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Re: Hot Toys Batman 1989: 1/6th scale Batmobile Collectible Vehicle - Specs & Pics

OK now we need a case that is 40"+ x 40"+ to allow the bloody car to spin 360 inside :horror

GooD DANG I think I need a Keaton to sit inside afterall?!
 
Re: Hot Toys Batman 1989: 1/6th scale Batmobile Collectible Vehicle - Specs & Pics

Stronger. :lecture

It can even absorb Vicky Vale seat farts and Penguin remote control hacking and driving.

Forget Tony Stark, Penguin was doing remote control driving before it was cool to do it. :rotfl

Yeah, small arms fire bounces off the bulletproof windshield, traditionally the most vulnerable part of a car (besides the tires) and it drives through an exploding chemical factory without melting. Then in the next film deals with a traffic jam and pursuing cop cars like they're made out of cardboard.

The car is pretty hard to kill in that Burton universe.

Um, so what exactly are the shields for again? Kinda superfluous in the world of the films.
 
Re: Hot Toys Batman 1989: 1/6th scale Batmobile Collectible Vehicle - Specs & Pics

Yeah, small arms fire bounces off the bulletproof windshield, traditionally the most vulnerable part of a car (besides the tires) and it drives through an exploding chemical factory without melting. Then in the next film deals with a traffic jam and pursuing cop cars like they're made out of cardboard.

The car is pretty hard to kill in that Burton universe.

Um, so what exactly are the shields for again? Kinda superfluous in the world of the films.

It wont die!!! :panic:
 
Re: Hot Toys Batman 1989: 1/6th scale Batmobile Collectible Vehicle - Specs & Pics

Well, I just called my store and paid for it . Rather not have a couple $600 + payments looming.

I get some bad news though, spoke to Alter Ego comics and its appears this will be shipped in waves. Marc said multiple waves, so I expect this one to arrive like the dx 12 did.

Just sent BBTS an email to find out if they're doing the same. If you order from SS at this point it's unknown when your order will get fulfilled...
 
Re: Hot Toys Batman 1989: 1/6th scale Batmobile Collectible Vehicle - Specs & Pics

In the original script and storyboards, The Batmobile was originally supposed to take a brutal beating coming out of the factory, even getting destroyed in one of the drafts. That's why Batman takes the Batwing.


I would have had a sad. :(




Batman-Page16Storyboard2.jpg




INT. ACE CHEMICAL - THAT MOMENT - NIGHT

The BATMOBILE cruises through the flaming wreckage and
SKIDS TO A HALT on the refinery floor. The JOKER'S MEN are
everywhere. They take one look at the BATMOBILE, PANIC, and
PELT THE CAR with a barrage of MACHINE-GUN FIRE.

CRACKS begin to spread across the Batmobile's plexiglass
dome. Within moments, the windshield SHATTERS -- and
COLLAPSES ALTOGETHER.

INT. BATMOBILE - THAT MOMENT

BULLETS rip through the upholstered passenger seats. It
doesn't matter. The car is empty. No one's driving.

TRACK IN on the computer console -- where a familiar tinny
voice calmly repeats its pre-programmed command:

COMPUTER
... Detonate.

A beat. Then: BLAM.


EXT. AXIS CHEMICAL - ANOTHER ANGLE

Debris and dust fall to earth. The building is devas-
tated. Flattened. Nothing could have lived through the
blast. A BEAT. SILENCE. Suddenly from within the
burned rubble -- A RUMBLE.

CLOSER - ON DEBRIS

Something stirs, lifts, moves up and then out, struggling slowly,
the Batmobile pulls itself out of the debris.

EXT. AXIS CHEMICAL - NIGHT

BATMOBILE drives up to the gate. From out of the dark-
ness Batman steps and pats it on the fender. It CHUGS.
 
Re: Hot Toys Batman 1989: 1/6th scale Batmobile Collectible Vehicle - Specs & Pics

If there's a three foot diameter lazy susan out there it would be perfect. That and the mansion I was planning to buy. This thing screams "Lives of the Rich and Nerdy" and I love it.
 
Re: Hot Toys Batman 1989: 1/6th scale Batmobile Collectible Vehicle - Specs & Pics

In the original script and storyboards, The Batmobile was originally supposed to take a brutal beating coming out of the factory, even getting destroyed in one of the drafts. That's why Batman takes the Batwing.


