VINTAGE 1966 BATMAN AND ROBIN TOYS - Photo Reference

I just realized the other day that we have not posted any cool Vintage BATMAN Toys in awhile so here we go! SPOILER ALERT: These photos are gonna make you both drool and cry! First up is this Ultra-Rare 1960's ROBIN HAND PUPPET in the original packaging. It was made by Ideal Toys in 1966. This Puppet is kinda hard to find just "loose" but getting it "Mint in Box" is worthy of putting in a Toy Museum!




Next, is another RARE item and it's also kinda fun. This is a 1966 BATMAN AND ROBIN TOY PRIZE Header Card that showed what toy premiums you could win in a Gumball Vending Machine. Wow! They were only 10 cents! I know I would have begged my Mom for a Dime, or two, or three, ha!



Last, but not least, is an ultra super-rare BATMAN TOY that I have to admit, in 20+ years of extremely serious bat-collecting, I have never EVER seen before! This was on evil eBay awhile back and I almost cried when I saw it. It's an extremely weird toy, sort of a thin-plastic BAT-A-RANG on a string! It's shown here still in it's original box & the retro-style graphics are wonderful!! It sold for quite a bit and whoever owns it better take good care of it, ha!




OK, I hope you've enjoyed some of these cool toys. Do YOU have an ultra-rare bat-item or a piece you just completely love? If so, then please shoot us a photo today. Remember: Sharing the love of Collecting BATMAN is what the BAT-BLOG.COM is all about!!

BAT-BLOG BATMAN STATUE CONTEST WINNER!

Alright! Here's our official announcement for the lucky Bat-Blog Fan who won the latest Bat-Blog Contest that ended late last night, at midnight! But before we announce that we have got to thank our good friend, The BATFAN, for this wonderful donation. Without his generosity this contest could not have happened. So, many many thanks to him, he ROCKS! Now, for the winner of the BATMAN MINI-BUST STATUE, Mint in The Original Box. The lucky winner, picked totally at random, is Clyde K. of Memphis, TN. Hey Clyde, we're going to be contacting you by email to confirm your address & as soon as we hear back from you we will be mailing this right out, congratulations!! To everybody else I want to thank you for entering & wish you better luck next time. In fact, we'll be having another Bat-Blog Contest very very soon so keep an eye out for that.

Vintage 1960's OFFICIAL BATMAN TV SHOW Character Rings - Gumball Vending Machine Header Cards

The real main focus of the Bat-Blog is to share the love of collecting all the cool Batman Toys, especially the Vintage Memorabilia! Here are a few examples of some Gumball Machine Header Cards featuring OFFICIAL BATMAN Character Rings. They were made by the Lawson Novelty Company in 1966. It looks like these rings were made out of rubber & there were 4 to collect. Two of them are sort of a Bust of Batman and Robin. The other two look like a Batmobile Car & Bat-Symbol Logo...awesome! These cards were what you would have seen inside the Gumball Machine to advertise the prize you could get. I don't remember seeing these as a little kid but I know I would have gone totally batty wanting one, ha ha! In fact, I would totally love to have these now! ( Thanks to Jimmy for sending the cool pics ).

BATMAN Promotional Food Products...From Egypt!!

OK, I gotta say upfront that this is a post I am very proud of. You see, I just recently got an e-mail from a Batman Fan who lives in Egypt! Yes, EGYPT...How cool is that?! Her name is Myret & she says she has loved the Dark Knight since she was around 9 years old. She is now 23. She was also kind enough to send some great photos of a few pieces of Batman-related merchandise she has found in her country. The 1st two photos relate to a Batman Food Product called "Halwani FUN Sausages". They are a Meat Snack & the box says, "They're Ready To Eat!" She said that as a free premium inside you get the Set of Batman Playing Cards that are shown in the 2nd picture. WOW, a whole deck! The last photo shows 2 Bags of Potato Chips that she said are a lot like ( American ) Cheetos. Now, their special premium prize were some Batman & Robin ( comic book version ) Puzzle Playing Pieces. I guess if you collect them all they make a neat image...WOW! Thank you so very much Myret for taking the time to shoot these nice pics. I really appreciate you sending them. These unusual pieces of Bat-Memorabilia are really GREAT!!

BATMAN BEGINS Vending Machine Figures From Taiwan!

The other day while surfing the Internet I came across a website for a toy company named "Tommy Bear" in Taiwan that makes large & small figures that are prizes inside vending machines. I think the small ones are for gumball machines & the larger ones are the crane-operated ones ( The Claw! ). Anyway, back in the day they made some for the Batman Begins movie. There were 6 to the complete set. The figures are actually very well sculpted & look great! The weird thing is that 5 of them are extremely realistic & 1 of them is sort of goofy-looking. I first discovered them by seeing the 2nd photo. It was taken at some trade show in Taiwan. Be sure to click on that one because you can see a larger pic where the details are really nice. The other pics are advertising-promo graphics from the company. Speaking of them, I contacted Tommy Bear & it appears they still make them but they are not for sale in the USA. I guess I'll have to check other sources to get some but I thought they were pretty cool.

Brand-New BATMAN PLUSH TOY Won At Six Flags!

