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Batmobile wins slot race!
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don.siegel
, Jul 20 2014 08:05 AM
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Posted 20 July 2014 - 08:05 AM
... against other Batmobiles, in a charity race, in a Detective comic book, April 1967... not really a major part of the story, but still...
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Posted 20 July 2014 - 09:03 AM
I like this clip from the TV show:
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Posted 20 July 2014 - 12:27 PM
I love that layout.
Thanks for posting.
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Posted 20 July 2014 - 01:22 PM
What's funny is the non-black Batmobiles.
I don't ever remember one not painted black.
I don't ever remember one not painted black.
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Posted 20 July 2014 - 03:04 PM
BZ, Classic, and Aurora/K&B offered their Batmobile bodies unpainted, so it is possible that some painted the cars in bright colors and raced them that way... but like Mike I have never seen any other than... black!
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Posted 20 July 2014 - 04:15 PM
Where do you see Batmobiles that are NOT black? 
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Posted 20 July 2014 - 04:34 PM
In the comic strip race.Where do you see Batmobiles that are NOT black?
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Posted 20 July 2014 - 04:34 PM
In a comic.
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Posted 20 July 2014 - 06:40 PM
Or at an FRHO IROC format race (cars stay in the lane of their color and the drivers cycle through round-robin with their controllers) - maybe the coolest HO club that ever existed, here in the CO Front Range.
LIFE IMITATES FINE ART!
Brett Ginsberg prepared six of these (for the six lane tracks) and it was one of the most surreal events of my life (a life filled with them!), racing all six on his Scorpion layout!
These are new Johnny Lightning "T-jet" style cars prepared to the FRHO "Spec" class and, despite being very long and the rear fins being very high, these cars with these bodies handled VERY well and were very race-able! A blast, in fact! A grin that will never completely go away!
Guys who build IROC car sets get several races of break-in on a whole fleet of cars and they can just select the fastest ones for their racing fleet, so, you're welcome, Brett, for allowing us to break-in your cars and thank you for making it a life event!
Keep it in the slot,
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