Artbat; SO glad you mentioned the Saul David book. Curious, I was able to pick it up up on Amazon FAIRLY cheap and it is an AMAZING read! Sorta reminds me of Robert Evans' "The Kid Stays in the Picture" from a SLIGHTLY less egocentric POV and with far FEWER sexual exploits. But the anecdot...

All they had left at my TRU were the two Hero Clix figures. I DID score the set of three "Gotham" figures at $12.99 ea after passing on them at Chiller for almost twice that. On a positive note; the Reeve figure IS back up on eBay as of ten minutes ago (11pm EDT). Thanks for the heads up o...

Speaking of stories BW has told for years, ANOTHER question is "How did that untalented hack Dustin Hoffman end up getting cast in "The Graduate" when BW was being considered...I was at a Creation convention in the early '90s and Burt was onstage telling the story of how he "near...

I saw you as the Penguin Sunday afternoon out by the vehicles, great job. The kids were just eating it up! Y'know it's a funny thing celebrity. Back in the day I was set up at a show where one of the dealer's room was LITERALLY in the underground parking lot of the hotel. My table was right next to ...

I was set up as a vendor, so I did not really get enough time away from the table to wait in line for any autographs. I DID get a chance to see the vehicles in all their glory, and they were INCREDIBLE replicas. As I was leaving on Sunday the folks with the replica "Lost in Space" Chariot ...

Wally, I mentioned this to Chuck on the phone, the cowls I got from Mark were VERY grainy, there was very little sheen, and when painting, it was difficult to get the black areas level and (for me anyway) to paint the eyebrows "cleanly" where the edges were not affected by the grain. They ...

Wow Chuck, I actually have that same issue of MTC (painting of Roger Moore and Michael Keaton on the cover, right?). IIRC, Mike Stutelberg did some scratchbuilt bat-vehicles and Scot "Scooter" Fleming (later of "Pimp my Batmobile" fame) did some action figure conversions. Wally; ...

Yep, bartering was definitely the way to go back in the day (actually it STILL is and the 'net most definitely makes that easier :) ). The last time I spoke with Mark, I believe was around '95 when "Batman Forever" came out. My friend Tom Culnan had hooked me up with some chest emblems and...

Hey thanks Scott. That IS the pic, but I have only seen it in B&W. But Wally DEFINITELY had done a cowl before I worked with Mark and John Dodds. Again, I'm going back twenty some odd years here, but I'm PRETTY sure Mark had dealt with Wally, I KNOW he knew Clint Young and he was in touch with B...

Chuck; after we spoke last night, something else occurred to me. SOMEWHERE I have a 45 of Wally's "Adam West" single, which came out in '89 before the Burton/Keaton Batman film ("He's wrestled giant clams, he's been almost barbecued, but he always gets away just when you thought he wa...

Hey Chuck, it was GREAT chatting with you earlier! I have not spoken to Mark in at LEAST fifteen years, but back in the early '90s when I was doing ALOT of the larger conventions in NYC (Creation, Fangoria, etc.) I met a make-up artist/sculptor named John Dodds. John LOVED doing monster stuff; he di...

It is only a matter of time before FTC releases those (Wave 5 perhaps, LOL).
Tom

Have only had a quick glimpse of the Hot Toys in person ( and the figures ARE up to their standard level of quality in terms of fabrication and manufacturing.) Having said THAT... as an OWNER of the NECA pair, it appears to me that NECA did a far better job of researching the costumes and props and ...

I grew up (and still live) about a half an hour from Baltimore and I do not recall this at all (although truth be told, I had just turned 4 in January 1966.) I most definitely recall having to wait an entire day to see the Dynamic Duo escape the death-trap, I remember Adam and Burt making a drugstor...

Mike; great job on both Batman and the Catwoman. I am a HUGE fan of these kits and the extra steps Moebius took to REALLY capture not only the likenesses of the actors but a REALISTIC look of a likeness BEHIND a mask (particularly in the case of Batman). Robin WAS scheduled to be released 2nd quarte...