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One thing I truly love about doing the Bat-Blog is getting to connect with Batman Fans from all over the world. Here's a nice assortment of photos of Super-RARE Batman items seen in foreign countries. The 1st photo was sent in by a good friend named Saul, who actually lives in Chicago ( ha ha ), but this unusual Batman Comic Book ©1944 is from Brazil. I love the wacky foreign language on the cover! Now of course I don't mean to insult Brazilians here! It's just that the words used are so unfamiliar to me, that's all. It's really a beautiful item. Plus, it's just totally extremely RARE beyond belief! The 2nd piece of memorabilia is also pretty RARE. It's a huge Store Display Sign for Blendy Coffee. It's from Japan where they sell coffee beverages in a can! It's from ©1993 & I totally love the artwork they used, very cool! The last item is a little more current, but also pretty interesting. This photo was shot by my good friend Zdravko, who lives in Bulgaria. In his country they promoted "The Dark Knight" movie with Nestle Cereal. He actually shot this pic in the grocery store & besides the cool boxes you can also see the "store display banner" that existed on the lower edge of the store shelf...very cool! I wanna thank all my friends who sent these photos, they're all really wonderful. I also wanna invite every single reader, no matter where you live, to please send us photos of your rare & unusual bat-items, both old & new. Thanks.
Recently at the Bat-Blog we shared the information about there being a set of 4 cereal premium figures of THE DARK KNIGHT ( 2 Batman, 1 Scarecrow, & 1 Joker ) that are "foreign" because they're from Brazil. They're put out by Nestle which is a division of General Mills. OK, just to revamp, General Mills has 4 figures in cereal boxes for the USA & Nestle has 4 figures in Brazil. When you look at the figures on the backs of the cereal boxes, & even in photos, the figures from Brazil look exactly the same except for Scarecrow ( obviously ) & a "Double-Punch" Batman. So, I thought there were only 2 figures that were different. Well, our friend Eric got a set of them recently & ALL FOUR of the foreign ones are different! They are a little bit taller & a lot thicker than the US ones. So, thank you Eric for the information. For the rest of the story, & some amazing photos, please be sure to check out Eric's website. It's called TOYRIFFIC!
A new friend of the Bat-Blog, named "Escoteiro", sent us these amazing photos of some new TDK merchandise from Brazil. Here are some Nestle Cereal Boxes with The Dark Knight promotion. The 1st photo is my favorite because it shows 2 boxes that each have different graphics with 1/2 a face & when you put them together they form a complete picture of Batman's face....very cool! This is the Nestle Crunch cereal & it's prize was a "buy one movie ticket get one free" coupon ( the 2nd photo shows the back of that box ). The 3rd photo is Nestle Estrelitas ( honey-flavored ) with 4 different Batman Disk Launchers, just like the ones given away here in the USA with General Mills' Cheerios. The 4th photo is Nestle Nescau, which looks like chocolate Cocoa Puffs, and it's premiums are the 4 small figures of Batman & The Joker. Now, these are just like the American ones except they have an exclusive Scarecrow figure & one of the Batman figures has "2 arms" double-fist action. The last photo shows what the premiums look like out of the boxes, very cool. I wanna personally thank "Escoteiro" for sending these great pics. I know that it must have taken a lot of time to do them & I really appreciate that. They're wonderful, thank you. Plus, it's so cool that they are from another part of the globe, that's exciting! If there are any other Bat-Blog Readers who have pix like this to share then please send them to us. The Bat-Blog is ALL about sharing information about the toy collecting hobby we all love.
A friend to the Bat-Blog, named Andrew, wrote that he was excited to know that The Dark Knight had finally hit France ( he lives near there ) because he saw this ad in a French Newspaper! It shows some of the Batman Action Figures & the Tumbler Batmobile with Bat-Pod...very cool! The next picture is a TDK item from the Philippines that was sent to me by Billy, a friend who lives in my hometown. He won this item on eBay. It's a really neat "Tumbler Batmobile Cereal Bowl with Batman-Shaped Spoon" you can get as a give-away premium in a Nestle KOKO KRUNCH Cereal Box. I'm gonna have to get one of those...the box design is really cool. Thanks guys for sending these wonderful photos, I appreciate that! I want to invite ALL Bat-Blog Readers to do the same, no matter where you live!
