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These
are brochures of the Batmobile
that almost was. A friend of mine
had called to me to let me know
that Danbury
Mint was going to make a 1/24
scale 1966 Batmobile, and
that I could preorder it. He gave
me a phone number which I had called,
and they promptly sent me a preorder
form, which I filled out and sent
off. Along with the form was a brochure.
Needless to say, I couldn't wait
to get it. But months had passed
and I hadn't heard anymore about
it. Till I recieved a letter from
Danbury
Mint saying that they were unable
to produce
the 1966 version. They sent
also a new form to preorder a different
comic book version. (which now,
to me, looks like the Johnny Lighting
version which came out a few years
later). I have heard that while
George
Barris gave the go ahead to
produce the car, Warner Bros. said
no. I believe Polar Lights / Jonny
Lightning had a similiar problem.
The brochure is so well done, it's
really hard to tell if it is pictures
of the real car, or a pre-production
one-off build diecast, except for
the interior, which does appear
to be the real car. The diecast
replica would have been $ 149.00
(and well worth the price).
I am sure many people, like me,
were disappointed that Danbury
Mint was not allowed to make
the replica. But I give them two
well deserved thumbs up for making
a serious attempt to bring this
car to all of us.
Click
Here to see an excellent review
of the Batmobile Danbury did
make!
Click
here to see my resin model of a
1966 Batmobile.
Click
here to see my model of Green Hornet's
Black Beauty. |
