Batman Animated Series Unboxing Figures! RetroBlasting

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[@teacherangello1082]

I had the same problem/dilemma as I was hitting my teenage years I kind of thought that I was supposed to grow up and stop buying toys. I stopped buying toys around 17 but after I graduated from university I got back into collecting toys dc and marvel . Now 34 as a father I still buy a few toys !!

[@WCBs]

How did I miss this video? One of my all-time favorite toys is my Combat Belt Batman!

[@Terminatorfan-2016]

The last one I got from this line was The Riddler. That was right before I retired from collecting. I did that because I have all I want. Retro figures are great.

[@turtleanton6539]

Ha

[@juliusmaloney]

I had the Catwoman! I loved the 'Batman Returns' version. Great haul!!

[@justinreilly6619]

Batman Animated is still one of my favourite cartoon series of all time. The designs and animation still look amazing and the characterization in this series was fantastic.

[@michaelgatti4038]

Taking me back to my birthday in 1993. No idea what I did with those toys. Oh well.

[@ash007A]

i still buy certain toys today! don't grow up!!!!!! it's a trap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@hairymule1]

growing up is optional, growing old isn't.

[@antiquariancrafts2454]

Awesome foray into the 90s, guys. I loved the Art Deco style of the show, but I also felt too old to be buying toys, so the only one had was Batman. I've got most of them now. I guess this was the only time a Batman line featured a full range of characters.

[@TheAzurinBoyz2012]

More satisfying if it came with the batmobile.

[@postersandstuff]

***** Met Catwoman and Ra's al Ghul in London , got some figs sgd :D Need to get Ventriloquist/Gordon/Alfred though.......

[@jonathanredford215]

Yup, batman had some pretty interesting alternate armors/gimmick suits. I remember one in particular was gold or a somewhat bright orange and he had some type of rock climbing gear and grappling hook lol. Decent figure. Remember taking it to the beach as a kid

[@charliewalker547]

Always come back to this video for comfort. Love it

[@deavonw]

That armored bruce wayne was my de facto Batman figure. I loved making him loose pieces of armor in his toughest battles. He never fit in the batmobile as well as the others.

[@joeye1015]

Two face was my favorite Batman villain, I think he’s the most tragic of them all, especially with his introduction making him very humane and being poisoned by poison Ivey to develop his character before they have the explosion

[@raptorbandito]

Kenner loved to make a hundred different variants of Batman in the 90's, but they still made great toys. My transitional period for toys was the summer Jurassic Park came out. I was going into 7th grade and I knew it wasn't "socially acceptable" to play with toys. I still bought the JP toys though, I just didn't let anyone know I collected them. Humorously, I remember going over to a new friends house in the fall and finding a ton of JP toys on the kitchen table. I asked him if they were his little brothers and he sheepishly admitted they were his. We had more in common than we realized and I guess there's lots of kids that would probably like to continue playing with toys instead of "growing up".

[@postersandstuff]

I kinda like the BTAS variants but understand that many might like em. Lightning Strike Bm , Submarine Bm , Mecha Wing Bm , Parachute Bm....those are nice.

[@postersandstuff]

postersandstuff might *not* like them I meant........

[@maxbrandt6]

Micheal is right, sadly nowadays, kids are more interested in playing games on cell phones then enjoying action figures.Because Flappy Bird and Candy Crush is so much more engaging. (rolls eyes)

[@impossiblepie]

LOVE THESE FIGURES!!! for about two-three years these are the only toys I would look for at conventions!

[@nickmaster512]

my friend no one is ever too old to play with toys we all can enjoy toys and action figures whether where playing with them or displaying them or both action figures are always awesome im 23 years old and i still love collecting and playing with toys and i really like your channel keep up the collecting and reviewing :3

[@Xamot1980]

Great review!!! I too remember when I was at the age of still loving action figures but really to old to play with them like I use to. It was around the year these figures came out. Im a huge super powers fan and to me this is what took it's place for batman fans. Those are great figures. I think I have most of them. Congratulations.

[@Tr0nzoid]

Aw that transition period where you start to realize you're too old to play with toys. I remember feeling it when I was in a Kaybee Toys buying GI Joe stuff from the 1989 line. I didn't transition well from buying toys for play to buying them to display and collect.

