Original Batmobile Sells For $4.2 Million 47
Kittenman writes "Rick Champagne, a 56-year-old company owner from Arizona has bought the original Batmobile (dating back to Burt Ward and the '60s) for $4.2 million. He's quoted as saying it 'was a dream come true.' From the article: 'The Batmobile design was based on a 1955 Lincoln Futura, a concept car built in Italy by the Ford Motor Company.
It was the first time that car had come up for public sale since it was bought in 1965 by car-customiser George Barris, who transformed it in 15 days, at the cost of $15,000 (£9,400), into the superhero's famous vehicle.'"
Second Re:First (Score:1)
I wonder if Champagne was ever at an AA meeting.
Burt Ward??!!?? (Score:5, Funny)
It's not the eff-ing "Robin Mobile"!
ADAM WEST. Thank you, very much...
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Eartha Kitt on one side, Julie Newmarr on the other - and a BIG SMILE in the middle.
Purrrrfect!
Original Batformula (Score:2)
http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/na+na+na+na+na+na+na+na+BATMAN_84f54d_2291408.gif [fjcdn.com]
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My fav batgif:
http://vandybubble.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/batman-bomb-run-o.gif [vandybubble.com]
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"Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb."
$4.2? (Score:2)
You gotta be joker!
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King of Kustom (Score:2)
George Barris was possibly the most commercially successful of the "Kustom Kar" scene in the 50's-60's, but he wasn't the only player. He certainly added to it, though, along with people like Ed "Big Daddy" Roth and many others. I think it's still happening in places. Pogo Chevvies....
http://www.barris.com/ [barris.com]
Also Knight Rider (Score:2)
Re:King of Kustom (Score:4, Interesting)
I think it's still happening in places.
Definitely still happening. [google.com]
Some [mayhem-chaos.net] really [nestarae.com] extreme [mccullagh.org] stuff [thejailbreak.com] shows [loupiote.com] up [totallycoolpix.com] at [mccullagh.org] Burning [electrifyingtimes.com] Man [dusttoashes.com].
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Great post, thanks.
Also, you can get a copy mighty cheaper...
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/13/01/02/2319258/the-copyright-battle-over-custom-built-batmobiles [slashdot.org]
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http://www.barris.com/ [barris.com]
Bloody hell. I hate websites that make noise.
uhm... (Score:4, Interesting)
While the Futura technically DOES date back to Ward as well, Ward played Robin and thus rarely drove the Batmobile. Most people think of the live-action Batman as Adam West... Fun fact, Adam West was listed in the Sun Valley, ID white pages as Batman for many years :)
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ah beat me to it
"Adam West was listed in the Sun Valley, ID white pages as Batman for many years :)"
heh yea I could see him doing that
Original original? (Score:1)
Re: ZOK!, POW!, BAM!, OOOF! (Score:1, Insightful)
He started a company that employs people and creates jobs. How many jobs have you created?
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Its a matter of degree... compared to the Wall Street scumbag buying his twelfth McMansion, or the Oil Exec dropping half a billion dollars on a yacht the size of a third word country, this guys a veritable Mother Teresa.
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It's a matter of means. we don't know if Champagne cozied up to his Congrespeople for favorable legislation, or to avoid prosecution, like so many corporatists.
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buying his twelfth McMansion, or the Oil Exec dropping half a billion dollars on a yacht
Actually, those actions are both positive ones because they employ craftsmen in the first world at usually significantly better than average wages and create durable goods, the Walmart buyer who insists on buying useless throwaway crap at prices that only slave labor and environmental destruction can supply does much more harm.
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The Batmobile lost a wheel... (Score:1)
The New Owner (Score:2)
Must really want a date with Catwoman.
Or Robin. Who knows?
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Must really want a date with Catwoman.
Or Robin. Who knows?
Wait until he finds out that the original batmobile only gets you a date with the original Catwoman [wikipedia.org]
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Those are not necessarily mutually exclusive. Now there's a plot twist yet to be exploited by the movies: Robin is really Catwoman (or vice verse).
Tumbler!!! (Score:1)
What did Batman say to Robin... (Score:2)
before they got in the car?
"GET IN THE CAR!"
Conflicting Numbers (Score:1)
BBC reports it sold for 4.2mil, while other sites report the sale at 4.62 million.
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Probably required auction fees? E.g. similar to listing a price with or without sales tax, without making that clear. Both are arguably correct.
Sad... (Score:1)