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Batman Mania of 1989! From Figures to Candy!
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I was a freshman in college when Batmania happened. It was AWESOME! I remember the hype surrounding it, the shirts, the posters, comic books and most especially the TOYS. Batmobile was so cool! Michael Keaton is Batman!
You left out MTV giving away the Batmobile as part of the hype promo machine. I actually saw it at a car show in the following year.
Hahahaa once the prince song started you had to call to win. Busy signal lol
Never forget the Batmania of 1989. I didn't get to see this in the theater unfortunately, but I still had the merchandise. Finally saw it Christmas Eve of 1989 when my dad got my sister & I the VHS of Batman. Watched it who knows how many times in the past 30+ years. Still watch it once or twice a year. This got me into Batman & comic books in general.
I've never seen anything like the mania this had going, maybe Phantom Menace.(too young for original SW)
People don't understand. Box office numbers don't translate.
From the moment that teaser trailer was released a fuse was lit. And it delivered big time.
Phantom menace was nothing compared to the original Star Wars mania. I barely even noticed when the phantom menace was released.
couldn't have said it better.
I dunno, Burton put some references to the TV show in his versions...the Joker "improving" the art at the museum, the Penguin running for mayor and then caught saying what he REALLY thinks of the citizens...
Saw this 7 times in the theater, several showings on back to back days. I miss being a kid in the summertime.
I’ll never forget 1989 BATMAN I drove from Indiana to Kentucky a 120 mile round trip to see it w my wife and mom ,grandmother we stopped at Toco Bell 🔔 because they were promoting the film w awesome drinking cups I had to hav. But sad to say I don’t hav any of them items from yrs ago but the memories remain. Tim Burton changed the way we look at BATMAN and other superheroes films For yrs to come.
They did actually have Superman figures from the movie, they just weren’t directly marketed that way. Mego’s 12 inch Joe El was made to look like Brando, and the Lex Luthor had a more than passing resemblance to Hackman. Even Superman and Zod looked like Chris Reeve and Terrence Stamp.
Man I remember seen Batman the movie for the first time when I 5 years old back in 1990, this Batman is Still my Favorite to this day 📽🌟👍
The Barbie-mania of 2023 is like a fart in the wind compared to the Batmania of 1989.
I like the kid's impression at the beginning of the video. :) 🦇
I was 4 years old when this came out and was VERY excited.
I was more than ready for a darker Batman and was dying to see this.
It seemed my wish came true.
Unfortunately, I couldn't see this in the theaters, because my mom is/was so uptight.
My dad rented it when she and my sister went on an over night girl scout event (my mom was a GS leader).
My sister was so jealous. :)
My only regrets were that I couldn't enjoy the merch to the fullest and that I had no money (because I was 4), but very grateful that I had
Batman, Joker, karate chop Robin, and the Batmobile. :)
I was on such a high playing with those figures. 🦇
Thanks for the video
Me and my friends caught the mania big time. We had the shirts, comic books and stacks upon stacks of the trading cards!
the Batman figures brought the Toy Biz line in which revived superhero toys for the 90s to today. The Bob the Goon figure was interesting.
@alexnejako777 The 'Bob the Goon' figure is the most valuable and sought after action figure from that line. Character actor ''Tracey Walter'' being made into an action figure. 😝Who'da Funk It?!?
1989 was an amazing year for movies, but nothing matched the excitement for Batman. And at a time when most VHS tapes were priced for rental only, Batman sold for under $20. It really was a groundbreaking event film.
Hey Junkman, seeing this movie is one of my favorite memories from the summer of 1989. The energy in the theater that day incredible, everyone there that day was completely into the movie. Thank you for posting this, it was like a Time Machine for me. 😃👍🏻
No action figures for the Superman movie you say. Maybe not officially. Mego tried, but a deal wasn't made. They still released their new Superman 12 inch figure with the new head sculpt that looked a lot like Christopher Reeve. And the Lex Luthor 12 inch figure dressed in comic book outfit but with a head sculpt that looked a lot like Gene Jackman. And even a Jor-EL 12 inch figure, comic book clothing and a head sculpt that looked like Marlon Brando.
This could be an CZcams episode by itself.
I had the Batman figure and the cereal that came with a bank
I loved that cereal. :) 🦇
I didn't get the bank. :(
I remember being more excited for Last Crusade than i was for Batma back in 89... My dad wanted to go see it so we went and it blew me away after seeing it i couldnt get enough bat junk .....crazy times but the best paet was that Batman started the quivk release to home video after 3 or 4 months at the box office you could get it on vhs instead of having to wait a year or more ....
The Batmobile was pretty decent. It had wooden missiles and the suckers would hit pretty hard. The Bat cereal came with a plastic Batman bank and the cereal tasted like stale asbestos. The perfect cereal for That Junkman.
That bank from the cereal is the thing Junkman called a "night light".
Loved Jack Nicholson as the Joker, probably my favorite part of the original movie. My favorite Joker next to Caesar Romero from the ‘66 series.
I have the Toy Biz Batman figure and a Batman mug that has the Batmobile on it. Batman (89) is my favorite movie of all time.
