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The programmable Bat Machine and Spider Machine first made their debut in a 1980 Mego Electronics Catalog, although they eventually made their way into the regular Mego catalog in a later printing (Replacing the Spider-Man Alley Play set, which by this time had been scrapped)<\/p>\n
Essentially these vehicles were similar to the “Big Trax” marketed by Milton Bradley Electronics around the same time, however Mego did a clever thing and tied them to their Superhero license and then popular Pocket Heroes brand. Both items were sold in Mexico as well by distributor Ensueno.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Batmachine in the second edition of the 1980 Mego Catalog<\/p><\/div>\n
The Bat Machine as it appeared in the second printing of the 1980 Mego Catalog.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Mego Bat Machine from the Pocket Superheroes Line<\/p><\/div>\n
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Here is a boxed version of the Batmachine bearing some great artwork as usual. You can put Batman into any toy and it’s plausible. Figures were not included.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Mego Bat Machine from the Pocket Superheroes Line Mego Museum Batman<\/p><\/div>\n
Shot of the box flap.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Mego Bat Machine from the Pocket Superheroes Line Mego Museum Batman<\/p><\/div>\n
This version is signed by both former Mego President Marty Abrams and the late Neal Kublan, former VP of research and Development at Mego.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Mego Bat Machine from the Pocket Superheroes Line<\/p><\/div>\n
Our version doesn’t have the decal sheet, if you have a Batmachine with the decals or the sheet itself, we’d love a shot of it!<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Programmable Spider Machine by Mego Corp.<\/p><\/div>\n
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The Spider-Machine wasn’t quite ready for the second printing of the 1980 Mego Catalog, so we just got the box art. Anything Batman got, Spider-Man got as well by this point as he was one of the “heavy hitters” in the figure category.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Mego Boxed Ensuano Spider-Trax Mexico<\/p><\/div>\n
We have the Mexican version of the Programmable Spider-Machine which was called “Spidertrax” and sold by a company called Ensueno (who also distributed the flying superheroes) The major difference other than the Spanish language box is that Ensueno included the pocket Superheroes Spider-Man figure. This is likely because they didn’t sell them separately.<\/p>\n
If you have a boxed American Spider-Machine and want to sent us a photo, drop us a line!<\/p>\n
<\/a>Mego Pocket Superheroes Spider-Man by Ensueno for the Spider Trax toy<\/p><\/div>\n
The Spider-Man (un hombre arana articulado!) figure Ensueno included with the Spidertrax with it’s original baggie.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Label Sheet for the Spider Trax<\/p><\/div>\n
Original label sheet for the Ensueno Spidertrax toy. In the US, it was called the “Spider Machine”<\/p>\n
<\/a>Loose Spidertrax by Ensueno<\/p><\/div>\n
Loose Spider-Trax, even though this item has never been played with, it no longer works.<\/p>\n