Cleverlilminx
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Well as I was reading this thread, my son came over and asked me to make him the Shark Repellent can. So count me in for 2-3 sets on any runs for the lettering please. :lol
Anti-Shark Spray
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AndrewRP
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Has anyone given any though to making the sign above the sprays? I mean if you got the cans, you got the labels, and we've found the can holders/clips, why not go ahead and make the sign too? With a square plate of aluminum or something you could make the whole thing and have something nifty to hang in your garage/display case/car/bat-copter. :lol
Imaging their surprise the next time your friend opens the glove compartment to find a set of bat-repellant sprays! :lol
Imaging their surprise the next time your friend opens the glove compartment to find a set of bat-repellant sprays! :lol
I finally got around to watching the film again and capping the shark-repellent scene. Some of these shots don't not add much new, but the ones showing the bottom of the spray can and the can with the cap off may be useful.
In some of the shots, it appears as if there are lines suggesting a different finish on the parts of the can that contain the text, but perhaps this is an artifact of the photography or the transfer, as these lines don't seem evident in other shots.
Thanks, Pilot! :thumbsup
In some of the shots, it appears as if there are lines suggesting a different finish on the parts of the can that contain the text, but perhaps this is an artifact of the photography or the transfer, as these lines don't seem evident in other shots.
Thanks, Pilot! :thumbsup
Later in the film, as he does several times in the TV series, Batman administers BAT-SLEEP to someone he is taking to the Batcave and subsequently revives that person with BAT-WAKE. (In this case, that person happens to be the Penguin in disguise.)
It occurred to me that BAT-SLEEP and BAT-WAKE are in a sense more iconic than the SHARK REPELLENT, both because they were used repeatedly on the show (whereas the repellent was a one-shot gag) and because they include the prefix BAT- in the name and on the can.
Perhaps in addition to the SHARK REPELLANT, we could put together a run of BAT-SLEEP and BAT-WAKE (or at least a run of the correct vinyl lettering). :love
As you can see, the BAT-WAKE can is shorter than the OCEANIC SPRAYS.
Thanks, Penguin -- I mean, Pilot!
:thumbsup
It occurred to me that BAT-SLEEP and BAT-WAKE are in a sense more iconic than the SHARK REPELLENT, both because they were used repeatedly on the show (whereas the repellent was a one-shot gag) and because they include the prefix BAT- in the name and on the can.
Perhaps in addition to the SHARK REPELLANT, we could put together a run of BAT-SLEEP and BAT-WAKE (or at least a run of the correct vinyl lettering). :love
As you can see, the BAT-WAKE can is shorter than the OCEANIC SPRAYS.
Thanks, Penguin -- I mean, Pilot!
:thumbsup
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I'd bet this is either the original label for the can just painted over. Or residue from same.
I managed to find a vinyl cutter today so I will have cut letters in a few days.
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capetown19
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Wow you guys are great with this kind of thing.Like I said before I would love one of these and I was the one who asked Paul to post something on it originaly.
Any Updates?
Any Updates?
Newbie Doobie
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Why would an extremely low budget movie spend several hundred dollars on on silk screening a goofy throw away gag prop, when they could have just used $20 vinyl letters?
Keep in mind that only when it's hanging on Robin's belt does it have the darker bands. It's flawless in the detailed closeups. My personal guess would be that it's just clear tape holding on the hook that allows it to hang on the belt.
Newbie Doobie
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Because,at this time silkscreening wasn't several hundred dollars! Plus,they WERE a HUGE conglomerate T.V. corporation with thousands of employees,and milllions of dollars of resources! With MANY shows,and MANY props that were made,whos to say that they didn't have a silkscreening machine in use all the time?! The close up pics are what I was referring to - the labels are obvious!
I have held several original Bat things in my life, no two were exactly the same color blue. Some leaned toward purple, some not. Some were black.
FunkyJedi picked a Duplicolor, Dark Blue Metallic. I liked it so that's what I went with as well. It matches close to what is shown in the screen grabs. But there is no way to really tell.
I am also in the process of doing a Bat Shield. I am going to make it match the cans.
Who's to say they did, and who's to say they didn't? We don't know. None of us do. But it's an Occam's Razor kind of deal. Is it more likely that a television studio had an expensive and elaborate silkscreening setup or just plopped down a few bucks for stick on letters?
And calm down, dude. I'm not trying to attack your opinions. I'm only trying to throw out all the possibilities for us to consider. None of us has a definitive right or wrong answer. We're all just going on best guesses.
