BATMAN!

Very nice! Not much I can say other than that, but it bears saying. I too am a bigger fan of the 89 Batman movie, and its armor is my favorite, but the Returns armor is my second favorite. Good luck on the search...

Very cool! The first is my favorite too!!

great-do you have better pics of the cape?

Unfortunately the cape is a replica moulded from an original

This is amazing!

Great find! Thanks for sharing. I think pretty much every guy ever has dreamed of having a batsuit. I know I have!

wow very cool to see this in good lighting.

Awesome!

Awesome pickup pjw! Those are a grail for any Batman collector fur sure!

What's the best way of storing this sort of thing because I'm sure it would be too easy for it to perish and become brittle.

very nice great detail

Really great prop!!

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What's the best way of storing this sort of thing because I'm sure it would be too easy for it to perish and become brittle.

Indeed, latex and rubber have the tendency to disintegrate over time alas.

So is this destined to disappear for all time or is there a way of preserving it and any similar prop or costume?

Great to see these wonderfull things and they are still in very good conditions for there age.

Well these pieces are over twenty three years old and are in fantastic condition considering. It largely comes down to the TLC they are shown. Use a suitable rubber preservative to clean it and most importantly keep it as much as possible away from UV light.

I wanted to ask you guys opinion on something. I recently put these pieces up for sale and surprisingly (to me anyway) they aren't garnering the interest I expected. Do you think they would be more desirable to a collector if I trimmed the pieces and mounted them to an undersuit as they would have been for the film. Would it make those pieces less or more desirable? Or I they better left as they are as a purest form of their heritage?

I read the thread title in Bale's Batman voice Awesome pieces you got there, great pics! I've always loved Keaton and the suits he wore. Christian is cool too. To answer your question, when selling anything, it's best to leave it in its original state and let the buyer do their own modding unless requested. You can state that you can trim/glue/stitch the armor to an undersuit, etc. Hope this helps

The Keaton suits were pretty cool.

Yes Keaton is by far the second best Batman

Still the best Batman movie costume.

Excellent returns suit

awesome

Very nice.

PJ,

I think that's a tough one. I personally prefer stuff that is mounted for use, but I can see where some would prefer it as is. I guess it depends on what type of collector you are. I love displays that look as if they were taken from that world and into ours, hence my reasoning. I would say leave them as-is though and let the next owner do what they wish.