Batman Forever Batcave Playset Review - Vintage Toy Review - The Dark Knight 

this was hands down my most desired present ever, as a kid or as an adult. my dad straight up told me he wasn't getting it for me because he couldn't find it anywhere. it was all i talked about for the entire christmas season. my brother as getting mad at me because i wouldn't shut up about it. christmas morning came and i had opened all of my presents. no bat cave but i got the batwing, assorted toys that i don't remember and the spiderman cartoon maker for PC. my dad asked me if i wanted him to go set it up on the computer. trying to put on a cheery face i agreed. we walked into the computer room and there it was. my dad had found it over a month ago and had been hiding it at work. i have never been so happy in my life. the ironic part is i ended up using the spiderman cartoon maker way more than i ever used the bat cave.

I had this set! Got it Christmas of ‘95, and to this day it’s still probably one of the coolest Batman sets just for the size. The elevator was like that brand new, really hard to pull up and turn. And just like you, I had the same batmobile from the animated series and had to make do. I agree with what you said about it being the biggest batcave and Batman playset. It was the only one like that ever made for any of the movies. The other ones were reused and repainted for every film also including the animated series. Great video! Thanks for making it! Brought back a lot of nostalgia. There’s nothing else on RU-vid explaining this set. Keep up the good work!

I had this as a kid. Got it for Christmas . I would always have the riddler come in and blow it up lol. Elevator was clunky. Never realized the steep drive on ramp as a kid lol

Got this for Christmas a couple years later, in 1997 after Batman & Robin came out. My best friend already had the animated series version of the Batcave they repainted for B&R, and I wasn't impressed. My local Toys R Us still had 2-3 of these monsters taking up space on the bottom shelf of their Batman section even in '97, so I asked for that version for Christmas. If I remember right it was probably around $70-75, not sure what it originally retailed for. I vividly remember that Christmas, my sister and I slept over my Aunt and Uncle's on Christmas Eve and they brought us back home around 8 or 9 Christmas morning, surely to give my parents time to set this monstrosity of a Batcave up. I remember having the appropriate Batmobile and BatPlane (take off the wings and it was the boat) plus I used that bridge-trap thing as the parking spot for Robin's bike. Also used this playset to double as a Star Wars playset, something like Vader's Castle or Emperor's lair on Coruscant. Another cool "feature" was that the platforms were hollow and you could store your figures inside.

Happy to see someone tackle the BF batcave. This was my favorite playset growing up and I don’t think any batcave has ever tried to be as complete. No one really makes mass production releases like this anymore and the whole Kenner line for the film was great right down to the packaging art. The design and features are interesting but I agree the size is really the most striking aspect. I do recall the elevator always being tough and yes the figures with plastic or rubber capes would not fit most things. I usually wound up using capeless Batman figures. The vehicles being able to be docked was a great way to further the design and while it’s not often discussed the idea was that if you had the batboat then you could park it alongside the bottom platform to have all three in with the playset.

I still have mine in the basement at my parents house. I need to go through all my old stuff and see if I can piece everything together. Thanks for the video!

I had that batmobile and I loved the LED lighting! lol

I had the entire line when I was a kid. I loved it.

Love the vintage toy review! Been going a little crazy buying some stuff from my childhood lately myself.

I had this Batcave, along with both the batmobile and the batwing. I loved playing with it.

I discovered this channel because I was looking for this play set on Ebay....And I'm really glad I watched this review🤣🤟

I really just stumbled upon this browsing RU-vid. Hey this was a good video and I will check what else you have done!

I remember seeing this as a 13 year old kid and it didn't scratch the itch the way the first 2 Batcaves did

Altough I agree this is huge, I find this the best Batman playset of all time, it captures so much the spirit of the movie, it even has a way to put 2 vehicles and simulate the exit from the cave by the Batmobile faithfully to the movie, even in an somehawt awkward way!

I had this set!!! 👌 played with it the whole day.

My uncle asked me what I wanted for Christmas that year. I always wanted the Wayne Manor/Batcave folding playset so that’s what I told him to get. In the end, he got mixed up and bought this Batcave instead of the Wayne Manor/Batcave set. I was somewhat disappointed but this was still a fun set nonetheless.

Great review and cool playset too by Kenner

Thank you so much for posting this review. I mean that. I have always wanted this piece and I still do. Even though I have the vehicles and figures, my level of enthusiasm has dropped dramatically for the cave. Maybe I can get one at a price that I feel comfortable with one day. If not, than I'll certainly not lose sleep over it. Great and honest review.

Batman forever is still one of my favorite Batman movies

This is a great review. Yes, a little more planning should have gone into this playset by Hasbro. But I think you overlooked some of the positives of this playset. Despite its flaws it is still pretty awesome! You are not limited to using it with just the figures from the Batman Forever line. It is absolutely perfect for displaying figures that range from 4-inches to 5.5-inches. It also captures the enormity of the batcave, (even though it is a fictional place).