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Was the Batman statue in "Shazam!" a real piece of merch, or just a movie prop?

Science Fiction & Fantasy Asked on May 16, 2021

In the movie Shazam!, there is a scene where, during Billy’s first fight with Sivana, he winds up in a toy store and throws a plastic statue of Batman (which exclaims a recording stating "I’m Batman") at Sivana.

You can see it at 3:18 in this clip of the movie on YouTube.

Is this statue a real piece of DC merchandise, or was it just a movie prop that was made specifically for this scene in the movie? Some of the other items on the shelves in that scene seem to be DC merchandise in boxes labelled with the DC logo, so it seems possible that they’re real, but I’m not sure and I can’t find anything with a quick Google search.

Shazam about to throw a 1-meter Batman figure

2 Answers

Correct answer by Valorum on May 16, 2021

It's real, though I can't locate the exact reference (yet).

The movie's director talked about the toy store scene for CinemaBlend, explaining that they couldn't use action figure of non-DCEU characters. Notably,

No, they're all sort of real DC toys that are in there. I mean, some were like, 'Hey, you can't have that character, because that character's not in the universe yet. You have to stick to these characters.'

Answered by Jenayah on May 16, 2021

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