Thank you! What a wonderful information! I just pulled my sons BATMAN The Animated Series Batcave Command Center Payset by Kenner out of storage. It looks similar to this one, and I believe it is possibly one of the ones you displayed earlier in this video. He is 34 years old now and I am getting ready to return in back to him! He is excited! He has many action figures as well as accessories to go shooting with this old toy!
@@1995Batman haha I can see I did not proof read my message! I have no idea where IOS Apple auto correct came up with “shooting” ? I meant to say he has accessories to go along with this old toy!
Nice review as always. A friend of mine owned the Batman Forever release (that came with the additional cardboard diorama), I owned the Batman - The Animated Series repaint that was released before that. One thing to note, it was actually sculpted for The Dark Knight Collection, meaning it's based on the 1989 film. The building itself is designed after the U.K. manor that stood in for Wayne Manor and all the scenery inside is based on various scenes from the first film. Because Batman Returns was on the horizon they held off and premiered it with the Batman Returns line with a different paintjob and decals.
I hate that UA-cam removed the dislike count but For videos like this where it's just a wholesome hobby it should be a crime to dislike. So there's that
Best playset ever. I have the BTAS one, still complete, since my childhood. The thing you said is for the zipline isn't. That's for putting Batman feet so he can rest upside down like a bat. Hehe. The zipline goes from the holes you see in the top middle part of the playset and down to the interior part of the front door.
Ah, I had this playset back in 1995. Great memories. I think the version I had came with that awkward cardboard layout of the cave that came with nifty black Batman logo clips that went into slots around the cardboard for card shelves so figures could be placed on the layout. It was a very bad design as the clips were no way strong enough to hold the tiny card shelves. I think the other side was a skyline view. Back in 1995, I didn't know this was a reissue from the Returns mould. I loved the colour scheme for this version. Green was such a synonymous theme for the film and it works so well here. That's right, as mentioned the swinging hinge was for a Batman figure to hang upside down. But the Forever Batman line were all posable/in a stance so it was impossible to fit a figures feet in the slots; obviously for the more simplisticly designed Returns Batman range there. I remember the Batmobile being a nightmare to get through that door because of the high middle split wing. You were lucky! The Nygma theme at the back of the set was cool. I remember the blue tub very well that went at the bottom. You have brought back so many fun memories for me, this was a great nostalgic trip, a bit like the film! Thanks for this! Really looking forward to your next review of the other Batcave playset.
Awesome, glad you enjoyed the trip down memory lane. Yeah I have some of the cardboard add-on - it's a little flimsy but I'm glad they included it to make it feel a little more like the movie's version of the batcave. It doesn't surprise me that Kenner didn't adjust the set to fit the dynamically posed Forever figures. There’s a few examples over the years when they've rereleased stuff and it didn't quite fit a figure. The Knight Force Ninjas Batmobile comes to mind.
The playset was originally designed to be based off the first film, but it was never released under The Dark Knight collection from 1991. Instead it got re-released under the Batman Returns line, and it's subsequently been repurposed for the other films and animated series until Mattel took the license in 2003.
It was originally built for The Dark Knight Collection, hence why every design choice and play feature is based on Batman '89. The set was identical to how it looked in the Returns set in terms of paint job, although the Arctic World stickers were obviously Axis Chemicals instead.
@@1995Batman Just got my own from eBay, ordered replacement stickers but it's in great nick! Got the zip line, but missing the armoury shelf/box and the chemical vat/pot.
Agree completely....greatest play set ever. I just wish it had more Batman Forever Replication but...I love it. The zip line is actually really cool. Looking forward to your Batcave review...I LOVE that one!
I love so much this playset! I recently got it for only hundred €, 100% complete, the forever version (like the one on the video) I was so happy. It’s like an holy grail for me because I remember when I was a child and I admired posters of this playset and wondered how cool it will be to play with it. Great piece of toy art.
Bring back memories, this is the one I had! I’d forgotten about the small details until now. It’s probably in my Mum’s loft somewhere 😂. I used TAS figures with it so kind of made my own multiverse 🤣. Always enjoy your videos
Thank you. Yeah I too had a mix of TAS, Batman Forever and Batman & Robin figures that I played with at the time. Chris O'Donnell's Robin would team up with Animated Batman.
Good playset, but I think the dedicated Forever cave is much better; this one altough is like six in one was reused so many times, and every scenery just looks flat here...
Amazing! One of my favourite pieces in my collection. I wish I'd had it as a kid. My one is missing the garage door which is really frustrating. It was also missing the vault door but I managed to find a replacement on ebay...I don't want to say how much I spent on it! 😂 Small correction: The Dark Knight Collection (which was Kenner's 1990/1991 line inspired by the 89 movie) was the first line to have this, so it was designed for that not Batman Returns. The chemical plant bit was movie accurate grey originally before they repainted white for Returns and then green for Forever as you say.
Yeah I've also spent stupid prices to get missing accessories. Very frustrating. It being designed for the Dark Knight Collection makes sense given the batcave design. I was going by the listing on figurerealm.com which doesn't have it listed until the Returns line. Always assumed it came out late in 1991 by which point they were rebranding the line under Batman Returns.
