Tuesday, 7 April 2026

LOOK WHAT I DID - CLEVER ME... (Updated)


My Batman on the left, Internet Batman on the right.  Same goes for photos below

Recently, to almost no response from clearly uninterested Crivvies (except for CJ), I showed you my newly acquired Marx Toys Twistable Batman figure.  (I already own one, but the new one is in better condition, with its original bat emblem and utility belt, though no bat-a-rang.)  When I made a new belt and bat-a-rang for my other figure around 30 years back, I didn't have a good picture of the bat-a-rang, so I made it entirely from memory.

This time, I had a fairly decent photograph to refer to, so I printed off an actual-size copy, then cut around its outline and used it as a template to make a new one.  I had a trial run (which you saw in the first version of this post), before having another go until I was satisfied with the result, even though it perhaps still needs a little 'fine-tuning'.  Anyone impressed enough to leave a comment?  Go on, ya lazy apathetic buggahs - force yourselves!

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6 comments:

  1. Colin Jones7 April 2026 at 01:36

    Looks nice, Kid, but how exactly did you make it?

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    1. Kid7 April 2026 at 05:37

      How did I make it, CJ? Why, magnificently, of course.

      You need more details? Okay, I used the black 'lid' of a spray can of matt black paint after enlarging the Internet photo of Bats with his bat-a-rang to actual size. Then I cut out the bat-a-rang and taped it to the plastic, then cut around the 'stencil' to make a bat-a-rang shaped piece of black plastic. Once I'd got the basic shape, I then smoothed out any rough bits. Then I affixed a 'peg' to it so I could plug it into either one of the hole in his hands, though it's usually the right one.

      Hey, presto - it's magic!.

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  2. Colin Jones9 April 2026 at 12:26

    I assume you've seen the fantastic pictures taken by the Artemis moon mission, Kid? The last time NASA went to the moon was in December 1972, only a few weeks after MWOM No.1 came out.

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    1. Kid9 April 2026 at 12:38

      I've seen some of them, but I'm not really paying much attention to it all, CJ, as I'm 'spaced out' enough as it is. Besides, I only have to look up at the sky to see the moon, if I want to.

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  3. Colin Jones9 April 2026 at 14:49

    But you can't look up and see the FAR side of the moon, Kid, and that's what the pictures showed.

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    1. Kid9 April 2026 at 15:13

      Both sides (if a spherical object can be said to have two sides) are far enough away for me to be much bothered about, CJ.

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