The 1966 Batman Message Board

Will this make the original "rough" release more collectible in the future? It's incredibly rare for a company to retool its molds on any product-- the feedback must have been overwhelming. The question now is do I need another Batmobile?? Do any of us? Trick question-- of course we do!

Boy that 50s Batmobile really was something. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jCRKMkmuxY0/TMS9BNpEslI/AAAAAAAAAI0/eMD0r91ZjnU/s1600/Corgi+%2377314+1950s+DC+Comics+Batmobile+1e.JPG I love the '66 car but I think the 50s Batmobile takes it by a hair. Sometimes it was done as all black with a red stripe, some...

Wow that's night and day from the original ones. I'm shocked they retooled the product.

For those of you playing along at home, here's the set Keith first posted about. zBATMAN TV OPENING SET.jpg And here's the opening shot its based on... BAT 66.jpg I'd say it's pretty close. The colors are not saturated enough but the emblem is right and I like that they made the decision to flip Bat...

I've never heard of her.

SprangFan wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 08, 2018 7:26 pm

I considered them at the time and decided they didn't look enough like the title animation to justify the expense. Without the logo bases, I'm not sure anyone would make the connection.

I was on the fence with them when they came out-- I'm with Sprang-- they're nice but they aren't on model.

Yeah I'm with Lou-- keep looking. I've seen them sell for much less. I think full retail was $150 on them when they came out.

Many years ago we had a similar find (I think it was on eBay as well) and put together a group amount to buy it-- we got outbid and the guy who won tried putting it out someway and it was 95% worthless material. Maybe one of you who've been around as long as I have (or longer) might remember. It's a...

Lou, your post isn’t clear, are u saying the first parts arrived?

Well if 25 of us each threw in $100 we’d have an opening bid.
I’m not interested in co-ordinating it but putting the idea out there. Keeping in mind this might be really lame footage. It’s silent, it might be a lot of board claps, etc.

It's bumped up a few bucks since you first posted it but it's still a good deal. This is only for the standard set, the limited edition red-box version still remains at it's original retail price. The concerning thing for me, were I to order these, is the 1-3 week wait time. I've had issues with Ama...

This one is closer to the new one we're working on, although the color scheme is too dark (IMO) on the cape and cowl.

Worked with an artisan in Mexico and a box guy here in the states.

One of a kind Batman Serial figure-- more pics soon, but I think it looks pretty sharp. https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Khb_JfpsGvU/W9NHG4inV4I/AAAAAAAAP5U/4BG5n-hnqjkrawV2PqLk5fC5axEX9In-wCEwYBhgL/s320/IMG_1403.JPG https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qT0dOHPcEjo/W9NHsWLK1pI/AAAAAAAAP5Y/Vg-rMgRvhn8xiqVwjzctCtJkwK...

A discussion of the '43 Batman is relevant to the '66 Batman in that there was a direct line of inspiration from the first to the second. The Cliffhanger aspect, the camp, it's all there in the original serial. Even the screentest costume resembles the Lew Wilson costume. I personally think we shou...