Kenner's SUPER POWERS Action Figure Original Production Art

This post is all about continuing the "25th Anniversary Celebration" of Kenner's Super Powers toy line! It came about because our good friend, The BATFAN, sent us some photos of Original DC Comics licensing production art he owns that was used for the Kenner SUPER POWERS figures & vehicles. You might recognize some of it from the toy packaging or promotional material. He says that the picture of The Riddler is the graphic they were gonna use on the Unproduced US-Version Riddler Figure. Now, Like a complete moron, I totally forgot to ask who the comic book artist is ...but I'm making an educated guess that it's either Dick Giordano or Jose Luis Garcia Lopez! Thanks BATFAN, I totally love these great drawings & they do bring back some fond memories.

CORGI TOYS Batman RIDDLER CAR Production Art - Desktop Wallpaper!

I recently did a post where we featured some Production Art for a few Batman 1:43rd Scale Batmobile Corgi Cars that were never made. Diecast Toy Collectors call them "Unproduced Cars". Anyway, it seemed to be a pretty popular post with a lot of Corgi Fans contacting me. One such guy was a new friend named Jason. He lives in Chicago & actually sort of worked with the team that was creating these cars. In fact, he was the guy who suggested they make a Mothmobile! Now, I really love that car so thanks to Jason we got it. Another neat thing about the e-mail was he sent this Production Art of another "Unproduced Corgi Car". They did have plans to make a Riddler-themed one but never did. That's a shame because it looks pretty cool! Now, the photo he sent was pretty BIG so I decided to make a Desktop Wallpaper out of it. So, if you click on it to get the large version, then you can right-click & make it your desktop background...enjoy! Oh yeah, before I forget, Thank you Jason for sending the stories & the photo, I always appreciate that!

New BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD Birthday Masks at Party City!

A reader of the Bat-Blog recently sent in these pics of his 2 sons. He said he got these Batman Party Masks at a place called PARTY CITY for $1.93 each! It's a Birthday Party Supply store & he said that besides plates, cups, napkins ( the usual stuff ), there were also some toy prizes like the Grappling Hook & the Batarang too! The neat thing about the masks is that they are not those flat die-cut paper ones they usually make but are sort of 3D plastic-molded ( He did say they were kind of cheap & flimsy but they're still awesome ). David said when he was returning home from the store he could see his kids in the backseat wearing the masks & seeing the "creepy eyes" was sort of weird, ha ha! I gotta admit I have always liked this "Birthday party" stuff because it's so unusual. Plus, it's kind of inexpensive & fun to look at. Now, these masks are totally great & I am going to have to buy a few of these! Thank you David for sending in the wonderful photos.

BATMAN'S CORGI BATMOBILE CARS THAT WERE NEVER MADE! Production Art for Unproduced Corgi Car Toys

Here are some pretty cool graphics sent in by our friend Steve. You might remember his "Corgi Batmobile Display Case" from a few days ago. He's really into the Corgi & Hot Wheels Batman cars & vehicles. These photos were from the 2006 Toy Fair. They're prototype pics of Batmobiles that Corgi Toys was thinking about making, but they ended up never producing them....major bummer! They look pretty cool! Thanks Steve.

BATMAN BEGINS Vending Machine Figures From Taiwan!

The other day while surfing the Internet I came across a website for a toy company named "Tommy Bear" in Taiwan that makes large & small figures that are prizes inside vending machines. I think the small ones are for gumball machines & the larger ones are the crane-operated ones ( The Claw! ). Anyway, back in the day they made some for the Batman Begins movie. There were 6 to the complete set. The figures are actually very well sculpted & look great! The weird thing is that 5 of them are extremely realistic & 1 of them is sort of goofy-looking. I first discovered them by seeing the 2nd photo. It was taken at some trade show in Taiwan. Be sure to click on that one because you can see a larger pic where the details are really nice. The other pics are advertising-promo graphics from the company. Speaking of them, I contacted Tommy Bear & it appears they still make them but they are not for sale in the USA. I guess I'll have to check other sources to get some but I thought they were pretty cool.

BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM Video Game Magazine Cover

A new friend to the Bat-Blog, named Paul, sent this photo of a new magazine that just hit the newsstands. It's cover features artwork from the Batman: Arkham Asylum video game, that's cool. But you might not be able to find it locally because ...it's from Finland! Yes, Awesome! Batman is popular in Finland! Paul, Thank you for sending the nice pic. I always love hearing from other Bat-Fans from around the world!

Baby Desmond ( The Littlest Bat-Fan ) Models new DC Superhero & Batman T-Shirts From Target!

You might remember awhile back we featured an adorable photo of a super-cute baby boy named Desmond, wearing a special Batman Toddler T-Shirt. Well, he's growing-up like crazy & here's a more recent photo. Look at him, he is sooooo CUTE! Plus, I love the great smile on his face too. I guess being a Batman Fan makes him happy, ha ha! His parents, Seth and Melissa, wrote this wonderful letter with their e-mail:

"Just wanted to share the great new Baby T-Shirts that we just found at Target. They finally came out with Batman shirts!!! Desmond , now 4 months old, was featured on the Bat-Blog in May in his only Batman shirt...but now he has two more and Daddy couldn't be more proud! So Desmond ( the Littlest Bat Fan ) wanted to model this fall's Baby Batman Line from Target :) Thanks for the Bat-Blog...We all luv it!!!"

Wow! Thanks Guys. Desmond is getting way bigger & I seriously love these pics, thank you. Also, thanks for all the kind words about this blog, I appreciate that. Please keep us updated to how Desmond is doing. Now, Y'all HAVE to get him a Bat-Cape to go with his outfit, ha ha!