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How much is the 1966 Batmobile worth? ›

The Legendary Batmobile Sells for $4.6m

Airing between 1966 and 1968 and spanning 3 seasons, it followed the caped crusader as he fought against The Joker, The Penguin, Dr Freeze and more with his trusty ally Robin and of course, the Batmobile.

In an interview with CNBC that was published around that time, Friedlinghaus opined that building a real-life Batmobile would cost around $9 million, excluding the cost of munitions.

With 1,360 pieces, this set is full of cool features including steering, moving pistons, 2 light bricks and a spinning flame.

Michael Keaton's 1989 Batmobile Just Hit the Market for $1.5 Million. It wasn't built for speed, maxing out at just 30 mph, but it does come with a working flamethrower.

Barris himself built four Batmobiles for the 1966 Batman TV show and movie, but only one was made from metal, while the rest were fiberglass.

A recent 9th Circuit decision has endorsed copyright protection for Batman's four-wheeled sidekick, confirming that copyright protection can extend to "sufficiently distinctive" elements of an original work, like comic-book characters, even if the "character" is a car. The decision affirms DC Comics v. Towle, 989 F.

A fully functional Batmobile replica exists — and you can even drive it outside of Gotham City. Led by architect and artist Nguyen Dac Chung, the Vietnam-based Macro Studios used blueprints from Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy to faithfully recreate the movie's Tumbler vehicle.

TV's Original 1966 Batmobile

After many years on display at Gatlinburg's Guinness World Records Museum, The 1966 Barris TV Show Batmobile has moved a couple of blocks and is now part of the Hollywood Star Cars Collection.

343 Pieces, Ages 9+.

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With 3929 pieces, the Bucket Wheel Excavator is one of the biggest Technic sets we've ever produced. The set is a very complex one and if it's not built as shown in the instructions, it might not work the way it should.

The Batmobile was built upon a Chevrolet Impala chasis with a Chevy V8 engine, and was based on and modified from a 1970 Corvette body when previous development with a Jaguar and Ford Mustang failed.

The real Batmobile featured in Tim Burton's Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992). This isn't just a replica, either. It's the actual prop car designed by illustrator Julian Caldow.

In order to add the Batmobile to your garage, you can head over to Warstock Carry & Cache. This is the only marketplace that carries the Grotti Vigilante. Before you get too attached to the Vigilante, the base price you'll be paying for it is $3,750,000.

As you step into the Volo Museum, get ready to be transported into the world of Batman as you lay your eyes on this stunning Batmobile. It may not be the infamous #1 Batmobile that sold for $4.6 million, but it's an original and licensed George Barris Batmobile, making it a rare and valuable piece of Hollywood history.

In 2013, a George Barris-designed Batmobile from the original TV series sold at a Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona for a hammer price of $US4. 2 million – equivalent to $AU6. 3 million today.

This is a street-legal replica of the Batmobile used in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy. It costs $1 million, which is around £600k in real money, and is therefore more expensive than a pair of Lamborghini Aventadors.

Despite the afterburner poking out back, the Batmobile is powered by a 390 cu. in. (6.4-liters) Lincoln V-8 bolted to a B&M Hydro Automatic tranny.