Here's a really cool photo showing some SUPER-RARE Pepsi Bottle Caps from Argentina! You got these off Pepsi Cola bottles & on the inside they feature pictures of various DC Comic Book Characters. There's Superman, Batman, Robin, Aquaman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Green Arrow, Krypto, Hawkman, etc.. There are also some cool villians like the Joker, Riddler, Penguin, Catwoman, Lex Luthor, Mr. Freeze, etc..This photo was sent in by our great friend Ramiro, who lives in Argentina....Thanks Ramiro! If anyone living outside the USA, or inside the USA for that matter, has any cool photos then please share them here! Be sure to check the BAT-BLOG ARCHIVES for more cool foreign toys & rare bat-items!
I can't figure it out but the BAT-BLOG is really popular in Spanish speaking countries & this site is in total English....go figure! Anyways, a loyal BAT-BLOG reader from Argentina sent this wonderful photo showing what older Batman comic books look like there. Y'all know I really love the unusual & RARE Batman Toys & Comics so this was a great surprise! Thanks for the pictures Manuel! Be sure to CHECK THE ARCHIVES for many more cool & wacky foreign Batman items! The ARCHIVES are located on the right side of the BatBlog.Also, you can click the small graphic up above for a larger pic!
One of the types of Batman Toys I personally like are the "Foreign Toys". They're usually very very wacky!! Plus, it's neat to see a foreign language on them (I think it's great that the character is loved all over the world ). Yeah, I'm kinda weird, ha ha! Anyway, here's some very cool examples: The 1st photo is a "Bootleg" Inflatable-Toy of Batman. He looks kinda pretty with that bold red lipstick, don'tcha think? The 2nd picture is an extremely RARE Slot Car Race Set made by Polistil. I think it's from Italy or Poland. Either way the graphics are awesome! The weird thing is the Batmobile looks like the one from the 1989 Tim Burton movie but the graphics on the box of Batman & the logo are retro 1970's! The next 2 items are from our friends in Argentina. The 1st example is a plastic ring toss game that I have never seen before ( Thanks Paulo for sending that pic, appreciate that! ). The 2nd item is a small packaged puzzle. I think it's a carnival prize or something. It has some really nice graphics that look like they were swiped from Dick Giordano artwork. Whew! We just went around the world. OK, if any readers in "foreign lands" have some photos they would like to share then please send them in today. Thanks!
Shown in the photos up above are some examples of foreign Batman comic books that are in different languages. They are Spanish ( Argentina ), Italian ( Rome ), & Portuguese. We really love these kind of comics because they're really RARE & very unusual. Speaking of foreign languages, the BAT-BLOG uses a "Google Translator" to alter this website from English to 8 different languages. Just click on one of the FLAGS you see on the very top right-hand side of the blog. This will translate the page into Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, Italian, Arabic, & Korean.
OK, This video is just surreal! It's kinda fun to watch even though I can't understand one single word, ha ha! It's all in Spanish & is a TV Comedy sketch/parody of a convention of Batman characters. Later, an English-speaking Superman comes by & starts a fight.....weird!
I hate being stupid! What I mean by this is I can only read English, ha ha! Here's an example: I found a very cool photo showing a "foreign comic book ad" where they promote a special offer of a "Superhero Airplane" inside Nesquik Chocolate Milk Drink Mix. There were 4 planes to collect: Superman, Wonder Woman, Robin, & Batman! If I could only get 2 of these you know which ones they would be! I also like the actual product packaging too. I wish I had photos of the real thing, that would be cool. It's hard to tell but I also don't know if these were given away FREE inside the package or if they were a mail-away item where you had to collect points. It might say so in the ad but again, I am stupid, ha ha! The copyright information is too small to read but I'm guessing this was from the early 1980's, maybe 1981-82. If anyone knows the language or country please let me know. I'm gonna guess Argentina or Brazil & I'm pretty sure the language is Spanish.
For quite awhile I've had this great photo of some Spanish Batman Comic Book Covers from Mexico that a friend had sent. He knows I'm completely wacky for the "Foreign Bat-Items". Plus, readers comment alot about how they like them too. So, Just the other day a loyal BAT-BLOG Reader from Germany sent this other picture of a Vintage Batman Comic Book that is totally German & I knew I had to post them both today! Be sure to check the ARCHIVES for many more Foreign Comic Books & Toys!You might have to go to the main page, the archive area is on the right-side, toward the middle.Oh yeah, one last thing, remember you can click on the small pictures up above for larger photos!
Here is THE DARK KNIGHT Batman Movie Trailer in Spanish. I think it's very cool to hear another language other than English. It's even kinda funny. OK, I have to admit that I do not speak any Spanish but it is a very beautiful language.
One aspect of the Bat-Blog that I really enjoy is getting to meet people from all over the world who love the character. It's totally crazy to me how Batman is so popular all over the globe. I think that's neat. Now, one thing I like to do here every now & then is cover Batman-related news from other places but a lot of times I totally can't understand the language. Sadly, I only speak English & if a website or other information is in another language ( like German, Spanish, Japanese, etc...) then I'm screwed! It mainly happens when I talk about brand-new bat-merchandise ( Toys, Comic Books, etc ) I have found outside the USA. Now of course I don't mean for this to be offensive in any way. I'm just an idiot who only speaks one language, ha ha! Well, the other day a friend of mine who lives extremely far away sent me a wonderful list of a few "Batman Words" that are in Spanish. I thought it was pretty interesting so here it is ( Hey, You didn't know you were gonna learn something new today, did you? ):
Shown here are some fun comic books collected by a good friend named Tomas who lives in Puerto Rico. You might remember a previous post where we featured photos of his amazing Batman Toy Collection. Well, he is also a major fan of Neal Adams ( who isn't? ) & has collected all the issues of Batman comics with Adams' artwork. Then he discovered that a lot of these were reprinted in Mexico with different covers in Spanish. OK, different covers but the same art. So now he's collecting those. Shown here are just a few examples. In the 1st two photos you can see the Mexican version on the left & the actual American one on the right...pretty cool! Thanks Tomas for sharing these. If any other Bat-Blog Reader has some interesting Bat-Info to share then please do. It can be about New Merchandise, Vintage Toys, Comic Books, anything Batman-Related! Our e-mail button is always on the top right-hand side of this page, thanks.
If I wrote the title wrong please forgive me as I only speak English. But, Here's the brand-new THE DARK KNIGHT Batman Movie Trailer #2 in the Spanish language for our friends in other parts of the globe. It's kinda neat to see it "en Español"...enjoy. I've heard there's one in the Korean language but have not been able to find it. It would also be cool in Japanese so if any Bat-Blog Readers know of any more "foreign language ones" then please let us know.