Man I wish I could’ve been there to experience the hype for this film. The only big event movies I remember from my lifetime were Star Wars Episode 1, Spider-Man (2002), and The Dark Knight (2008). But even with those films I don’t remember it getting so crazy that people started shaving the logos from those films into their hair.
The truth of the matter is the hype came from a fear it was not going to be any good, and as the video said a trailer dropped that changed everyone's expectations. To this day I remember how awe inspiring it was to see the Batman drop in from above on television advertisements.
The first Star Wars was double as hyped as Batman in comparison. Nothing compared to that at the time or since. People were actually buying cardboard promisary cards in place of SW action figures for Christmas because they sold out.
Mego made 12 inch figures for the 1978 film. They captured Christopher Reeves likeness very well. The Lex Luthor is dressed like a comic but the face looks more like Gene Hackman. And cool sidenote, Toybiz made an 8 inch Mego style Batman figure in 1989 as well.
....it was the summer of '89!
I had that catalog and got the playing cards and trading cards. Tried to win the batmobile in an Mtv phone in contest.
I was living in Ecuador at the time and the hype was huge there too, when we got to see it in theaters me and my family had to sit in separate seats because the theater was packed. A TV station had even started airing the Adam West Batman in the evening but got low ratings as the newer generation didn't like it so it was moved to Saturday afternoons.
not to be "that guy" but the batman lamp was actually a piggy bank lol, i still have a giant box of the trading card gum packs i wounder if they're any good
I'm thinking about that gum. I bet it would shatter then turn into a weird gummy powder giving you an unpleasant facial expression.
That gum wasn’t even good back in 1989 🤣
Yes, and the bank was shrinkwrapped to the back of the cereal boxes.
If I remember correctly, that Batman cereal was basically Captain Crunch that was shaped like like bats. When Batman Returns was released, instead of reissuing the same cereal, they sold a different one that was chocolate Chex with Lucky Charm style marshmallows….. it wasn’t as good as the original cereal.
That Joker In The Box looks pretty rad...🤘🏼💯✔️
I remember when the Batman movie dropped and all the awesome t-shirts.
I owned an official Batman Cowl and Belt from a costume shop in the now closed and razed Cinderella City Mall in Englewood, CO.
My sideshow cowl should be here in a few months. Can’t wait
i got one from a guy who worked on hollywood props a while ago, its still a center piece in my man cave and ive managed to get it on several times (its really dense and needs a blow dryer to soften) these things are always so amazing looking in person
My cowl and belt were mold injected latex and thus lacked the finish and detail one would want. I think it was made by Don Post Studios.
@@jediknightjairinaiki560 never heard of them but from what im seeing they looked like they could have made a pretty sweet cowl. wish i knew the origin of mine, the man who made the cowl even sent a boxed toybiz figure as a little bonus (albeit with the glue holding the packaging drying out and opening) i really appreciated it, should have got more things from while i had the chance
Best comic Batman movie ever
I had the glow in the dark Michael Keaton Batman t shirt.
I used to have the Joker, but as I stated before i'm a happy owner of a 89 Toy Biz Batman action figure.
I was 13 in 1989 and remember everyone talking about the movie. I watched it on VHS later, Batman did not break me from chasing skirts and smoking out behind the Piggy Wiggly. We talked about fast cars and chicks, we were too old to go back to the comics we had no choice.
OMG, is it “Batman“? All these years I’ve been saying that man.
The closest I got to liking any superhero comics/movies was electric company Spiderman and the 1st Christopher reeves Superman movie.
Spiderman was my favorite part of The Electric Company!
I had the Batman sweetie head but never saw the Joker one. Apparently there was a lot of Batsmash and grab in the UK. People smashing glass poster displays to get the posters. I did have the Tiger electronic game but it stopped working. ☹
I was still watching the Adam West reruns on TV.
When the news came out the there was going to be a movie, I was like,
"Now there are TWO Batmans!" :)
Now there are 4. ;)
@tperson8337.....nope....there can be only one ...and that is Keaton. .and the Joker is Jack 😂....
@@williamwilkinson6665
:) 🦇
Great video Junkman. The Batman TV show was technically a parady to Batman cause his character was written dark but a lot of people didn't know this and when Tim Burton released his Batman it was close to the original character but it had to be family friendly. But Adam West was the Batman I grew up watching cause like you said he was the first live action to date but in the 40s there was a Batman and Robin black and white silent movie. Then in the 60's we got Adam West. Great stuff Junkman like always. Thank you for sharing this awesome video and have a great day.
I saw reruns of Batman in 70s and early 80s. Even then I realized the campy version felt absolutely wrong and was not a fan, even if I loved Batman as a character. Perhaps it was because the movie Superman and Superman II gave me different expectations.
