Corgi Toys Releases the Batmobile Collectors Have Been Waiting For

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Corgi Model Club Batmobiles Built for Collectors

First out of the warehouse was the standard release, with its glossy black paintwork, shortly followed by the special Corgi Club member’s version, painted in the very rare matt black that was produced for only the first few months. It also came with a specially printed postcard that replicates advertising used in the 1960s.

Everything works exactly as it should and, turning the model over, the relief casting of Batman is still there. The figurines in the cockpit of the heroes are really well done too.

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Both paint finishes are excellent and have been superbly applied using modern techniques. The only real concession to modern production is that the bat symbol on the sides of the car has been tampo-printed, as opposed to being a sticker. This is reportedly due to the application process proving to be a bit tricky to get spot on, with stickers not always sitting centrally to the cast in rectangle. When looking at some of the original models, this was definitely the case back in the day too.

Corgi No RT26701 Batmobile with tow hook

Given that the Corgi Model Club has now been taken under the wings of Corgi itself, it made perfect commercial sense for Corgi to benefit too, something it has done with a few of the Club models over the last couple of years. But to make this version stand on its own four wheels, Corgi decided to release a slightly later and modified version.

Two things that stand out are that this one comes in the later blue and yellow window box, plus take it out of this attractive packaging and you’ll see that this Batmobile comes with the tow hook, as first seen on the original version in June 1967, hauling the Batboat in Gift Set 3.

So there will soon be three of the new Batmobiles together in one batcave and, given the extra feature of the Corgi version, can we expect a Batboat (or two) soon? we hope so.