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Set 31205 Jim Lee Batman Collection
LEGO Art

Jim Lee Batman Collection

The Jim Lee Batman Collection turns one of DC Comics' most recognisable artists into a wall-sized LEGO® Art mosaic. Across 4,167 pieces, a portrait of Batman takes shape tile by tile, echoing Jim Lee's bold inking style. There are no minifigures here – this is a display piece built for the wall, not the shelf.

Set number
31205
Year
2022
Pieces
4,167
Minifigures
0
Theme
LEGO Art
Different parts
38
What can I build with it?

View the official building instructions at LEGO® ↗

Parts list 38

As BrickLink list (XML)

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Description

A comic artist rendered in tiles

Jim Lee has drawn some of the defining Batman, Superman and Justice League covers of the last three decades, and this set distils that style into a grid-based portrait. Rather than assembling a 3D model, you place small tiles row by row until sharp black outlines and shading emerge, much like ink lines on a comic page. It's a different kind of build to a typical LEGO set: slower, repetitive and closer to cross-stitch than construction. That makes the LEGO® Art range well suited to anyone who enjoys building as a way to switch off rather than a race to finish.

4,167 pieces, just 38 part types

Despite the large piece count, the part variety stays deliberately narrow. With only 38 unique parts, the model is built almost entirely from small square tiles pressed into a baseplate grid, so the steps repeat far more than they change. That keeps the instructions simple even as the picture grows, and makes sorting straightforward once you separate pieces by colour rather than shape. The full parts list further down this page gives exact colours and quantities for every tile, handy if you ever need to reorder a specific piece.

The colour palette behind the portrait

Black, pearl titanium, dark blue and tan do the heavy lifting here. Black carries the outlines and shadow work that make comic art read clearly from a distance, pearl titanium adds a metallic highlight, and dark blue and tan separate skin tones from the background. On a portrait mosaic like this, colour placement is what actually creates the likeness, so it's worth checking the parts list before you start sorting – working through the tiles colour by colour is far quicker than hunting piece by piece.

Who this set is built for

With no minifigures and no moving parts, this set is unapologetically about display rather than play. It suits DC Comics and Jim Lee fans, as well as anyone after a striking piece of wall art that looks nothing like a printed poster. Once finished, the mosaic sits in the included frame, ready to hang in a bedroom, office or games room. If you've built other LEGO® Art sets before, the process will feel familiar, right down to sorting tiles by colour before you begin each row.

FAQ

How long does the Jim Lee Batman Collection take to build?
With over 4,000 pieces and a repeating pattern, expect to spread the build across several sessions. Many builders work through it row by row rather than in one sitting.
Can the finished mosaic be hung on a wall?
Yes, the set includes a frame that the finished mosaic clips into, ready to hang once the build is complete.
Does this set come with any minifigures?
No, the Jim Lee Batman Collection is a display-only mosaic set with no minifigures included.

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