Pimp My Batmobile!

Archive for May, 2010

I got these a few hours ago. Looks like season three being represented here. That’s a 1:18 Hot Wheels in the background of a couple of the shots, presumably for size comparison. Make of this what you will. In case you’re speculating  – no, this is not something I made. And yes, these shots are less than a day old. (I should have asked for today’s newspaper to be included in the pics) Other than that – my lips are sealed for the time being. Other than to say that AS FAR AS  WE ARE AWARE these photos did NOT come to us from ANY professional toy or model company. Capisci?

NOTE: Please do NOT remote link or copy these photos to other websites.

Yet another wannabe replica of the most iconic and distinctive film cars of all time, the 1960s era Batmobile, is going up for sale at the inaugural Historics at Brooklands auction in Surrey on June 2.

This particular example is based on a 1973 Lincoln Continental chassis and was completed in 1988, following input from well-known custom coachbuilder, Bill Chaplin.

But even though the 1966 Batmobile replica incorporates all the styling cues and Batman paraphernalia including an in-dashboard television, rear parachute pod, boot mounted exhaust pipes and Batphone, it’s obvious that the car isn’t a faithful replica of the original George Barris car that stared in the 1960s Batman and Robin TV series.

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Okay I give up. I’ve decided to throw in with the yay-sayers for a change and get behind this whole Round 2, Polar Lights 1:25 Batmobile release in full effect. Why, what’s changed? Not much really. Yes, we were  snubbed by Round 2′s PR person who promised us that she’d send a pre-production kit of the Aurora reissue model to us for review here, and then never did. (I’m not a fan of begging a company to do their marketing groundwork for them)  I guess when you’ve pre-sold as many as they have, you don’t need to keep your promises to the most-visited, highest traffic volume website in your subject matter on the web. Yes, I still see some issues with some of the details on the mock-ups photos that they’ve been leaking. Yes, I’m still the same guy who just an hour ago chastised a R2 emissary on another forum for their  reluctance to preview the kit and work with experts/fans on detail concerns when they could have.

But I have to say that the idea of actually getting a 1:25, injection-molded plastic 1966 TV Barris Batmobile model kit is something I just never thought I’d EVER see in my lifetime. And it’s making me giddy with optimism. And that optimism has officially replaced my skepticism, like that little sack of rocks replaced the golden idol on the stone altar  in Raiders of the Lost Ark.  Let’s just hope for a better outcome than Indy had.

Part of my conversion is due to the fact that Jamie from Round 2 showed up on the other forum clearly biting back his annoyance with some comments made there by some whiny Batmobile fan (ahem…). I figure anyone proud enough of their work to risk that cesspool, sharkpit of geek-backlash has to be fighting the good fight.

So, until I have better reason to act otherwise – I’m officially stoked and enthusiastic about this product. Let’s all keep a good  thought that we’re going to get something special.

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