• Lame!!! But batman is ok

• Can the Richman's 1989 Remote Control Batmobile really get up to 40mph? I just bought one at a garage sale today!! Does anyone know where I can find a spec sheet on this??

• I'll have to take a closer look at the Batcopter, you usually only think about the batmobile when you think on bat's vehicles... excellent compilation by the way, bookmarked.

• I had a lot of Batman toys and this was by far my favorite. I was amazed that you could 'fly' the Batcopter.

• My childhood batmobile was from Kenner's long line in the early nineties. It had badass little spikes that came from the hubcaps, and the cockpit could detach and sprout wings, and could even fire a baterang. I loved that damn car.

• Nice collection, but about #2 I must differ. While I had it myself, the Dark Knight Collection version from 1991 was far superior. More accurate shapes and design, flip-up machine guns, pop-out afterburner, and a ROOF.

• What about the 1960's Switch-and-Go Batmobile? I had that set when I was a kid, and loved it (wish I still had it, but gave it to a cousin who then destroyed it). Doesn't get mentioned very much.

• And you know Batman don't take no shit from the 'Nanny State'. Them Health and Safety Nazi's said a giant penny was against regulations, but he was having none of it.

• He's firing missiles at a talking ape. Of course he is.

• Yeah, and Batman's a creationist

• "Perhaps one of the most logical toys on the list, Tyco's Batman racetrack " But...they're just driving around in a continuous loop, never really going anywhere. Not much of a chase.

• Easy, easy now. Everybody be cool. While the gentleman isn't quite right about metal toys being banned due to parental concerns (after all, Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars are still zinc diecast bodies even if they've cheaped out in other ways), and you ARE right about cost issues (Plastic became cheaper while Zinc prices rose, Hot Wheels first came out during the 'oil shock' period), he has a point about the 'nanny state' mentality, which WOULD prevent that front cutter blade (which was actually kinda sharp!) and those tiny, tiny missiles firing in this day and age. And I'm sure my vintage Corgi vehicles have 'unacceptable' levels of lead in their paint by today's standards. Good thing I was taught not to chew on my toys!

• Okay maybe my initial offering to the conversation was a bit harsh as these things tend to be subjective and beauty is in the eye of the beholder but you really dropped the ball on this one. This just feels like a hits grab for site traffic honestly. This doesnt feel like it has any love behind it and little research honestly.

• Seriously? I like lists when they bring something to the table but this is a terrible fucking list that lacks SO many amazing Batmobiles. You missed a myriad of wonderful representations of the Batmobileso many in fact that it makes my head spin as a look at a list with some of the clunkiest,shittiest, poorly produced products in the name of Batman ever.

• lol, libertarianism. Find me an American law against metal toys. What actually makes toymakers prefer plastic to metal is cost. As for safety, talk to the insurance companies that underwrite the froducing firms' liability policies. I know, I know; it hurts your little brain to contemplate market forces actually inhibiting things like freedom and choice. But please try.

• oh my gosh, I wasn't the only kid who had that?? I loved that thing. I used to eject the guy out of the seat and then prop him on the trunk just on top of the bulletproof shield. One press of the the bumper and I'd send him flying again. Good times.

• I used to read Beano & Dandy too. Heard that they've changed a lot now though?

• The Kenner Super Powers version of anything is the best version of that thing.

• Also Corgi underwent rough times, along with most all of the British toy industry such as Meccano and Dinky. Corgi has been bought and sold so many times I've lost track who owns them currently. Somebody does, they've been producing overpriced 'limited rare collectable' cars for a couple years now. Also, the Corgi Black Beauty from 'The Green Hornet' is massive win.

• I actually got the C3 Batcave on clearance for $6 at Toys R Us a few years ago. After getting home and trying to assemble it, I decided that $6 was a great price for three minimates, the giant load of unassemblable bricks were just kinda there. Quite some time later, knowing that the Batcave was just a mess of bricks that could never be assembled, I took it back out with the idea of making a video of an increasingly frustrated stuffed bear trying to put it together and consistently failing. So I took it out for a test run and wouldn't-you-know-it I was actually able to put it together AND move it from my coffee table to my kitchen table. Where it stands still assembled a year and a half later. I am just that afraid of touching it and having it explode.

• This list sucks...no Batmissile and no Animated Series with the jet inside... FAIL.

• Great list Rob, I enjoyed looking through everything!

• I had the AWESOME Superpowers Batmobile when I was a kid back in the 80's. I loved that thing! Batman was invincible in it! I wish they would rerelease that series...I'd (re)get them all.

• How could you not mention Batman Return's Bat mobile with the bat missile function? That was by far the best movie bat mobile ever! It looked just like the one in the movie, and the sides launch off so the bat missile could escape into tight spots.