A new Bat-Blog Reader, named John, sent this very fun photo of a brand-new Batman Plush Doll Toy he recently won at Six Flags. Oh my god, this thing is HUGE!! I also like the fact that it's the "modern comic book" version. I'm gonna have to keep an eye out for this puppy at the garage sales, it's very cool. Thanks for sharing your photo John, I appreciate that!

NEW Batman Toys: THE DARK KNIGHT Movie Vending Machine Prizes

Shown here are some brand-new THE DARK KNIGHT Batman Movie Vending Machine Prizes that should be coming out soon. There are 3 different styles: Figurines, Danglers, & Keychains. I think these are pretty cool. There are 5 of each, 15 total. Well, it looks like I gotta go hit the truck stops, ha ha!

THE DARK KNIGHT : Batman & Joker Foreign Nestle Cereal Box Premiums ARE Different!

Recently at the Bat-Blog we shared the information about there being a set of 4 cereal premium figures of THE DARK KNIGHT ( 2 Batman, 1 Scarecrow, & 1 Joker ) that are "foreign" because they're from Brazil. They're put out by Nestle which is a division of General Mills. OK, just to revamp, General Mills has 4 figures in cereal boxes for the USA & Nestle has 4 figures in Brazil. When you look at the figures on the backs of the cereal boxes, & even in photos, the figures from Brazil look exactly the same except for Scarecrow ( obviously ) & a "Double-Punch" Batman. So, I thought there were only 2 figures that were different. Well, our friend Eric got a set of them recently & ALL FOUR of the foreign ones are different! They are a little bit taller & a lot thicker than the US ones. So, thank you Eric for the information. For the rest of the story, & some amazing photos, please be sure to check out Eric's website. It's called TOYRIFFIC!

THE DARK KNIGHT Batman Nestle Cereal Boxes in Brazil!!

A new friend of the Bat-Blog, named "Escoteiro", sent us these amazing photos of some new TDK merchandise from Brazil. Here are some Nestle Cereal Boxes with The Dark Knight promotion. The 1st photo is my favorite because it shows 2 boxes that each have different graphics with 1/2 a face & when you put them together they form a complete picture of Batman's face....very cool! This is the Nestle Crunch cereal & it's prize was a "buy one movie ticket get one free" coupon ( the 2nd photo shows the back of that box ). The 3rd photo is Nestle Estrelitas ( honey-flavored ) with 4 different Batman Disk Launchers, just like the ones given away here in the USA with General Mills' Cheerios. The 4th photo is Nestle Nescau, which looks like chocolate Cocoa Puffs, and it's premiums are the 4 small figures of Batman & The Joker. Now, these are just like the American ones except they have an exclusive Scarecrow figure & one of the Batman figures has "2 arms" double-fist action. The last photo shows what the premiums look like out of the boxes, very cool. I wanna personally thank "Escoteiro" for sending these great pics. I know that it must have taken a lot of time to do them & I really appreciate that. They're wonderful, thank you. Plus, it's so cool that they are from another part of the globe, that's exciting! If there are any other Bat-Blog Readers who have pix like this to share then please send them to us. The Bat-Blog is ALL about sharing information about the toy collecting hobby we all love.

THE DARK KNIGHT "4 SPINNING TOPS" Batman Movie Promotional CEREAL BOXES From General Mills.

OK, Most Batman Fans in the USA right now know about the DARK KNIGHT Movie Promotion that General Mills is doing with their line of cereal boxes but keeping up with it is sort of crazy! Here's the deal. All of their cereal brands have some sort of Batman prize or premium in the box ( NO "mail-aways" right now ). There are 4 different areas to collect: 3 Mini-Comic Book Booklets, 4 Batman & Joker Figures ( 2 of each character ), 4 Spinning Tops, & 4 Disc-Shooters. The booklets & figures are sort of random & to complete a set is just luck but one neat thing about this promo is that you can get the 4 Spinning Tops just by buying one box of 4 different brands of cereal. In other words 4 cereal boxes each have 1 very specific SPINNING TOP just for that box. The 4 cereals are Fruity Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch ( I really like the flavor of this one, ha ha ), Lucky Charms, & Reese's Puffs. In later posts I will be covering the other premiums so look for those in the future.

Video: Vintage 1989 BATMAN MOVIE Cereal TV Commercial

With all the excitement over the brand-new General Mills' line of cereal boxes having the special DARK KNIGHT promotions (with Batman, Scarecrow, & Joker premiums inside) I thought I would show this vintage 1980's TV commercial featuring the 1989 BATMAN CEREAL BOX from 19 years ago!

1966 BATMAN GUMBALL MACHINE CHARMS / FIGURES

Late tonight I got an e-mail from a guy named Don who wrote,

"Hi, I've been reading your blogs and I think they're great! I'm sending you a picture of a rare set of Batman Gumball Charms that took me almost 41 years to find. They are tiny - a little over an inch in length - soft plastic figures of Batman, Robin, Joker and Penguin that attached to rings, and were sold in penny bubblegum machines in 1966. The charms were made by Samson Product. If you would like to read the whole story about these charms you will find it on my very humble blog which I will give you the address below. Feel free to use this picture on you blog if you would like - it would be an honor to have something of mine appear there. Have a Great Day! Don"

Here's the link:

http://www.rarebatmanfigures.blogspot.com