We've thought for years about making one, but we didn't want to put together a Burt Ward-style costume until we were positive we had it right. We've seen so many out there; all of which are vastly inferior to the originals and not completely accurate. So purchasing one from a seller wasn't an option. It wasn't until we recently acquired the use of a set of the originals for an afternoon, that we decided to make our own for Halloween.

Since we took patterns off the entire costume, this made mine a virtual XEROX copy of the original, with each measurement being exact down to the last detail. We also used the original costume as a basis for the work we did on the CBS TV movie "Return To the Batcave." Though certain changes were made to the costumes we did for that project, the costume I made for myself was dead-on, 100% accurate to the original.

The vest zips down the back, and the emblem is taken from a scan of the original. It's been cleaned up a bit since the original was a little ragged. The measurements of the front laces, and their relation to the emblem are all exactly the same as the original vest. Even the NUMBER of laces are the same!

The utility belt is leather, with a brass buckle. The cylinders are SOLID, highly-polished brass rods. (Unlike the painted wood, or brass tube cylinders you've seen before!) The trunks are made from the same unique type of spandex used on the originals. The costume also comes with tights, green t-shirt, and green suede "wing" shoes that zip up the back.

WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE that after exhaustive research, the glove manufacturer who made all the gloves for the 1966 series had been retained by 4-i's Productions for all of our glovework. The forest green leather gauntlet gloves are made from the same pattern that the originals were struck from!