<![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> The Tumbler's awesome, but this one seems to oddly tug on me a bit. And I'm sure the Tumbler's going to be exhibit material for a long time. At least this Batmobile is a driveable one. And I've noticed the Chevy Engine trend.
Wonder if modification of it's permitted. I'd love to give people heart attacks by flipping switches and buttons and letting the new jet engine roar.

Mr.Wilson

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> Meh... too big and ugly.. I think the Tumbler fits Batman much better.. after all he IS a ninja and seems like he'd appreciate function over form. I mean really, can you imagine what that beast would handle like? No way you'd have any luck in a high speed chase, let alone even getting to the freeway

VENAT0R

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT

CODIFEROUS

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> the best Batmobile was actually the one from the animated series. similar profile to the Burton-Batmobile... just blockier and bauhausier (or something.)

[www.chickslovethecar.com]

x23

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> Oh noooooooo, he dropped the eBay listing. Wonder if it sold through another channeL???

cryptoknight

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> Not street legal since theres no mirrors and you can't see out the back of it or pretty much anything to the rear or almost to the left or right of you. From what I remember I think its also much too low and long to go over speed bumps either. Not that you would want to drive this on the road, the suspension is god awful.

DashTheHand

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> Is that thing even street legal? MPG? Airbags?

ibelli

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> @TruPhan: Let's just say I have it on a pretty good source that when no one's watching, Batman drives a Prius.

frigg

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> The dumbass has a picture of his house along with it.

I bet a giz reader or two could track it down like psystar... and then the Batmobile is all mine for a small finder's fee.

MayorWest

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> Weapons included ???? count me in

Boots_Mcoy

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> Historically, Batmobiles have always been cursed by changing hands so frequently. Everyone wants the Batmobile but no one seems to want to keep the Batmobile. I don't think it should be something up for the highest bidder. So many great movie props become artifacts in themselves and should be donated to museums dedicated to educating history in films.

Breaks my heart every time I see a Batmobile on the open market.

scandalmonger

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> @frigg: By that, you mean anyone not Batman, right?

TruPhan

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> @ideaman2020: Jeff Albertson... that's who Steven Smith reminds me of... or vice versa? [gizmodo.com]

But sadly, I'm compelled to agree: the person who would most want to drive this thing is the person I would least want to see driving it.

frigg

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> @phelander: Yeah, both were good.

All that really matters is that we all agree that the middle ones ("Batman Forever" and "Batman and Robin") should be wiped out of our collective memories. Along with armaggeddon. Yeeeccchhhh!

Zlevee

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> @defn: They removed the jet engine from the one they gave away on MTV back in whatever year that was in order to make it street legal. I dunno if they did that with all of them.

Zlevee

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> @frigg: As much as I hate stereotypes, I'm guessing the person who buys this will likely have a closer resemblance to the Jeff Albertson.

And will subsequently sell it because he can't fit through the hatch..

ideaman2020

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> There was a guy that lived here in Houston somewhere that took an old Stingray and put bat wings and a jet looking thing on the hood. It looked ok, but not authentic. He'd always cruise it through the Starbucks drive-through on the weekends.

RacecarBoobTat

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> @graffiksguru:
Or a few people to help steal it once.

Rabid Penguin

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> @discounteggroll: @Curves: Count me in on that too, all we need is around 50,000 people to throw in 10 bucks (might take awhile to get to drive it), or 500 people to throw in a 1000!
Going to have to say I liked Batman Begins more, but I still love the original!

graffiksguru

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> Though I like "Batman Begins" better and feel it's one of the best superhero movies around, I like Burton's take. I find it strange that people can't accept them both at their own worth. Comic books have different writers and artists all the time yet they are accepted. WHy not director's takes?

phelander

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> @strider_mt2k: Holy Suspension of Disbelief Batman!

Maxxofor

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> @Kaiser-Machead: To each his own and as far as which one is better, the original Burton Batman and the new Dark Knight series are equally great since they reflect different styles and periods in the Batman genre. I have to disagree with your opinion of the Nicholson, considering his role in the Shining and his trademark smirk he was an outstanding Joker being both comically cartoonish and evil at the same time, like those freaky birthday clowns that haunt our past.

TOWken22

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> I'm not sure that I would have put my phone number on the auction, really.
He'll have jackasses calling him up about "hey yo I wanna buy the batmobile" for an eternity.

med

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> Never did like the Tumbler. It seems like more of a prop than a "Batmobile".
Utility was never really the point of the BM, it was about style. The Burton car and the 66 model are the two best in my book.

russdanger

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> @tehronin: You would be right, given that it's an opinion. Factually, the 1989 Batman is better than Batman Begins (just go with me on this, because that's how I'm working it and I'm not changing my mind or willing to concede...we'd both just end up bickering for hours and look retarded).

That's not to say Batman Begins wasn't a top five Superhero movie behind Superman, Batman, and the first X Men movie.

