces, spare parts excluded: 363 different lots (one shape in one color) for 265 part shapes.

Colors of set 70909

Main color: black, making up 28% of the parts, followed by dark bluish gray (22%) and light bluish gray (15%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 70909

233 of the 265 part shapes in this set have their own page on Setopedia, with their colors, element numbers and the other sets that use them. See all LEGO parts

Exclusive parts in set 70909

10 part shapes in set 70909 appear in no other set in the catalog, most often printed elements, stickers or molds specific to the model. If one gets lost, you will need to look for it individually, for example on BrickLink, rather than in another set. The table lists 8. Counting colors, 14 lots in the set are not found in any other set.

Rebuilding set 70909 from another set

Share of the parts of set 70909 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

No similarly sized set goes above 31%: the model relies on a little-shared assortment, most of which has to be gathered piece by piece.

Size of set 70909 within its line

With 1,047 pieces, set 70909 ranks #18 out of 173 Super Heroes DC sets in our database, which have an average of 473 parts. Among the 457 sets released in 2017, it ranks #34. That is 2.2 times the average Super Heroes DC set size.