For Fast Footed Crime Chasers

I would pay a month's wages to see Christian Bale in one of these in full bat regalia. I can already picture Ben Affleck...


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Atomic Peddles to Power!

I had the Jaguar as a wee one and it was dandy but I pretended it was the Batmobile....

Bump N Go Caped Crusaders

I'm pretty sure I had this as a kid, mostly because of the disappointing weird, chubby Batman and Robin figures that are at the drivers seat. As a kid, if you couldn't take the figures out of something, I had entirely no use for it. I was totally spoiled thanks to the good people at Fisher Price and Mego.

As an dult, I kind of think it's a wickedly cool toy, funny how that works...

The 1977 REMCO Toys Catalog

Remco's name was purchased in 1974 by Azrak Hamway, a successful manufacturer of rack toys. AHI used the Remco brand to sell a more upscale toy but one that still utilized the many licenses integral to their core business.

1977 saw the introduction of Mickey Mouse to the fold and more Superhero (especially Batman) related products which would eventually become the bread and butter of the company for the rest of the decade..

Thanks to Steve F. for these marvelous scans also a person with powers.click on the images for pages with descriptions:

THE 1977 REMCO TOYS CATALOG

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A double shot of AHI toys

This new addition to the AHI Batman Gallery was a gift from my friend Bill. I've stared at it for a long time before I realized it wasn't on the site. The card is just killer, I love that Batman.

To my surprise I won this Bendy Creature from the Black Lagoon with little to no struggle on Ebay. I think the Universal Monster Bend Ems are just about the coolest things ever, I mean look at this guy! Anyone got a Mummy for sale?

AHI Toy Galleries

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Adam West as Batman in 1985

Chris Curley sent in these great shots of then 57 year old Adam West still looking pretty darn good in his Batman gear. This is from a car show in Chicago, West must have been on a tour that year. Batman was being heavily syndicated and I remember him popping up in my own city around the same time.


The awesome TV Batmobile.

In about 3 years, West would no longer be allowed to wear the costume in public appearances.



Thanks a bunch for the great pics Chris!

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The 1981 Duncan Yo-Yo Catalog

Most people know Duncan from their Yo-Yo products which they still sell to this day but their 1981 catalog shows a company branching out into different things, mostly toy vehicles (such as 70s style vans) but also licensed items like the Batmobile.

Check out the 1981 Duncan Catalog here

Vintage Toy Ads: KIds Go Bats over Batman

I haven't done a vintage toy ad probably since I burned out during retro toy fair in February. This ad is sort of relevant to me as I recently made friends with a former Corgi sales rep, we were talking about the Batmobile and he said "Do you know how many of those we sold?" and it kind of dawned on me that every kid on my block (which was the whole wide world in 1975) had one, as if they were issued to us.

Anyway, Batman to Corgi was like a license to print money and I was told that if he put 144 units of bat stuff in a K-Mart, he expected it to be gone by his next visit. I'm nostalgic for these stories because it was my childhood, this fellow seemed more nostalgic for those kinds of sales numbers...

Turbines to Speed! Atomic Batteries to Power!

My buddy Scott sent me these wicked Sears Batman vehicles and it gives me the old "I'd have had a blast with these as a kid" thoughts.

Oddly I did have a ride on car very similiar to that Jaguar, which I pretended to be a Batmobile.