Corgi Club confirms Batmobile reissue in 2024

[Barnabas Collins]

Don’t force Batman out, you’ll crack the windscreen!

Packaging for Matte and Gloss is the same.

Right, thanks for photos.

Barnabas Collins

[AndyFish]

Got my two cases of Matte (Matt?) Black Batmobiles-- if you asked me to order you one check your DMs -- the boxes are identical to the original ones so I want to have the old shipping slaves get these out immediately. They look good, although as I said before I kind of don't think the Matt Version was a big want for me-- it would have been neater to have the red wheel version but that came in that horrible window box.

[AndyFish]

And to set the record straight on these cars and the club;

1- You can join the club now, you do have to select a car at a discounted price from a list of three. I chose the police car. You pay your membership fee ($20 or so) and they send you your kit.

2- You can then ORDER the Matt Batmobile, the gloss Batmobile, anything you want. You can order more than one.

3- You can cancel your membership at any time.

4- You do not have to order 43 cars to get the Batmobile.

5- The club is the most complicated one I've ever dealt with, tracking is nonsense. But you'll get your order about 14 days after placing it.

[Lou Szabo]

I just got the Imperial. Frank and I are working through the exterior color, which we’ve concluded is Moss gold metallic. On the full size car it has a gold metallic look, but up close, the green comes out. The car is a two door convertible with two riders, which can be Bruce and Dick. The interior will be converted to black to match the show car. While the show car is a ‘66, the Corgi is a 65, so the trunk and grill are slightly different, but pending anything else, this will work for me

I got it as my monthly release.

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[AndyFish]

That'll be a neat conversion, Lou.

[Lou Szabo]

Anyone receive a damaged box?

They double ship it, UK to US, then to you. At least the bubble wrap the cars now. It used to be paper with the earlier ones.

[AndyFish]

Every box they've sent me has been smashed, Lou, but the interior boxes have been fine somehow.
Yup-- ships from UK to US then to you-- not the smoothest fastest delivery method but I guess Hornsby Hobbies doesn't keep any inventory here in the US for some reason.

[Lou Szabo]

Got a shipping notice that the gold beacon /tow hook model has shipped via UPS from England.

[greatlakes6]

Got a shipping notice that the gold beacon /tow hook model has shipped via UPS from England.
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Lou, is that the one being sold in the window box?

[Lou Szabo]

Yes, it is the window box. I’m not sure it will fit into the standard box due to the added length of the tow hook, and the way the insets fold in.

[greatlakes6]

I had the giftset #3 when I was younger, so this is the one I remember, Love it!

[Lou Szabo]

New update:
Signature required for tow hook version from UK

[Lou Szabo]

New update:

[AndyFish]

the window box is the one I'm more familiar with-- that was how most of my Corgi's came. Does anyone know if the red bat hubs actually ever shipped in a window box or had they switched over to the silver wheels or the red tires by then?

[Lou Szabo]

All three current releases