'Loydster's Ramblings' ---- Episode 8!!!

 

Yet ANOTHER month's ZIPPED nearly past--- and ready or not!!--- another episode of crunchy-GEEKY-goodness, featuring yours truly yakking about stuff he's all NERDY about! This time, I'm rattling on about pretty much my all-time FAVORITE set of crime-fighting-wheels! There MAY even be one or two of you out there, who are asking the BURNING question---

Before we dive off into the handy-dandy link-to-the-blab-session down below--- here's a few images that relate to what the 'ol Loydster's yammering about!---

 

T-shirts featuring the Caped Crusader's trusty steed, and License plate-frames that show-off my SHAMELESS love for that certain 'Bat-themed vehicle'! (NO-- I don't REALLY own another car that's a Batmobile! But MAN--- that would INDEED be cool if I somehow---magically---were able to, wouldn't it?!?!)

There were actually TWO Batmobiles in the 'Batman' comics of the early '60s. The 1964 version, was of course, designed / drawn by the legendary carmine Infantino (It's got kind-of a 'Jaguar' groove to it! Pretty COOL!).
Then, there's the unfortunate-looking BEAST on the right above, that I talk about in this episode! Poor 'Shelly' Moldoff--- he was alright, as a penciller of the adventures of the Dynamic Duo for MANY years! BUT--- a 'Batmobile-design-genius'? NOT exactly! (Sorry Mr. Moldoff!)

The animation-- up near the top of this here post ---on the episode's title-card, pretty much let's you KNOW that there's NO secret, as to just WHICH 'bat-ride' is my ALL-TIME favorite! Most fans of the '66 car, know that it started out as the 'Futura' concept car. The above pics (just like I blab about in the episode!) ---show how the car went from 'dream-car', to 'crime-fighter'!

Another 'fun-fact'--- Ford motor company let George Barris have this one-of-a-kind car (the 'Futura', that is!) ... for ONE DOLLAR! Truly unbelievable (BUT---it's TRUE!) !

AND---- here's the 'runner's up' / honorable mentions-list of 'Bat-rides'! Although, as I say in the episode, I'm not a big fan of the 'Tumbler-Batmobile's design / appearance--- I still can appreciate the the AMAZING amount of engineering and thought that went into it's creation!

The WILD 'Bat-pod' (that CRAZY two-wheeled beast from the 'Dark knight' flicks!), also came from part of the Tumbler's design. Another AMAZING feat of design and engineering itself! 

Alrighty then! That's PLENTY of build-up to this month's episode! Let's get on with the blab-o-rama about that certain 'crime-CRUSHING-car', shall we? Do all the usual 'pointing-and-clicking', and do that whole 'listening-thang' that you can do here once-a-month!---

                                                                           An 8th episode of Loyd-a-blabbin'!

           See you all back here next time around gang!

Loyd's BONUS video-clip!!--- # 44!!--- Yet ANOTHER couple of REALLY-NEAT-O 'Bat-items'!

 

Once AGAIN, one of my favorite 'UBER-GEEKS', Mr. Adam Savage--- has managed to showcase something both VERY COOL... and, once AGAIN-- 'Bat-related'! This time it's the 'spear-gun' from the '89 and '92 'Batman' movies (though it, as they point out in the video-clip--- is only used for ONE scene in the 2nd flick!)!

A couple of other kinda-cool things about this 'screen-used' prop.... it actually WORKS! AND---it's unrestored. It's in pretty decent shape, for something used in a movie made over 30 years ago! He checks out one of the 'Bat-chest-symbols', from the '89 movie as well! As you can imagine--- I was doing a little 'GEEK-happy-dance', while watching this! 

Also--- watch for a few other REALLY nifty comics-character-movie / TV-show items, in the video's opening moments!----

Like I've said here before folks--- check out the various videos Mr. Savage has posted up on YouTube. Some of the stuff he's showcased in his 'cave' (his actual nick-name for it!), as well as the things / projects that he works on in his 'one day build' videos, are pretty much mind-blowing! Fun, entertaining stuff!