I would have had a sad. :(




Batman-Page16Storyboard2.jpg




INT. ACE CHEMICAL - THAT MOMENT - NIGHT

The BATMOBILE cruises through the flaming wreckage and
SKIDS TO A HALT on the refinery floor. The JOKER'S MEN are
everywhere. They take one look at the BATMOBILE, PANIC, and
PELT THE CAR with a barrage of MACHINE-GUN FIRE.

CRACKS begin to spread across the Batmobile's plexiglass
dome. Within moments, the windshield SHATTERS -- and
COLLAPSES ALTOGETHER.

INT. BATMOBILE - THAT MOMENT

BULLETS rip through the upholstered passenger seats. It
doesn't matter. The car is empty. No one's driving.

TRACK IN on the computer console -- where a familiar tinny
voice calmly repeats its pre-programmed command:

COMPUTER
... Detonate.

A beat. Then: BLAM.


EXT. AXIS CHEMICAL - ANOTHER ANGLE

Debris and dust fall to earth. The building is devas-
tated. Flattened. Nothing could have lived through the
blast. A BEAT. SILENCE. Suddenly from within the
burned rubble -- A RUMBLE.

CLOSER - ON DEBRIS

Something stirs, lifts, moves up and then out, struggling slowly,
the Batmobile pulls itself out of the debris.

EXT. AXIS CHEMICAL - NIGHT

BATMOBILE drives up to the gate. From out of the dark-
ness Batman steps and pats it on the fender. It CHUGS.

Nice. Thanks for that DiFabio. :hi5: So basically, in the original version of the script, Batman forgot to use bulletproof glass for the windshield. Besides that vulnerability, the car seems to be "struggling", but still drives itself out of an explosion...an explosion that I might add, that in this version of the script, goes off while it is NOT armored by the shields.

Question remains...what are the shields for?
 
Re: Hot Toys Batman 1989: 1/6th scale Batmobile Collectible Vehicle - Specs & Pics

Nice. Thanks for that DiFabio. :hi5: So basically, in the original version of the script, Batman forgot to use bulletproof glass for the windshield. Besides that vulnerability, the car seems to be "struggling", but still drives itself out of an explosion...an explosion that I might add, that in this version of the script, goes off while it is NOT armored by the shields.

Question remains...what are the shields for?

I just like that Batman pats the Batmobile. :rotfl
 
Re: Hot Toys Batman 1989: 1/6th scale Batmobile Collectible Vehicle - Specs & Pics

Nice. Thanks for that DiFabio. :hi5: So basically, in the original version of the script, Batman forgot to use bulletproof glass for the windshield. Besides that vulnerability, the car seems to be "struggling", but still drives itself out of an explosion...an explosion that I might add, that in this version of the script, goes off while it is NOT armored by the shields.

Question remains...what are the shields for?




Well, the first half of that the Batmobile doesn't come back, it blows up in the destruction and "dies". :monkey2

The second half of the post, it's beaten to hell and back after the incident. That was one of the later revisions.



I have no idea why the shields were incorporated other than being used as a security/containment device for when the middle of the street is blocked by the Gotham police, construction workers and bulldozer. Essentially, it's purpose was to keep the cops and bystanders from towing/disassembling/breaking into it while they were on the run.

I'm guessing when it came to the Axis Chemicals destruction scene (or "Ace" as it's called in the script) they were thinking, "hey, let's not destroy this thing, we have that armor from the first half of the film, let's use that". There's also the fact that they only made ONE Batmobile for the first film. I'd reckon they wouldn't want to mess it up but needed a plausible explanation for how it could possibly survive that explosion. The cocoon fits the bill.

As far as the logic of the cocoon shield armor goes, on one hand I don't really like it. It seems a little ridiculous and I still have no clue where those plates even come from. On the other, I love the "idea" and Batman's cool remote and his composed "shields", "stop lines. The stop motion effects for it are also really nice and I really like the look of it. It's one of those things I'm split on.
 
Re: Hot Toys Batman 1989: 1/6th scale Batmobile Collectible Vehicle - Specs & Pics

:rotfl:rotfl:rotfl

teens can use it to play spin the batmobile. :horror

:lol

In the original script and storyboards, The Batmobile was originally supposed to take a brutal beating coming out of the factory, even getting destroyed in one of the drafts. That's why Batman takes the Batwing.


