External link: Toy Armada with Aaron Archer

This week I thought it would be a good idea to highlight this great podcast called The Toy Armada. The show is hosted by "Protoman" and features Aaron Archer as its co-host.

Aaron was a toy designer at Kenner and Hasbro for many years starting in 1995 and has some great insights and behind the scenes stories. This episode he covers his work on Batman Forever and Batman & Robin. Give it a listen and subscribe for more episodes.

Batman Forever Merchandise Review - Soft Toy Robin Plush from Hasbro

This week we're taking a look at the Robin plush made by Hasbro. It's a weird sort of soft cuddly toy for little kids but has a rock hard plastic head. It's a pretty non-essential purchase - don't bust a gut trying to track it down. Click here to see the accompanying Batman Plush figure.

Batman Forever Merchandise Review – Soft Toy Batman Plush from Hasbro

This week we're looking at a soft toy plush that was made by Hasbro. It's sort of weird in that the body is soft but the head is sharp and pointy. Like they couldn't decide which age group of kid to make it for. Anyway, it's... a pretty non-essential purchase. Two things I didn't realise at the time.

1) They not only made a Robin figure to accompany this but they made them in two different sizes (the one in the video is the smaller size). Annoyingly I picked up the Robin on eBay and got the larger size. So I now have a tiny Batman and GIANT Robin. Urgh.

2) They made a Justice League animated series plush using the exact same mold. They just made the highlights on the body bright white and removed the black around the eyes. Weird!