Packaging - ***
The packaging is nice and clean, but it has no text about the car. Nothing about what movie it's from. Nothing about the specs. Nothing about nothing. Oh yeah, it was made in China and Hot Wheels is owned by Mattel. Well, what isn't made in China? And, Mattel...well...I'll refrain. The box is nice, but give me something to read. I'm a kid at heart and love reading fantastic tales about my toys. For the MOC'rs there shouldn't be a problem finding excellent packages.

Sculpting - ****
What can I say this thing is the best 1:18 die-cast Batmobile on the market. What am I saying it's the only one on the market. I was going to mark it down because the tires aren't rubber but are hard plastic. I figured it wasn't enough to warrant a deduction. The metal is nicely done. The phallic thing at the nose of the car extends from its encasing. There is some detail work, not a lot, but enough. The rivets and the bat symbol on the rims are nice and sharp. The cockpit cover slides forward to reveal were Bats and the Boy Wonder would sit. There are no moving parts that I could see, but the steering wheel, seats, pedels, shifters, and monitor are all there. The instrument panels are all stickers and they look good. They are not great, but do the job. The front tires turn, but the movement is limited and I wouldn't suggest turning them too much they felt fragile. One thing that was unexpected were the machine guns. There are machine guns on the right and left fenders that rotate out. You can have them out or rotate them back under the car frame. This is a nice touch. This car is not in scale with the 6" figures, but would probably be more in scale with the animated Bats. However, the style of the car is better suited with the 6" figures.

Paint - ****
It's black. Nice black. Don't think any of it was painted. The metal sections have a tinge of brown producing a nice hue. I would recommend putting this thing in a case. It's a lint magnet. I only had it out for about 20 minutes and it had lint everywhere. You can see in the pictures. I didn't help that I used a sheet as a backdrop.

Value - ***1/2
I bought mine at a local "toy swapmeet/scalperfest." Most of the shops there had it for $30 and most of them did not want to lower their price. They kept insisting that only shops were getting them, no TRU or KBs. I finally found someone to sell it to me for $25. At that price I'm okay with the purchase. My understanding was that these should retail for about $20, so $25 isn't bad. The half star taken away was just 'cause those other guys pissed me off. If you are a Batman fan this is the car to get.