Polar Lights 1/25 1966 Batmobile - Kit Review

Reviewing Polar Lights', 1/25 scale, 1966 Batmobile model kit, No. POL837, released in 2011.
This review covers the full, "Plastic Assembly" model kit, not the "Snap" kit.
This highly detailed kit from Polar Lights was first issued in 2002, and showcases the classic lines of the Batmobile, from the 1966 TV series, starring Adam West, and Burt Ward.
Featuring a beautifully detailed interior, with all the 1966 Batmobile, "Bat-cessories", opening hood, with complete engine, opening trunk, with Bat-Computer, poseable front wheels, Chrome Parts, beautifully rendered Batmobile Windscreen, and a detailed Decal Sheet with complete Batmobile pinstriping, Batmobile Number Plates, and Batman's classic Bat signs.
Highly recommended for any fan of the classic 1966 Batman TV show.

[@scalemodelinc.6077]

What a cool kit! Man, that brings back some memories…. wish I still had my Bat Ring 🤣

[@PetesKits]

Yep, just looking at this kit brought back memories of a childhood in the '60's. Always loved the Batmobile. Cheers!

[@mammycher8895]

I was thinking of getting one of these on ebay and now I think I will. Thank you so much for the video. This is awesome!

[@PetesKits]

Thank you, much appreciated. Polar Lights have several variants of the Batmobile. A "Snap Kit" and this one, the "Full Assembly" kit, to choose from. From what I understand the "Snap Kit", has the pin striping already on, and comes with Batman and Robin figures (which I would have loved in my kit), but this one stole my heart. Glad you liked the video. Cheers!

[@mammycher8895]

@@PetesKits Thank you so much. Very helpful!

[@mammycher8895]

And as I am perusing Ebay looking at all the wonderful Batman show things, what do I see? OMG an autographed batmobile toy car. To die for! LOL A Thousand Dollars!

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Cool, gotta love the Batmobile! 🦇

[@PetesKits]

Oh yes. My ideal "Pose" car for weekend cruising! :)

[@50YearOldTeenager]

Odd that they included a standard V8 engine as it should have been a jet turbine type. Still nice though, I built one using an old 1950s kit of a Lincoln Futura to make one but this came out about 10 years later. I just wondered why Barris did not licence to Revell AMT or Monogram etc in the 1960s he would have made a packet$$$$. Instead all we got was the Aurora 1/32 version which was pretty awful.

[@PetesKits]

I would say that the reason for the V8 instead of a turbine, was probably because that's what the actual car had installed, and the designer(s) for the model's moulds etc. just went with a direct copy. As for the licencing, I guess the reasons are probably lost to time now. It may have been Aurora was first on the scene, or the others just weren't interested, or had the already committed themselves to building and releasing other subjects at the time. We may never know.

[@bluelight3183]

Nice one, Pete! 👍 I had a very similar Batmobile, when I was a kid, but a metal made toy. It had a system that allowed us to eject stuff from those tubes on the rear, either toothpicks, or matches, that kind of stuff. No idea who the manufacturer was (maybe Dinky Toys, or a similar company). Anyway, Batman was my favorite super hero, no special super powers like Superman, for instance, but just a regular human warrior fighting evil for a good cause 😉 Keep up the great work! Cheers!

[@PetesKits]

Thanks Mate! Weird as it may sound. Had the same metal Batmobile when I was a kid too. Yes, with the rocket launchers on the back. And a cable cutter that popped out the front. Think it was a Corgi Toys, because it came in the typical Corgi box with the "background". Oh for a time machine! Cheers!