I once got a box from Japan that I had mailed myself, it took months to get it after I was back, and it showed up as just the lid with an apology note taped to it. That was the MOST destroyed package I've seen. https://live.staticflickr.com/5295/5546184182_77f7830692.jpg Tsunami Andorian by Ian McL...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55015224178_09aa01f012.jpg Batman '66 FanSets enamelled pins by Ian McLean , on Flickr In the interest of saving some space, I consolidated these FanSets' pins into pairs. Also displayed are three cool pins from H+S (HeAndShe Pins). I also bit the bullet and pick...

Know what would go well with it? A Gary Larson Far Side ornament--like a cow standing like a human! I checked, but there don't seem to be any "Farside" toys or ornaments out there, only licensed mugs, T-shirts and calendars. I do have a standing cow angel, though. https://live.staticflick...

Still waiting on my new Calvin and Hobbes ornamens IMG_8196.jpeg IMG_8194.jpeg IMG_8195.jpeg I may have been taken, but we’ll see. VERY nice! Where did you find those ornaments? Repetitive display ads on Facebook! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55006452092_da31d1fd03.jpg Calvin and Hobbes Chri...

I just noticed that I have another LEGO Batman book, "Night Patrol!" (Hardie Grant, 2022), which comes with a bonus Robin LEGO figure. He goes well with the Batman and Harley LEGO figures in the 2023 "LEGO Super Heroes: Batman vs Harley Quinn" box. https://live.staticflickr.com/6...

New to me, but published in 2023. "LEGO Super Heroes: Batman vs Harley Quinn" box, Sourcebooks, 2023. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55001327830_ab92fbc70c.jpg LEGOBatman vs Harley Quinn by Ian McLean , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55001327850_128ab55549.jpg LEGO Batm...

I have an assortment, various years: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50764891827_8ac6c51417.jpg Terrific Trio on the tree by Ian McLean , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49267704157_21d4b8fbfe.jpg Hallmark Terrific Trio by Ian McLean , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/7886/4...

Thanks for sharing that blog. In 2009, my friend Nick Stathopoulos had his first iteration of that exhibition! https://live.staticflickr.com/2489/4061507155_86cfdfa3cc.jpg Nick's toy Batmobile painting at NG Art Gallery, Chippendale by Ian McLean , on Flickr You will never know how many times I alm...

I saw one on a peg that had the lines on the face, but nowhere did it mention bizarro Batman. Unless it was on the back of the card? People who are not familiar with Superman’s bizarro world would be easily confused. On the other hand, sometimes I think we live in bizarro world. Correct. No title a...

So you know her well? BTW, video link isn’t working. Would be curious to see/hear her in “action.” Only met Claudia a few times. (The link wouldn't work due to the questionable title of the exhibition!) It is an old blog entry of mine, not a video. Try cutting and pasting these two bits into your b...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54973980777_b80e9c904e.jpg Custom tweaked Bizarro Batman by Ian McLean , on Flickr Rather pleased with this and my custom logo. I have seen reviews of this recent wave, in which people were rather confused that some Batman figures on the pegs had lines on their f...

BiffPow wrote: ↑Mon Dec 15, 2025 6:33 am It’s such a kick to see one anywhere. Thanks for sharing, Ian.

She looks like she might’ve made a good Batman villainess. I could definitely see that look as the Black Widow.

Indeed! Claudia is related to a very good friend of mine! She also MC'ed another friend's art exhibitions.

"Antiques Downunder" presenter, Claudia Chan Shaw, recently visited a working replica of the 1966 Batmobile, built from a kit. Displayed at Gilbert's Motor Museum, South Australia: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54985605673_4c5f62faea.jpg Batmobile on "Antiques Downunder" by...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54973980777_b80e9c904e.jpg Custom tweaked Bizarro Batman by Ian McLean , on Flickr I had no intention of getting McFarlane's Bizarro Batman of "Super Friends!", especially when his logo was the same as Batman's. But then I saw a single one on a peg. I f...

Figures Toy Company (FTC) do reproductions of the old Mego Kombi vans, to accompany 8" action figures. (Classic TV Toys now offer seven colours and mix 'n' match roofs.) From memory, there was a black Batman mobile lab, a red Daily Planet van, a blue Gotham City prisoner van, a purple Joker van...