• The Daleks wouldn't stand a chance. The Cybermen would have to team up with them just to make it a fair fight.

• Breyfogle is quite possibly my favorite Batman artist ever. I'm really disappointed that you rarely ever see him mentioned alongside people like Neal Adams or Jim Aparo.

• I was a bit disappointed to find out that "Batman: Brave and the Bold Transforming Batmobile" wasn't the one that has a robot mode (complete with ROCKET PUNCH!). "Turns into a jet" is definitely a cool toy action too, but the robot's what I think when I see the words "Batman: Brave and the Bold Transforming Batmobile".

• Fun list, although I think the original Batman: The Animated Series Batmobile was unjustly omitted. It wonderfully captured a simple yet perfect design.

• Wow. I had the Superpowers one along with all the figures in that ad. I loved that damn line as a kid. Also, now I need to track down a Gorilla Grodd figure from Brave and the Bold.

• I had that Mego Batmobile, along with Batman, Robin and Superman... if only I could go back in time and rip them out of my 5 year old hands. I mean doesn't that little brat know those are worth a ton!?

• I think this is for the #1 item. There was an add for one of them with the line "Five inches of danger". That alone makes it one of the coolest items on the list. Plus I think it would make an AWESOME name for a punk band. http://bigglee.blogspot.com/2009/08/five-inches-of-danger.html

• Dang, I just remembered there was an awesome Batmobile toy at my Grandma's house when I was little. Kind of looked like the Mego one, hard plactic and big enough to seat GI Joes. Wish I would've latched onto that as it's long gone now.

• Robin in the exploding bridge Batmobile commercial looks like he about to do something inapropriate to that twig.

• I think the Lego Tumbler is way better than the big, bad-ass classic Batmobile. The firing mechanism on it could put your eye out! I put a Technic Lego piece in it as a safety measure. Lethal eye-popping-out weapon beats 1000 piece oversized Batmobile.

• umm what about the large scale remote control batmobile from richman's hobbies? You know, the one that ran 40mph and had a crazy awesome carrying case with the batman armor and had lights. i have it at home, huge ass batmobile and by far THE BEST@@!!

• I actually had the Batmobile with Exploding Bridge. And it was awesome, except for one small detail. It took about 15 minutes to carefully put all of the pieces together (usually the 'exploder' would break the bridge early at least once). And then, 1 press of the button to blow up the bridge in a matter of seconds. And it wasn't really that spectacular when it blew up with the car on it. Maybe I needed parachute Batman and Robin to go along with it.

• what about this little gem? http://service.mattel.com/us/recall/default.asp?recall_id=52417

• I have that Brave and Bold bat mobile and its such a fucking badass toy. Love it.

• I still occasionally read the Beano

• I have the '89 Batmobile. It gave me hours of great fun. However, I only watched the video on number 10 to see what the Dalek sounded like.

• If anyone had 60K over the weekend you could have bought the real thing on Friday. Barrett Jackson sold one of the 80's Batmobiles at auction, right after selling the Ecto 1 for 88K.

• The Kenner Super Powers Batmobile was awesome my friend had one and I had the lame Superman's Supermobile... awww growing up in the 80's was a good time :)

• Holy crap, that Super Powers Batman doesn't F*** around. Did he just grab the Joker with his bumper and then drag him down the road behind his car?

• can see how hard it was to narrow down this list. given how many times the bat mobile has been done as toys. i did have number 12 and 2 on the list. hours of fun. as for the mego exploding bridge set who knows Mattel could rerelease at least the batmobile now that they revived mego. as for number one Mattel has done hot wheels version and a 116 of the batmobile. recently figures that will only happen when the show is finaly on dvd . proably when a certain place freezes over

• This list made me think of: -Jay Leno -LEGO girlfriends -That youtube video of the kid-sized perfect replica of the Tumbler (not the most eye-catching or iconic incarnation, admittedly) Can we have a bat-cycle list? That for me was always the money.

• I have the Corgi Batmobile somewhere, unfortunately, it was given to us when we were small and now its condition is quite horrible. But it was fun with all the gimmicks and, well, it beated all the cheap little cars that came with some cereal boxes.

• I remember the Batmobile Pedal Car I also remember asking for it for Christmas and not getting one, instead we got a batmobile sled which was probably just as cool

• The 1/6 scale Hot Toys Batmobile doesn't count?

• I think you're right, because I know I didn't have a Bruce Wayne with a yellow shirt.

• Play Along Toys and Art Asylum had a few nice Batman C3 sets accompanied by some awesome Batman Minimates. There were mini and normal sized versions of the Batmobile and the Batwing. The Batcave, on the other hand, looked nice but the construction on it was pretty shoddy, even with an optional free upgrade kit that was supposed to help with stability. That's probably what killed the C3 line, which is a shame. They were in the superhero building block game before Lego or Mega Bloks tried their hands at it.

