Batman toys & collectibles catalogue?

Started by Batman, Thu, 23 Oct 2008, 18:46

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I was just wondering, can anyone think of any good recent Batman toy guide catalogues?
I have three: Tomart's toy guide (includes most Kenner toys up to 1996), Lee's Guide to Animated Batman toys (includes toys up to 2002, I think) and finally, Batman Collected, a comprehensive coffee table book (really cool) by Chip Kidd.

However, none of these are either very up to date, or give insight into Batman toys to the level I crave to find out. Like having sections dealing only with action figures, vehicles, playsets, Micro toys, large scale figures, masks, model kits, food premiums, ...
Or how about a section showing only concept design toys and prototypes or released and canceled toys? You could make a whole magazine line dealing with only Batman collectibles.
Maybe have issues with special focus, such as Batman 1966-1989, Batman movies by Burton, The Animated Series, Batman movies by Schumacher and Batman movies by Nolan.

There is a big market for these. Just look at the amount of Star Wars toy & collectible guides available.
I think the Batman community is in dire need of such a book/ magazine, as there is no site comparable to Rebelscum.com, or all the other Star Wars sites that offer huge photo archives or toys and collectibles.


You might check out Chip Kidd's new book BAT-MANGA which should come out later this month. It's gonna have a ton of 1960's Japanese Batman Toys in it.

Other than that I can't recommend any book. So yeah, I agree with what you're saying.
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