Looey's New Batmobile

I was in The Reject Shop -what we Aussies still call a "$2 Shop".

I went in to buy jam jars, I came out with a Batmobile!

A Hot Wheels Armoured Batmobile.

At first I thought it was just a plastic shell, representing the parked mode as featured in the Tim Burton movie -and it is, but if you peek under the package, there's a complete car inside with gold rimmed wheels.

The cocoon has hand dry brushed highlights to enliven what is otherwise a single lump of black plastic. I can't see what the deco on the actual car looks like, but it's good to have a little mystery in one's life!

-Oh, and it actually cost me $2! 

That's a Quid, where most of you come from!

                        Looey in Oz Base.

Little Big Bat

 It's a lazy Sunday afternoon so I've been messing with my new Batmobile. 

Little Big Man, friend and Batgirl got in on the action too.

(Action) Man in a Suitcase

 Last week in South Norfolk I picked up three old plastic Charity shop toys I'd forgotten to take home last year, which would have been easier, as we had a car.

This trip we went by rail and I took the biggest empty suitcase we had for the toys' return.

Fortunately they fitted like a glove, two Action Man style vehicles with the same number plates and a big 1966 style Batmobile. 

All three yet to be ID'd.

Have you ever lugged toys home on trains, planes or otherwise readers? 

Marx Batmobile Pedal Car American TV ad

 Here's the TV ad courtesy of You Tube!

The car has a spring motor! 

Who knew! 

https://youtu.be/fUvfEfKGX9w?feature=shared

Talking Batmobiles! The Taped Crusader!

 Some toy Batmobiles talk.

I know, I had one.

I think it was the one auctioned here, the left car with the huge bulb canopies.

I remember taking mine apart to get the little record to play again.

Not sure what the other batmobile is. Mego?

Did your batcar talk?

Holy Batmobiles!

Just taking it out for a spin! 

What's your favourite TV car?

Holy Talk!

I've had a couple of talking Batmobiles so I was intrigued when I saw this auction shot. I'm pretty sure the big blistered one is a talker. Not so sure about the front one.

Have you a talking batmobile? 

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Will's Boxed Talking Batmobile 🦇

Hi Woodsy, 

My palitoy Batmobile. The voice box is a bit slow so it sounds like Bruce is drunk ! Must be the Batbeer! Had the dynamic duo been on a Batbender?

 

Will O

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And here's a clip from MidasToys on YT with the various Bat sayings on the car's little record.

https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxFVVeH9kVB-R3yfdXOpicyj3JK_omeYDu?si=_JJYsbVekz6A1L0i

Bat Car

 Batman has more cars than Henry Ford!

Here's a simple Bat Car. 

I dunno, I like it. You?

Holy Choke! The Batman Car Ad

This is the TV spot for The Batman Batmobile. 

All bat muscle, I think this is the big toy version for 12" figures. Or is it?

Marky Bats Spinmaster Special

https://youtu.be/P7UXRUToRvA?si=R2AYLGeXJuXEc8_g  

hi Woodsy,  here as promised is my Hot Wheels batmobile custom,  the car is by Spinmaster and is meant to fit  a 12" figure,  ive added more controls and booster seats to fit the 6-7" scale figures,  the flames are from a company that supplies vinyl decals for R/C cars, the car was dry brushed with a midnight blue. Also a  little ai for movement...

I hope you enjoy this mate 🍻

Regards MJ 

Crimson Crusader: Red Batmobile

 

Here's a toy Batmobile I saw on auction a while back

It reminds me a little of the big black Mego version from the Seventies. 

This red one isn't one I know. You? 

Paul's Hot Wheels Batmobile Hauler

Most of the Batman models that Hot Wheels have produced over the years have been various Batmobiles, in either the Mainline, or Premium ranges. But this Super Rigs set is a little different.

Super Rigs comprise a large transporter vehicle, and a regular Hot Wheels Mainline car for it to carry. New for 2025 (copyright date 2024) is the Batmobile Hauler, and I snapped it up as soon as I saw it.

This is basically a Big Rig, with a cab shaped like Batman's cowl, right down to a pair of Bat-ears. The detachable flatbed trailer carries a 1989 movie Batmobile.

The Batmobile Hauler is matt black, with smoke-tinted windows, and a Bat-logo on the sides in semi-gloss black (yes, it is hard to see). The trailer is also black, and features another Bat-logo just above the trailer hitch.

The Batmobile is silver-chromed, with black plastic detailing, and red rear lights. The basic 1989 Batmobile model dates all the way back to 2004.

A great addition to any Batman collection.

Paul Adams from New Zealand

Arto at Vintageland 2025

A couple of weekends back, with Vintageland and the Old Toy Swap coinciding, it was Heaven on Earth!

 I got to spend a good three hours at Vintageland on Saturday, and then a second serving on Sunday. On Saturday, I managed to visit also the Swap for its final hours.

