![]() ![]() ![]() The easiest way of course would be to remove the canopy itself, but who would want to risk breaking the hinges from a valuable 30-year-old toy? Fitting the Kenner Batman comes out as a tedious task, having to carefully set him in place at an angle to make sure the bat-ears fall in the gap in front of the canopy hinges. At that size, the Batmobile is actually more suited for a 3.75” action figure, which is the reason why Mattel’s DC Universe Keaton offers the best substitute for the Batmobile. This may also actually explain why toys from this period repurposed molds from other lines including Silverhawks. Instead, we got a vehicle a little over 12” long, scaled-down most likely due to cost issues brought on by the Tonka & Hasbro’s acquisition. To make it proportional, Kenner should have produced a Batmobile 16” long. Like the Super Powers from 1984, the 89-92 Batman toy lines of Kenner sported 4 to 4.5” tall action figures. Because of this, if you look at the car from afar, & put it on the street to be photographed, I’d say it would have been accurate enough to pass for the real deal if it weren’t for the golden hubcaps that the actual ’89 Batmobile didn’t sport.Īt a single glance, everyone would have been at awe with how movie-accurate this vehicle was designed, however, it does have one minor flaw - its scale. The plastic shell is all black unlike the ’92 Batman Returns Batmissile version that had a yellow button protruding behind the canopy. Its considerable weight comes from its ABS plastic body which is highly durable, and is one of the reasons why, despite missing canopies, most loose ’89 Kenner Batmobiles have bodies which are almost always intact. Here’s a review of one of the best toys of the late 80s & early 90s.Īs with the toys of the generation, carrying the car gives one the impression of quality which you rarely get today. We were lucky enough to get one in pristine condition, Mint in Open box. The most iconic of the Kenner line came from the 1991 vehicle line-up: certainly an original, and a loyal representation of what could arguably be the best Batmobiles ever designed. Surprisingly, these toys came after the movie, because ToyBiz initially had the license back in 1989, following their abysmal DC Comics Superheroes line which we consider Super Powers knock-offs (redeeming themselves with their Marvel Superheroes collection later on). Another thing the movies revived was Kenner’s DC toy line that featured some of the best Batman figures despite being mostly repurposed 1984 Super Powers figures. It scored well with the audience to the point of jumpstarting another successful Warner Brothers produced DC TV show, Batman the Animated Series. Tim Burton’s Batman movies of 1989 & 1992 paved the way for a new generation of super-hero movies (sadly, nothing lived up to it until Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man a decade later).
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