[@shang6245]

Kenner was bought out by Hasbro, Incorporated in 1991 and as soon as they were bought, The Kenner Products Division of Hasbro started to change. By the 1990's Kenner was running high with the Batman Dark Knight Collection followed by 1993's Animated Series along with Jurassic Park and more but by 1995, Kenner was slowly going downhill for good as Batman Forever failed with terrible figures and the way Power Of The Force II started also had a negative impact on the Kenner company. By 1997, Kenner was high as it was their 50th year of business. 1997 came to be a great year with the pretty successful Batman And Robin line , along with The Lost World Jurassic Park and Star Wars Special Edition Figures and that year was pretty good for Kenner. But as 1997 ended 1998 came and was one of Kenner's worst years ever as Jurassic Park Chaos Effect had poor sales along with the end of Kenner Barman Animated Series lines and Power Of The Force II ended but the production. was also changing as by 1999, Kenner released Small Soldiers and soon in 1999, Hasbro went to Kenner and fired 420 employees including the Jurassic Park Design Team. Plans for JP3 were planned by Hasbro along with Star Wars Episode One. And by 2000, Kenner was shut down and the whole company was dead..

[@glennwelsh9784]

I was only able to own two Batman TAS figures as a child - Turbojet Batman and The Penguin, both of which were given to me for my birthday. I didn't care much for the Penguin figure but LOVED my Turbojet Batman. Sadly, I lost the yellow projectile that fired from the wrist launcher like a day or two after getting the figure. I'd eventually lose the jetpack too over time, but I still have the figure itself and is one of my most prized possessions because it was one of the last birthday gifts my mother gave me before she passed away.

[@justafox5356]

3:53 my favorite episode is still The Man Who Killed Batman. Joker’s reaction to the death of his nemesis is utterly brilliant and I can recite his eulogy from memory. I Almost Had Him is really good too. As for capes I agree though I always go for ones with wires in them.

[@eaburksjac]

The 1989 Batman movie only had 3 figures and two vehicles: Batman, Joker, Bob the Goon, the Batmobile (which had no roof for some reason), and the BatWing. I would love to see an episode where you dive into this because the backstory there is really interesting.

[@Sam_Joey_G]

Wow! Grew up with those toys and they all gone now.. lol. Gonna buy them all again!

[@Fardawg]

As a Batman Returns fan I loved that Penguin.

[@eddieissac1987]

Wow great collection I just finished collecting the movie figures,my plan is to get the animated series next,great vid!

[@kamo40]

great collection...thanks for posting

[@mattpartington5312]

Man this brings back memories,I was a teenager during the 90's, Batman was my favorite dc character,& wolverine was my favorite marvel character, even though I was a teenager,I didn't care,I still bought anything Batman or wolverine related, wether it was comics,figures,tape the shows on the old VCR etc.., a little side note if the ventriloquist is ever brought into a live action version, Batman fan Jeff Dunham should play him. It would be a no brainier.

[@jboypacman]

Love it! These are great figures and still hold up very well today. Am wanting to hunt down a Creeper and Phantasm figure from the line at some point and there is a really awesome redesigned Scarecrow from Matty Collector that is super creepy looking v.s. the original one you have that would be awesome to have too. Congrats on the new additions. : )

[@caseysanborn1953]

Awesome haul! The poison Ivy and Harley Quinn from this line are also great :D

[@thekaijumaster200x3]

the reason they don't give him a coin because they don't want kids to choke on it. because in 1978 as you know a kid choked on a missile from a Battlestar Galactica viper.

[@fdfkjow]

I had a few of those toys you bring back so man memories from my childhood

[@randyvandolah5581]

Miss the show wish it was still on the air with new episodes the best batman cartoon ever

[@ZombieSlayersNation]

Wow my cousin gave me all of these when I was little, I never took them out until a while ago

[@samtheweebo]

Had clay face as a kid, loved him!

[@advancedrebel]

That's a beautiful collection. I owned a few of these.

[@RedUncle]

rad! yeah, I'm like you - these Batman toys came out after I'd already "outgrown" toys, so I never had any... but my younger cousin had the Man Bat toy - I remember sitting in the backseat of a car as he unboxed the figure, and showed me its flapping wings function... and I loved the design! also, that's a really cool-looking Catwoman toy! really neat designs, it's awesome that you're finally able to add them to your collection after all these years

[@Ventysize]

I was never able to find the utility belt batman from this line. I did however have the batman that had some kind of dark grey suit with a backpack feature.there was also the orange batman with the big silver wings,If I am not mistaken. Excellent trip down memory lane Mr French! Thanks

[@Harpfrmhel]

The Kenner Batman:TAS figures were great. When you do eventually get to making this video, I think a lengthier one discussing the cartoon first is necessary, because the show was just SO well made; gorgeous 1940s style animation with Gothic Burton influence, well known actors doing voice overs, reimagined character origins, Harley Quinn, etc. Sooo good. Also, one figure missing from this collection is The Phantasm, the main villain from Batman: Mask of the Phantasm.

