This is a bagged Batman hard copy dated 3/15/00. A hard copy is one of the earliest stages of a figure’s creation, and this particular hard copy is a dark blue resin material. What’s interesting about this piece, is that it used to hang on a board in Kenner’s model shop at 615 Elsinore Place in Cincinnati, Ohio, along with several other bagged and dated examples.
Each of the bagged samples on the board had a different colored resin in them, and a date that corresponded with when the colored resin was used by Kenner. My guess is that this was a way for Kenner to keep track of when the resin was used in an attempt to slow down some of the prototypes going out the back door and ending up on the collector’s market.
Here are all the pieces from the bag:
Here is a picture showing just a few of the other bagged and dated samples that were hanging in the model shop:
If anyone has a photo of all of the samples hanging on the model shop’s board, I would love to add it!
Hmmm, weird but intriguing Bats. Any info if that was maybe a Batman Beyond or such that didn’t make the cut ?! (He’s so ANGULAR ). Can’t place that belt, though. Now, if there were these tube compartments instead of pouches… Nah, I’m at a total loss, sorry.
Is that a, maybe unproduced, Legends of the Dark Knight figure ..?
(Made a fool out of myself earlier. Beyond was Hasbro, I guess 🤦)
Where is my comment, didn’t say anything wrong, did I ? If so, I sincerely apologise. Y’know, I really LOVE your products (although it kinda wasn’t enough that got imported over here, missing out on exclusives, etc, but that’s MY country’s fault, not yours) – but I’d LIKE to comment on one of absolutely fave toy companies –AND I still don’t know what kinda line THIS BATMAN is (or was SUPPOSED to be) from 🤷! Due to deleting my comment, no one might see & perhaps answer my query..! Please have a heart. (In case this disappears as well, I’ve made memorial screenshot 😓). THANK Y❤️U IN ADVANCE.
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