Collecton Figure

Look what I stumbled across at Walmart!
A Batman Legacy Edition of the Golden age Batman.

There was only one and I grabbed it up.

I knew nothing about this figure it was pure happen stance that it landed in my possession.
There was only one at the store and there were no other figures like it on the shelf.

I did notice that the manufactures had left holes for fresh air to enter the package.
The containers creator must have been heavily influenced be the Toy Story movies.

Well I thought if this figure needs fresh air. Fresh air it will get.
So I took Batman outside and into the alleyways of downtown Indianapolis.


Batman quickly noticed that some punks had graffitied the walls.


He immediately started to patrol the area.

Okay, so I thought some shots in the dark alleys would be cool looking.
You know. Batman in his element and all.
Turns out the alleys have a lot more foot traffic than you think at lunch hour.

So I rushed every shot I took while trying not to look suspicious waiting for people to clear out.

The pictures turned out okay but I sure felt stupid trying to snap them.
I need to come up with a blogger type press pass lanyard to wear next time I venture out into the alleys.


Nice figure. Lots of articulation.
Stupid looking photographer.

Brian B

1966 Bat-Sticker Set

This is the newest "Bat" item that I have added to my collection.
An unopened set of Bat-Stickers from 1966.

The stickers are 3 7/8 x 3 5/8 in size and there are five different stickers.
At least that is what the packaging says. I haven't opened it and I don't plan on opening them to see how many there really are.


The colors are still crazy bright. Day-glow colors do not have a long bright life so to speak.
They normally dull after a couple of years. So I am curious to how they are printed.
Since they are still in plastic it is hard to tell if they are silk screened or offset printed.

I would like to know what other colors are included in the set but I don't want to open the package, so it remains a mystery to me.

I only paid $6 dollars for them and a quick web-search shows that I did pretty well for that price.
Which means that I am kicking myself for not buying the other set that the guy had for sale. Doh!


It is nice to know you can still find some vintage Bat-related items for under $10 dollars.

I think it looks pretty good on the Bat-shelf!

Michael Keaton

Adam West

Watching Batman in 1966

Me watching Batman in 1966.

Brian B

Did you get one of these in the nineties for your birthday?

I did and my son did too.
I don't know where mine went but I did find one of my sons that I kept.

Here is a side view of the card.

These were great.
They had amazing detail in the die cut and I count 12 levels of depth in the card.

They had all kinds of them but Batman was the best.

Seems like I remember two different Batman cards but I can't remember for sure.


You can see a bigger version HERE.

Brian B

Batman Megos!

In the early 1970s, a toy company named Mego produced the first-ever Batman action figures. I've covered many of these great toys on sister-site, Yesterville Toy Room. However, I thought that Batman Megos might be something that readers of this blog might be interested in, as well.

So, in the spirit of lazyness and sharing, I've added links to all the posts about Mego Batman figures on Yesterville. I'm sure some of you have already seen these. If you haven't, here are the links:

BATMAN

ROBIN

JOKER

RIDDLER

PENGUIN

BATMOBILE

Batman 3D!

This post combines two things that I love, Batman and 3D.
This is a Starlog magazine that I have from 1992 which features a ton of things on Batman Returns. I will post some of those things later but for now I want to focus on the 3D pictures that were included.

Starlog included four pages of a comic book entitled "Batman 3-D".
Sadly I have not found a copy of this book yet to place into my collection.

The article says the book includes artists like Dave Gibbons (Watchmen), Barry Windsor Smith (Conan the Barbarian) and George Perez (Teen Titans).

The 3D is done by Ray Zone and he is the master of 3D anaglyphs.


A year earlier Mr. Zone did a 3D comic book for The Rocketeer, which I own, and it is awesome 3D. Not only does it have 3D pictures but dimensional sound too called binaural.
That is the Rocketeer this is BATMAN!


So dig out your "Sherk 3D" or "Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D" DVDs and pull out the red-blue glasses that came with them so you can view these amazing samples.

Caution! The newer 3D movies like Coraline and Monsters vs Aliens use a different color lens glasses for their 3D process.

Brian B

Batman Jibbitz

Batman: The Jibbitz!

I didn't even know the thing was called a Jibbitz until today.
A Jibbitz is a doodad that sticks in the holes of your Crocs kinda like a charm on a bracelet.
Crocs are the foamy bright color shoes that everyone wore last year.

I never owned a pair of Crocs but I did spent $3 on this guy anyway.

He might look big here but he is tiny.
As a matter of fact this guy is one of the smallest Bat items that I have in my collection.

As small as he is he still has amazing detail. How could I have passed him up?

He has a little button type thing on his back that would snap into my Crocs, if I owned any.



He maybe small but he is full of cool and Carl and Russel seem impressed by him.

Brian B