How many of you thought...

[HardyGirl]

...the Batcomputer in the Mego Batcave lit up by this misleading part of the commercial?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siVtJ7lPZvw

And how many of you were disappointed that it was only a piece of cardboard?

[drmego]

Absolutely! But that's as an adult. I remember getting the Batcave
for Christmas in 1974, but I don't have any recollection of being
bummed out over the cardboard computer.

At age 10.5, I probably thought that's what a computer was.

I definitely remember buying a boxed Batcave in 1994 for $200
from a store next to the World Trade Center. I told the guy
it was a birthday gift for my weird toy collecting brother, but
it was a birthday gift for me.

[Johnny]

I told the guy
it was a birthday gift for my weird toy collecting brother, but
it was a birthday gift for me.

[DocDrako]

I never owned the Batcave, but yeah that commercial does make it seems as if the computer lights up. I want a Batcave now.

I bought alot of toys "for other people" in my early collecting days. Now I simply don't care what people think. Whatever. I do what I want.

[starsky]

yeah i know what you mean!

[UnderdogDJLSW]

And how many of you were disappointed that it was only a piece of cardboard?

Not only was I disappointed that it didn't light up, I had been hoping that it would be customizable so that you could put different faces in there. Batcave still was a favorite of mine. The other thing I wished for was that they actually had a dock for the Bat Boat and a real Bat Boat rather than a picture

[HardyGirl]

Not only was I disappointed that it didn't light up, I had been hoping that it would be customizable so that you could put different faces in there. Batcave still was a favorite of mine. The other thing I wished for was that they actually had a dock for the Bat Boat and a real Bat Boat rather than a picture

Yeah, I thought the faces were interchangable too!

[drmego]

That was 1994 - before I knew there were other mego fans out there.

I thought I was the only adult willing to pay good money for an old toy.
Now I know better.

[livnxxxl]

Now days I see more adults in the toy aisle's than kids.