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Kenner Super Powers Batmobile
This is Kenner's first in a very long line of toy Batmobiles. In 1984, Kenner had begun to produce DC characters in their, now famous, Super Powers line of toys. Vehicles soon followed to complement...
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Justice League Batman Alarm Clock
A few weeks ago, my 12 year-old son walked into my studio and plunked this down on my desk. "You want this?" he asked. "Uh... yeah, are you done with it?" I asked back. Apparently, my son is now too...
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Kenner Dark Knight Collection Catalog
When Kenner took over the Batman movie toy license in 1990 from Toy Biz, it was a very welcome change. It's not that I hated the Toy Biz stuff. It's just that it was pretty clear that things could have...
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Batman Basketball
What says Batman more than a Batman basketball?It is a perfect item for me since I live in the heart of basketball country, Indiana.I had posted earlier about another unusual item, The Batman Hoosier...
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1966 Batcopter by Hotwheels
If your a batman collector a big part of your collection are the Bat vehicles.This last year, 2012, Hotwheels released several of them.Today I want to show you the Batcopter.Mine is on one of the...
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DC Direct Batman Year One DVD Maquette
In the mid-80s, Frank Miller reinterpreted Batman for a new age in the Dark Knight Returns. While DKR tells the story of the end of Batman, Miller soon returned to write Batman Year One… a retelling...
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1974 Chemtoy Batman
This is one of those vintage Batman toys that, on it's face, is pretty lame but still holds a special place in my old toy collecting heart. This is Chemtoy's Batman figure from 1974. I don't call him...
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Eaglemoss 1966 Batmobile
I picked up a new Batmobile the other day.It came with a little diorama, a magazine and is made by Eaglemoss of the UK.It is a nice little magazine that is definitely British.The Batmoble has a bonnet...
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Batman Black & White Mike Mignola Variant Statue
Fellow Bat-fan and blogger extraordinaire, Charles (Chunky B), is guest-posting on Under the Giant Penny today. You may know him from his work on other great sites like his own Eclectorama and Batman...
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Oldest Thing In My Collection: Brian B
A week or two ago I asked my fellow UTGP bloggers to post the oldest thing that they had in their collection.Looks like I get to go first!Most collectors collect more than one thing. I try to limit...
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Oldest Thing in My Collection: Charles
My first "Official" Post for UTGP, and it starts with an email received a while back now about showcasing the oldest item in your collection from Brain B. I knew two things right then, one, I was going...
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Oldest Thing in My Collection: Brian A
A few weeks ago, Brian B threw down the challenge to post on the oldest item in our Bat-Collections. This was a bit tough for me since my collection is comprised mostly of things from the late...
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My Personal Film Bat-Marathon: Brian A
I posed a question recently to my two UTGP blogger buddies, Brian B and Charles… If you had a Saturday all to yourself, it's raining cats and dogs outside, and there are no house projects to be...
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My Marathon Day: Brian B
I took this challenge as if it were going to be this weekend. The only way I can even fit this kind of television time in my head, in a fantasy setting, is to imagine that my wife would be away for the...
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Batman-A-Thon: Charles
Yay! I get a whole ten hours to watch Batman! Batman, no chores... Batman, no work... Batman, nothing else! Okay, like I would ever have ten hours to watch nothing but Batman, still this challenge was...
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Hot Toys 1/6 scale 1989 Movie Batmobile
This past week, UPS delivered something that I've been waiting for for quite some time. I preordered this item with Sideshow Toys way back in February 2012. The BOX finally showed up, and it was...
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Darwyn Cooke Bendy Figure
Bendy's are back!Bendy figures were very popular when I was a kid.They were placed where whiny kids could see them at check lanes and were a spontaneous purchase.These figures are made of "rubber" and...
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Mezco Batman and Robin with the Batmobile
So far this is the only toy in the new "Batman: Classic TV Series" I have seen in a store!It is put out by Mezco and the box says it is a Mez-it toy.I have never seen one of these toys in the real...
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Dc Buildable
A quick post on something I found today. A DC buildable figure.This came in a coin operated vending machine at my local comic book store.Cost?Four quarters.BB
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66 Batman Heroclix
1966 Batman seems to be everywhere this year!It is nice for guys who grew up with Adam West and Burt Ward to finally have some collectables in their likeness.Not only do we get Batman and Robin but a...
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Art Studio and Toy Collection Tour
It's been quite awhile since I've posted anything and I thought I'd change that. I'm planning on blogging again once a week but thought I'd kick things off with a tour of my studio/collection room....
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Shake Me to Wake Me
It has been a while since we have had any posting activity on UTGP. Lives change. Time commitments with family and work takes precedents over fun side projects. Legitimate and real excuses and we...
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A Hoosier, Montanan and a Texan wrote a blog
Under the Giant Penny Started in July 2009 by two grown men who had fond memories of their childhood and used Batman as a sort of talisman to transport them back to those memories. They added a third...
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The Museum Visit: Part 2
The dinosaurs were as anxious to get to the children's museum and see the Batman collection as we were.We saw some dinosaurs first.I even had a wax one made as a souvenir. The Gus Grissom Liberty...
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