Back when I was but a wee-lad my Mom would pick me up from school and we’d walk four or five blocks to the lunch counter in the pharmacy she worked at where I would take my place at the very end, sit there with my drawing supplies and have usually a sandwich or a giant piece of Boston Cream Pie. Mr Z who ran the place was always so nice to me and his daughter Joanie who was clearly an adult to me was probably 17 or 18 at the time would encourage my drawings.
I was an extremely shy kid, small for my age, but I was also the most well behaved kid you’d imagine— unless I was clothes shopping, then the demons inside me took over and I would drive my Mom crazy.
She’d work about another hour or so, and if I’d saved up some allowance she’d take me to Henry’s Hobby Shop around the corner where I would peruse his latest offerings. He had a whole array of model kits including an Aurora Batmobile which I bought at least three times because they didn’t hold up to play— and my Mom would put them together for me each and every time.
I’m sure she was thrilled when one afternoon we walked in and he announced he had a new item he thought I might like— a Corgi Toys Batmobile— this die cast vehicle had some heft to it and best of all it was ready to play with and it was tough enough to hold up. I loved mine, and like the Aurora kit- I had several because they would get lost in the dirt or destroyed during violent play.
Recently Corgi Toys re-released the BATMOBILE for collectors and I ordered Six of them so I could make a little store display in my studio.
It’s currently available at CorgiToysUsa.com