Holy what the ****! -Wilton's Catman Cake Topper-

[J.B.]

So, my latest obsession is Ideal's JLA Batman. That's how I stumbled upon Catman from Wilton's wonderful world of cake. I believe the Wilton piece is basically a slightly larger version of Ideal's, made in the mid 70's, with a darker paint job and different base. Whole lotta' awesome in both pieces.

[MRP]

My mother used to do a lot of cake decorating when I was a wee lad in the 70s. I had that topper when I was like 6 or 7 I believe. I had the teepee set from #1 at some point as well. She used to frequent a cake decorating shoppe the next town over and I would see all kinds of things like these on display when I went with her.

-M

[The Batman Professor]

Here’s mine:

[The Batman Professor]

As you can see, it’s significantly bigger than the Ideal figures. The bats are clearly recast from the old Aurora kits:

[Megotastrophe]

Well it is good to see that the lawyers for DC Comics or NPP or whomever were able to be completely stymied by changing Batman to Catman. Perhaps they should have also sold Sobin as a companion piece. Perhaps Tuperman. And of course Xonder Xoman.

[The Batman Professor]

Well it is good to see that the lawyers for DC Comics or NPP or whomever were able to be completely stymied by changing Batman to Catman. Perhaps they should have also sold Sobin as a companion piece. Perhaps Tuperman. And of course Xonder Xoman.

It’s particularly interesting that later, NPP would give Wilton multiple licenses for DC properties. You would think that the “CATMAN” would have them frozen out indefinitely.

[thunderbolt]

I still have mine from back in the day, it got reused for a lot of birthdays.

[Falstaff13]

I would love to have that Deadwood Stage.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I have seen that listed in old toy catalogs from the early 90s, but never in person. Thanks for the pics, Batman Professor!

Chris

[SainthoodDenied]

I wouldn't mind having a set of each from that page.

[J.B.]

I wouldn't mind having a set of each from that page.

Dig the Space-Walking Astronaut.

[J.B.]

Scored a bagged Catman on ebay.

Found the perfect spot for him; between the Catmobile and Catboat.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Awesome! Congrats! I need one, and an Ideal Batman!

[The Batman Professor]

Wow, that’s the best example I’ve ever seen.