My friend and I went down to NYC and spent a week at my older cousin’s house in Queens that summer. We were going to try to go to the offices of Marvel comics and sell our funny comic we had written and drawn “Here’s Ernie”! about a screw up named Ernie Jawolski. Wanted it to be a sort of Groo the wanderer set in modern times. We never got allowed into the floor where the Marvel offices were (being two kids from the country in upstate NY, we were not pushy enough). We did however go all around the city that week, spending a ton of time in Manhattan. Besides seeing a Dude jerking off on Broadway in daylight hours and cops laughing about it across the street, and having people try to sell us switch blades or pimp used up older women (this was before Giuliani cleaned NYC up), we saw a TON of Batman shit. People everywhere wearing Bat logo tees, the logo was up on the big screens in Times Square at night, fast food restaurants had movie tie In promotions, toys on every little shop corner. And it was spread out in all the races and ethnicities, white, black, Asian, Hispanic; everyone was rocking some type of Bat merch.
The thing I noticed is how articulate all those people were (even the clown guy) compared what you get from a lot of folks now.
Looking back on it it's very weird there was no action figure Line with the Christopher Reeve Superman films
The first time I heard about this movie I was elementary school age. I was waiting in line with my dad to see Ghostbusters II, wearing a Slimer watch. For some reason I was showing it to some teenagers who were wearing shirts with the Batman movie logo. All I knew about Batman was Superfriends and the Adam West show, so at the time I thought it was weird that these teenagers thought Batman was cool.
@That Junkman ''The Joker'' from Kenner's 1990 ''Dark Knight'' line looked a little more like Jack Nicholson, but not much. Actually, in 1978 Mego did release a line of 12inc action figures based on ''Superman the Movie''. The line consisted of the movies four main characters. (Superman, Lex Luthor, Jorel and General Zod). Although the four action figures did facially resemble their movie counterparts. Due to licensing limitations...They were dressed in their comic book based outfits. A 12inc ''Lois Lane'' action figure as well as a ''Fortress of Solitude'' playset were designed for the line...But were never produced.
Over a decade before ''Frank Miller's'', 1986 classic four-issue graphic novel miniseries *The Dark Knight Returns*. It was artist/illustrator ''Neal Adams and writer ''Danny O'Neil'' who would return Batman to his gothic roots as a dark ruthless vigilante. In contrast to the 1960s Batman television series. Which leaned more towards the somewhat bizarre comic book Batman stories of the 1950s. When the ''Caped Crusader'' became an unlikely science fiction star and would be seen battling (Space Aliens and Robots). But what's also very interesting is that even though ''Bob Kane'' came up with the idea for the character. Kane's early vision of Batman included {red tights with no emblem, a domino mask and black Bat Wings}. Kane also originally wanted to depict ''Bruce Wayne'' as a blond and not a brunette. But it was in fact artist (Bill Finger), who worked with Kane at his studio during the late 1930s as sort of a Ghostwriter. Would eventually help create the visual aesthetic that defined the character for all time. That being [The cowl, the cape, and the darker color scheme for the costume]. All of which came from ''Bill Finger''. It was nice to see ''Michael Keaton'' reprise his role as The Dark Knight in the 2023 summer blockbuster "The Flash''.
if the box doesnt say Superman The Movie its not from the Superman the movie :)
0:59 @@ThatJunkman Not necessarily! It may not have said it on the box? But there were advertisements for the 12inc line that did have photos of ''Christopher Reeve'' from the movie. I got all that information from my (Mego encyclopedia and toy collectors guide). The book verifies that the 12inc action figure line is in fact, based on ''Superman the Movie'' 1978. The book also makes it clear that do to financial reasons...Mego had to license the 12inc action figures as they were in the comic books more then they were represented in the move. As I had already mentioned that although the four action figures may have facially resembled their movie counterparts. They were decked out in their comic book based outfits because of licensing limitations. ''The Mego Museum'' website clarifies this as well. It's not too surprising that Mego would file for bankruptcy and go under 4 years later. Kind of odd how Mego was still able to do toys lines based on ''Star Trek the Motion Picture'' and ''The Black Hole'' with no harm or foul? Mego also produce 12inc action figure prototypes of the other two Phantom Zone villains (Non and Ursa). In hopes of releasing them in time for the movie ''Superman 2'' 1980. But again...Due to licensing limitations they were never offered. Whatever became of those two prototypes however, is a mystery.
Me and my friend went to see Batman and Batman Returns in the theater it was awesome watching it on the big screen great video about all the merchandise from The movie
You should do a tutorial on how to write brief comments. Just hit the highlights.
in the thumbnail for this video there is a Batwing toy on a yellow card back by itself, but i didn't see it in the video, i never saw that toy, it looked neat , i think we got a Batman logo black baseball hat , and we got the action figures i think and i had an issue of Mad Magazine where it spoofed the movie? or what they thought it would be ? it had Alfred E Neuman on the cover in a batsuit with a strange red and yellow logo that was in the shape of a big letter S , who knows what that logo was for ?
its the Etrel Die cast Batwing
Nostalgia!
i liked in the Prince music video for Batdance, there was a blonde woman that was playing Vicki Vale, and on her black dress she had red letters stuck on it that read, ALL THIS And Brains Too, where her tits would be under the dress
I collected all the Batman trading cards also glass mugs from McDonald's also kept a fry container man it still smells like the fries I remember just kidding I wish Batman
👍👍
Cool vid.