Updated: January 02, 2021

Issued to coincide with the release of the wildly popular ABC television series in 1966, this is an original Aurora #486 kit, built up and painted. This is not a 2005 (or later) Polar Lights reissue or a diecast toy with moving parts. When Aurora was sold in 1969, a tangle of legal rights battles among Aurora’s new owners, Batmobile creator George Barris Kustom Industries, DC Comics, and the owners of the Batman TV show resulted in models of the Batmobile as depicted in the original #486 kit disappearing from distribution for many years, until the 2005 Polar Lights reissue. A built up and painted 1966 original kit is difficult to find in any condition.

Value: $1,000-Up.