Great question! We can assume this is the BATMAN 1966 Movie World premiere which was held in Austin Texas (home to where the Batboat was built) on July 30, 1966. The movie premiered at the Paramount https://www.statesman.com/gcdn/authoring/2017/06/20/NAAS/ghows-TX-bafefbb6-6c71-40cc-ad32-f48a769deed...

I agree with Hornet-- the DC figure nailed it.

Ha ha-- my complaint is the inside of the cape isn't light blue.
But yeah, now that you mention it, the cowl is off.

They seemed to have stopped referring to them as "pictures" in the 70s.
But I agree- there's a real charm to this kind of speaking/thinking.

Recently found this online-- a fan wrote to Lewis Wilson during the run of the '66 Show...
Interesting to hear he was interested in getting back into the pictures-- I had always heard he was happy to be out.

They have them in the Neca Shop as pre-orders

https://store.necaonline.com/collection ... s-batarang

Those rubber underpants are quite stylish.

I spent a lot of time at the Brattle in Cambridge and came across a poster from July or August of '65 that had the Batman listing so Time calling it for Chicago has always seemed off. I do think it's chicken and the egg time-- the revival absolutely came first-- no question-- but Dozier and crew hav...

It's actually the revival that happened in 1965, so before the show- all fifteen chapters of each of the serials were released as AN EVENING WITH BATMAN AND ROBIN-- initially folks thought it was only the '43 serial that got the binge treatment, but it was actually both of them depending on which a...

Got my beatarang today-- looks good-- love the box.

It's actually the revival that happened in 1965, so before the show- all fifteen chapters of each of the serials were released as AN EVENING WITH BATMAN AND ROBIN-- initially folks thought it was only the '43 serial that got the binge treatment, but it was actually both of them depending on which ar...

I ended up canceling my order-- but they look fun! Happy for those of you looking forward to these.

According to Amazon I bought this 7 years ago-- I assume I watched it and forgot about it-- so it doesn't speak well for the movie or my memory.

Not much to the handle-- but as you can see not much is visible when he's holding it-- I also switched out the cape it came with to a standard Doc Mego type cape and I think it works better.

My grandson found my Batmobile bank that came out a few years ago. I went looking for my Simms Batmobiles, but it’s tucked away, so plan B is the customized McF Batmobile image0.jpeg He loves the way it rolls And that right there is what toys are meant for. We can enjoy collecting them, but never f...