By my count, this playset had at least 7 separate releases (one for each movie through Batman and Robin plus the animated series [both brandings] and one in 2002 ), so they got a ton of use out of this mold.
@@1995Batman Read up a bit more on this and I think we're both right - the original design I'm talking about seems to have never been released. The first issue of this was indeed the Batman Returns one as you say, even though there was an earlier one designed to fit in with Kenner's 1990 Dark Knight Collection.
I have the Returns version and never felt the need to get another one of these. I did get the humungous Forever Batcave but I didn’t know the Wayne Manor came with a cardboard diorama. Looking on ebay it’s not indicated on the box that it was included. Could this have been a mail-away?
My point to prove what I'm saying is that the batman forever batmobile doesn't fit trough the gate because the big wing on the top, while the animated series batmobile does.
Mate I got to be honest. That's not the playset of batman forever, that's the one of the animated series. I had it when I was a child and really it was for batman the animated series. I don't know if because of the region they sold it as batman forever merchandise, but here in America tht was sold under the batman animated series logo. The one for batman forever was the bigger one, the one who had the 3 mountains and a glide hook above. Don't get me wrong, I love every one, just saying in my case was a little bit different 😁
The swinging hinge part on the roof is actually so that you can put Batmans feet into it and he can hang upside down like a bat
Ah, yes like Keaton does in the 89 movie. Thanks.
You beat me to it!
Thank you! What a wonderful information! I just pulled my sons BATMAN The Animated Series Batcave Command Center Payset by Kenner out of storage. It looks similar to this one, and I believe it is possibly one of the ones you displayed earlier in this video. He is 34 years old now and I am getting ready to return in back to him! He is excited! He has many action figures as well as accessories to go shooting with this old toy!
Awesome, this is genuinely one of the best playsets of all time. That's great you're passing it on, I'm planning on doing the same at some point.
@@1995Batman haha I can see I did not proof read my message! I have no idea where IOS Apple auto correct came up with “shooting” ? I meant to say he has accessories to go along with this old toy!
Nice review as always. A friend of mine owned the Batman Forever release (that came with the additional cardboard diorama), I owned the Batman - The Animated Series repaint that was released before that.
One thing to note, it was actually sculpted for The Dark Knight Collection, meaning it's based on the 1989 film. The building itself is designed after the U.K. manor that stood in for Wayne Manor and all the scenery inside is based on various scenes from the first film. Because Batman Returns was on the horizon they held off and premiered it with the Batman Returns line with a different paintjob and decals.
Yes, you're right. On closer inspection it does have similar turrets and ramparts to Knebworth House (the exterior for Wayne Manor in Batman 1989).
I hate that UA-cam removed the dislike count but For videos like this where it's just a wholesome hobby it should be a crime to dislike. So there's that
Best playset ever. I have the BTAS one, still complete, since my childhood. The thing you said is for the zipline isn't. That's for putting Batman feet so he can rest upside down like a bat. Hehe. The zipline goes from the holes you see in the top middle part of the playset and down to the interior part of the front door.
Yeah the upside down thing makes sense now. Keaton did that in the 89 movie (well not in the batsuit).
I had this version. I think this is the best color scheme for this playset.
Yeah, it's pretty neat. Would love to collect all the variations.
Ah, I had this playset back in 1995. Great memories. I think the version I had came with that awkward cardboard layout of the cave that came with nifty black Batman logo clips that went into slots around the cardboard for card shelves so figures could be placed on the layout. It was a very bad design as the clips were no way strong enough to hold the tiny card shelves. I think the other side was a skyline view.
Back in 1995, I didn't know this was a reissue from the Returns mould. I loved the colour scheme for this version. Green was such a synonymous theme for the film and it works so well here.
That's right, as mentioned the swinging hinge was for a Batman figure to hang upside down. But the Forever Batman line were all posable/in a stance so it was impossible to fit a figures feet in the slots; obviously for the more simplisticly designed Returns Batman range there.
I remember the Batmobile being a nightmare to get through that door because of the high middle split wing. You were lucky!
The Nygma theme at the back of the set was cool. I remember the blue tub very well that went at the bottom.
You have brought back so many fun memories for me, this was a great nostalgic trip, a bit like the film!
Thanks for this! Really looking forward to your next review of the other Batcave playset.
Awesome, glad you enjoyed the trip down memory lane. Yeah I have some of the cardboard add-on - it's a little flimsy but I'm glad they included it to make it feel a little more like the movie's version of the batcave. It doesn't surprise me that Kenner didn't adjust the set to fit the dynamically posed Forever figures. There’s a few examples over the years when they've rereleased stuff and it didn't quite fit a figure. The Knight Force Ninjas Batmobile comes to mind.
Looks like the Ace Chemical side was designed so you could recreate the Joker falling in to the Chemicals.
Yeah I think the same thing. Wish they'd properly updated the villain hideout part for each movie.
The playset was originally designed to be based off the first film, but it was never released under The Dark Knight collection from 1991. Instead it got re-released under the Batman Returns line, and it's subsequently been repurposed for the other films and animated series until Mattel took the license in 2003.
