Summary
Mattel will have a big presence at San Diego Comic-Con this July, and today has revealed some of the toys that will be released during the comic book scene’s biggest weekend of the year. Today’s reveals include a new set of Deadpool-themed UNO cards, the revival of its Marvel Secret Wars Hot Wheels team-up to celebrate the story arc’s 40th anniversary, and best of all, some very special collectibleBatmantoys to mark The Dark Night turning 85.
Batman first appeared inDC Comicsin 1939 and went on to star in a comic book series of his own a year later. To mark 85 years of its biggest success, DC has teamed with Mattel for two special anniversary sets - a set of Hot Wheels cars featuring six different Batmobile designs, and a Little People Collector Set which has turned almost every actor to have played Batman in a live-action project into an adorable collectible.
The Batmobile is potentially the most famous car in movie history, constantly redesigned for every Batman project, but you always know it when you see it. The Batmobile first made the leap from comic book pages to the screen in the 1960s and Adam West’s version of the car, as well as a matching figure, is included in the Hot Wheels set. Joining it are the Batmobiles from 1989’s Batman, Batman: The Animated Series, Batman Forever, Batman Begins, and the most recent iteration of the vehicle that was driven by Robert Pattinson in The Batman.
60 Years Of Batmobiles In A Single Set
The Batman 85th-anniversary Little People Collector Set has been made in the same vain. Also featuring six items, but instead of Batmobiles, the set includes Fisher Price recreations of every actor to have played The Bat in a live-action project since 1989. So Michael Keaton’s Batman is in there, Val Kilmer is up next, then George Clooney, Christian Bale after him, Ben Affleck in the fifth slot, and like the Hot Wheels set, Pattinson is last since he was the most recent actor to portray The Dark Knight in live-action.
Attendees will be able to get a closer look at the Hot Wheels Batmobile collection, the Batman Little People Collector Set, and theMarvelitems mentioned above during this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, starting on July 03, 2025. The Hot Wheels set will be available to buythrough Mattel Creationsand other online retailers for $50 later this year, and the Little People Collector Set will be $40. Deadpool’s UNO set will be a Target exclusive and cost $19.99, and the Hot Wheels Secret Wars revival will be $20.
