While 2022 brought us 7 different variations of the Hot Wheels 1966 TV Series Batmobile, 2023 gave us only one, and it was found in the Batman 5-Pack. I picked up mine back in May at a local Target store.
Hot Wheels | HLY68 | 2023 Batman 5-Pack
If I’m being honest, many of the variations of the 1966 TV Series Batmobile look pretty similar (black, gloss black, matte black, satin black, metalflake black), so it’s often the cool packaging that makes these fun to find. In the case of this 5-pack, it’s a chance to also have some other really great castings that I don’t normally collect.
Hot Wheels | 2023 | TV Series Batmobile | metalflake black with red, blue and white tampo, blue tint windows, gray plastic interior, black plastic base | Indonesia | chrome 5-spoke wheels
Muscle Bound is a Hot Wheels original design that suggests some of the great American muscle cars of the late 1960s. Camaro? Mustang? GTO? They’re all in there. First released in the 2019 Speed Blur series, it has so far been produced in 5 different variations.
Hot Wheels | 2023 | Muscle Bound (Robin) | red with yellow and black Robin graphics, yellow tinted windows, gray interior, black plastic base | Indonesia | yellow rim Phil Rielman 5-spoke wheels
The ’11 Dodge Charger was first released in the 2011 New Models and has so far been produced in 26 different variations. This is not the first time this casting has done work for the Gotham City Police. Since the 2016 Batman v Superman 5-Pack, it has performed law enforcement duties for either Metropolis or Gotham City 7 times. This does, however, introduce a new livery for the GCP.
Hot Wheels | 2023 | ’11 Dodge Charger R/T (Gotham City Police) | blue with white Gotham City Police livery, smoke tinted windows, gray interior, gray plastic base | Indonesia | chrome rim Phil Rielman 5-spoke wheels
The coolest car in the 5-pack is this ’49 Merc with Batgirl tampo. The popular Merc has been in the Hot Wheels lineup since 2004, with about 27 variations having been produced. The graphics on this release are really sharp, and that yellow rim on the back wheel is a really nice touch.
Hot Wheels | 2023 | ’49 Merc (Batgirl) | light blue with black and yellow Batgirl graphics, smoke tiny windows, black interior, black plastic base| Indonesia| yellow rim Aerodisc wheels on back, black rim Aerodisc wheels on front
Based on the aircraft that Batman flew in the 2012 movie, The Dark Knight Rises, the Hot Wheels The Bat was released the same year as the movie and has been produced in 13 different variations. Fittingly, this is another vehicle that is always some variation of black, dark gray or dark blue and so far it has never had tampo decorations.
Hot Wheels | 2023 | the Bat | matte black, green tinted windows, black interior, black plastic base | Indonesia
Other Hot Wheels TV Series Batmobiles in my collection include one of the 2007 New Models and a 2009 release in the Faster Than Ever Series, another with excellent card art from the 2016 Batman Series, one from the Batman Series of 2020, and most of the variations released in 2022 , including the WalMart exclusive model.
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