Comments on: Batmobile sold for $4.6 million http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/batmobile-sold-for-4-6-millio.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 15:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Chuck Budreau http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/batmobile-sold-for-4-6-millio.html#comment-1636559 Chuck Budreau Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207601#comment-1636559  Fiberglass Freaks Batmobile replicas are Officially Licensed by DC Comics. They start at $150k. www.fiberglassfreaks.com  Fiberglass Freaks Batmobile replicas are Officially Licensed by DC Comics. They start at $150k. http://www.fiberglassfreaks.com

]]> By: euansmith http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/batmobile-sold-for-4-6-millio.html#comment-1635262 euansmith Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207601#comment-1635262 They probably couldn't drive the Batmobile on to the stage because of silly health and safety rules governing the use of Atomic Turbines. They probably couldn’t drive the Batmobile on to the stage because of silly health and safety rules governing the use of Atomic Turbines.

]]> By: euansmith http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/batmobile-sold-for-4-6-millio.html#comment-1635260 euansmith Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207601#comment-1635260 Maybe he just thinks he'll drive the Batmobile home for the bar one night and fail to brake soon enough when entering his carport? Maybe he just thinks he’ll drive the Batmobile home for the bar one night and fail to brake soon enough when entering his carport?

]]> By: euansmith http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/batmobile-sold-for-4-6-millio.html#comment-1635259 euansmith Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207601#comment-1635259 The TV series Green Hornet's "Black Beauty" was the most wonderfully brutal and ugly car I think I've ever seen. The TV series Green Hornet’s “Black Beauty” was the most wonderfully brutal and ugly car I think I’ve ever seen.

]]> By: euansmith http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/batmobile-sold-for-4-6-millio.html#comment-1635257 euansmith Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207601#comment-1635257 "To the Bat-Replica, Robin!" “To the Bat-Replica, Robin!”

]]> By: Nash Rambler http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/batmobile-sold-for-4-6-millio.html#comment-1635188 Nash Rambler Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207601#comment-1635188 What else could Rick Champagne do but park it in his living room?  Thanks to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (ever the spoilsports), there's no way he'd be able to get his hands on the sparkling nuclear pile you'd need to recharge that baby. What else could Rick Champagne do but park it in his living room?  Thanks to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (ever the spoilsports), there’s no way he’d be able to get his hands on the sparkling nuclear pile you’d need to recharge that baby.

]]> By: Thorzdad http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/batmobile-sold-for-4-6-millio.html#comment-1635146 Thorzdad Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207601#comment-1635146 I'm fairly sure this was Barris' original Batmobile show car. The TV show also had a couple of stunt vehicles for actual driving and stuff. I'm not sure the one that was auctioned off even runs. I watched the auction (ugh!) and could swear that the car was pushed onto/off the auction stage. Most cars are driven to the stage under their own power. I’m fairly sure this was Barris’ original Batmobile show car. The TV show also had a couple of stunt vehicles for actual driving and stuff. I’m not sure the one that was auctioned off even runs. I watched the auction (ugh!) and could swear that the car was pushed onto/off the auction stage. Most cars are driven to the stage under their own power.

]]> By: Katrina van Malksvig http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/batmobile-sold-for-4-6-millio.html#comment-1635061 Katrina van Malksvig Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207601#comment-1635061  that was one of the early replicas; for some reason several of those had a flocked finish  that was one of the early replicas; for some reason several of those had a flocked finish

]]> By: sockdoll http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/batmobile-sold-for-4-6-millio.html#comment-1635004 sockdoll Wed, 23 Jan 2013 06:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207601#comment-1635004 The Batmobile I saw at a car show in 1983 where George Barris was signing autographs had been flocked so it looked like black velvet. The Batmobile I saw at a car show in 1983 where George Barris was signing autographs had been flocked so it looked like black velvet.

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/batmobile-sold-for-4-6-millio.html#comment-1634870 pjcamp Wed, 23 Jan 2013 02:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207601#comment-1634870 Doodleydoodleydoodleydoodleydooooo! Nananananananana Nananananananana Batmain! Doodleydoodleydoodleydoodleydooooo!

Nananananananana
Nananananananana
Batmain!

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/batmobile-sold-for-4-6-millio.html#comment-1634783 Brainspore Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207601#comment-1634783 <blockquote>Champagne says he's going to put the car in his living room.</blockquote><strong><em>IT BELONGS IN A MUSEUM.</em></strong>

Champagne says he’s going to put the car in his living room.

IT BELONGS IN A MUSEUM.