[@elbosausage]

i cant wait for that...i still have a superman unpuched as well as various other figures from the line..those figures and star wars always bring back good memories.Im glad your channel shows various figures and the accessories.great vids! -gary/texas

[@jcseiji]

Thoroughly enjoyable video. Loved Batman The Animated Series. Got many of the figures, all ? the die cast figures, and the sticker book with stickers but cannot remember if I got all the stickers or not. And of course the comic books. A great series altogether!

[@brandonellis8416]

the robin looks like a re-paint and head switch of the robin that was released with the batman returns line, you know, the one with the kid 'n play hair, lol. The extra detail of his muscles gives it away.

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

When I saw the name of this video I thought it was for the NEW BTAS figures and I was like "YES!" and then I realized it was for the original line and I was like "oh" but I'm still glad I watched it and it's a good video. You just accidentally tricked me. LOL.

[@lordjs9726]

I had 3 of those figures, Catwoman, the armor Batman and the Man Bat.

[@birddogg62]

I know you guys said you wouldn't do 90s toys, but I would like to see reviews of the last true toy lines like batman, Jurassic Park, and maybe the x-men line.

[@acereview7968]

Would love to see an updated collection video on the Kenner Batman the Animated Series figures, if you ended up collecting them!

[@JAR369Extra]

As a teenager collecting & selling toys is a good thing

[@nostalgicyoutuber5098]

Love Batman the animated series, just got the whole cartoon in separate discs recentally, I’m on season 3, near the beginning

[@Nicopelli]

That lot of Batman figures had to cost some serious cash. Most of the villains were hard to find back in the day.

[@ajj1427]

Great unboxing

[@chicken-films10]

Fun fact:robin in the show was model after the tim drake suit with some tweaks like the belt and padding the kenner toy just made the tim drake suit without tweeks

[@MarkDemeo]

i think this is a great start to your BAS collection,i agree about the cloth capes definatlly prefer that to plastic ones. one thing i learned just before watching this on a side note the voice actor who played mr. freeze recentlly died but of course who can forget the brillant work of mark hamill and kevin conroy in that series.

[@davidstone281]

I just bought The Mad Hatter(with robotic rabbit), Scarecrow and Killer Croc still in the packaging for 15 dollars at my local comic book store.

[@tortugasninja2K3]

What a great ser ofrece figures Andres the carry box os amazing!!!

[@dreadnok320]

This is y i enjoy your channel. Its great to learn about tease great retro toy lines. The down side is now want to collect more toy lines lol. Being mainly a Vintage Hot Wheels guy trying to comp 1974-1989 every car every color ( NOT EASY OR CHEAP ) It dose not leave me much money for other lines. I do collect GI Joes new and old and i am a car nut and speed freak. But i really would like to Finish my WWF LJN Line and WWF Hasbro line. I am also interested in MASK & Super Powers lines. Some day

[@ivanherrera7410]

Im new watching your videos and you r awesome very good explanation on the action figures topic you know what id would to watch avtion figures for a another country's that would be awesome thakns !!

[@danielchalhoub2618]

i have a lot of figures from the original collection, however i always struggled to get the original paint job batman, the only one i could get was the batman from the New Batman Adventures, but he had a rubber cape, quite disappointing... but i actually managed to get that joker with the gray trenchcoat which is by far one of my favs

[@FoolKiller5150]

Great video love some batman!

[@Harpfrmhel]

There are also figures of Bane, Harley Quinn, The Creeper, The Phantasm and Alfred (who like Commissioner Gordon, is rare because he comes in a four pack).

[@impossiblepie]

Really enjoy watching your videos, do you usually buy all your stuff out of package? and is there a video of all of your collection?

[@treyjohnson82]

I had the man bat read along book and record,his origin story,and even when the Joker stole a Picasso painting

[@kennerfreak7]

you guys should really do a series or somthing just about the animates series

[@ppugnans4436]

Your Two-Face is missing the little metal coin on a chain.

[@Terminatorfan-2016]

What do you think of the DC Collectibles : The Animated Series toys that recently came out? I really like those.

[@fdfkjow]

you going to do a video on this as far as the cartoon series and the toy line that came out for it ?

[@archzrga6501]

the mask of phantasm line up has the total armor batman which is my favorite

[@impossiblepie]

at the time I was doing some catch up as well, I only have a bunch of the figures and a few batmobiles, still missing a lot.

[@hilarioph]

Kenner glad support this line up from the show when they got cancel

[@New-York-Guy-90.]

Ive got all of these from my childhood but different versions from the mid 90s

[@jasonmilburn5122]

What the hell was that guy's problem? I always hated those stupid variant figures with all the crap attached to them and ridiculous colors, they just got in the way when you were looking for the real one. That show was awesome. Keep up the good work.

