Thursday, 21 January 2016

HOLY HARLEY! ORIGINAL TV BATCYCLE FROM EAGLEMOSS

While most models of the live-action Batcycle are of the Yamaha Catalina 250, that was made for the 1966 Batman film and used in the TV series, it was a 1965 Harley Davidson Electra Glide with a side car that was the first TV Batcycle.


Eaglemoss has done a splendid job producing a highly detailed model. 


The original was used in the first season episode, 'Not Yet He Ain't' , and used to pursue the Batmobile which had been stolen by that feathered fink, The Penguin! 


This Batcyle is fitted with a Bat Scanner with it's controls attached to the machine's handlebars. This is used to remotely operate the stolen Batmobile.


Pictured above is Batman's gloved hand operating the Bat Scanner's control buttons.
Pictured below you can see the Bat scanner controls on the Eaglemoss Batcycle.


The detail overall is excellent.


The front view 


The original for comparison.


Oh, and not that it really needs mentioning, but the 3 D Lenticular  photo of Stately Wayne Manor is the perfect backdrop.


4 comments:

  1. Holy Davidson! That's one cool Bat Bike. They have done a bat-tastic job like you say Scoop. Eagle moss have taken model bat vehicles to another ;evel including the bikes. The only ones I had as a kid were the two different Corgi die-casts, wjich I loved especially the one with the big plastic fairing. My older bro may have had the Aurora batbike too, which looked superbly slick.

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  2. Glad you like it Woodsy. There's a couple more Eaaglemoss Batman 1966 vehicles in the blogging pipeline.

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  3. That is sooo sweet Scoop. You've gotten a real gem there. It's great that Eaglemoss has reached deep into Bat-lore to produce these.

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    1. It is nice Ed, and I think the first time a model based on the Bat Harley has been produced.

      Tune in tomorrow for a look at the Eaglemoss TV Jokermobile - same Bat time, same Bat channel! ; D

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