Batmobile

Issued as number 267 in the Corgi range, the Batmobile was a model of the two-seater car designed and produced for the 1966-68 Batman TV series. The design for this vehicle was based on the 1955 Lincoln Futura show car.

Numerous detail changes were made during the model’s production run as detailed in the History section of this page, but all models were black with Bat-logo stickers, had a pop-out slasher blade in the nose and three working rocket launchers on the rear deck. Earlier versions also have a red plastic “pulsing exhause flame” at the rear. A Batman figure was behind the wheel and Robin in the passenger seat. Early models had gold cast wheels with red bat logos on the hubs and separate black rubber tyres. Later versions had WhizzWheels. Initially, WhizzWheels versions rode on thin black plastic WhizzWheels, but versions were also produced with red ones. Later, these were replaced by wider black ones.

The model was extremely successful for Corgi, selling several million examples over a 14-year lifespan.