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  • palitoy
    live. laugh. lisa needs braces
    • Jun 16, 2001
    • 59721

    Dig This Prototype 1983 MEGO BATMOBILE That Might Have Been

    Did a little piece with 13th Dimension on the 1983 Project.
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  • Werewolf
    Inhuman
    • Jul 14, 2003
    • 14937

    #2
    It's cool but doesn't really scream Batmobile to me like Kenner did with Super Powers. Was the WGSH reboot going to be 3 3/4 inch pocket hero size or Eagle Force scale?
    You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...

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    • sprytel
      Talkative Member
      • Jun 26, 2009
      • 6648

      #3
      Originally posted by Werewolf
      It's cool but doesn't really scream Batmobile to me like Kenner did with Super Powers. Was the WGSH reboot going to be 3 3/4 inch pocket hero size or Eagle Force scale?
      Yeah... it is cool... but definitely looks recycled from some other toy line and painted like a Batmobile!

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      • palitoy
        live. laugh. lisa needs braces
        • Jun 16, 2001
        • 59721

        #4
        Oh, I'm disappointed that I'm giving that impression with this. It's a pretty damned cool reboot, I'll share more once the issue hits.

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        • monitor_ep
          Talkative Member
          • May 11, 2013
          • 8720

          #5
          Looks like a repainted Buck Rogers vehicle
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          • palitoy
            live. laugh. lisa needs braces
            • Jun 16, 2001
            • 59721

            #6
            Originally posted by monitor_ep
            Looks like a repainted Buck Rogers vehicle
            Many people who designed toys had college ambitions to work in the auto industry. It's why we got such cool vehicles.
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            • TRDouble
              Permanent Member
              • Jul 10, 2012
              • 2685

              #7
              I pre-ordered this issue and if I had known it was part 1 of 4, I would have picked the 3-Issue subscription package. Maybe I can do that for issues 14-16?

              Anyway, I am looking forward to this issue, but even more so after seeing this prototype. Batmobiles are always experimental and I think this falls into that category. As a fan of the 8" cloth suit figure, I am curious to see where Mego was going and what the scale is too. I had a good number of Marvel Secret Wars and Mattel Super Powers figures, but it was the vehicles that pulled me into those lines, not so much the teeny, tiny, "not 8-inch" figures I grew up with and loved. But G.I. Joe: ARAH really pulled me in, despite the 3-3/4" size.

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              • shaunaconda
                Veteran Member
                • Mar 29, 2020
                • 321

                #8
                Interesting article!

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                • Dan2Dan
                  New Member
                  • Oct 13, 2024
                  • 42

                  #9
                  I actually like the look of that prototype Batmobile. To me, it looks like it would've fit in well with the Spider-Car and other similar Mego vehicles.

                  That said, I never really liked the look of the original Batmobile, or the one in the 1966 TV show, or those in the 1989 movie or its three sequels. (Way too ''gaudy' for my personal taste. )

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