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Arrived yesterday at Castel Crivens, the reissue of Corgi Toys (singular on the box for some reason) first version of the Batboat And Trailer. I never had this as a kid, so it's good to add it to the collection almost 60 years later. It was supplied with an adaptor for the Batmobile exhaust as the 1966 BM didn't have a tow-hook, though one was added for later editions after the release of the Batboat.
Anyway, for those Crivvies who are into such things, here's a few photos to rekindle your memories if you had this toy back in the day. Feel free to share any reminiscences in the comments section.
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6 comments:
I had a set of the Batmobile, the Batcopter and the Batboat. I think I bought it late 70s. I loved it. I sold them when I got married and moved house. The buyer claimed that Robin was missing when he received it and I know damn well that Batman and Robin were both in there but how can you prove something like that? Anyway, nice to see the Batboat again and it's in a great box.
I've got an original Batmobile and Bat-copter so it's good to now have all three, M. The Bat-copter was issued in, I think, 1976, though I didn't get mine 'til the early or mid-'90s. (I got my replacement Batmobile in 1991. In fact, I've got two.) I've also got several Corgi reissues of the Batmobile, including the matte version. I expect the Corgi Model Club will reissue the Bat-copter before too long.
I still have my original Batmobile and batboat. It was released after the movie came out I think. Correct me if I am wrong
Yes, LH, Corgi released it because it was in the movie. It doesn't quite look like the movie boat though, nor does the Bat-copter.
I wonder how much money Corgi are leaving on the table by not doing 2025 forensically accurate reproductions of the actual vehicles, as their current new catalogue items show them capable of, alongside the nostalgia reproductions of the several decades old original toys?
I mean, I'm slightly intrigued to get a Batmobile, etc. but the hideous off-model Batman and Robin figures are, well, hideous, and I see they are no better in this Batboat reissue.
A Batmobile with the red pinstriping, accurate Adam West and Burt Ward like figures would be a bit irresistible, wouldn't it?
I know other companies make a relatively accurate Batmobile with Batman and Robin, but there's something about the scale and it being a Corgi, ya know.
Also, a No Time To Die accurate silver Aston Martin DB5 but without all the scratches and window damage, I'd buy one of those, but the not so accurate looking 1960s versions I already owned and don't need to revisit.
I think the Batman and Robin figures would be pretty indistinguishable from the '60s versions, even if placed side-by-side, Ex, as everything's done via computer scanning nowadays and it's hard (though not impossible) to get things wrong. And at least they hint at Adam West and Burt Ward even though they're not 'identikit' doubles of the actors. Also, Corgi's Batmobile was too short at the front, but if they corrected it, then it wouldn't quite be the toy it once was, would it?! Corgi did a larger version of the DB5 (271 I think) right up to a few years ago and it was pretty accurate for what was, essentially, a toy for kids.
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