Batman Merch in the American Mall of the 1980s

The late 1980s were a glorious time. Mullets were actually considered cool, women wore shoulder pads, and there was Batman merchandise based on the 1989 Batman film everywhere. You simply couldn’t escape Batman and it was wondrous. The above image is from a series of photos depicting life at Malls in the late 80s. [...]

Batman 1989: The Cereal

This last summer at a flea market I stumbled upon an unopened box of Batman Cereal that came out during the release of the 1989 Batman film. That’s right, a sealed box of breakfast cereal from 1989. Just think about that for a second. Isn’t that super gross? Are you questioning your [...]

Hot Toys Finally Has Me in Their Bat-Grip

I’ve admired Hot Toys action figures (that kind of boarder on dolls) for a long time, but I haven’t seen a figure that really said, “Buy me!” Well that figure is finally arrived with the 1989 Michael Keaton Batman. It’s so sweet that I nearly wept when I first saw it. Okay, [...]

Batman Toy Commercials: ’89 Style, Baby!

More Batman 1989 goodness! This time we have some toys from that awesome movie with a commercial from the much inferior Batman Returns thrown in. But before we get to them, let’s do some quick background. When ’89 Batman first came out, there were toy tie-ins. While some of them were awesome like the Batplane [...]