Sunday, February 15, 2009

"Dark Knight: Batmobile & Batpod!"

Here's something I bought during the height of the 'Dark Knight' fever: the Stealth Launch Batmobile! Ok, it's a crappy name but essentially the pull factor to get this was that it included the Batpod!

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Huge box. Here's the Batmobile...

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Press button #1 at the back, and the Batmobile pops open!

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Inside is Mr. Batman on his Batpod...

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Press button #2 and the Batpod springs out!

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Ah, the Batpod: the highlight of the movie!

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The Batman figure is not removable, partially I guess due to the extremely strong force when the Batpod launches. Actually, if you notice, this feature isn't exactly movie-accurate. In the Dark Knight, the Batmobile was badly damaged, and to continue hunting the Joker, Batman activated this 'back-up' vehicle, which is actually the left wheels of the Batmobile. Heh, just some trivia. :P

This is pretty much a kid's toy that is fairly pricey (RM209.90). I was waiting for the price to go down but it never did. What happened was that because the movie was such a success, people grabbed any (reasonably decent) Bat-stuff they could get. I asked Gf to buy it from me when she was in Melaka after all the ones in Penang were sold out...

(Note: Click on the pictures to see the full size)

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