• "their version of Dennis the Menace is a sadistic pre-teen" - and that's why I bought the Beano every week until I was 16, well, that and the Bash Street Kids, good times.

• I remember that we pooled every tennis and road hockey ball in the neighbourhood to try and duplicate that commercial. It was the first of many noble toy-related failures. Especially after my friend's dog nearly choked on one of them that we'd missed.

• I realize this list was focused on cool action features, but the TAS Batmobile with the jet inside and Mattel's highly detailed die-cast replica of the '60s Batmobile are both beautiful showpieces, even if they don't speak in bad accents.

• I actualy had a Batmobile with a Batjet inside it, so you could take it out of the Batmobile wih Batman stil siting inside it!

• The Kenner commercial had an entire city built out of cardboard boxes, and a trap full of tennis balls. That's like five seconds of fun for 10 minutes of cleaning up the mess. I think there was some regulation on the books that toy commercials couldn't show a setting that a child couldn't create himself. And did anybody else notice the missiles from the Batplane didn't actually hit Grodd? You think that was an accident?

• Also - I may think the Daleks have gotten hideously overexposed on Doctor Who thanks to the British public's obsession with them, but I'd pay good money to see Batman vs. the Daleks.

• Didn't #9 come out in the batman returns line before the animated version? I had that and it also came with a bruce, ala the michael keaton sculpt

• A few years back (okay, maybe ten) Corgi released a series of Matchbox-sized Batmobiles based on different eras of the comics. The one I have sitting just under my monitor right now is the muscle car designed by Norm Breyfogle in the 90s.

• I have to admit I was disappointed the Corgi Batmobile wasn't a Welsh dog dressed as the batmobile.

• the corgi james bond car was really cool too, with the ejector seat that actually worked really well. so many toys disappoint, but that one didn't.

• 'How such a useful vehicle hasn't shown up in the comics and cartoons by now is beyond us.' Um... it has. The Batmobile was a transforming sportscar for a couple of years - I think it was mainly used after 'Hush.' The idea was that it was a throwback to the original Batmobile, which was basically a Studebaker with a bat hood ornament. Still have my Super Powers Batmobile. One of the best toys ever made, especially since it's a PERFECT replica of the then-current comics version. It was like Kenner got Jim Aparo to design the thing.

• I had #9 from the Animated Series, but no Batmobile was cooler than the actual TAS Batmobile, which is the one I really wanted. And Corgi really does make the best model cars, I have a whole bunch from their 1/43 scale Batmobile line.

• it's so funny how strong childhood memories are... i love B:TAS, and i've always thought the '89 Michael Keaton Batmobile was the best on the screen, but to me, that Kenner Super Powers Batmobile will always be THE Batmobile. it had something that rubbed inside the wheels that was supposed to simulate a roaring sound, and i always loved how the claw in the back and the battering ram in the front were activated from inside the car, like Batman was really doing it. best. vehicle. ever.

• In the smaller scale set, the Batboat definitely had a trailer. It was very thin and I recall breaking it almost immediately after getting my Corgi Batmobile/Batboat set. It was still awesome regardless. It always struck me as odd that Batman would be towing the Batboat around on the back of the Batmobile. I can just picture Batman trying to back the trailer down into the water while Robin tries to guide him: "How much room do I have on that side?!? My left or your left? Stand where I can see you!"

• Rob this is the first time I have ever really been mad at you. No drag racer Batmobile from Batman the Animated Series. Damn thing had a jet INSIDE OF IT! How could anything ever match that in awesomeness?

• The Nanny State decided that metal toys might be thrown at someone's sibling, and safety-regulated them out of existence.

• I still have my Corgi batmobile, a little worse for the wear, but still intact. I'd forgotten about the batboat. I somehow lost it over the years, but it was SWEET. And it came with a trailer, too, I;'m pretty sure. I lost Robin early on, but hung on to the Batman figure for along time before it vanished into the mists of time. Sigh.

• I had the full corgi line, the batmobile, the batboat (which iirc, floated) and the batcopter, which was awesome.

• I loved both versions of the Corgi Batmobile (the tiny one and the larger scale one with the mini-figs). Just some awesome fucking stuff. Used to be you could walk into any 2-bit pharmacy and get a Corgi car. What the hell happened to them?

• Holy crap. I remember #1 from the school playground of early 1980's Ireland! That thing was EVERYWHERE.

• I get the feeling that the gizmo on Batmobile #2 used to trap the Joker (and presumably drag him to his gory death) was more to discourage cops from checking Batman's license plate.

TotalComments: 71