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As many of you who have pre-ordered the figure set already know – our Custom Shop (products Page) is now open for business! Well, some business anyway. The figure sets preorders are flying out the door and we’re nearing the end of our run there.

We don’t have many items up there yet but they are coming as fast as lightning. We have deals with vendors pending and lots more of our own products will be joining the ranks soon. DVD’s, CD’s, T-Shirts, Display Resources, Hobby Supplies – we hope you’ll check back as we grow. And please – if you know anyone who makes any Bat-related products, tell them we’re looking for affiliate partnership arrangements. If they want to reach the kind of pinpoint, optimized target base we reach – have them drop us a line.

Quick Note About Log-In “Problems” – I’m sorry this was as confusing as it has been for some of you but your pimpmybatmobile.com user registration and password are NOT the username and password to use for the Custom Shop! We decided to add another layer of privacy and exclusivity to the products page so you have to wait until after you get the email labeled “custom shop log-in info” before you can access that page.  This can sometimes take a while as it’s not an autorespond. Sorry for the hassle but – we feel it’s necessary right now. 

Happy batmo-modeling! (I gotta get a better sign-off…)

Continuing on with our focus on Batmobile Custom Modeling. This work was done by BeatlePaul.  I thought he did a great job with replacing the grillework on the car. Here’s the method he used:

“I didn’t like the look of the solid plastic Grillwork on the 1/18 66 Bat, so I decided to replace them. After a trip to my local Hobby Shop, I found what I believed to be an Accurate grill pattern to the Grill work of the #1 car in 66.

First I carefully unscrewed the Body of the car from bottom. Then I used masking tape around the front of the car, so I would’nt scratch any paint. With a Brand new X-Acto Blade, I made repeated passes along the bottom and sides of the Plastic Grillwork.

[I have to point out that the plastic grill work is attached to the plastic bottom of the car.]

I then Gently Popped them out. I traced the pattern on my Grill work, then cut it out. I did the same for the Clear headlight part already on the car, and Replaced it with my grill work.

I also removed the plastic “Bat ray” lens, and replaced it with clear amber/orange colored plastic. Finally, I scribed in the horizontal lines that were in the lenses in 66.”

These are just pre-release pics so we don’t know for sure which details will be changed. But just observable from these Mattel pics, here are some differences (click on pics to enlarge):

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