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trekriffic
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 Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2015 4:58 pm Post subject: Batmobile 1989 |
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This is my build of the 1/25 scale AMT "Keaton" Batmobile kit based on the vehicle featured in the movie "Batman" from 1989...
"Get in the car!"
―Batman
Excerpts from the Batmobile (Burton Films) Wiki page:
The Batmobile is the Batman's primary mode of transportation. At first Batman often simply referred to this Batmobile as "the car", he would later come to call it the Batmobile. The vehicle is one of the most daunting components in his vast arsenal, keeping it stored in the Batcave when not in use.
Batman first used the Batmobile to rescue Vicki Vale from the Joker. Parking it out front of the Flugelheim Museum, he instructed Vale to get into the vehicle as the Joker's goons gave chase in their own cars and vans. Completely outmatching the villains' and the police for pure speed, the car unfortunately became caught in a bottleneck. With the road blocked by a construction crew the Batman and Vale had to abandon the car to continue their escape. Eventually, Batman used a remote to call the Batmobile to him after dispatching the last of the Joker's goons. In an attempt at killing the Joker after the recollection that the villain was responsible for his parents' deaths, Batman used the Batmobile to lay siege to the Axis Chemicals factory, effectively demolishing the complex despite the Joker's escape.
Affectionately dubbed the "Keaton-mobile" after Michael Keaton; the actor playing Batman/Bruce Wayne in the films at the time, the car's popularity with fans has established a strong following.
To read more about the amazing Batmobile and it's construction go here:
http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Batmobile_%28Burton_Films%29
Anyway, without further adieu, here are the pics...
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trekriffic
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| Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2015 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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Machine guns deployed...BATA-BATA-BLAM!!!
Alongside my 1/24 scale Johnny Lightning die-cast 1960 and 1950 DC Comics Batmobiles...
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scotpens
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| Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2015 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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Frankly I never cared much for the design -- it's too exaggerated and cartoony. I must say you did a great job on the build, though -- nice and clean.
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Anyway, without further adieu, here are the pics...
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Sorry, don't mean to nitpick, but it's "without further ado." As in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
Adieu is French for "goodbye" or "farewell," with an implication of finality (as opposed to the more commonly used au revoir). |
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trekriffic
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| Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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| scotpens wrote: | | trekriffic wrote: |
Anyway, without further adieu, here are the pics...
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Sorry, don't mean to nitpick, but it's "without further ado." As in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
Adieu is French for "goodbye" or "farewell," with an implication of finality (as opposed to the more commonly used au revoir). |
Doh! Got it. "Ado". Thanks, and now I'll say... adieu! |
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Bud Brewster
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| scotpens wrote: | | Frankly I never cared much for the design -- it's too exaggerated and cartoony. |
Actually I've always thought the design for the one used in the first two Batman movies was lean and mean.
Compare it to the one in "Batman Forever". Now THAT one could be described as "too exaggerated and cartoony". 
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trekriffic
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| Bud Brewster wrote: | | scotpens wrote: | | Frankly I never cared much for the design -- it's too exaggerated and cartoony. |
Actually I've always thought the design for the one used in the first two Batman movies was lean and mean.
Compare it to the one in "Batman Forever". Now THAT one could be described as "too exaggerated and cartoony".
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Yeah... never cared for that design myself. |
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