That is a wonderful costume. I can not imagine many have survived. The mask looks very cat-like, perhaps an existing item re-used for a bat ? Sorry, no idea who made it, or when.
Googling the image |I found the same costume on Catawiki Arto but alas its an old sale and the link has gone. Interestingly there's a magazine/catalogue page open in the picture showing the suit and there's also a round batman disk shown with the outfit as well. One step closer but no maker's name yet. Maybe someone has that catalogue! https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSQe2jskyA63XM0NARctj44zv8F_k86Gsq7K9zypUpNYZkl3xuu
Well spotted, Woodsy! The Dutch magazine seems to advertise a competition with 100 cape sets as prizes ("100 Batmancapes moeten de deur uit"), but I'm not sure it's the same set as pictured here.
A Bat-collector friend of mine told me that this set was sold bagged at least in Italy, with the vinyl badge and all.
That is a 'super' cool find Arto!. Back in the day when dressing up in costume wasn't just for Halloween (having had Western, military, and American Civil War costumes as a kid myself) this would have been a real winner. Back then you had Halloween costumes and role play costumes. The difference was generally in the amount of clothing items and accessories included with the role play suits. In addition, Halloween costumes normally had those colorful, molded thin plastic masks. Only personalities like The Lone Ranger or Zorro would have had masks for their role playing counterparts.
Thanks Marky and Tony. I had a cape & mask combo before but the wristbands are the HTF ones. Had to buy another set just to get them. And now it turns out there's a badge too! Small steps, small steps...
That is a wonderful costume. I can not imagine many have survived. The mask looks very cat-like, perhaps an existing item re-used for a bat ? Sorry, no idea who made it, or when.
ReplyDeleteGoogling the image |I found the same costume on Catawiki Arto but alas its an old sale and the link has gone. Interestingly there's a magazine/catalogue page open in the picture showing the suit and there's also a round batman disk shown with the outfit as well. One step closer but no maker's name yet. Maybe someone has that catalogue! https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSQe2jskyA63XM0NARctj44zv8F_k86Gsq7K9zypUpNYZkl3xuu
ReplyDeleteWell spotted, Woodsy! The Dutch magazine seems to advertise a competition with 100 cape sets as prizes ("100 Batmancapes moeten de deur uit"), but I'm not sure it's the same set as pictured here.
ReplyDeleteA Bat-collector friend of mine told me that this set was sold bagged at least in Italy, with the vinyl badge and all.
That is a 'super' cool find Arto!. Back in the day when dressing up in costume wasn't just for Halloween (having had Western, military, and American Civil War costumes as a kid myself) this would have been a real winner. Back then you had Halloween costumes and role play costumes. The difference was generally in the amount of clothing items and accessories included with the role play suits. In addition, Halloween costumes normally had those colorful, molded thin plastic masks. Only personalities like The Lone Ranger or Zorro would have had masks for their role playing counterparts.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ed, just wish it would still suit me!
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DeleteWow its a beautiful costume, I've got the collected batman book by chip kidd and I don't think it featured in it, great find
ReplyDeleteNow that is a fantastic find, Arto. Glad it's found it's wat to such a dedicated collector :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Marky and Tony. I had a cape & mask combo before but the wristbands are the HTF ones. Had to buy another set just to get them. And now it turns out there's a badge too! Small steps, small steps...
ReplyDeleteso its a badge! I wondered what that disc was!
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