December 7, 2007
Vintage Batman Toys & Memorabilia
I know we try to cover EVERYTHING Batman here but our main love is collecting the cool Vintage Batman Toys & Memorabilia. Here's a few examples: The 1st pic is of a BATMAN SHOOTING ARCADE made by AHI in the 1970's. The retro 70's graphics are really great! The 2nd item is quite RARE. It's a small tin license plate tag made for a bicycle & features cool graphics of The PENGUIN, made by Marx ©1966. You never really see this one. They made ones of Batman & Robin that are semi-common. If they did Penguin it makes me wonder if they did The Joker because he's a little more popular. We're always looking for photos of super-rare vintage Batman toys so if you have a few pieces in your personal toy collection that you would like to see here then please share them today! Our e-mail button is on the top left-hand side of this blog.
December 6, 2007
Awesome Photos: Batman Fan Supreme!
When I checked my e-mail this morning I was very pleasantly surprised to find these extremely excellent photos in my mailbox! An everyday reader of the Bat-Blog, named Daniel, send these very cool pix. He wrote, "My name's Daniel. I'm 18 years old and I'm from Skokie, IL. I love the site, I check it everyday. I know I have more Batman-related pictures around but these are the ones I was able to find for now. The first picture is my Halloween costume. Pretty sweet, huh? My momma made it for me. The second picture is the cake from the surprise Batman party my girlfriend threw me. Isn't she the best? The third picture is me playing with my band, "Dr. Kevorkian and the Volunteers". The guitar is my custom made Fender "Bat-o-Caster". I made it out of duct-tape, cardboard, and black paint. I hope to have a real one made one day!" Ha Ha Ha, WOW! Dude, these photos are really great, Thank You! Even though the Robin costume is homemade it's still pretty cool. Tell your mom "Good Job"! Speaking of "homemade" that cake is pretty sweet too! Mainly because the main ingredient is "LOVE", aaahhhh goo goo goo! Ha Ha, Just teasin' ya, a very cool cake & a cooler girlfriend, cute too. Ok, the last pic. I love the Bat-Symbol guitar & that would make an awesome custom guitar, ya gotta get one made! I also love the name of your band, "Dr. Kevorkian and the Volunteers"...that's hilarious! Well, these pics are very much appreciated & I know my readers will love them too, they're cool...Thanx again.
IMVU : Custom Avatar Batman Character Skins
The other day I saw a link to IMVU & was curious to see what it was all about. I've seen their ad banners a million times at places like MySpace. Anyway, what it is is sort-of an "Instant Message Social Network Site" where you create a little avatar character of yourself & go to virtual rooms to talk with friends or strangers. One of the things you do, when creating an avatar, is you pick out skin color, eye color, hair, etc...you can actually make one that really looks like you. They have all kinds of body types & different clothing. Well, it seems there's a lot of people really really into it & they get very creative about it. There are 3-D Graphic Artists who make special clothing you can buy. The stuff is pretty cheap, like 10 cents for shoes, that kinda thing. Anyway, there's a few people who have made a lot of "Cosplay-Type" costumes for your character that are Batman-related...very cool! You can see the examples above: Harley Quinn, Riddler, Batgirl, etc...I love these. I mean, I really love it when people get creative, that's cool.
Batman Toys: KILLER CROC Villain Character
The other day a loyal reader sent me a picture of an Original Animation Cel from Batman: The Animated Series. The picture was of KILLER CROC who you don't see that often. I mean, not like the Joker or Two-Face. Anyways, it got me to thinking about what kind of toys have been made of that character so I did a little research. Here's a few examples: Mattel™ made a Hot Wheels 2-Pack with a truck that has KillerCroc graphics. I think it came out in 2002. DC Direct made a set of Mini-Mates ( sort of like Lego figures ) of a Battle-Damaged Batman & KillerCroc. Mattel has made a few action figures that are very detailed & shown in 2 different pictures here. HeroClix made a very small game piece figure of him & in the last photo you can see that Lego made a game set called "The Bat-Boat Hunt For Killer Croc #7780"...sweet! Thank you Gary for sending us that pic, it really inspired me, ha ha! We want to invite other readers to do the same or just tell us what kinda toys you would like to see.
December 5, 2007
The Official DARK KNIGHT Batman Movie Poster!
According to the movie gossip web site AIN'T IT COOL NEWS here's a photo of the Official DARK KNIGHT Batman Movie Poster!! This is in response to a mini-contest held by the Dark Knight viral site "Whysoserious.com". You can click on the picture up above for a larger photo. Hmmm, so tell us what YOU think about it, please COMMENT below!
DC DIRECT: THE NEW FRONTIER Action Figures SERIES 2 BATMAN
DC Direct & DC Comics will be releasing THE NEW FRONTIER Series 2 Action Figures on December 11th, 2007. Look for these soon because they're gonna be awesome! The 2nd set includes Batman ( shown above & I seriously LOVE this figure! ), The Flash, Martian Manhunter, and Dr. Fate. They will each have multiple points of articulation and a display base. Also, the original comic book artist, Darwyn Cooke, designed the figures so they will be extremely accurate to his concept. For more info visit the Official DC: THE NEW FRONTIER page.
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