Source: Scoop
Few television icons have endured as long a period of unrequited demand as the Batmobile that roared across the small screen in the popular Batman series from 1966 – 1968. Fans have clamored for decades for a quality replica model of the legendary vehicle but, other than a tiny diecast version from England’s Corgi and a plastic model kit from Aurora, which were both produced during the show’s original run over 40 years ago, their cries have gone virtually unheeded.
Until now.
Licensing entanglements and copyright battles between Warner Brothers and George Barris, designer/builder of the TV Batmobile, kept the much-demanded product in limbo, until fate stepped in, in the form of the 2003 TV movie “Back to the Batcave”, which told the behind-the-scenes story of the Batman series. The production required construction of a new Batmobile, and who better to build it than the creator of the original? New construction required a clean slate and a new contract, which included merchandising agreements. The decades-long stalemate was ended, and plans for the long awaited Batmobile scale replica at last took form.
New from Mattel, as part of their Hot Wheels line of diecast models, the 1966 TV Series Batmobile finally makes its long-anticipated debut. Produced in glossy black, with red and chrome accents, the Batmobile measures over 11” long, and comes in a full-color window box emblazoned with the Batman TV series logo.
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