]]> By: Paul Jenkins http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/batmobile-sold-for-4-6-millio.html#comment-1634604 Paul Jenkins Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207601#comment-1634604 There were actually several Batmobiles, According to legend Adam West was an awful driver and thus the car required quite a bit of body work.  Also a version of the Batmobile that would grudge race the Green Hornets cars at drag strips around the country. There were actually several Batmobiles, According to legend Adam West was an awful driver and thus the car required quite a bit of body work.  Also a version of the Batmobile that would grudge race the Green Hornets cars at drag strips around the country.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/batmobile-sold-for-4-6-millio.html#comment-1634546 Donald Petersen Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207601#comment-1634546 Heck they drove it down the <a href="http://www.1966batmobile.com/sc2.jpg" rel="nofollow">Hollywood Freeway</a> with the bat-chutes deployed once. Heck they drove it down the Hollywood Freeway with the bat-chutes deployed once.

]]> By: Gilbert Wham http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/batmobile-sold-for-4-6-millio.html#comment-1634520 Gilbert Wham Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207601#comment-1634520  Better still, restore it to its Lincoln Futura glory, and lose all the bat-crap.  Better still, restore it to its Lincoln Futura glory, and lose all the bat-crap.

]]> By: Henry Pootel http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/batmobile-sold-for-4-6-millio.html#comment-1634513 Henry Pootel Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207601#comment-1634513 I can't remember quite where, but I saw this some time in the late 60's.  The family was driving across country and it was at a gas station being filled up.  It was trucked around for promos I think. I can’t remember quite where, but I saw this some time in the late 60′s.  The family was driving across country and it was at a gas station being filled up.  It was trucked around for promos I think.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/batmobile-sold-for-4-6-millio.html#comment-1634444 Donald Petersen Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207601#comment-1634444 A company called <a href="http://www.buybatparts.com/joomla/index.php/replicas" rel="nofollow">Fiberglass Freaks</a> makes 'em, complete with brand-new 350 V8 engines, working flamethrower, rear-view camera, DVD player w/ 7" screen, bluetooth batphone, and more bat-bells and bat-whistles than you can shake a batstick at.  Officially licensed by DC, built on a Lincoln Town Car chassis.  I think they go for around $100 grand.  "Call for pricing," they say, but I can't be bothered.  I know it's out of my wallet's reach. But good for Barris. He deserves every nickel he can get for that thing. A company called Fiberglass Freaks makes ‘em, complete with brand-new 350 V8 engines, working flamethrower, rear-view camera, DVD player w/ 7″ screen, bluetooth batphone, and more bat-bells and bat-whistles than you can shake a batstick at.  Officially licensed by DC, built on a Lincoln Town Car chassis. 

I think they go for around $100 grand.  ”Call for pricing,” they say, but I can’t be bothered.  I know it’s out of my wallet’s reach.

But good for Barris. He deserves every nickel he can get for that thing.

]]> By: euansmith http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/batmobile-sold-for-4-6-millio.html#comment-1634283 euansmith Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207601#comment-1634283 I wonder how much an exact replica would have cost him? I wonder how much an exact replica would have cost him?

]]> By: nixiebunny http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/batmobile-sold-for-4-6-millio.html#comment-1634276 nixiebunny Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207601#comment-1634276 I was hoping to buy it, so that I could drive it around town with my friends and have a lot of fun, while it got slowly more and more trashed. It's really too bad that I don't have an extra $5 million on me. I was hoping to buy it, so that I could drive it around town with my friends and have a lot of fun, while it got slowly more and more trashed.

It’s really too bad that I don’t have an extra $5 million on me.

]]> By: Christopher http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/batmobile-sold-for-4-6-millio.html#comment-1634264 Christopher Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207601#comment-1634264 Sorry, I guess I should have phrased the joke differently. I was trying to imply that IKEA's products are a "furniture crime".  Sorry, I guess I should have phrased the joke differently. I was trying to imply that IKEA’s products are a “furniture crime”. 

]]> By: DamnitDani http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/batmobile-sold-for-4-6-millio.html#comment-1634214 DamnitDani Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207601#comment-1634214 His living room probably is the size of an IKEA store, so yes. His living room probably is the size of an IKEA store, so yes.

]]> By: Christopher http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/batmobile-sold-for-4-6-millio.html#comment-1634209 Christopher Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207601#comment-1634209 He's putting it in an IKEA store? He’s putting it in an IKEA store?

]]> By: Christopher http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/batmobile-sold-for-4-6-millio.html#comment-1634206 Christopher Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207601#comment-1634206 Sorry, I was busy checking to see if Robin really did lay an egg.  Sorry, I was busy checking to see if Robin really did lay an egg. 

]]> By: DamnitDani http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/batmobile-sold-for-4-6-millio.html#comment-1634201 DamnitDani Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207601#comment-1634201 Yeah! Drive around fighting furniture crime! Yeah! Drive around fighting furniture crime!

]]> By: Changasyncadango Robotnik Terh http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/batmobile-sold-for-4-6-millio.html#comment-1634194 Changasyncadango Robotnik Terh Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207601#comment-1634194 The Joker still got away.  Hello? Hello? Anyone?   The Joker still got away. 

Hello?
Hello?

Anyone?  

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