Mattel could have just made a Batmobile that rolled, made sounds, lit up, and shot missiles.
I think that's pretty cool.īack to the toy pictured, the Transforming Batmobile. and I think this speaks volumes about who these toys were designed for.kids. Whether you like the holes or not, they are there for play value and nothing else. The figures themselves feature peg holes up and down their arms and legs for attaching accessories. Almost as if thumbing their noses at collectors and the collector's mentality, Mattel chose to make their Brave and the Bold toys very kid friendly with play features that are meant to make them TOYS. Mattel's Batman Brave and the Bold line has been very "kid centered" from it's inception. This is a TOY.with a capital "T." This is exactly the type of thing that I would have loved to have played with as a child. Case in point, I think most of us nutty collectors agree that the most cherished pieces in our collections are the ones that we had when we were kids.Īll this rambling brings me to the item in today's post, the Mattel Batman The Brave and the Bold Transforming Batmobile. They will be interested in the things that they ACTUALLY played with as children. When the kids of today grow up, they probably won't have much interest in a lot of the stuff that we older Batfans are filling our shelves up with these days. However, due to their high price tags and limited availability, the vast majority of these "collector toys" never reach the eyes or hands of children. Usually, they are very nice, high-end items that look fantastic. Now, I'm just as guilty as everyone else for succumbing to things that companies like Hot Toys or DC Direct are producing. In other words, there's something special about a toy that was designed for children to love and play with verses something that has been created for adult collectors to admire and put on a shelf. As I've gotten older (ouch), I've found that I have a deeper appreciation for toys that are meant to be toys.
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