Corgi Club confirms Batmobile reissue in 2024

[Lou Szabo]

Mail came and went and I was just about to pour when the mail carrier zoomed up the driveway with my package. I’m a happy boy!

[BatToys]

Lou, mine arrived today too and am very happy with it.

It was a pleasant surprise how happy I was to open it. I have an original vintage mint in the box in a mylar bag and I haven't opened it in decades. So when I got the new one I thought I'd be pretty used to it but it was like all new 1966 again.

It still had that surprising heavy weight as we're all used to plastic Batmobiles.

It's beautifully painted much more nicer than the vintage.

There's some things a little different like the shirt sticker is not paper instead of silk cloth and the rims are not as bright gold. But even in the 1960s there were so many variations that there's a book about them. I don't mean two or three variations I mean like 20 or 30. So this fits in.

This is really well done and quite a bargain at $50 considering originals MIB sell for for a $1000.

[BatToys]

Did you see your edition number on the certificate of authenticity? My number ended in 66!

[CaveDweller]

Corgi bosses realised the actual TV Batmobile was in a much glossier black finish! Corgi’s designers had apparently worked purely from photographs, assuming the car was matt black.

I’m sure this is the place to be corrected if I’m wrong, but weren’t early promotional photos of the 1966 Batmobile a matte black or primer color with white trim? I don’t think the issue lies with Corgi’s design team assuming anything, does it?

[Barnabas Collins]

Is there a video out there of the rockets being fired?

Yes, see here. (Careful, you'll shoot your eye out!)

Barnabas Collins

[BatToys]

It's like it's 1966 again but this time we know better not to take them for granted. And buy more than one.

[BatToys]

I tried to swap for the matte Batmobile but the button to finalize order is grayed out.

[AndyFish]

The new models don't usually come out until about the 15th of the month-- I have a feeling this is just a placeholder.

[AndyFish]

As predicted, you can now order the Matt Batmobile or you can swap out your next item for it.
I managed to order 5 and have it ship October 15th. Easy peasy-- or as easy is this overly complicated club can be.

Now for those of you who want multiples but would rather budget-- it would seem to me that you can keep swapping your next membership car for another Batmobile if you stay with the club.

[dodgr31]

Thanks for the Info Andy! I just did the same with my next shipment, very easy.

[Lou Szabo]

Order confirmed and expect a shipment notification soon

For the casual buyer, expect the email tomorrow that you may order the matte car on Oct 15

[BatToys]

I just rescheduled to delay and reschedule until the matte Batmobile was available. Then after I swapped and it confirmed the swap, I rescheduled to be sent today and clicked the send now button.

I only bought three cars before the matte Batmobile. You don't have to buy 43 cars to get one.

Later I will reschedule every 3 weeks until the silver James Bond car is available and then I will swap for that. Then I would keep rescheduling until the yellow submarine and Batboat are available.

[BatToys]

Andy, they do make it overly complicated.

It would have been simpler if they just had members choose the car they want to buy without a requirement of buying a car every month like a Columbia record club.

It was like being a raven trying to figure out how to get the food from the tests.

[Lou Szabo]

I was doing some research on Corgi models when I came across this website: https://sites.google.com/view/corgitoys/complete-list


Year Month Cat # Model Model Total Sales Scale Cease Production
1966 10 267 Batmobile Batmobile 4,907,000 1:48:00 1979
1965 10 261 James Bond Aston Martin James Bond Aston Martin 3,974,000 1:46:00 1969
1963 11 241 Ghia L 6.4 Ghia L 6.4 1,753,000 1:48:00 1969
1960 2 226 Morris Mini-Minor Morris Mini-Minor 1,667,000 1:42:00 1968
1962 12 438 Land Rover 109" WB Land Rover 109" WB 1,655,000 1:46:00 1969
1962 1 233 Heinkel T Heinkel T 1,606,000 1:40:00 1972
1965 2 314 Ferrari Berlinetta 250 Le Mans Ferrari Berlinetta 250 Le Mans 1,598,000 1:47:00 1972
1967 6 GS03 Batmobile & Batboat Batmobile & Batboat 1,531,000 1:50:00 1980
1966 8 497 The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Thrushbuster The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Thrushbuster 1,479,000 1:49:00 1969
1964 6 468 Routemaster Bus Routemaster Bus 1,394,000 2:05:00 1974
1965 12 477 Land Rover Breakdown Truck Land Rover Breakdown Truck 1,361,000 1:46:00 1968
1962 10 437 Superior Ambulance on Cadillac Chassis Superior Ambulance on Cadillac Chassis 1,287,000 1:55:00 1966
1963 1 154 Ferrari Formula 1 Ferrari Formula 1 1,280,000 1:46:00 1972
1963 8 310 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray 1,189,000 1:46:00 1967
1968 2 270 James Bond Aston Martin James Bond Aston Martin 1,172,000 1:43:00 1978
1967 11 268 Green Hornet's Black Beauty Green Hornet's Black Beauty 804,000 No Scale 1972
1967 11 107 Batboat & trailer Batboat & trailer 345,000 No Scale 1972
1968 12 277 Monkeemobile Monkeemobile 82,000 No Scale 1972

I was surprised the Batcopter Gift Set 40 was not on the list. GS40 is the Avengers gift set according to the complete list.

[BatToys]

Lou, nice find. I kind of wondered how many Batmobiles Corgi sold. Apparently more than the James Bond car.

I wonder if the Aurora Batmobile model kit sold as many?