Here's an awesome picture of the super-RARE "Batman SWITCH-N-GO" made by Mattel in 1966!! Look at that beautiful Batmobile Toy! I also love the graphics on the BOX. This toy is one of the holy grails of Bat-Collecting. I have only seen it one time in 20 years of hardcore hunting! I have gone to tons of local collectible toy shows here in Oklahoma, Kansas, Chicago, Texas, etc...I mean, the toy show I used to go to in Chicago was an international show that brought all the millionaire collectors from all over the world! That's where I saw it. A guy practically had a whole booth dedicated to just this one item, a total ego trip if you ask me, because he was asking an extremely high price! I think he knew no one would pay his stupid inflated price & I think he just wanted to show it off plus torture collectors with it. Those kinda "dealers" make me sick! I deal toys for a living & it's hard. Especially in today's world where every retired person, soccer mom, & anyone with a computer is an eBay "dealer"! To set-up at a show just to display stuff to torture people is kinda twisted! Needless to say, after the show, he took it home, happy to have crushed alot of people's dreams. Whew! Sorry to go off on a rant but it makes me mad thinkin' about it! ( As always, Click the Small Pic for a Bigger One! )
September 12, 2006
RARE TOY : 1966 Batman SWITCH-N-GO Mattel
Here's an awesome picture of the super-RARE "Batman SWITCH-N-GO" made by Mattel in 1966!! Look at that beautiful Batmobile Toy! I also love the graphics on the BOX. This toy is one of the holy grails of Bat-Collecting. I have only seen it one time in 20 years of hardcore hunting! I have gone to tons of local collectible toy shows here in Oklahoma, Kansas, Chicago, Texas, etc...I mean, the toy show I used to go to in Chicago was an international show that brought all the millionaire collectors from all over the world! That's where I saw it. A guy practically had a whole booth dedicated to just this one item, a total ego trip if you ask me, because he was asking an extremely high price! I think he knew no one would pay his stupid inflated price & I think he just wanted to show it off plus torture collectors with it. Those kinda "dealers" make me sick! I deal toys for a living & it's hard. Especially in today's world where every retired person, soccer mom, & anyone with a computer is an eBay "dealer"! To set-up at a show just to display stuff to torture people is kinda twisted! Needless to say, after the show, he took it home, happy to have crushed alot of people's dreams. Whew! Sorry to go off on a rant but it makes me mad thinkin' about it! ( As always, Click the Small Pic for a Bigger One! )
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You have to realize some "dealers" aren't there to make money. They just set up to show off their collection and meet other collectors. They aren't twisted. He probally values that piece of his collection as much as you covet it. So he sets a ridiculously high price just in case somebody is willing to pay much more than it is worth.
Lenny P is out of his tree!
It's a TOY SHOW, for buying and selling! Not a museum!
Does anyone know how much the Batmobile itself is worth? I have one and we really know nothing about it at all.
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