It’s the car, right?

Chicks love the car.

(Batman in Batman Forever (1995))

The Batmobile is an iconic car, or rather several iconic cars, there have been many different Batmobiles. The first was a 1936 Cord 810, which appeared in a 1939 Batman Comic (in Detective Comics #27, the first Batman story).

For young boys growing up in the UK in the sixties and seventies, the Corgi Batmobile (1966) was an iconic toy, almost 5 million were produced, more than any other Corgi car.

Corgi‘s most successful years (1965-1968) coincided with the introduction of film and TV related cars. James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5 was another huge seller of the time. The Corgi Batmobile was based on the TV Series, where Adam West played Batman. The Batmobile was derived from a Lincoln Futura Concept car. I was pleased when Hot Wheels‘ Designer Larry Wood created a model of the 1966 TV Series Batmobile in 2007.

There have been several films, cartoons, comics and TV series of Batman with different Batmobiles. The YouTube channel WatchMojo.com lists the ten coolest Batmobiles… Ten Coolest Batmobiles (video)

WatchMojo.com puts the TV Series Batmobile second behind the Batmobile used in Tim Burton’s 1989 film Batman.

Batmobile (1989) and TV Series Batmobile Batmobile (1989) and TV Series Batmobile

I’m not a great fan of superheroes movies and comics but I do like Batman and his various Batmobiles. Hot Wheels have several versions of the Batmobile and another YouTube video ranks the Hot Wheels Batmobiles… Top Ten Hot Wheels Batmobiles (video). In that list the 1966 TV Series Batmobile comes first.

So far, I have only picked up the TV Series and Tim Burton Batmobiles but the Tumbler interests me.

I like taking photos of my models in various locations, as anyone who has followed this blog a while will have realised. Below I imagined a scenario where the Batmobile meets up with the Mars Curiosity Rover on the surface of Mars.

May 28 2018, I found a Batmobile with Batman figure, I only realised there was a Batman figure in the car when I got it home.

If you want to see Batmobiles racing on the track here is a link to Race Grooves video where he does some downhill racing with six Hot Wheels Batmobiles including a Lamborghini Murcielago… Video Clip

Just found a Corgi Juniors Batmobile to add to the collection (it also has a Batman figure)

August 25 2018, added the Batmobile from the Animated Series to the collection.

2019 saw the addition of a silver TV Series Batmobile and an ERTL model of the Tim Burton Batmobile to my collection.