1/8 Batmobile Mego scaled from Fanhome

[Lou Szabo]

So my math came out differently
There are 21 packages, and a total of 116 assembly stages.. each stages has a $2.40 shipping/handling charge. Without taxes, but including the binders and shipping the total is $1,906.17. Just the 116 stages are $1,582. Also, if this is monthly, you are looking at 9 years and 8 months. It’s in a spreadsheet, so if you want a copy, PM me.

[SprangFan]

To each his own, but for me spending two grand on a Batmobile to carry Mego figures is like buying a solid gold picture frame to display "Dogs Playing Poker."

[Lou Szabo]

My favorite work of art

[BATWINGED HORNET]

To each his own, but for me spending two grand on a Batmobile to carry Mego figures is like buying a solid gold picture frame to display "Dogs Playing Poker."

Well put!

I agree that a screen-accurate Batmobile is utterly out of place with any 8-inch figure, whether its the original or new Megos, or FTC. 8-inch figures are built in a way that pulls them over to the pure toy zone, rather being high-end figures capturing the likeness and essence of live action characters. At best, perhaps DC Direct's early 2000s Silver Age box set of Batman and Robin would be passable in this car, if not for their 6-inch scale.

[AndyFish]

Great points-- even with FTC's 66 Batman figures-- you're not talking "screen accurate". It's funny how things play out-- when I was a kid I played with my Mego Batman and Robin figures and to me they WERE Adam and Burt-- I would have loved the FTC versions back then (or so I thought), but when those came out I just felt like they were okay-- I still prefer the classic 70s versions. And that goes for the old Mego Batmobile. I have one of FTC's red ones and its a favorite.

[Lou Szabo]

And yet Mezco is doing just such a Batman.

[AndyFish]

Has this been announced, Lou?

[Yellow Oval]

Great points-- even with FTC's 66 Batman figures-- you're not talking "screen accurate". It's funny how things play out-- when I was a kid I played with my Mego Batman and Robin figures and to me they WERE Adam and Burt-- I would have loved the FTC versions back then (or so I thought), but when those came out I just felt like they were okay-- I still prefer the classic 70s versions. And that goes for the old Mego Batmobile. I have one of FTC's red ones and its a favorite.

I remember getting my first-line produced Mego Batman with removable mask at the K-Mart in Farmington Hills just outside Detroit back in '72. For me, the figure represented the Batman of all the Neal Adams and Dick Giordano comics I was devouring at the time.

[AndyFish]

Yeah me too-- the removable cowl version looked far more serious than the painted head one did. I always saw the original as straight from the comics of the day-- and the painted head with his smile was Adam West.

[Ben Bentley]

And yet Mezco is doing just such a Batman.

Has this been announced, Lou?

I *think* Lou might be referring to the upcoming Beast Kingdom 1/8th figures. I think these would look great in the FanHome car.



Here's that thread: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8550

[AndyFish]

Yup forgot about those.
DAH Quality is a little bit of an issue-- the Blue Dark Knight Batman was at a local comic shop and the fabric and stitching was a little rough. I know they've done a bunch of figures since, I haven't seen any of them in person.

[Lou Szabo]

Some folks on FB corrected my timeline, reducing the delivery schedule to just over 2 years. Cost is still the same, but some months will see multiple deliveries.

[Lou Szabo]

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That “Dashboard” is really detailed

[BiffPow]

That “Dashboard” is really detailed

[Lou Szabo]

Someone on FB will be documenting the build. He estimates 20 months to get all the parts

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