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They were supposed to connect the bottom horizontal bar of the E with the middle horizontal bar of the A, otherwise having LIVE higher than AND LET DIE is pointless.
Pointless!
My wife surprised me for my birthday this year with an original Man With the Golden Gun poster. Apparently it was in terrible condition though, so she had it restored by a guy we’ve used in the past. Can’t wait to get a nice frame for it and hang it up, it’s a real beauty.
When we were still dating, my spouse went to the trouble of going back to a city I'd seen a TB/YOLT rerelease poster and gave that to me for Christmas back in the early '90s. I still treasure that poster both for what it is and the thought behind it.
That’s a great story and it certainly adds to the value of the poster. Sounds like we both picked great partners!
I took a trip to Las Vegas a couple of weeks ago and had a string of good luck playing Blackjack at Caesars. Found myself walking through a film memorabilia store and came across this frame containing autographs from each Bond. Like the man says in Octopussy, “easy come, easy go.”
Yes a lot of JB autographs are fake. So easy $$$ for forgers.
1MB AND double sided! Woohoo!
We've come a long way...:-D
Yep, I'm definitely getting that 😬
Lots of blue here.
007 water pistol from Toys by Boys, made in 1967. Originally came with a bottle of 'Disapero - The vanishing bleed' liquid which shoots out red and 'disappears in seconds', leaving no marks or stains. The gun itself is branded 'Multiple Products', a company known for making numerous other Bond toys back in the '60s. Gold '007' logo is on the right grip panel only. The toy is very small (smaller than in the photo), or should I say, a convenient pocket size.
Everyone's favourite nephew James Bond Junior had his own gun which came with the Hot Shot CD Player toy. It featured earphones, a removable disc which doubled as a fling 'blade' frisbee saw, a booby trap function, and this cap-firing pistol. Made by Hasbro in 1991, this toy arrived to me in sealed box with all the parts still in their own bags, having never seen the light of day for nearly 30 years.
One of the most valuable items in my collection, this is the Moonraker 'Space Gun' from Lone Star, 1979. It's in great condition for its age, but the door that receives the roll of caps doesn't pop up (note the hole for adding oil). Box and tray are in pretty good condition. Space Marine's ISE sticker on the right.
I was wondering about that sticker. I've seen those for sale in box but never have I seen that. This is one of those pieces I'd like to have in my collection but a bit out of my price range. Americans didn't get some of the cool merchandising those in Britain and Europe did. Instead, we got those cheap Coibel sets from when AVTAK was released. They were basically existing toys with a 007 label slapped on them.
It's likely those Coibel sets wouldn't get through customs here, that's why I tend to look for the colourful ones. I like the idea of May Day having her own Wicke revolver, even if it's not like those seen in the film.
Ah, it's a nice touch. As I have zero interest in owning a real firearm, I like the Wicke models. I only have the GE and TWINE versions so far but am always on the lookout for others but as I mentioned only for a price I'm comfortable with, which doesn't make it easy. But that's the fun of collecting, finding things when not expecting them.
The Lazenby/Rigg Corgi MOC is also unique , i paid a lot for it un-signed
I have fun with ebay's 'save search' function, when things I've given up on pop up in my emails.
A couple more Moonraker items:
Hotel Danieli room service menu - you can see this under Holly's diary when Bond uses the poison pen:
Bond picks up the diary, and we see the front of the menu:
This is a genuine example from Venice, in perfect condition and dated to 1977:
It unfolds into four sections:
A glimpse at what Bond and Holly may or may not have consumed on that night:
While Bond is at Venini Glass, there's a group tour, with several of the visitors holding glassware catalogues:
You can spot promotional posters throughout the building, behind Bond and at the reception next to the blonde beauty, Irka:
The catalogue held by the tourists - 'Vetri Di Murano Dell'800', (1978). This one is in excellent condition:
One of the tourists has the book open on this page:
A couple of years ago I visited the spy museum in Berlin. Their fine gift shop featured an umbrella with a fake gun as the handle. I really wanted it but I couldn't see Ryanair letting me bring it back in my hand luggage!
The GE Wicke gun is actually how I found this forum. I dug mine out (purchased in a toy shop in Oxford, 1995) and was wondering if it was worth anything. The rest, as they say, is history.
Really like the laptop setup there. I have Q's laptop and stand, and intend to do a similar setup one day. That was my desktop background for a year or two.
It's an amazing set up!
Thanks! Cool resource.