Imaginext Batman 80th Anniversary Line Revealed at Toy Fair 2019

For Imaginext fans, the first few days at Toy Fair 2019 were unimpressive. The new Toy Story 4 Buzz Bot was on display, but no videos or interactive demos were captured, so no one is certain if this is a large standing Mega toy, like the Power Rangers Megazords, or an R/C toy.

A new Batmobile was also on display, priced at $80, leaving most fans wanting more.

Today fans got more. More Batman Imaginext. For some, more repaints of just Batman are not exciting, but the series is celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Batman, so these are not the normal crazy color variants.

Five new Batman figures are shown, each carded and numbered 1 to 5. These single blister-cards will be available at Walmart. Target also has five Batman figures, in a single collection, showing some unique Batman costumes throughout the years.

1939 features Detective Comics (#29) Batman, with a longer, wrap-around cloth cape, showcasing a very early, classic Batman. 1957 has Detective Comics (#241) featuring the Rainbow Batman, which pretty much sums up this design. 1965 Batman follows the story line of the “Blockbuster Invasion of Gotham City!” where Bruce Wayne’s role is important to capturing the villain, unmasked Bruce is wearing the iconic 1966 grey and blue costume (soon to appear on a future Bat-Channel). 2005’s Superman/Batman (#23) has the Kryptonite Man-possessed Batman. Forever Evil (#4) is 2014’s
Yellow Lantern Batman.

MyGrodd

MyGrodd founder and Editor-In-Chief. Joe Manzo, has been playing with toys and reading comics for as long as he can remember. His earliest collection was Masters of the Universe, which he shared with his classmates at show & tell. Early on he enjoyed collecting and sharing toys, but the latter resulted in many lost parts. So, today he continues to share his love of toys through reviews and articles. Joe has created many fan websites & forums for toys and comics, some of which have lead to wonderful connections. After college, Joe created NYBugle.com which was a Daily Bugle website that summarized all the adventures in the Ultimate Marvel Universe. This got the attention of Brian Michael Bendis, who reached out to Joe, which resulted in interviews with Bendis, Quesada, Bagley, Millar and more. Some of the old site can be found on archive.org. The next fan milestone for Joe came in 2005, when Star Wars Episode III was released. He was playing and collecting Attacktix, and wrote a tips & strategy blog for the new game. He was contacted by the game's creator, Hasbro's Brian Wilk, and was able to "leak" game news to the growing fan base. JoeAttacktix.com was the go-to resource for Attacktix fans, and eventually landed Joe with his first (and only) paid job in the toy industry. Inspired by these connections, Joe continues to create fan pages for his toy interests. Once his daughter was born, he began to collect Imaginext superheroes "for her." MyGrodd.com is the result of that current collection, and with the recent announcement of Masters of the Universe Imaginext, it seems like there is no end in sight.

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