Another bit of vintage toy industry advertising. Growing up, Corgi Jrs were some of the coolest diecast around, not only because of their Superhero lines (I still have my Batmobile and Batcopter) but because they seemed to license almost every cool car from TV and movies including James Bond and Starsky and Hutch. Hopefully I'll do more on these later...
That is way cool. Looks like Neal Adams artwork. I like how he drew the pipes on the back just like the toy, not the real car.
The text is a bit odd though. Although it's really referring to his popularity and marketing clout, Batman is one of the last characters you associate with the word "powers".
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What a cool name. I still have my Batmobile. Not sure where the Bat-copter is anymore. Still have Starsky's Ford Torino, too. The stickers a little dirty and the siren light is gone, but it still rolls pretty well!
Wished I had the Bond cars...
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I remember my parents buying mine at the 5th Avenue Card Shop store. They had a glass case full of corgis. I would stand there drooling over them until finally my parents broke down and bought the Batmobile and Batboat set for me.
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great toys,I had a few of those
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My grail as a kid was that James Bond car that turned into the sub, I got the Goldfinger car instead. The ejector set was fun though....
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Ah man I loved these...
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My brother had the batmobile and boat. I always wanted 'em. Don't know what happened to them.
i love those corgi cars! my mom bought the case for me which had six bonus cars in there featuring the james bond lotus, batbike, starsky torino, supervan, shazam dragster, and spidercopter.
I still have my Corgi Batmobile and Batcopter. I wanted the Batboat but never found the set locally.
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