James Bond, Ninjas, Godzilla, and Batman

 Tiger's ninja army

In the James Bond movie You Only Live Twice his ally Japanese SIS commander Tiger Tanaka has a ninja army.  I figure I will put Japanese style tigers on these and so they can become their official transports.

There are two slightly different versions of this model, I have the second edition which has the maroon panel at the bottom.

In the fan comic, Batman 66 versus Godzilla, Batman faces the Red Bamboo who are allied with the villain who controls Godzilla.  The Red Bamboo are a group of ninjas who want to use Godzilla to take over Japan and then the world.

My plan is to change some of the murals to Godzilla pictures.

I have already tested a few drawings but don't have what I consider the final version yet.

Robin and Batman

Hot Wheels Robinmobile.

It's a very nice model car.

It's also a good size compared to the 1966 Batmobile.

A nice pair of cars.

Batman and Robin and their cars.

Batmobiles

Batman and Robin confront...

The Penguin!

The Batman vehicle collection!

Batman needs to upgrade the Batmobile every few years as technology and automobile safety gets better.  Also, Batman needs more than one Batmobile because what happens if he has a traffic collision, or a bad guy damages his car?  He can't drive a loaner.

Batman also needs specialized vehicles, we know about the Batplane, the Batboat and the Batsubmarine, but what about the the BAT SUV?

Super Hero Bat Mobiles

Hot Wheels and Walmart team up about once a year to produce Batmobiles.

They always change up the 1966 version a little.

In this instance they made the windows smoky.

Compared to the more prototypical chrome wheels and clear windows.

I keep hoping to hit the mother lode and buy a bunch of them for a special project, but no luck so far.

Bat Van / SUV

Hot Wheels added this Bat Van as part of their recent Super Hero vehicles.

While the 1966 Batman is my favorite, I do buy other Batman related vehicles.

The SUV type vehicle is good for transporting gear.

I imagine it being used by Alfred, or Robin.

To bring supplies to major crime scenes.

It also has two snow boards on the roof!

Super Hero Super Villian Cars

Batman and Robin and the Classic 1966 Batmobile.

New versions of villians.

And their cars.

A Bat Dragster and a Joker car.

A frosty ride for Mr. Freeze.

I think it's a great looking car.

Very futuristic look to it.

The snow white tires look great too.

Looks good with the Batmobile.

Troopers

Prepare the heavy weapons.

Get the armored personnel carriers ready.

They will provide heavy weapons support for the troops.

Command shuttle is standing by.

Air ground support craft.

Bat Mobile

The classic 1966 Batmobile.

While Hot Wheels keeps pumping these out, I never seem to find more than a couple in stores.

I really want about 20 of them so I can repaint them in military colors.

This is the original flat black.

I like that gloss black version better, but this is very nice.

Batman and Police

This is my most recent collection of Batman and police vehicles.  By using die cast vehicles I can inexpensively supplement my collection of plastic and resin vehicles, and do so cheaply. 

The nice thing about Batman is that the character is 75 years old, and really could be used for the whole of the 20th Century up to today.  He takes place in an American city and such buildings are readily available.