tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post1385871715145029510..comments2024-03-27T12:09:07.950+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: CORGI TOYS 1966 BATMOBILE...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-63574241397661461952015-09-13T14:10:28.985+01:002015-09-13T14:10:28.985+01:00I've got three or four '60s comicbook Batm...I've got three or four '60s comicbook Batmobiles by different manufacturers, and there's a fair bit of leeway in their interpretation when compared to one another. Funnily enough, the actual TV vehicle DID actually appear in the comics, but the artists must have got fed up having to refer to photographic reference, and the comicbook version soon evolved. They're pretty similar at the front in some respects. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-30696288698956590482015-09-13T14:01:54.617+01:002015-09-13T14:01:54.617+01:00I've seen a few versions of the comic, tv era ...I've seen a few versions of the comic, tv era batmobile, which in the comic was a reasonable substitute for the Futura version it meant to emulate. The model cars though, were a little wide of the mark, I suppose fidelity to the source is more nebulous, when you're copying a drawing in a comic book but one had an absolutely awful pastel cerulean paint scheme, like on a 70's Hillman for flip sake.DeadSpiderEyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687178085803686186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-19150054915570466922015-09-13T12:23:19.582+01:002015-09-13T12:23:19.582+01:00You should check, Baab. It's possible to obtai...You should check, Baab. It's possible to obtain missing parts to repair old toy cars, and a respray may restore it to its former glory. It'd be worth it.<br /><br />******<br /><br />Ah, the old matchstick trick, MM. I think everybody who had one of these cars did that. It was a great toy. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-49586989316373020962015-09-13T10:07:23.635+01:002015-09-13T10:07:23.635+01:00The Corgi Batmobile was one of my first Christmas ...The Corgi Batmobile was one of my first Christmas presents - I did myself a few inhuries treading on those fins sometimes.. When the red missiles got lost, mum would make up new ones using snapped matchsticks...Mondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199468951602465556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-646413280932474412015-09-13T10:06:19.152+01:002015-09-13T10:06:19.152+01:00I did not play or collect toy cars but a pile appe...I did not play or collect toy cars but a pile appeared in our home over the years.<br />One of these was this car.<br />I remember it as being grey (paint flaking) and unloved.<br />It may be in a box at my mothers ,she has a habit of keeping things for the grand weans.<br />She kept a lot of my younger brothers Star Wars and He-Man toys.baabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388667792167744260noreply@blogger.com