greatlakes6
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I honestly don't think they're going to make vehicles of any kind anymore. The BTTF2 Delorean doesn't seem to be happening, we never got or heard anything about batfleck's batmobile. I just don't think they're going to bother at this point.
At this point I think the only hope for a '66 Batmobile would be a super expensive custom or someone else getting the license. I would love to see '66 Batman go to Blitzway. I have the Ghostbusters car on PO, which will likely be my last 1/6 vehicle. Would be great to see a company step in and offer Batgirl (with cycle), Joker, Riddler, Penguin, and Julie Newmar Catwoman. Unfortunately, I doubt there's enough money in it to justify otherwise HT would still be pumping out figures for the line.
I don't know how specifically the licensing works, if there is an all encompassing batman license or terms specifically relating to '66, but I doubt they would ever give it up. Maybe they think the Batman and Robin figures didn't do well enough to bother continuing with the line now, but maybe down the line there will be some kind of resurgence. I'm sure they would hate to not have the license then if it happened.
Not to stoke the fires of this thing any further buuuuuuut.....
Apparently a Batmobile resembling this one has been spotted on set for THE JOKER starring Joaquin Phoenix. IF it isn't just an Easter Egg of some sorts it might be an avenue for a version of this to be released.
As much as I want a 1/6 66 Batmobile, if this is true, it's a horrible idea. A prequel Joker movie is a terrible idea in the first place, as the mysterious origins of the Joker is one of the things that make him such a compelling villain. So to also have Thomas Wayne being alive, and also using a classic, iconic vehicle that is well known from a previous Batman show (that is a wildly different tone than all the current DC films), WB is once again setting the film up for failure. I'm willing to bet that one of the producers, who ONLY knows Batman from the 60's show, thought "let's get the classic Batmobile. It'll be awesome, and will be a great nod to the fans".
Prequel films/shows/comics are the fastest way to ruin any character. No one needed to see what Vader (or Boba Fett) was like as a child, or how Han met Chewie, or how the Duke boys acquired the General Lee, or what Wolverine's real name and family were like, or what Hannibal Lector was like as a teenager (or Leatherface for that matter), or what life was like on Krypton before it exploded, etc., etc., etc....
And PLUS - whenever they use an older design for a newer movie, they always change it a little bit (ie. A-Team van in the movie).
I don't want a Joker film '66 Batmobile. I want one that is accurate to either the '66 movie, or the 60's tv show.
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