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70 years of the Batmobile

Old Jan 6, 2011 | 04:28 PM
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70 years of the Batmobile

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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 04:48 PM
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Tim Burtons 1989 version has to be my fav.
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 05:23 PM
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Just saw this today... figured it would fit in with the thread lol

http://www.streetfire.net/video/trib...al_2185584.htm
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Methanoxide
Tim Burtons 1989 version has to be my fav.
Definitely agree there! The 2005 "Tumbler" seemed a little over the top..
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 05:44 PM
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I don't see a bat mobile for 1980.
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 06:00 PM
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dayum call me old school but there is no replacing the batmobile from the tv show

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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by 8 Maniac
Just saw this today... figured it would fit in with the thread lol

http://www.streetfire.net/video/trib...al_2185584.htm

Wow, haha. That's really awesome. I bet that'd turn some heads!


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I don't see a bat mobile for 1980.
Is there supposed to be?
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 09:25 PM
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I liked the idea of driving laying down face forward, and the ejection motorcycle was sick.
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by 13x
dayum call me old school but there is no replacing the batmobile from the tv show

I have to agree. The car, at it's time, just seem so futuristic with it's atomic turbine engine and other gadgets. The parashoot turns were awesome.
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 09:05 AM
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For its time, the first 2007 one looks pretty horrible
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 09:09 AM
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idk what is wrong with my work pc but everytime I go to look at this it compresses the image
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 09:20 AM
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Yep, my fav is from the Tim Burton 1989 movie with "shields." Wish I had those when forced to stop in a shopping parking lot!!
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 10:00 PM
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Um, I'm pretty sure that with only 20 produced, that would make it entirely too easy for the supervillains to figure out who Batman is haha.
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Huey52
Yep, my fav is from the Tim Burton 1989 movie with "shields." Wish I had those when forced to stop in a shopping parking lot!!
You can have it... with enough money

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=270691960611
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Methanoxide
Tim Burtons 1989 version has to be my fav.
+1 to this...
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Huey52
Yep, my fav is from the Tim Burton 1989 movie with "shields." Wish I had those when forced to stop in a shopping parking lot!!
Yeah, that's my fav as well.
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 11:14 PM
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the guy playing Kato in The Green Hornet, Jay Chou, had a Tim Burton Batmobile made for him by the same guy who made the one for the movie.
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