Rubie's Costume Grand Heritage Classic TV Batman Circa 1966 Costume

I must be one of the lucky ones, because overall I'm pretty happy with this costume.The good: Body suit fits well (I'm 6', 215#), the belt is well-constructed, the cape is very heavy fabric and good quality, and the gloves, while oversized at the wrists, fit my hands without any trouble and are the same on both sides.The acceptable: The cowl arrived kind of mushed up with one bat ear kind of tweaked. Hopefully I'll be able to straighten it out with a little heat. The shoe covers are exactly what you find in other costumes with similar parts.The bad: The shorts that go on over the body suit are comically oversized, just baggy all over the place. I'm going to have to get creative with safety pins to make them look right.Overall, this is a remarkably faithful costume in my eyes, and the quality is actually more than I expected based on the prior reviews I read. I'm very happy with it for the price, and I expect to get lots of laughs when I show up with my Catwoman to the party.

I was very hesitant buying this costume based on the previous reviews, but after trying the Deluxe Batman Muscle Chest (Large) and discovering it was too small for my 5'11" frame (lets just say it very tight in the crotch area), I decided to give this a try given Amazon's excellent return policy and the price drop from the Hundred twenty dollars it used to be.I think my reaction was pleasant surprise when I opened and put on the costume. I ordered the Standard "Medium" size for my 5'11" frame, my waist is 33"-34" and everything fit snug. Bodysuit is nice material, easily nicest part of the costume. It stretches where it needs to, is not see-through, nice zipper 3/4 zipper on the back, nice snug turtle-neck collar.Bat logo is sewn on, mine was slightly crooked as indicated in previous reviews, it is a bit higher than I'd like, but is still visible with the cape on which is what all that matters to me, I suppose you could rip the stitches out and move it down a tad more, but I'm not that picky. Cape is nice, maybe a tad smaller than the pic, but does have double material stitched together, it velcros in the front above the bat logo.Gloves are okay, I have smaller hands so they don't fit as well and I can see how the fit per finger could use a bit of work/refinement. The briefs I don't like as much, but they fit okay for my waist. they stretch enough for me and are still baggy which I don't mind too much. Belt is nice, has riveted pouches and the bat buckle had plastic protector wrap on it, belt has velcro on both ends as is meant to be velcro-ed in the back on itself. The boot covers were very snug on thighs with not much stretch, but I think it works with the costume.Now to the cowl, not as bad as I was led to believe, but not great which is why I mainly deducted 1 star. The "front" is the plastic found in many halloween costumes, the plastic that has that distinctive smell to it. It was thankfully not creased in any horrible way. The back cowl fabric does not stretch at all which was a problem for my big head (I'm a XL ski helmet size). Thus the cowl does not fit well, in the current state, I cannot comfortably fit it over my eyes as intended. It did seem to fit my Fiancées' smaller head quite well, so obviously its a fit issue for some people and not for others. I'm not sure if the XL size costume has a larger head. You can use a stitch ripper and strategically remove some of the stitches to let out the fabric a bit more. The bat ears are molded in the plastic and is just okay. I actually prefer the cowl in the "Deluxe Batman Muscle Chest" a bit more because the foam gives a bit more for my face, but it doesn't match the color of this costume.In all, it its current price range, I think its a good value for the price I paid (Eighty-Five Dollars) considering how elaborate you can get with this classic 1966 costume, I was tallying up the potential cost of doing this all DIY from scratch, but once you add up the body suit and cowl in particular, you are easily above $100-150. I was looking at buying custom tights online and then having to dye it! So is this an 100% authentic costume, of course not, but I think its reasonable now in this price range and it seems they have fixed the major issues. So if you were initially scared away by all the other reviews, I would give it a second look and buy from Amazon (not sure if other sellers have cleared out old stock or not) given the prime shipping and easier returns, should you need to.

This is, without a doubt, the WORST COSTUME I'VE EVER BOUGHT. You know what you're getting with the $50 costumes you buy off the rack at Party City, but for a costume twice that price, you don't expect it to have HALF the quality. This costume is NOTHING like what we see in this picture.The Jumpsuit - Not TOO bad, except that it's shiny instead of the dull grey that Batman is supposed to be. And the bat-symbol on the chest was crooked and it was too high on the chest. Did no one actually WEAR this costume before manufacturing it?The Cowl - The latex face was full of bumps and bubbles, and it was sloppily painted. The back of the hood flared out like a collared lizard and there was NO WAY of tucking it under the cape like it's supposed to. It was also a bright, happy blue instead of the dark, cobalt/navy blue it's supposed to be, as are the REST of the costume's blue pieces.The Cape - Batman's cape is supposed to drape over his entire body. Usually this quality was reserved for when Batman does one of his famous dances, and the rest of the time it's flipped back behind his shoulders. THIS cape doesn't allow you to do that, which is especially disappointing since this was made by the same people who gave us the Man of Steel cape that DOES allow that kind of functionality. The cape on THIS costume feels like you just wrapped a towel around your neck. If you can't open the cape into a wing-span, it ain't Batman.The Gloves - The fingers were too long (and I have REALLY long fingers already), and the fins on the side begin on the side of the HAND? It starts below the WRIST, people! It's just awkward.The Trunks - I got no complaints about these. They work fine.The Boot Covers - They look cheap and ridiculous. And when the whole POINT of the character is to look ridiculous, that's saying something.The Utility Belt - I honestly have no opinion about the utility belt, because IT DIDN'T ARRIVE IN THE PACKAGE!!!The only GOOD thing I got out of buying this costume? I now know how to make returns through Amazon should I need to again.All in all, expected A LOT better from you, Rubie's. Please recall this costume and bring it back when these many, MANY kinks are ironed out.