Saturday, November 14, 2024

Hot Wheels Batwing and Bat-Pod

Series 2 Batman vehicles by Hot Wheels have been creeping in and out of stores around me lately. Just recently I was able to find the Batwing from Tim Burton's 1989 Batman film, and the Bat-Pod from the more recent The Dark Knight.

Batwing      Bat-Pod

While it stands as being a good representation of the Batwing from the '89 film, the Hot Wheels version of this vehicle lacks the one thing that nothing made by Hot Wheels should be without... die cast metal.

It's a 100% plastic, and though I can understand keeping it light to make it work better with the included stand, it's still a shame that they didn't use any metal at all.

Batwing

The Bat-Pod on the other hand is a mix of die cast and plastic, and is a surprisingly sturdy little vehicle. Thanks in part to what I think are weighted wheels, the thing rolls perfectly, and is a lot of fun to play with... which is no big surprise given how slick it looks.


Bat-Pod

The entire line of Batman vehicles by Hot Wheels has been a treat really. It's not easy for me to find fault with any of them. Even the weirdly sporadic release of new vehicles is only a minor problem, as I've ended up finding all of them over time.

3 comments:

Bubbashelby said...

All plastic Batwing? That's a shame, I guess my ALL METAL Ertl Batwing from '89 shall remain superior to this one. I'll probably buy it when I see it anyways, though ;)

Anonymous said...

the Batpod is very nice....
can i buy it?

Anonymous said...

i wish i can buy it for online