TIMELINE: 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1985. TOYS: DC Superhero cars, Golden Girl action figures, Karl May action figures, MOTU merchandise, Die Cast cars, Playmobil figures. MANUFACTURERS: Corgi, Mattel, Siso-Trend, Bburago, Inventive Concepts. COUNTRIES: US, Germany, Netherlands.
US. Weird War Tales. 1980.
Germany. 1985.
Germany. 1978.
Germany. 1982.
Germany. 1982.
US. Weird War Tales. 1980.
US. Weird War Tales. 1980.
Netherlands. 1979.
The Vintage Toy Advertiser 
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It’s always a pleasure to see Playmobil ads posted in your blog!
Thanks a lot!
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Hi Zerocal, great to hear from you my friend š Some more Playmo ads coming up in my post later today.
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Fantastic ads, especially the first one! I remember having those Bat-Vehicles, the Supermobile, and the Supervan! They were brilliant fun! I’m sure I had a batboat as well, sure I did, was there a batboat that hooked on the back of the batmobile tool?
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Yes, for both the larger scale size and Juniors. The large came on its own or as a two pack with the Batmobile. Here’s one of my other ads for it: https://thevintagetoyadvertiser.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/corgi-batman-1967-post.jpg
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Brilliant! Yes, that’s the one with the Batmobile and Batboat in one set. The Batboat had a trailer you could hook on the back š
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I always wanted a Batmobile. It’s such a cool design!
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Agree. The Corgi larger scale version with removable figures and working features is the one I had as a kid and I remember it was such a cool toy.
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Yay! Another batch that has something in I owned once upon a time! I had the Batman collection (Batmobile, Bike and Copter) with the Joker’s Lancia Stratos(/) van and Daily Planet delivery truck. If I recall correctly there was also a Bat Speedboat too. It was made of plastic in two pieces so you could pry the top off and put in some baking soda, and if you used a heated needle you could carefully pierce a hole through the model’s exhaust pipes. Then when you put the Bat-boat into water the soda reacted and propelled it across your bath or sink!
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What a cool story about the Bat boat! I knew of the vehicle but didn’t know it could do that with a little customisation. The vintage Corgi Batman line is so cool, even the stuff they were releasing in the early 2000s was cool. I have Robin’s vehicle, a Batmobile and the Jokermobile.
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Hi TVTA, yes the modification is a little twist on the toy submersibles you could get that would sink to the bottom of your sink or bath, then the soda powder would bubble up causing gas which caused the sub to resurface. You just had to pierce a hole in the bottom of the Bat-boat and fill it up. I also had the larger scale Batmobile with the chain-cutter blade in the nose and rocket launcher tubes on the back.
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Hi FT. It was such a great action toy, along with the James Bond Aston Martin DB5 which had the ejecter seat for the villain. Corgi certainly put a lot of effort into their toys.
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Very true, I also had the DB5 but a newer edition not one of the early releases. Corgi had a great reputation and as such movie/TV companies were comfortable giving licenses to them to produce the movie tie-in toys.
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Yay! The Corgi DC superheroes ad! The cars were already cool… but the ad made them seem like so much more.
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Yes, such a great ad. I have two different ones of them now from the US.
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