New Batmobile Models

[ClassicMotorNut]

Thought you might be interested to hear about a new partworks from Eaglemoss publications, the guys who brought you the James Bond car and magazine collection.
They have a new collection out now - the Batmobile collection. The first issue is already on sale and that focuses on the 1989 Batmobile from Batman: The Movie(priced at a very reasonable £2.99). The magazine is, erm, short. In fact it's about ten pages but in fairness there's only so much you can write about one Batmobile.

Contents
Front cover..........1
Introduction.........2
Background to film...3
Design of Batmobile..4,9
Batmobile stuff......5-8
Batman in 1989.......10,11

The content is reasonably informative, though.

The model is not of the best quality - I picked up the best one the newsagent had and when I got home the body had come apart from the chassis and the Batman figurine had broken apart from its feet. The body just seemed to clip back, which was okay, and I sorted Batman out with a bit of Humbrol.
It is very realistic and detailed though. The model is nicely accompanied by some scenery and there is a cardy-sort of thing that goes behind the Batmobile and shows a 3D image of the Joker's chemical factory exploding.

Issue 2 features the 1966 Batmobile and issue 3 comes with the tank-like thing (the Tumbler?) that Christian Bale drove.

Subscribers receive a magazine binder, a BAT-1 number plate, a model of the 1989 Batmobile in armoured mode and a model of the Batwing.

Here's the website: http://www.eaglemoss.com/batmobiles/

[fatboy69]

I bought the first one yesterday. Quite impressed with it although nowhere near as good as the James Bond Collection cars.

Doubt I'll buy anymore though.

I subscribe to the James Bond series - currently up to 136 models!!! The original plan was, I believe, to produce just 50 models, then it was increased to 100 & then to 125.......

Have asked them how many will eventually be produced. They won't commit themselves & I'm running out of space to store them!!!

[ClassicMotorNut]

I have since bought the second and third ones ('66 Batmobile and the Tumbler) and I think they're much better than the first one, but only in terms of the quality of the model.

[fatboy69]

Only got the first one so far as. Can't find anywhere that stocks them! WHSmith tell me that after the first issue they won't be stocking anymore & my local newsagent doesn't get them at all.

Only other places are Tesco & Sainsburys who don't stock these things anyway.

Emailed the distributors twice - so far they haven't responded so I guess I won't bother with the series.

[tbc]

fatboy69 said:

I bought the first one yesterday. Quite impressed with it although nowhere near as good as the James Bond Collection cars.

Doubt I'll buy anymore though.

I subscribe to the James Bond series - currently up to 136 models!!! The original plan was, I believe, to produce just 50 models, then it was increased to 100 & then to 125.......

Have asked them how many will eventually be produced. They won't commit themselves & I'm running out of space to store them!!!

is it not a case of 20 issues then you have to subscribe for the next 100 issues

I remember having the human body one when i was about 8, they stopped making them available in my local shop so my model had to do without eyes, liver, lungs

[clonmult]

ClassicMotorNut said:

I have since bought the second and third ones ('66 Batmobile and the Tumbler) and I think they're much better than the first one, but only in terms of the quality of the model.

The third one is already out? Sure thats early ...

I've got the first and second; the tumbler just does nothing for me. My sons absolutely love the first two. And the "magazines" that come with them are truly dire.

Saw a documentary on the batmobiles earlier - cracking viewing!

[fatboy69]

Second one, the original Batmobile, only hit the shops today. Bought it solely because it is the best Batman car IMO.

Can only assume that the third issue has been supplied to those who have subscribed as it hasn't been released to the shops yet.

Will not buy anymore as I have to get rid of my current model collection due to lack of space at home.

The James Bond Collection series has now ended with 134 models produced - I bought them all at £8.00 each so that's a lot of money 'invested' in one set of models. SWMBO hasn't yet sussed out just how many the JB collection consisted of.

[speedchick]

My son wanted to collect these, so I signed upto the subscription for it, we started it as issue 2, and got issues 2 and 3 delivered last week.

He is under strict instructions to leave the vehicles in the boxes and not mess with them!

[ClassicMotorNut]

clonmult said:

The third one is already out? Sure thats early ...

I've got the first and second; the tumbler just does nothing for me. My sons absolutely love the first two. And the "magazines" that come with them are truly dire.

Saw a documentary on the batmobiles earlier - cracking viewing!

Sorry, I meant I was going to buy the third one. No, the Tumbler doesn't go anything for me really, either, but they're good models and I'm thinking of subscribing. It'll be interesting when they start doing the Batmobiles from the comics. I also notice it's called Batman Automobilia, so maybe they'll go on to do the villains cars as well.

I agree with you about the magazines, but £9.99 is good for the models alone.

[Halb]

I so wanted to collect these, utterly forgot!!