[@Benjamin0119]

The umpteen multi-colored Batmans that never looked like Batman were obnoxious. These toys are cool, though. They didn't make Harley Quinn? D:

[@pferreira1983]

Good collection although Batman Forever was not a debacle. It was awesome.

[@jadon2893]

I Like those toys for a kid

[@zhaneranger]

How do you feel about those nonsensical accessories that come with the figures? Do you display them with the figures? Store them away separately or chuck them out? Would they affect the value of the figure if missing?

[@skiid813]

I have 30+ BTAS figures all still in the box and everytime I look at them the kid in me wants nothing more then to just rip them all out and play with them like you were just doing (especially Combat Belt Batman)but they just look too nice in the box. I don't want to take them out and ruin the display.

[@PatootyPanda]

where did you get all these? I had most of these as a kid.

[@kidchuckle]

ha I think I saw a peek from part3 millennium falcon (batmobile sitting in the background!)

[@archzrga6501]

the problem with the cape is that the U shaped plastic locking it to their necks gets brittle overtime

[@lgmxgrmx2088]

I had the Mister Freeze and the Joker figure.

[@lukehenry4937]

where did you get this? I would like to know, as i would like to buy it.

[@scottreacher]

I always wanted a ManBat figure, but you know how mothers can be. 😒 It would have been cool if they had made a Werewolf figure from the episode "Moon of the Wolf".

[@shang6245]

Kenner in the 1990's: 1991: Was bought by Hasbro 1992: Batman Returns toys are released 1993: Jurassic Park toys are released 1994: Jurassic Park Series Two 1995: Star Wars is re-released as Power Of The Force 1996: Beast Wars 1997: Batman & Robin / The Lost World Jurassic Park / Micro Verse / Beast Wars. 1998: Jurassic Park Chaos Effect 1999: Small Soldiers

[@digger318toyreviews]

oh the 2face figure has a coin on a necklace... i used to have a bunch of these, at least like 20, they all got stolen :(

[@vincentalykin]

Hey, could you tell me where I could buy this box set? I would like to buy it.

[@blainetheemt]

Batman is great

[@drmanish29]

From where did u buy this.. I wuld love to get then too.. But sadly here in india we dont get these..

[@elbosausage]

i miss the fabric capes..the super powers line was my fav...did you collect that line as well?-gary/texas

[@archzrga6501]

man bat figure has a nice flapping gimmigh. tho hooks works as laso to his leg and on another figure's arm, leg or waist

[@ericm.7165]

I believe they re-released joker with different accessories for Mask of the Phantasm.

[@sabbath178]

+eric m. Your right, it was a variant. One had a greenish face, and the other had a white face. check it out @ facebook.com/animatedbatman

[@borbafet9206]

people have no childhoods nowadays...

[@mini-conlongarm8021]

Not exactly. Some kids would end up playing with the newer TMNT figures or Lego sets, but it's mostly iPhone games these days...

[@borbafet9206]

Ikr

[@devilsguy8711]

Pokemon go kind of brought that back for me.

[@nostalgicyoutuber5098]

As on eof the younger retro collectors, I can agree

[@Tailzy26]

I love Batman the animated series. but I also loved the 1966 Batman too.. it aired late nights of Tv land, I was a weird kid... I have the 66 batman on DVD too never did like Batgirl though she annoyed me. but for the 66 batman I think Riddler (Frank) Did have a suit well I know it was shown in the movie. either way these are cool! Joker and Riddler were my faves!

[@sabbath178]

The Robin Dragster was the best toy from this line. Read the story on why @ facebook.com/animatedbatman

[@BiteThemBack75]

Please do a video on Gargoyles.

[@josephzanabria9369]

cool

[@maxb9167]

your right about the awful figures with sculpted capes and stuff. I bought a movie heroes darth vader from kroger and he has a horrible action pose thing, and the cape looks like crap. where were the good ol figure days?

[@Norrbottning]

If you wanna watch a good animated version of Batman, watch Year One or The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 and 2.

[@Sturmdude]

Although Kenner certainly decided to repaint Batman in the most ridiculous ways, it appears that they would at least try to produce some of the adversaries from the show and get them on the shelves. These days it's totally backwards. With each super hero movie, Hasbro will make dozens of variants of the super hero protagonist, but barely make any of the other characters. It must suck to be a kid these days.

[@drmanish29]

Hey from where did you order this.. Here in india we dont get any of these.. I need them badly..

[@danielferstendig]

Did u know you could only get batgirl in duoforce?

[@impossiblepie]

as far as the combat batman goes they did the same thing for Batman beyond, made one real Batman and tons of stupid different ones. Wish they made all the villains.

[@CubanPete1990]

Hey do you have The Batgirl figure?

[@justanothergeek4968]

Where you get from ?