I would have had a sad. :(




Batman-Page16Storyboard2.jpg




INT. ACE CHEMICAL - THAT MOMENT - NIGHT

The BATMOBILE cruises through the flaming wreckage and
SKIDS TO A HALT on the refinery floor. The JOKER'S MEN are
everywhere. They take one look at the BATMOBILE, PANIC, and
PELT THE CAR with a barrage of MACHINE-GUN FIRE.

CRACKS begin to spread across the Batmobile's plexiglass
dome. Within moments, the windshield SHATTERS -- and
COLLAPSES ALTOGETHER.

INT. BATMOBILE - THAT MOMENT

BULLETS rip through the upholstered passenger seats. It
doesn't matter. The car is empty. No one's driving.

TRACK IN on the computer console -- where a familiar tinny
voice calmly repeats its pre-programmed command:

COMPUTER
... Detonate.

A beat. Then: BLAM.


EXT. AXIS CHEMICAL - ANOTHER ANGLE

Debris and dust fall to earth. The building is devas-
tated. Flattened. Nothing could have lived through the
blast. A BEAT. SILENCE. Suddenly from within the
burned rubble -- A RUMBLE.

CLOSER - ON DEBRIS

Something stirs, lifts, moves up and then out, struggling slowly,
the Batmobile pulls itself out of the debris.

EXT. AXIS CHEMICAL - NIGHT

BATMOBILE drives up to the gate. From out of the dark-
ness Batman steps and pats it on the fender. It CHUGS.

That would have been SUPERB. That sequence would have addressed three somewhat dubious aspects of the film in one fell swoop:

1. Batman's less than badass "squeamishness" about entering the chemical plant to destroy it himself. In the final cut a remote detonation was clearly unnecessary as the car emerged without a scratch. In the original draft he would have been simply wise and kind of a badass for sacrificing such an awesome vehicle to "do what must be done."

2. It would have explained a little more clearly why the "shields" were a benefit.

3. The following damage to the Batwing would have been consistent with the Batmobile instead of him having an invulnerable car and a bit of a lame duck of a plane. One of the biggest complaints about the film from the very beginning was how easy it was for the Joker to shoot down the Batwing after we see the impervious tech at Batman's disposal. That would have wiped that out.

BUT I will say this. It's nice to know that at least in the scripting stage they had all that in mind and I can now just take it as Burton looking at what would "make sense" or maintain consistency and saying, "I get that. His car should probably be wiped out or heavily damaged, it isn't invulnerable and neither is his plane but DAMMIT it will look so COOL to have it driving through all the explosions so I'm just going to end up going with that." It's a stylish enough movie that I think he got to make that call without it being that big a deal. I would have preferred the scene as it was originally written but I'm a lot more "okay" with how it turned out knowing how it evolved.

Thanks for sharing DiFabio!
 
Re: Hot Toys Batman 1989: 1/6th scale Batmobile Collectible Vehicle - Specs & Pics

Yeah, the shield effect was always pretty cool. Seeing the stop motion animation and hearing those transformer-y like machine sounds when it armors up and down. I try not too take it too seriously either, but even as a kid I wondered where the plates came out of. I kind of assumed they were all stacked in that gap above the canopy.

The "dumpster" shields in B:TAS were a pretty cool idea, and probably would be only slightly less impractical. Definitely less conspicuous. But I guess when Batman and Vicky leave the Batmobile in the middle of a crowd of witnesses on a busy public street instead of in a dark alley, being inconspicuous is the least of his concerns.
 
Re: Hot Toys Batman 1989: 1/6th scale Batmobile Collectible Vehicle - Specs & Pics

Yeah, the shield effect was always pretty cool. Seeing the stop motion animation and hearing those transformer-y like machine sounds when it armors up and down.

I always thought the shields sounded kind of like ALIENS power loaders. :yess:
 
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Re: Hot Toys Batman 1989: 1/6th scale Batmobile Collectible Vehicle - Specs & Pics

Got this response from BBTS for what it's worth:

We are hoping to receive them all at once. However there are time we receive half one time and the rest at a later date. I can not say for sure how this one will go, but most likely all at once.
 
