Now, You Too Can Buy a Batmobile - For $3 Million

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I remember, back in the late sixties, watching Batman and Robin rush through the Batcave, leaping into their totally groovy Batmobile, and charging out to do battle with Gotham's most dastardly villains. That Batmobile was indeed groovy, but when Christopher Nolan made his Batman trilogy, he had a completely different notion of what the Batmobile should be.

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Now, you can own that vision, in the form of a Tumbler/Batmobile of your very own - if you happen to have a spare $3 million sitting around.

Batman may be a fictional character, but his car isn't.

Life-sized drivable replicas of the Batman Tumbler – a tank-like, off-road vehicle featured in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy – are for sale, though only a finite number were made.

There are 10 replicas of the Tumbler available for purchase, sanctioned by Warner Bros. Discovery, to the tune of $2.99 million each. They are sold exclusively online through The Wayne Enterprises Experience luxury brand.

This marks the first time the Tumbler has been made available for purchase.

Even a wealthy sportsball guy had to reach down deep into his Bat-wallet to fork out enough for this one.

But, you have to admit, while it's not as groovy as the 1966 version, it's still a pretty cool ride.

And given the Bat-numbers, it looks like it can get out of its own Bat-way.

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The vehicle, featuring black external paint and equipped with a 525-horsepower engine, is considered one of the most recognizable vehicles in pop culture. While these replicas are fully functional and drivable, they are not street-legal, according to Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products and Relevance International.

Each vehicle, built by Action Vehicle Engineering, is custom-built to fit its owner. It is also appointed with a unique number and personalization options. Each owner will also receive proof of authenticity from Warner Bros. Discovery.

The "not street-legal" aspect is, I have to admit, a little disappointing. It raises the Bat-question, "What would it take to make it street-legal?" Presumably more than a set of Bat-license plate frames, and granted, having license plates is kind of counter-productive if your goal is to be a Bat-vigilante of the night.


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There have been a bunch of Batmobiles, starting with the 1943 movie serial version, which was just Bruce Wayne's 1939 Cadillac convertible with the top up to conceal the WW2-vintage Caped Crusader, who sallied forth into Gotham to do battle with criminal masterminds, a surprising number of whom were Japanese. The '90s Tim Burton Batmobile had its own Bat-style, but the placement of what appears to be a big gas-turbine engine, when viewed from the front, looks like it would have taken up most of the Bat-cockpit; someone didn't think that one through.

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The 1966 version started off as a Ford Futura project car before being adopted for Bat-broadcast. I've seen a number of Bat-replicas, and all of those were street-legal, unlike this version now being offered for sale; that would make ownership a lot more fun, even if the Bat-Tumbler does have a more imposing, martial look to it.

And, in any case, they'll never beat the Bat-original. Maybe that's the next project - check back next week, same Bat-time, same Bat-channel!

 

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