Jazzinc 1/6 Batman 1989 Batmobile

[MarkKing]

With the US economy being such a wreck, no matter how the government lies it is, I had to skip this and Batwing. I "settled" for the Hot Toys.

Hard to spend over 1k on anything. I am also skipping InArt Joker. They can keep the figures and I will keep my 2k.

I worry about committing then not being able to afford.

Much Like Hasbro and McFarlane, I think there is a big bubble waiting to burst in the collecting game soon.

 

[Berry The Music Man]

With the US economy being such a wreck, no matter how the government lies it is, I had to skip this and Batwing. I "settled" for the Hot Toys.

Hard to spend over 1k on anything. I am also skipping InArt Joker. They can keep the figures and I will keep my 2k.

I worry about committing then not being able to afford.

Much Like Hasbro and McFarlane, I think there is a big bubble waiting to burst in the collecting game soon.

Sad but true !

 

[BigWayne]

That was fast, waitlist converted.

Does that mean someone lost $300 in NFD or was the deposit not required during open preorders?

As of January 22, the NRD went up to $300, so those people who didn’t have that much paid in had to either have at least the NRD paid, or cancel. It also was the last opportunity for those that wanted out to actually get out without losing a large NRD. It sounds like there were a good number of people that weren’t prepared to continue, so their production slots became available.

Clearly, our economy isn’t something that many people are comfortable with, so it makes sense that there would be some cancellations due to responsible adults making adult decisions for their future and that of their families. I also think there was a good number of people that ordered based on emotion and recognized they might be in trouble when the NRD became significant.

In any case, it worked out for those on the waitlist, and those who wanted out with just a minimal loss (I think it was $100) were able to do so. No wrong decisions here, just a bit of a reshuffling. Hopefully, the net number of vehicles ordered will not decrease significantly and Joost will be able to sell what he expected.

Looking forward to getting mine

 

[Captain Clown]

My waitlist converted!

 

[LJK1219]

I have this on order. However I was a little behind on my payments. I’d paid $700 so far and then I get this email saying

“You can always adjust the amount you wish to pay by typing a customized amount into the “Amount” field. If you need to skip this month due to financial reasons, we understand. But please note that if you miss more than 3 consecutive monthly payments, your order may be subject to cancellation. So, please always let us know if there is any way we can support you with your payment plan.”

Now if I had paid only $100 NRD and knew I was gonna have to quickly add another $200, THEN have to play catch up to not be 3 months behind . That would scare me into canceling. And I get they may work with you on your payment plan but who needs that stress/pressure in their lives

 

[MarkKing]

I love JazzInc and Joost.

Got my Bats 66 and now holding back on everything. I see the economy and my job is in jepordy. I hate to rant, but my city is a sanctuary, I am against it all, and they said my job maybe gone due to budgets and the "new comers."

Just be careful everyone in their spending and their hobbies. At any point it can all end due to world issues. Just a heads up about it all for those who are still in the dark.

 

[Captain Clown]

How much is JazzInc’s shipping typically within the US? Anyone have any estimates for this thing?

 

[MarkKing]

I think like 200-300 or so USD.

It depends on location

 

[LJK1219]

Rereading it because I misunderstood it. ”consecutive”. I guess u can still skip payments here and there. Just not 3 straight months. My bad

 

[Nick D]

How much is JazzInc’s shipping typically within the US? Anyone have any estimates for this thing?

$250 for this.

 

[a-dev]

It's a surprising amount of leeway they're giving for slow/non-payment, pretty good of them I would say.

 

[Mr Christopher]

Rereading it because I misunderstood it. ”consecutive”. I guess u can still skip payments here and there. Just not 3 straight months. My bad

If you miss a payment or two you get an email from Chiara checking in. Happened to me once ( I just forgot…honest).
They’re pretty reasonable human beings. I can only imagine someone would have to be ignoring their queries for Jazzinc to cancel the order and confiscate the deposit.

 

[BigWayne]

I love JazzInc and Joost.

Got my Bats 66 and now holding back on everything. I see the economy and my job is in jepordy. I hate to rant, but my city is a sanctuary, I am against it all, and they said my job maybe gone due to budgets and the "new comers."

Just be careful everyone in their spending and their hobbies. At any point it can all end due to world issues. Just a heads up about it all for those who are still in the dark.

Sorry to hear about your job. That actually happened to me during covid. It’s nothing I’d ever wish on anyone, but it certainly makes you realize what’s important and what you can do without. Toys aren’t even on the list.

