Ever seen an old Batbike?

[shadroch]

I had that same bike, except not the Batman version and mine had a lower sissy bar and the shifter was round on top, and I believe they came out for the Christmas 1967 season. By 1969,Batmania was a thing of the past. That plastic Batman doesn't look vintage, and I don't recall my friends bike having either that, the wheelie bar or the high sissybar. He had his in June 1968.

[Forbush-Man]

Here's how I use to roll, circa 1969. Sears 5-speed Spider Bike. Mine didn't have the headlight, but it was the same color. Man did I love that bike.

 

[dupont2005]

[underthebigw]

 

This one's up for auction in an estate sale tomorrow & I'm wondering what it's worth... any ideas?

 

I was at a huge Batman auction back in June. The woman who collected them had everything, all in immaculate collection. She had one of these assembled and two unassembled in prisitine shape, in their original shipping boxes. My recollection is that they went for about 6-700 total.

 

This collection was huge, and there were guys dropping 10's of 1000's on stuff, especially the tin Batmobiles.

 

All I got was a few music boxes and a Batman pinball machine.

 

 

[underthebigw]

Oh yeah, I'm pretty sure the boxes indicated the bikes were from the mid 1970's

[dupont2005]

I had a 70's Stingray. I got it for free as a kid. I guess it had been hanging from the ceiling in the garage of a distant relative since her kids got too old for it. Being a kid I didn't realize how rare and valuable all those parts were and I promptly threw them away when I stripped the bike down to the frame

 

I have owned a handful of classic bikes since then but nothing 100% original

[TheWatcher]

It was around 1969 that I customized my bike with fork extensions and a front mini-wheel

 

Ironically enough, Bob Storms and I were talking about this very thing at WW Chicago a few weeks ago. We had seen a guy wheeling a rather garishly tricked out Bat-bike around the con, and began to harken back to days of our youth

[iggy]

 

This one's up for auction in an estate sale tomorrow & I'm wondering what it's worth... any ideas?

 

I was at a huge Batman auction back in June. The woman who collected them had everything, all in immaculate collection. She had one of these assembled and two unassembled in prisitine shape, in their original shipping boxes. My recollection is that they went for about 6-700 total.

 

This collection was huge, and there were guys dropping 10's of 1000's on stuff, especially the tin Batmobiles.

 

All I got was a few music boxes and a Batman pinball machine.

 

 

Thanks for the info! (thumbs u

[kidcolt]

I would buy it, what a cool collectible to add to ones collection. Thanks for showing it.

[Aaronius]

It's worth alot! Very rare item for sure.

Even the center batman emblem(which is usually gone) is present. (thumbs u

 

 

And the emblem is upside down....we know what that's done for the value of stamps.

Can't say much for the person who assembled it.

[nwpassage]

All I could find, apparently produced by DC as a collectible with solid rubber tires. Probably highly collectible considering it would have been destroyed by any red blooded american boy.

 

http://www.batmanytb.com/toys/outdoorfun/bikeandskate/index.php

[oakman29]

That was the bike the OP was asking about,still no price though.

[iggy]

Good work! 1970 & looks like the batman emblem is original too. (thumbs u

[Ringfinger]

I want one!