{"product_id":"showa-batman-robin-electric-tin-batmobile","title":"Batmóvil eléctrico de hojalata litografiada de Batman y Robin, con cabina iluminada y pistones, años 70","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Pop \u0026amp; Play\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eEven standing still, this Batmobile performs: the cockpit glows and the engine pistons rise and fall. Made as a licensed export in the 1970s, it records the globalization of tin toys in the late Showa years, when Japanese design sensibilities met overseas manufacturing and Western comic-book heroes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Batman and Robin Batmobile belongs to the late Showa period, when tin toy production spread beyond Japan and Japanese design sensibilities merged with overseas manufacturing and Western intellectual property. It was produced in Taiwan as a licensed export.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sculpted canopy, animated engine pistons and illuminated cockpit lift the piece beyond a simple vehicle. Battery power drives the motor, the lights and the piston effects, so that even when stationary the car keeps its illusion of motion. Wear to the drive system is typical of electric tin vehicles of this era; what survives, the light and the theatrical presentation, is precisely what collectors value today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Batmobile occupies a space between comic culture, industrial toy design and pop nostalgia, equally at home in a Batman and DC collection, a tinplate vehicle archive, a Showa-era pop-culture display or a group of licensed character toys.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLine:\u003c\/strong\u003e Batman and Robin — Batmobile\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEra:\u003c\/strong\u003e Showa era, circa 1970s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e Taiwan (licensed export production)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tinplate body; plastic canopy; electric motor; light-up components\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMeasurements:\u003c\/strong\u003e Length approx. 25 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMechanism:\u003c\/strong\u003e Battery powered; motor engages; lighting and piston effects active\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClean overall presentation with minor wear consistent with age.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe motor engages and the lighting and piston effects are active.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForward movement is impaired due to worn tires.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo batteries included.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthenticity \u0026amp; Care\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery piece is examined and documented in Japan before dispatch and is offered with the Japonista authenticity guarantee.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePacked by hand in Japan and shipped insured and tracked by EMS or an equivalent express service. 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