Thanks to Mark Hickman for sending over these photos of a section within the GamePRO Batman Forever: The Official Players' Guide book by Corey Sandler that show some of the behind the scenes of the stunt performers and costumes that were used in the film.
The Robin one is particularly interesting as this was featured in the Genesis and SNES versions but for the PC version they actually redid Batman and Robin using the movie suits.
While I was doing some research on the game (I've got to cover it at some point) I also discovered these neat maps of all the levels. Crazy how linear they look when they are lined up like this.
A few articles have popped up recently promoting Chris O'Donnell’s new TV series 911: Nashville. Naturally, some interviewers have taken the opportunity to revisit his time playing Robin in the Batman films.
One interview, published on People’s website, included some interesting comments from Chris about working with Val Kilmer. In this episode of the 1995Batman podcast, Drew dives into the article and shares his thoughts on what Chris had to say.
These Spin Master figures were a really pleasant surprise when they got announced at the start of this year but unfortunately (unlike the Batmobile) they ended up being out of reach for everyone outside the US due to them being exclusive to Target stores.
They still are exclusive but some have trickled through to online sellers and often they go for stupid money considering they retail for $8.99. I've seen people on eBay sell them for as much as £30-40 each!
Luckily, I managed to find a few at a much lower price. I actually ordered the whole line from a toy seller who had to cancel the order because they'd sold out of everything except the Batman. Bless them, they sent me that one for free.
Anyway, to the figures themselves, they are kinda fun but also kinda disappointing. These almost the exact same molds at the Kenner ones. The Robin I don't mind because I really like that Hydro Claw Robin it's based on.
The Batman one is based on Blast Cape Batman with a slight tweak in that his arms can go out as well as up and down.
As someone pointed out, it's a little difficult to understand why you'd make these figures given that the originals are all on eBay for very little money.
What really disappointing is that Spin Master did a great unique Batman Returns figure. I wonder why they didn't do new molds for this? Maybe it was a cost thing - cheaper to reuse and approve existing molds?
