After having one I really don’t think it’s that must of a “have to have”
Thing that got me about it it was it looked cheap along side all the other vehicles.
Massive batman fan and it was an easy sell on for me that I don’t miss
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You are not a Batman fan if you think selling the 89 hot toys batmobile is a easy sell. One wonders why you even bought it in the first place...and it deosn't look cheap, anyone who has seen it in person knows that.
Anyone ever used any car plastic polish or any other type of polish on this? I would but it would only make the plastic shinier instead of matte/semi gloss. I would definitely treat the wheels though.
Even just the plastic rubbing in shipping caused some shiny spots on many of them so I would definitely avoid polishing it. A very light wet sand might make it more matte, but try an area out of sight first. I also wouldn't polish the wheels either, those probably need painted.
Ropen is right. The HT Batmobile is an hybrid of both film. The stock paint is not so mat, it is more a satin black close to the Returns vesion. But the rims are too bright, even for the 89 movie.
Even in 89, the rims appears sometimes dark or black.
If you protect well the entire car, it is not too difficult to repaint the wheels. But i understand that you can feel it is risky. But IMO it is a huge improvment.
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Ropen is right. The HT Batmobile is an hybrid of both film. The stock paint is not so mat, it is more a satin black close to the Returns vesion. But the rims are too bright, even for the 89 movie.
Even in 89, the rims appears sometimes dark or black.
If you protect well the entire car, it is not too difficult to repaint the wheels. But i understand that you can feel it is risky. But IMO it is a huge improvment.
mine:
I Still want that damn car so freaking bad
Just can't justify the price (or find anyone selling one in the UK for that matter)
Neil
I wasn’t sure about getting it for a month or so after it released due to the cost & then the shipping to the uk, but so glad I did.
It really is my grail piece.
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Yeah hard to advise you. Depends on your budget. Always hard to accept to pay the double or triple of the retail price.
But it’s right that it is a fantastic piece and when we see the HT commercial politic, it is a miracle that it saw the light of day.
Definitely something we won’t ever see again at this scale...
[...]If my serves I ordered this and cancelled it twice over before finally ordering it again and going through with it.
Moving it anywhere is a bit of a chore, getting it through doorways and so on. It's kind of ridiculously large. And you're terrified of scratching it by either banging it against something or your clothes rubbing off it. If there's any inkling of regret I have about buying it it's this awkwardness I brought upon myself. Part of me asks 'couldn't you have bought a smaller one to represent the '89 Batmobile in your collection?' But it was just one of those items I couldn't get out of my head. If memory serves I ordered this and cancelled it twice over before finally ordering it again and going through with it.
It is a beast of a thing. I freaking love it but it's *very* impractical. I went back and read through this thread when I got mine, and I remember reading The Saga of a-dev and his Batmobile.
I think I recall DiFabio had a helluva time with getting a pristine one.
I bet it is, would be mine too lol
Do you mind me asking...did you buy it at original release?
Can see JHS Toys still have it at a little under $1000 but that's just silly money
I think I got it a month or so after first release from goodshipped ( back when he could do a good deal )
But I mainly went for him because he inspected it for me & removed the armour shell & sent it separately.
He repackaged it in the box better than hot toys should of[emoji848]
So I got a completely scratch free version, which was my priority.
It cost me £600 including shipping and no custom fees to pay
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