GOLD COMFORT: THE GOLDEN BATMOBILE

Batman: The Animated Series ran from 1992 to 1995. It had a very 1930s Art Deco look to it, and that included the Batmobile.

Hot Wheels released their Batman: The Animated Series Batmobile as part of the 2018 range, although the copyright date is 2017. Since then, it has been seen in several different colour schemes.

The 2023 Batman range includes two versions, one in purple, and this one in gold. It has brown stripes and Hot Wheels logos on the upper surfaces.

The base is black plastic, with the front grille, exposed parts of the engine, and the tiny windscreen also in black plastic. The wheels have gold chrome rims.

Do you like it?

Paul Adams from New Zealand

SPIN POP CANDY: THAT'S ONE DIZZY BATMAN!

Hello Woodsy,

Since you are posting at a prodigious rate I'll send some 'silly' items I'm coming across now that I have time to go through all those cartons in our garage.

In the same box as some Japanese sweets in a round tin from the 70's was this item from the 90's.

The 'pop' had gone sticky and I had to clean his cape but here's the Animated Batman in the form of a motorised gobstopper turner.

I don't know how lazy kids were in the 90's that they couldn't rotate the stick but obviously one manufacturer catered for them.

Regards,

Terranova47

USA

THE ANIMATED BATMOBILE

Issue number 8 of the Eaglemoss Batman Automobilia features the incredibly stylised and extremely long Batmobile from the TV series referred to as Batman: The Animated Series (although it later carried an on screen title of ‘The Adventures of Batman and Robin’)

The award winning series, which aired in 1992 was heavily influenced by Tim Burton’s Batman films and the Fleischer Studio Superman cartoons, as well as the old black and white American crime thrillers of the forties.

The series mixed film noir and Art Deco creating an otherworldly timelessness giving the whole cartoon a dark and disturbing feel.

The series’ Batmobile has a vaguely similar design to the car seen in Tim Burton films with a jet engine turbine at the rear and  voice activated armour mode.

However, in keeping with it’s retro look it has four exhaust outlet pipes on show at either side of the engine  which is reminiscent of the comic book Batmobile of the forties.

The Eaglemoss model looks great, a perfect representation, and the 3D lenticular backdrop is in keeping showing Gotham City at night.

Next time I’ll have a look at the Batmobile that featured in Batman # 5