We post 2 Brand-New FREE Desktop Background Wallpapers here at the Bat-Blog every Wednesday. This week I thought I would go with a "Batmobile Theme". The 1st graphic is a piece of Concept Art done by Corgi for the "Turbo 2000" Batmobile diecast toy car they made. The 2nd wallpaper is a graphic of Batman & Robin zooming away in the 1966 Batmobile. It's from a graphic used on one of their 60's toy packaging designs. Please feel free to use these in a MySpace layout or on your Facebook & Yuwie pages. Hope you like them. Is there a specific kind of Batman Wallpaper you wanna see? Then let us know by placing a comment below.
To celebrate the holidays we thought we would give a loyal Bat-Blog Reader the chance to win a Mattel™ Hot Wheels 1966 Batmobile, Sealed, Mint on Original Card!! The only thing we ask is that if you already have one please don't enter so we give the chance to own one to somebody who has not been able to find one yet. Yeah, it's scary, we gotta rely on "human decency" here, ha ha! It's just that we know a lot of people have had troubles trying to find it & we want to reward them. This is what ya gotta do to enter. Just e-mail us your full name/address & please put "BATMOBILE CONTEST" in the title. Only send this info ONCE! The deadline is December 15th, 2007 @ 11:00 PM, Central Time. At that time we will place all the names in a jar, shake 'em up real good, & pick a winner at random!! Winner to be announced here on December 16th. ( Oh yeah, for legal reasons we gotta state that this contest is not associated with Mattel™ in any way ).
CONTEST RULES:
- The contest is open to the general public as well as anyone currently reading the BAT-BLOG on a daily basis. Employees of the Bat-Blog and employees' immediate family members and persons with whom such employees are domiciled are excluded from this contest.
- The prize is not redeemable in cash and must be accepted as awarded.
- Decisions of the contest judges are final - no substitutions will be available.
- By claiming the prize, the winner authorizes the use, without additional compensation of his or her name and/or likeness and/or voice/photograph and municipality of residence for promotion and/or advertising purposes in any manner and in any medium (including without limitation, radio broadcasts, newspapers and other publications and in television or film releases, slides, videotape, distribution over the internet and picture date storage) which Bat-Blog may deem appropriate.
- In accepting the prize, the winner, and any reader(s), acknowledges that the Bat-Blog may not be held liable for any loss, damages or injury associated with accepting or using this prize.
- The person whose name is drawn as being the winner of the specific prize will be required to send us their correct mailing information before the prize is awarded to them. Postage to be paid, free of charge, by the Bat-blog.
- Detailed contest rules applicable to this contest, including contest entry dates, how to enter, and prize value, number and any restrictions applicable to these prizes are available upon request by reading these Contest Rules, ha ha!
- The Bat-Blog retains the rights, in its absolute and sole discretion, to make substitutions of equivalent kind or approximate value in the event of the unavailability of any prize or component of the prize for any reason whatsoever.
- This contest is subject to all federal, provincial and municipal laws.
- The Bat-Blog reserves the right to withdraw or terminate this contest at any time without prior notice.
- Approximate value of prize varies.
- Contest open to loyal Bat-Blog Readers only.
- One entry per person.
Ya know, when it was 1st announced that Heath Ledger was gonna play The Joker in THE DARK KNIGHT a lot of people were very skeptical. He seemed like a strange choice & he always played sort of a "nice guy". Also, He had just played a famous role as a gay cowboy in a popular movie called Brokeback Mountain. Well, some super-talented photoshop artist made this really funny Batman Parody movie poster, ha ha ha! Now, after seeing all the publicity photos of Heath as The Joker, I think he's gonna be great! ( I trust Nolan ).
Ok, this next photo is not photoshopped, it's real! It's a screen shot of an ABC 7 News Report video. What happened was in Los Angeles, in front of the Grauman's Chinese Theature, there are people who dress up as TV, Movie, & pop culture characters to pose with tourists. That day there were some local union workers picketing & according to a quote by the LAPD here's what happened, "Batman reportedly insisted on using a portable toilet that was rented by local union workers who were picketing a local business on the boulevard. An argument between the performer and some of the picketers escalated, whereupon Batman proceeded to remove his cape and assume an aggressive posture, taunting the picketers and appearing to pick a fight. Another street performer dressed as Chewbacca came along and Batman apprised him of the situation. Chewbacca then removed his head-mask and confronted the picketers as well". Oh yeah! Batman & Chewbacca kickin' butt & takin' names, ha ha! Only in Hollywood!
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Please put the JOKER Banner ( The Dark Knight Movie )
seen below on your MySpace Layout, Blog, or Website!!
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Wizard Magazine will be coming out with a Special "Mega Movie" issue that will feature an Exclusive Interview with Heath Ledger as The Joker from the new 2008 Batman movie, The Dark Knight. Look for it soon! Also, be sure to click on the picture up above for a super-HUGE photo!
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Please put the JOKER Banner ( The Dark Knight Movie )
seen below on your MySpace Layout, Blog, or Website!!
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OK, Here's some photos you can use to compare the old Vintage 60's Thunderjet Aurora HO Scale Slot Car of the 1966 Batmobile ( TV Show ) with the brand-new version by Playing Mantis. About a year or two ago a company called Playing Mantis ( they make the new Johnny Lightning cars ) made a few different versions of a 1960's style Batmobile slot car. It was a part of their Thunderjet 500 series. They are also HO Scale. These are kinda common on eBay & you can find one "Mint-In-The-Box" for about $15.00 to $20.00. I'm gonna try to win one soon because they're so cool! The blue one sort of reminds me a little of the Superpowers Batmobile that Kenner made in the 1980's. Now, Out of the 2 different colors avaliable which one do you like better? The BLACK one or BLUE one? Please COMMENT below.
Our friend Jordan sent us this very cool 1966 Batmobile photo. He wrote,"Here in Long Island, NY, there was a classic car/motorcycle show last weekend, and I snapped a pic of this Batmobile replica (from the TV series). That's my 'dream car'! A local car wash company rented it for the weekend, as a promotion to get people to come to their booth. I hope your visitors will enjoy it!" Wow! Thanks Jordan, this car is amazing & we always love to see it again. Thanks for sending this very cool photo. I know my readers will really appreciate it! If any other readers have some cool pix then shoot us an e-mail. The "Send e-Mail" Button is on the left-side of this blog, near the top.
Here's some very funny photos sent in to us from a loyal Bat-Blog Reader named Gabe. He wrote, "I told you I was going to send you a couple picture of me in my Batman costume; well here they are. Hope you like them!" Ha Ha, Yeah Gabe, we love these, the costume is great! We also like your dramatic poses, funny. Thank you for sending them & we wanna invite ALL our other readers to do the same. It doesn't have to be a "Costume Pic", just anything related to Batman!
We post 2 Brand-New FREE Desktop Background Wallpapers here at the Bat-Blog every Wednesday. This week I thought I would go with a "Batmobile Theme". The 1st graphic is a piece of Concept Art done by Corgi for the "Turbo 2000" Batmobile diecast toy car they made. The 2nd wallpaper is a graphic of Batman & Robin zooming away in the 1966 Batmobile. It's from a graphic used on one of their 60's toy packaging designs. Please feel free to use these in a MySpace layout or on your Facebook & Yuwie pages. Hope you like them. Is there a specific kind of Batman Wallpaper you wanna see? Then let us know by placing a comment below.