GOKOR

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> @GOKOR: No way in hell is Burton's Batman better than Batman Begins. I found myself indifferent to Keaton, and while Jack is always interesting, he wasn't a convincing clown of death to me. Frankly, the one and only good thing that I've come away with from that movie IS the Batmobile. After watching Batman actually punch a hole in the floor of it like a cheap toy in Batman Returns, they took the luster of the car away from me too.

Kaiser-Machead's LEGO WALL-E

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> @GOKOR: Oh yee of little grey matter, one cannot be wrong with a statement based on an opinion. FACT.

tehronin

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> I actually got to drive this exact vehicle as it made its way around the country on tour to various 6 Flags. Granted it was only from the trailer that it was hauled in to the staging area, but wow, it was too cool. Not to mention the coolness of having to wear the Batman suit and cowl to "not break character in front of the patrons."

DashTheHand

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> @tehronin: You know you're wrong, correct?

Tim Burton's Batman was far better than Batman Begins. The Batmobile is also much cooler than the BatSUV.

GOKOR

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> Question: What the hell was the point in the tumbler of constantly having Batman change positions from laying down to sitting up from laying down to sitting up. It was soooo completely pointless.

Seriously, they couldn't write a little more dialogue to fill time while Batman's driving, so they decided to making him lay down, sit up, lay down, sit up to add action into a driving sequence???

RacecarBoobTat

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> you mean some one actually drives that too works.

Go Team Venture

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> @wingbatwu: If I remember correctly, I believe it has a 1980 Chevy Impala frame & drivetrain -- although the frame was extended somewhat.

RacecarBoobTat

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> tumbler is better..but a warthog(from the Halo series) is better.
M12 Warthog Light Reconnaissance Vehicle

akmarksman

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> I agree that this Batmobile has style, but the Tumbler is still the better badass gadget.

Kaiser-Machead's LEGO WALL-E

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> A police department should pick this up.

photophile

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> If the number of miles on the odometer are any indication,(54 miles) methinks driving this thing must suck and all this would make is a nice dust collector. I mean if I owned that car, I would have at least 100 miles on it...
I know keeping the mileage down is important, but give me a break.

gelatinous

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> Yeah, after seeing the Tumbler this one doesn't seem to have the same luster. Face it Tim Burton, your bat man is no longer the best ther was...

tehronin

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> Why is it sold as a "1980" batmobile?

wingbatwu

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> @Joseph: I hope you're kidding. All of the guages are Auto Meter Pro Comps and they would be a waste of money if they weren't functional. With 5 batmobiles, a few of them had to be FULLY funtional for scootin around the sets. Those were most likely not so 'pretty' on the inside like this one. I'd bet all of those are fully functional.

N@tedog

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> Something tells me that whoever buys this is bound to look more like Alfred Pennyworth than Bruce Wayne.

frigg

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> The Audi R8 drinks the Batmobile's milkshake. It drinks it up.

Avitor

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> Ya gotta love a car that looks as if it hasn't been built so much as wrapped around a jet engine... ;)

FredicvsMaximvs

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> @bms: The Bat does not parallel park... ever.

sqeakytoy of the apocalypse

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> @strider_mt2k: nananananana sideways!!!

GOKOR

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> This is the sexiest supermobile of all time. I'd buy this in a second if I had the money.

...coming from a man that cannot stand Batman and all his lameness.

GOKOR

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> This and the 66 Batmobile are the best ones!

Jirachii

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> But can you parallel park it?

bms

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> Maybe the Noid should have avoided me.

phelander

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> This is by far my favorite Batmobile to date. Sure the new Bat Tank thing is awesome but this has class. The original Batmobile was alright and all but didn't exactly scream "Dark Knight". It more giggled "Adam West" in my mind.

TheCyberBob

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> and by the way, the tumbler is bad ass but this Batmobile wins on style.

phelander

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> No, there really is an ejector seat, numbskull.

phelander

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> Do those gauges actually do anything. They kinda seem very cosmetic.

Joseph

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> Man I remember when I was like 11 or so, Batman Forever came out, and I was lucky enough to see the shitty Kilmermobile at a local mall in West Hills ... yeah - this one is WAY better than that shit.

ByeBye

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> @discounteggroll: Count me in, I would love a piece of time share on this.

Curves

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> Giz should start a donation/raffle/timeshare pool to buy this. I know I'd fork out to drive it around for a day

discounteggroll

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> You haven't lived on the morth side of Dublin then. Torture ain't the word

Jurisprudence

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> almost 20 years old, but still looks better than that joke of a tumbler fumbler. Does it include the rocket engines?

defn

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> @Kaiser-Machead: The Tumbler? Come, come now! You silly Hohenzollern. This is the REAL Batmobile!

SonOfMagicFact

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> Alas I still like the old school Batmobile.

(Turn the camera sideways, I feel like climbin'!)

strider_mt2k

]]> <![CDATA[The Tim Burton Batmobile Is For Sale]]> Alas, I've been spoiled by the Tumbler.

Kaiser-Machead's LEGO WALL-E

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