Mondo Batman: The Animated Series Volume 2 Vinyl Box Set

 

Mondo opened preorders for their Batman: The Animated Series Volume 2 vinyl box set back in July and I was able to snag one! There was a run of 1,800 and it looks like there are still some for sale if you'd like to grab one for yourself. Check out their website. My copy was supposed to arrive in October, but Mondo being Mondo, it just arrived earlier this month. Yes, delays could have possibly been due to the pandemic, but with Mondo's shipping record, I wouldn't have been surprised this happened either way. All that said, I'm so excited it's finally here! I love the blue and the details on the box cover with the Batmobile and view into the Bat Cave.

If y'all recall, I purchased the Mondo BTAS Volume 1 vinyl box set back in late 2015/early 2016. Check it out in a previous blog post here so you can compare. The episodes featured in Volume 1 include:

1. Two-Face Part 1 / Two-Face Part 2
2. On Leather Wings / Terror in the Sky
3. Almost Got 'Im / The Man Who Killed Batman
4. Heart of Ice / Deep Freeze
5. Nothing to Fear / If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich?
6. Vendetta / Mudslide
7. Joker's Favor / Harlequinade
8. Beware the Gray Ghost / Fire From Mount Olympus

Volume 2 features the following episodes:

1. Harley and Ivy / Pretty Poison
2. The Last Laugh / Laughing Fish
3. The Cat and the Claw Part 1 / The Cat and the Claw Part 2
4. Mad as a Hatter / Perchance to Dream
5. The Demon's Quest Part 1 / The Demon's Quest Part 2
6. Birds of a Feather / I've Got Batman in My Basement
7. Appointment on Crime Alley / It's Never Too Late
8. The Shadow of the Bat Part 1 / The Shadow of the Bat Part 2

The art for Mad as a Hatter / Perchance to Dream and The Last Laugh / The Laughing Fish stood out as my favorites.

I also own prints of the art for the episodes "Perchance to Dream" and "Harley and Ivy" which were purchased during the Mondo Phanton City Batman: The Animated Series exhibit during SXSW 2018. You can read more about that in a previous blog post as well which you can find here.

The vinyls above also came with a set of 6 “Heroes of Gotham” 4x6 character cards. 

There are actually 3 versions of these cards and you receive a random one when you purchase a box set. The other 2 versions have red markings that suggest Joker drew on them. You can see what those look like on Mondo's original listing.

That's everything! What do you think? What's your favorite out of these 8 vinyls?

Also, between Volume 1 and Volume 2, which did you prefer? See side by side images of the boxes below. I prefer the Volume 1 box which is a bit bigger and seems to have been put together with a bit more care (you can see the text on the spine of Volume 2 starts to wrap around the box a bit in the last image perhaps due to the size), but I think I'm leaning toward the artwork from Volume 2 overall. Let me know what you think in the comments below!

Batman: The Animated Series Funko Pop Collection

I've been whittling down my Funko Pop collection over the last 2-3 years. That actually just means I haven't made any new purchases in that amount of time. Hah. Of my 175+ Funko Pops that I've ever owned, though, I definitely intend to keep a few including my entire Batman: The Animated Series collection. These are staying with me!

I sort of waited to "complete" the BTAS Funko Pop collection before sharing, but with the anniversary of BTAS this weekend and Batman Day around the corner, it seemed like a good time to share. With Funko, you also never know when they're going to stop creating more Pops from a certain collection.

See close up pictures below of each of the 17 Pops in my BTAS Funko Pop collection below! From left to right, top to bottom:

• Batman
• Robin
• Batgirl
• Harley Quinn
• Harley Quinn (Diamon Collection, Hot Topic Exclusive)
• Dr. Harleen Quinzel (Pop in a Box Exclusive) - I love everything about this Pop including her glasses, little kitten heels, and hair bun (not pictured)
• Poison Ivy
• Catwoman - She's so cute with the little bullwhip accessory!
• The Joker
• Batman (Robot) - Half android face exposed!
• Batman (Robot, Chase) - Full android face exposed!
• Phantasm - I really like that they included this as part of the collection even though she never appeared in the series, but was introduced in the BTAS movie
• Scarecrow - His hat makes him a really large Pop, but I appreciate the detail
• Bane
• Clayface - This is a big boy of a Pop
• Man Bat (SDCC 2017 Exclusive) - Some of these characters are so cool as Pops because of unique details like Man Bat's wings!
• Mr. Freeze (Legion of Collectors Exclusive) - The helmet alone makes this one my favorite of the bunch. That plastic dome is just so stinking cute.

Looking at this collection just reminds me how much I love the TV series. Not that I'm one to wish for more Funko Pops that I feel I must buy, but if I WERE to add characters to this bunch, I would definitely want Alfred Pennyworth, Ra's al Ghul, and Mad Hatter. At the same time, Commissioner Gordon's trenchcoat and Penguin's stalkiness and umbrella would look pretty cool as Pops. There are still some great characters to add. Which one the BTAS Pops do you like most? And which character would you like to see Funko create for this collection?