Blows my mind. There's a long time wanting this playset and I feel like, can't resist more! 😂❤
As a kid this was my head quarters for my hero team of action figures
Nice. Who was on the team?
It was originally built for The Dark Knight Collection, hence why every design choice and play feature is based on Batman '89. The set was identical to how it looked in the Returns set in terms of paint job, although the Arctic World stickers were obviously Axis Chemicals instead.
Yes, that makes a lot of sense.
@@1995Batman Just got my own from eBay, ordered replacement stickers but it's in great nick! Got the zip line, but missing the armoury shelf/box and the chemical vat/pot.
@systemmonitor5295 Good call on the replacement stickers 🙌
Great video, bud! I loved playing with this playset, I had the Batman: TAS version from the early 2000s.
I'd sort of love to track them all down if I had the time/money. Did that early 2000s one come with an Alfred figure? I know one of them did.
@@1995Batman No, the early 2000s playset came with a black/silver Batman figure.
Agree completely....greatest play set ever. I just wish it had more Batman Forever Replication but...I love it. The zip line is actually really cool. Looking forward to your Batcave review...I LOVE that one!
The Batcave review is up.
I love so much this playset! I recently got it for only hundred €, 100% complete, the forever version (like the one on the video) I was so happy. It’s like an holy grail for me because I remember when I was a child and I admired posters of this playset and wondered how cool it will be to play with it. Great piece of toy art.
Yeah it was a holy grail for me too. It's such a fun set.
Bring back memories, this is the one I had! I’d forgotten about the small details until now. It’s probably in my Mum’s loft somewhere 😂. I used TAS figures with it so kind of made my own multiverse 🤣. Always enjoy your videos
Thank you. Yeah I too had a mix of TAS, Batman Forever and Batman & Robin figures that I played with at the time. Chris O'Donnell's Robin would team up with Animated Batman.
They reused that play set so many times it’s funny
I had the Batman Returns version of this bstcave which is basically the same thing just different colors
Yeah exactly the same. Only did a little paint job.
Good playset, but I think the dedicated Forever cave is much better; this one altough is like six in one was reused so many times, and every scenery just looks flat here...
Yeah I guess it is more of a backdrop for figures.
Amazing! One of my favourite pieces in my collection. I wish I'd had it as a kid. My one is missing the garage door which is really frustrating. It was also missing the vault door but I managed to find a replacement on ebay...I don't want to say how much I spent on it! 😂
Small correction: The Dark Knight Collection (which was Kenner's 1990/1991 line inspired by the 89 movie) was the first line to have this, so it was designed for that not Batman Returns. The chemical plant bit was movie accurate grey originally before they repainted white for Returns and then green for Forever as you say.
Yeah I've also spent stupid prices to get missing accessories. Very frustrating.
It being designed for the Dark Knight Collection makes sense given the batcave design. I was going by the listing on figurerealm.com which doesn't have it listed until the Returns line. Always assumed it came out late in 1991 by which point they were rebranding the line under Batman Returns.
By my count, this playset had at least 7 separate releases (one for each movie through Batman and Robin plus the animated series [both brandings] and one in 2002 ), so they got a ton of use out of this mold.
Yeah I think the second Animated one even had a bonus Alfred figure.
@@1995Batman Read up a bit more on this and I think we're both right - the original design I'm talking about seems to have never been released. The first issue of this was indeed the Batman Returns one as you say, even though there was an earlier one designed to fit in with Kenner's 1990 Dark Knight Collection.
Mystery solved!
Okay, I've watched the rest of the video and saw it was a re utilized set lol 😆 forgive me mate! Cheers
Haha no worries mate.
There is a zip line in my instructions! Wish I could send a photo!
Send it to my email: jackthursbyedit [at]gmail [dot]com
Send it to my email: jackthursbyedit [at] gmail [dot] com
@@1995Batman I sent the instructions but had to send them in two emails because the file was too large for just one email.
Awesome, just got it. Thank you so much for sending the instructions. That zipline and foothold bit make much more sense now.
I have the Returns version and never felt the need to get another one of these. I did get the humungous Forever Batcave but I didn’t know the Wayne Manor came with a cardboard diorama. Looking on ebay it’s not indicated on the box that it was included. Could this have been a mail-away?
I think I'm right in saying the cardboard add-on was packaged with the UK version of Wayne Manor (and possibly European ones too).
Awesome!
I have it but in the main monitor I placed Riddler and that face and a wasted possibility to make it as a toy is wasted. Shame.
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My point to prove what I'm saying is that the batman forever batmobile doesn't fit trough the gate because the big wing on the top, while the animated series batmobile does.
Mate I got to be honest. That's not the playset of batman forever, that's the one of the animated series. I had it when I was a child and really it was for batman the animated series. I don't know if because of the region they sold it as batman forever merchandise, but here in America tht was sold under the batman animated series logo. The one for batman forever was the bigger one, the one who had the 3 mountains and a glide hook above. Don't get me wrong, I love every one, just saying in my case was a little bit different 😁
Wrong. This was for Batman Forever. I had it as a kid
@@toddzombie8777 no, it was for the animated series
@@toddzombie8777 probably were 2 different