My Batman '89 room

[GBglide]

Got LED lighting in the cabinet and a stand for the pewter medallion (center).


Also got magazine rack for my movie magazines.


Here it is customized.

[BatmanFurst]

I finished making stands for the Batman and Joker busts that I bought.


Got a stand that would fit in my cabinet for Hot Toys Mime Joker.


And more posters put up.

Hey question about the pic you have framed with the Batsymbol in the middle and the multiple pictures around it, I think I read some where that that was the place mat at Taco Bell during their promotion. Can you confirm that?

[GBglide]

Yes, it is from Taco Bell.

Edit: I don't know how it was used at Taco Bell.

[BatmanFurst]

Yes, it is from Taco Bell.

Edit: I don't know how it was used at Taco Bell.

Ok, thanks

Also, I love your Gotham Globe shelf. Awesome idea that I've never seen someone do before.

Were you around for the Batmania in 1989? If so, what was it like?

[GBglide]

Yes, it is from Taco Bell.

Edit: I don't know how it was used at Taco Bell.

Ok, thanks

Also, I love your Gotham Globe shelf. Awesome idea that I've never seen someone do before.

Were you around for the Batmania in 1989? If so, what was it like?

It was as nuts as people say, Batman was everywhere. Unfortunately I wasn't really participating then. 

I was 19 in 1989, but as for "being there", I didn't give a crap about Batman then. My only reference was the 60's TV show. I didn't see the movie till it came out on videotape in the fall. I liked it but my love of Batman didn't grow until summer of '90 when I realized that I missed the atmosphere of Batman being everywhere like in '89.

In '92 I started paying more attention again to Batman because of Batman Returns and the Animated series.

By '93 I stumbled upon a Batman comic with strange buildings, it was part of the Destroyer arc. Then I purchased Legends of the Dark Knight #27 with drawings in the back by "Anton Furst", I was officially hooked.
I purchased the soundtrack and score and videotape, and started trying to draw the cathedral from paused shots from the tape. Then went back to the souvenir magazine and book by John Marriott.

By 1994, Batman '89 was my favorite movie. I was shocked when I found out Keaton wouldn't be back for a third film. My love of Batman '89 went on pause for a long time.

When Hot Toys produced figures I was back in again. I then committed to making the Furst Gotham in Lego.

In 2017 I realized that my collecting of other things (Transformers, 80's properties) seemed unfocused. I started selling everything I didn't care about and started buying Batman '89 collectibles on Ebay.

From then on I focused on collecting Batman '89 almost exclusively.

[BatmanFurst]

Yes, it is from Taco Bell.

Edit: I don't know how it was used at Taco Bell.

Ok, thanks

Also, I love your Gotham Globe shelf. Awesome idea that I've never seen someone do before.

Were you around for the Batmania in 1989? If so, what was it like?

It was as nuts as people say, Batman was everywhere. Unfortunately I wasn't really participating then. 

I was 19 in 1989, but as for "being there", I didn't give a crap about Batman then. My only reference was the 60's TV show. I didn't see the movie till it came out on videotape in the fall. I liked it but my love of Batman didn't grow until summer of '90 when I realized that I missed the atmosphere of Batman being everywhere like in '89.

In '92 I started paying more attention again to Batman because of Batman Returns and the Animated series.

By '93 I stumbled upon a Batman comic with strange buildings, it was part of the Destroyer arc. Then I purchased Legends of the Dark Knight #27 with drawings in the back by "Anton Furst", I was officially hooked.
I purchased the soundtrack and score and videotape, and started trying to draw the cathedral from paused shots from the tape. Then went back to the souvenir magazine and book by John Marriott.

By 1994, Batman '89 was my favorite movie. I was shocked when I found out Keaton wouldn't be back for a third film. My love of Batman '89 went on pause for a long time.

When Hot Toys produced figures I was back in again. I then committed to making the Furst Gotham in Lego.

In 2017 I realized that my collecting of other things (Transformers, 80's properties) seemed unfocused. I started selling everything I didn't care about and started buying Batman '89 collectibles on Ebay.

From then on I focused on collecting Batman '89 almost exclusively.

I recently bought that exact same comic so that I could see the Anton Furst sketches in the back. All the digital versions of that comic exclude those sketches.

You're very lucky to have been around for the marketing blitz of that first film even if you didn't engage with it.

[GBglide]

David Lea's Autograph, he was Michael Keaton's stunt double for Batman/Batman Returns.

[Slash Man]

Just dropping by to pay my respects to this amazing Batcave. I still don't think the Hot Toys figures get enough praise; they really stand out on a shelf. Also, the arcade game is a stellar find. Any interesting story behind that one?

[GBglide]

Just dropping by to pay my respects to this amazing Batcave. I still don't think the Hot Toys figures get enough praise; they really stand out on a shelf. Also, the arcade game is a stellar find. Any interesting story behind that one?

The arcade game was a labor of love. I got the circuit board off of Ebay, and the cabinet itself off of Craigslist (it was Metal Slug 6). Sold the MM6 Board, then went to work restoring the cabinet.  Since the screen was larger than average, I made custom art for the screen bezel, then I put movie scenes in the custom side art that I made. I couldn't have done it without the expertise and help of my friend Mark Siefert. Mark passed away from cancer this past October. RIP

[The Joker]

Condolences for your friend, GBglide.

It also goes without saying that that arcade cabinet is an absolute beaut.