I don't consider myself a LEGO collector, but I'll admit a certain weakness to very particular LEGO sets. I ultimately couldn't resist the "Batman with Batmobile vs. Harley Quinn and Mr. Freeze" set, despite the terrible and, honestly, confusing name.

Let's talk about the name, first. I recently built the LEGO Batman: The Animated Series Gotham City set, and it marks my favorite LEGO building experience to date. This Batmobile is specifically the one from the animated series. In case you're in doubt, here's the placard that comes with the car:

For some reason, despite using the Batman: The Animated Series name in that LEGO set, they've opted to skip it with this set, instead of just Batman: The Animated Series Batmobile--a name that would be much more telling about what's actually in the box.

The name as it is feels like something that was designed by LEGO's Search Engine Optimization team. Let's get Batman, Batmobile, and Harley Quinn in the title (oh, and Mr. Freeze, but he's not the one people are going to type into search engines).

The emphasis on the included minifigs is all the more mystifying because they don't actually present any kind of narrative. Harley and Mr. Freeze are rarely seen together outside of maybe some Suicide Squad one-off situation or something like that. They have no connection to each other, and that makes it again, feel like they had already picked out Batman and Harley Quinn, the two most popular names in DC comics, and had to throw something else in. This could've been Harley and Joker, Mr. Freeze and Penguin, or Harley and Poison Ivy, and it would've felt like much more of a piece just from that alone.

My other big gripe out of the way: the Mr. Freeze minifig feels like a missed opportunity. There are some good details here--his painted-on face and torso details are both solid and feel authentic to the show. But the absence of any kind of backpack representing the connection to his freeze tanks is really weird. LEGO has a part that would've fit perfectly.

More on the minifigs later.

I have some real gripes with this set, but I genuinely really like it, especially as a companion piece to the Gotham City set.

The build itself is pretty short and easy, the kind of thing you can do in an evening or two. The whole thing is made up of just four bags, and it comes together similarly to other starter-level LEGO cars (I have another Batmobile and the small Lamborghini Countach).

But with that said, this really feels like the right detail level and size for this car. The bigger cars, such as the upcoming Batman 1966 Batmobile, make sense for those cars. That Batmobile and the Tumbler are both detailed cars with lots of angles and details, while Bruce Timm's Batmobile design is as simple as it is iconic. This build captures pretty much all the detail I'd want from this car. One of those big sets would cost three times as much, add very little detail, and just be three or four times as many dark blue bricks.

As it is, there are lots of great little details. The scalloped rear fins look great, as does the angled front grill and the engine pipes (there's probably a better name for them but that's what we're going to call them). There's really nothing missing here when you compare it to images from the show. It maybe could've been a bit longer, as the show frequently exaggerated the car's overall length, but that's a minor gripe--it looks great.

The car also comes with a pair of hood-mounted guns. They're easy to put on and remove, and I'm keeping them off for the sake of clean lines. These guns and the one that accompanies Mr. Freeze both fire LEGO discs with a trigger mechanism. Watch out, these little discs go flying, and they bounce off of everything. I do question their inclusion, though, as this is a set based on a 30-year-old show. Are kids out there really clamoring for B:TAS LEGO sets with guns?

Aside from the miss with Mr. Freeze not having an air tank, the minifigs are actually solid even if you own the LEGO Batman: The Animated Series Gotham City. The minifigs themselves are identical, but Batman has a different cape shape, and Harley comes with a mallet (instead of a pop gun like she does in the Gotham City set).

The "Batman™ with the Batmobile™ vs. Harley Quinn™ and Mr. Freeze™" might be poorly named, but the execution of the core piece is just about as perfect as you could hope for in LEGO form, and at $59.99 it's absolutely worth the money, time, and effort that it takes to put together. And if you have the Gotham City set, it's kind of a must-buy.