Re: Hot Toys Batman 1989: 1/6th scale Batmobile Collectible Vehicle - Specs & Pics

I always thought the shields sounded kind of ALIENS power loadery. :yess:

Haha, yeah that's true! Heck, maybe the shields are alien/advanced tech, and they're not stored in the car at all, but teleported into place when he needs them. :rotfl
 
Re: Hot Toys Batman 1989: 1/6th scale Batmobile Collectible Vehicle - Specs & Pics

Damn, I don't even have the space or the 89 batman but I'm so excited for this. All these pictures is making the wait just painful.
 
Re: Hot Toys Batman 1989: 1/6th scale Batmobile Collectible Vehicle - Specs & Pics

:lol



That would have been SUPERB. That sequence would have addressed three somewhat dubious aspects of the film in one fell swoop:

1. Batman's less than badass "squeamishness" about entering the chemical plant to destroy it himself. In the final cut a remote detonation was clearly unnecessary as the car emerged without a scratch. In the original draft he would have been simply wise and kind of a badass for sacrificing such an awesome vehicle to "do what must be done."

2. It would have explained a little more clearly why the "shields" were a benefit.

3. The following damage to the Batwing would have been consistent with the Batmobile instead of him having an invulnerable car and a bit of a lame duck of a plane. One of the biggest complaints about the film from the very beginning was how easy it was for the Joker to shoot down the Batwing after we see the impervious tech at Batman's disposal. That would have wiped that out.

BUT I will say this. It's nice to know that at least in the scripting stage they had all that in mind and I can now just take it as Burton looking at what would "make sense" or maintain consistency and saying, "I get that. His car should probably be wiped out or heavily damaged, it isn't invulnerable and neither is his plane but DAMMIT it will look so COOL to have it driving through all the explosions so I'm just going to end up going with that." It's a stylish enough movie that I think he got to make that call without it being that big a deal. I would have preferred the scene as it was originally written but I'm a lot more "okay" with how it turned out knowing how it evolved.

Thanks for sharing DiFabio!




No problem.

I don't know about other people, but I've always loved those little storyboards for films, especially ones that depict deleted scenes. The first two Terminator films had good ones, especially the Sarah Connor dream sequence.


Oh, and the Batwing getting shot down was actually cleared up in the script. Originally, the Joker's float contained anti-air craft (or vehicle) weapons that he had planned to use on Batman when he'd inevitably show up. He even had a line that was cut when he's up in the helicopter coaxing Batman, something like "I'm going to kill a thousand people, you ought to show up". Batman arriving and ultimately getting gunned down was part of his grand finale scheme.


I watched the commentary but it's never brought up. I always wondered why they didn't include that when they had it there on paper (and story boards). They even had boards and art work depicting Joker doing this crazy, madman jig avoiding the Batwing's fire power in the streets before unveiling his anniversary "surprise".

I just chalk it up as budget reasons (even though they clearly had that float). I guess his pistol shooting a shell was more effective than some big artillery sequence with effects for the float and his men. Also, I'm 90% positive Burton and Co. were inspired by PATTON for that scene too, which makes it work for me.




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Even with that scene I wondered how Patton could have possibly ran out into plain sight and take down a fighter plane with just a hand pistol.


Also, to be fair. I don't think the Joker actually takes down Batman. I see it as him hitting something that makes the cockpit smoke up and Batman can't see when handling the controls. I mean, we see it smoking up in the cockpit, maybe Batman just can't see where's he's going and hits the street. He had some difficulty pulling those balloons?

It has always bothered me, but it's sort of the same deal I have with the shields of the Batmobile where I'm split on it. Yeah, I question, "How does that work?" How does Batman miss him? How does that revolver take him down? That's dumb. But then on the other side of the coin, I love the idea that the Joker has some sort of "Joker luck" in that scene like in the comics where he lives though certain death situations. Even in his first appearance he "dies" but seemingly comes back. I love Nicholson's child like expression when the Batwing flies and he spins around in the frame like, "I did that?" and he's waiting for it to crash.

That and the whole build up of "c'mon on you gruesome son of a *****" and Batman looking intently behind the controls makes the scene "worth it" for me.
 
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Re: Hot Toys Batman 1989: 1/6th scale Batmobile Collectible Vehicle - Specs & Pics

It's easy to question where the shields come from and shooting down the batwing so easily but I mean look at Joker's gun. He pulls that thing out of his pants. :lol Its like 3-4 feet long. It sounds like a shotgun when he fires it. Batman also locks in and completely misses him. Just a little comic book magic here. :lol

[ame]https://youtu.be/DyA3BMltIUI[/ame]
 
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