66 Batman BootLEGO Minifigs

Since the 66 Batman Batcave LEGO set is priced way out of my range (and I wouldn't know where to display the thing if I did buy and build it) I did the next best thing and bought a set of eight 66 Batman bootLEGO minifigs off eBay for about a buck each!

As great as the character selection is with this set (it lacks a Riddler, but otherwise has all the minifigs from LEGO set 76052) the quality of these bootLEGOs is relatively low. Not low enough to pass on them for around a buck each, but not the best quality bootLEGOs out there by any means. There's lots of plastic 'flashing' and many paint apps don't line up. A couple of the figures' feet' barely lock into the base (or other LEGO pieces) and there's been some plastic stress marks show up on pieces that fit tightly together. Also, as happens with many bootLEGOs, once I had Batman's cowl in place it's pretty permanent. So he does have two expressions, but it's going to be a task getting the cowl off to turn his head around. That's ok, as I picked the expression I liked best first. I've learned what to expect with bootLEGOs!

Robin has two expressions too, and fortunately his hair pops off easy enough to spin his head around. Unfortunately...

...the paint apps are not too clean and it looks like he may be missing a tooth or something.

'The umm, ahem, blue phone, sirs.'

Alfred is a welcome addition tot he set, the first minifig Alfred I've ever owned, LEGO, bootLEGO or otherwise.

Alfred also has two expressions and, inexplicably, a translucent blue phone. But who cares, he's awesome!

Adam West's Bruce Wayne. Keen!

Brucie also has an alternate expression.

Burt Ward's Dick Grayson.

And alternate expression.

Catwoman. She looks more like Lee Meriwether to me, but who can say.

Catwoman's alternate head is a masked face! 

Cesar Romero's Joker!

With mustache and yellow teeth!

This Joker's alt expression is classic Romero! I love it!

Burgess Merideth as Penguin! Penguin only has one expression, but he comes with a bootLEGO umbrella so I guess that makes up for his lack of a cigarette holder in his mouth.

The best part of having Bruce and Dick minifigs is being able to make maskless Batman...

...and maskless Robin minifigs!

Even Alfred got in on the fun...

Umm...err...ahem...nevermind, nothing to see here. Goodbye.

Q-Pop 66 Batman :: Random Toy Pic

I've seen these cutesy Q-Pop Batman statues at the comic book store, and they're super cute but not something I need to fill my quickly shrinking space with. But when I found this '66 Batman version at the flea market for a dollar (I talked the guy down from his two dollar asking price) well, this thing is heading to work with me on Monday and it's going to grace my desk with all it's cute vengeance seeking glory.

Surf's Up, Batman!

Of all the Batman Classic TV Series action figures released thus far, the only one that made me shoot my curl is 'Surf's Up Batman.' Holy H2O this guy is just too much fun!

I live in Santa Cruz, and while surfing is a way of life here I have yet to partake. I'll stick to surfing the sidewalks personally. But there's just no way I could pass up this surfing Batman action figure! All the corny campy good clean fun of the 1966 TV series is contained in this one figure: Batman in board shorts with a massive yellow Bat-Board? What's not to love?!

I was surprised at the quality of the figure when I opened him up. I still have PTSD from Mattel's shoddy quality control in it's DCUC toyline, so I tend to expect the worst when I open a new action figure from them.

However Batman's joints all function properly and snugly and although I posed him over three times he has yet to disintegrate! He's well designed visually and although he seems a bit scrawny even for Adam West, I may actually be willing to pick up the regular Batman and maybe another figure or two from this line (if it continues.) I hold out hope that we get a Batgirl at least!

Batman's Bat-Board is great - it's well proportioned to Batman and even has a fin! That's a detail I assumed they would have left off (since it is the bottom of the board) so I am glad to see it.

Batman's face and cowl sculpt are really good representations of Adam West and his television cowl. There's enough detail here to prevent this action figure from coming across as too cartoony. The cowl, gloves and boots have a sparkly quality to them that gives them a nice shiny vinyl look. Batman also has a cloth cape which I always prefer and makes a lot of sense for this iteration of Batman.

And while the board could have been considered the base for this figure, Mattel has included an actual base as well. Nice if you plan on displaying Batman holding his surfboard. A card was also included, depicting a painting of Batman and Joker surfing reminiscent of the old Batman Topps card collection of the sixties. Unfortunately the card art is horizontal while the card only fits in the base vertically. The back of the card does show part of the Batmobile in the batcave and it fits vertically, so I assume you can line up all your figures and they make a nice panorama. But if you are cherry-picking the line it's useless as a viable display, but still a neat pic of Batman surfing (and the world needs more of those for sure!)

I'm happy with the quality of this figure now that I have him in hand. While he was the only one I 'needed', I may give other figures in this line a second look knowing this one turned out so well. I do hope to see a surfing Joker in the future, which I believe Mattel teased at a toy convention or SDCC or something. Let's hope the line survives long enough to see it on shelves!

Toyfair 2013 reveals greatest Batman action figure in the history of forever.

That's right folks, I am officially endorsing this Adam West Batman with Surfboard (Bat-Surfboard? BatBoard?) and trunks as the greatest Batman action figure to ever happen ever for ever infinity.

Eat your heart out Silver Surfer!

Am I making myself clear on how awesome this thing is?

Look...in the background is an in-scale (these are about 6" I believe) '66 Batmobile and even it is overshadowed by this action figure, even though it is also one of the greatest things I have ever seen in the toy world! THAT'S how awesome this action figure is.

Revealed at Toy Fair 2013 (pic via the Bat-Blog) I am going buy the hell out of this action figure when it's released some time in 2013. I will buy at least two - because one is going to the beach with me for a photoshoot. 

I can't wait!