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In October 1965, Barris hired Cushenbery to do the metalwork that would turn the Lincoln Futura concept car into the Batmobile car featured in the 1960s Batman television series. The original contract specified a list of modifications required by the studio. [21] The conversion was completed in three weeks at a cost of US$30,000.
Hot Wheels is an American media franchise and brand of scale model cars invented by Elliot Handler and introduced by his company Mattel on May 18, 1968. [2] It was the primary competitor of Matchbox until Mattel bought Matchbox owner Tyco Toys in 1997.
As filming would begin in a few weeks, there was not enough time to create a new design from scratch. Instead, Barris used the Futura as the base for the Batmobile. Barris hired Bill Cushenbery to modify the car, which was ready in three weeks. The show's popularity added to Barris's fame. Barris owned the Batmobile until he sold it at a 2013 ...
The Batmobile is one of pop culture's most iconic cars, but which live-action version is the best? We graded all of Batman's Batmobiles to find out. The post All of BATMAN’s Live-Action ...
These were developed to compete with Matchbox in the year that Mattel's Hot Wheels were introduced. The Cigarbox car line was a combination of rather bland plastic slot car bodies with metal chassis. [17] Models were claimed to be HO scale, but the cars were larger than HO – yet a bit smaller than Hot Wheels.
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Hot Wheels or Hotwheels may also refer to: Hot Wheels, the inaugural racing video game based on the toy line published by Epyx in 1984 for the Commodore 64. Hot Wheels, an animated TV series based on the toy line aired from 1969 to 1971 on ABC. Hot Wheels: World Race, a 2003 animated, feature-length television film based on the toy line.
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