I’m hoping for the best for you, so just keep on doing what you can do.

 

[JazzInc]

@JazzInc , do you have any plans to have a Jazzinc remote control instead of generic white remote (for the lights and engine features) ? It doesn’t need to be exclusive for 1989 (although I wouldn’t mind having an exclusive one too, haha), maybe a more stylish controller that we can display together with our vehicles. Prob the same controller can be used for future products that needs remote controllers as well.

Sorry. No plans for that. The cost for tooling production and custom electronics in the remote would’ve made a lot of other upgrades impossible

 

[DiFabio]

Sorry. No plans for that. The cost for tooling production and custom electronics in the remote would’ve made a lot of other upgrades impossible

What about the suit vault/armory and Batcomputer? Could you see yourself making those?

 

[sabin23]

How is the JazzInc Batmobile production compared to how a Hot Toys vehicle sells in terms of total units?

Joost mentioned today they are making 2,400 units. And I think he mentioned the 1989 Batmobile is one of their best sellers in the history of JazzInc.

 

[BigWayne]

How is the JazzInc Batmobile production compared to how a Hot Toys vehicle sells in terms of total units?

Joost mentioned today they are making 2,400 units. And I think he mentioned the 1989 Batmobile is one of their best sellers in the history of JazzInc.

I think I recall him saying that they produce less than 10% of what a company like HT does.

Still, when you consider his company size, and that he has multiple concurrent production runs going on, a single run for 2400 vehicles is pretty impressive. Now there's a guy who earns his vacation

 

[sabin23]

I think I recall him saying that they produce less than 10% of what a company like HT does.

Still, when you consider his company size, and that he has multiple concurrent production runs going on, a single run for 2400 vehicles is pretty impressive. Now there's a guy who earns his vacation

Batmobile 89 is the anomaly, correct?

You mentioned JazzInc produces 10% (of Hot Toys) - if this applies to Batmobile 89, then Hot Toys is pumping out 24,000 vehicles.

Which I highly doubt. That is better than the total sales for most Hot Toys Iron Man figures.

Regardless, I’m happy for all of Joost’s success and how he’s gotten a greater spotlight with the official DC license and Adam Savage exposure.

 

[BigWayne]

To be clear, he said less than 10%, and I believe he was talking about total vehicle production, not anything specific to any particular run, so I don't know that number really equates to the HT 89 production. We'll probably never know. The way I understood his comments was that if, as an example, he makes 200 1989's, 100 1966's and 150 Bvs the total is 450, which is less than 10% of whatever HT makes for their vehicles collectively, not to any corresponding vehicle. Again, I'm not 100% certain. I believe his point was that he's a small fish in that market pond, which is pretty obvious.

I've never heard Joost ever indicate a specific edition size on one of his products, so I'm very surprised that the 2400 number was even disclosed. Even the numbered edition plates are "number xx", rather than "number xx of yy". Are you sure that number was specific to the 89 or was he talking about another collective total, like how many batmobiles they are making this year? In his video today about the 95 batmobile, he said "less than 500 units", so that was still consistent with not disclosing the actual edition size.

 

[sabin23]

I've never heard Joost ever indicate a specific edition size on one of his products, so I'm very surprised that the 2400 number was even disclosed. Even the numbered edition plates are "number xx", rather than "number xx of yy". Are you sure that number was specific to the 89 or was he talking about another collective total, like how many batmobiles they are making this year? In his video today about the 95 batmobile, he said "less than 500 units", so that was still consistent with not disclosing the actual edition size.

It was a range (+ or - 100) but not necessarily exactly 2,400; however, that total was specific to Batmobile 89.

If you look in the comments section of the 89 Batmobile product page on JazzInc, Casey Cowsert asked (today) what the final edition size was and Joost (or one of his representatives) replied within an hour and said 2,300 - 2,400 units - cropped screenshot is below.

Not sure if that total accounts for extra units to replace defective or returned vehicles - i forget exactly what Joost said in a past live stream about the industry standard failure rate and how they account for a certain % (he said JazzInc was under that accepted standard).

I believe the discussion was about Batmobile 66 because there was a dialogue with SixthScale Mafia about collectors waiting to purchase in later batches when the kinks were supposedly ironed out. Joost attempted to dispel that theory.

I don’t check the product page often but I must of signed up for notifications because I receive an email update whenever someone posts a comment .