My purchases were mostly smalls, except, finally, for a complete Clifford Batmobile (that beacon is the tricky part). It was a long journey, but well worth it!

https://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2022/10/artos-batmobiles.html

I found an interesting lot of vintage pencil sharpeners, some by German manufacturer KUM, in various guises (mini television, revolver, football, abacus, automobile), plus a lot of plastic sheriff badges by a Finnish manufacturer Plasto.

 They were 1950's chocolate premiums, and there was an individual badge made for every U.S. state!

 Bought also that Heinerle Manurba Tarzan figure, remembering your great Tarzan recreations.

This is a You Tube video of the Vintageland event.

Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/3cZhl8cF7oU?si=piPAJaIci7rFC8xE

Arto

Helsinki Base

Ed's Batmobiles

Woodsy,

Here's a composite shot of my Batmobiles.

From Vegas Bat Cave

Ed

Corgi Night Squad

 A few home snaps of my new Corgi Black Beauty, along with stablemates The Thrushbuster and Batmobile.

It's quiet in the city tonight!

Now That's a Big Batmobile

 I saw this massive plastic Jada Batmobile in a charity shop. The 12 inch figure was sat at the wheel, so you can imagine how big it is.

I was sorely tempted at £3.50. this thing is even bigger than the fabulously big Mego batmobile.

I resisted ,(the one pictured is on eBay) but was reminded of the film The Batman, which I've begun watching for the second time.

It's a tough watch, simply because it's 3 hours long and filmed largely at night-time.

I'm plodding through. Two hours to go! 

 It doesn't help that the new Batman has a non-descript face under the mask and looks like a depressed teenager without it, floppy dark hair and all. It's hardly Affleck and miles off Keaton.

The whole hard-boiled noirness has gone into overdrive and everyone is subsumed into a Nirvana-hooked darkness, literally. Characters are blurry shadows in an endless wet night. No-one stands out, not the Penguin, Catwoman or Gordon. Not even the Riddler, all drowning in spilled ink.

Maybe it's just me. After all this flick reached the Oscars and promises a whole new Bat franchise, the Penguin riffing in his own series already and The Batman 2 coming out in 2027.

I dunno. It's just not DC. Maybe it's too DC. Come back Tim Burton, Gotham needs you!

What do you think readers?

I've gone to bed.

Don Carmelo Batmobile

I saw this on an Argentinian site and boy, what a bat toy!

A Don Carmelo production from Argentina, from the 1970's - a very large scale plastic (1/10 scale) issue of Batman's Batmobile.

Do you know this South American rarity readers? Do you like it?

BAT JAM

Woodsy and Fellow Batnuts!

I do love the various iterations of Batmobiles and have had up to 70 in my collection, but as the latest discussion has pointed out, Mattel just gets totally bonkers with its constant release of 'new' Bat-rides. Anywho, this Monster Jam Batmobile from 2011 is probably the oddest I've ever bought.

From Vegas Bat-Cave

Ed

HOT WHEELS WHITE BATMOBILE 2023 ISSUE

Batman might prefer his Batmobiles in black, but Hot Wheels like a little variety. The latest version of the 1989 movie car is white, with black tampo-printed stripes, clear purple windows, and purple wheel rims.

This is a tie-in model for the recent DC Superhero movie The Flash, with the movie title in the upper left hand corner of the card. Although it seems the car in the film is the usual Batmobile black.

The model is part of the 2023 Batman sub-series. It has a black-painted metal baseplate, with the copyright dates "2004, '17" cast-in, and a white plastic body. Made in Malaysia.

The 1989 movie car is also available in dark grey with orange stripes, but this does not have The Flash on the card.

Paul Adams from New Zealand

2023 BATMOBILE 5-PACK BY HOT WHEELS

Here is an addition to my die-cast collection last year. The 2023 Batman 5-pack, which has a 2022 copyright date on the back of the box.

These 5-packs usually contain one or two real Bat vehicles, a Gotham City Police car, and two or three villain cars. This set is a little different, in that there are no villain cars. Instead, the extra vehicles are marked for Batman's main side-kicks - Robin and Batgirl.

Sometimes the Bat vehicles in these sets are also available individually on cards, or they may be unique to the set. The Gotham City Police cars, villain cars, and side-kick cars are only available in 5-packs, and never on their own. If you find one loose, it came from one of these sets.

In recent years Hot Wheels have taken to listing the vehicles in their sets on the back of the box, which is very helpful.

Muscle Bound is a red coupe, with yellow and black markings, depicting Robin.

'11 Dodge Charger R/T is a metallic blue Police car, with white trim.

'49 Merc is a light blue convertible, with a black plastic interior. The markings are mainly yellow and black, and depict Batgirl. Her name appearing on the rear wheel spats.

TV Series Batmobile is the classic 1960s TV car. Black, with maroon trim, and turquoise pinstripes.

The Bat is semi-matt black, with dark gunmetal grey pods, and a green tinted canopy. This model does not have wheels, and desperately needs a stand, but does not have one.

My favourite models in this pack are the Batmobile, and the Batgirl car. Poor Batgirl is one of the most over-looked characters in the Batman universe, so it is good to see her getting some attention here.

See what you think.

Paul Adams from New Zealand