Poison Ivy & '53 Chevrolet Bel Air

Here is the next model from the Jada Toys DC Bombshell series: a '53 Chevrolet Bel Air, associated with Poison Ivy.

As always with these latest 'batmobiles', the cars themselves do not feature in any Batman movie ... But three DC Bombshells now added to the collection; three more to go!

Harley Quinn & '69 Corvette Stingray

Added another Jada Toys model to the Corvette collection, associated with Harley Quinn.

Even though this '69 Corvette Stingray is not part of the DC Bombshell series, Harley Quinn is obviously part of the Batman universe, so it belongs in the batmobile collection on that merit alone.

Wonder Woman & '52 Chevy COE

Following on from my '57 Batgirl Corvette, here is my second model from the Jada Toys 'DC Bombshells' set: a '52 Chevy COE (Cab Over Engine) pickup, with a Wonder Woman figure:

Four more 'DC Bombshell' models to go!

Batgirl & '57 Corvette

Recently, I added a '57 Corvette, associated with Batgirl, to my Corvette collection. The car was marketed by Jada Toys and came with a figure, just like almost all my batmobiles.

Batgirl, Batman, not a million miles apart, eh?

It turns out that this model car is part of a Jada Toys set of six 'DC Bombshells', each associated with a character from the Batman universe.

You see where this is going ...

Neither the 'Batgirl' Corvette nor the other five can be considered 'batmobiles', not least because the cars never appear in the movies as driven by the characters. Their only association with the characters is in the minds of the people at Jada Toys. But, still, I consider it an additional dimension to the Batmobile collection; watch this space!

Pre-batmobile batmobiles

Batman first appeared on screen in 1943. The car driven by Batman in that serial wasn't a hi-tech, specially customised batmobile as we understand them now, but a black 1939 Cadillac convertible.

The next live-action instalment is from 1949, and, in this, Batman drives a maroon 1949 Mercury convertible. Again, a factory-stock car and not a custom batmobile as in later movies.

Not surprisingly, I haven't been able to find a 1:24 model of either 'batmobile', but I did come across a 1:24 model of a maroon 1949 Mercury!

Yes, I am aware that model is a coupe and not a convertible, but it's close enough for me to add to the collection as a pre-batmobile batmobile.

And as to a 1:24 model of a black 1939 Cadillac, I'll keep looking!

2015 - Arkham Knight batmobile

Whereas the previous addition to my batmobile collection only appeared in an animated movie, the latest one only features in the Arkham Knight video game.

And like several 'real' batmobiles, it's a tank-like vehicle again.

As the logo states, #8.

1992- 'Animated Series' batmobile

So far, all the batmobiles in the collection have appeared in live-action movies or tv-series. But there was also a batmobile in The Animated Series:

And it so happens that Jada Toys has issued a 1:24 model of this batmobile, of course with a Batman figure.

#7 in the collection!