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  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
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    Please note :

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  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    Mallory wrote: »
    Good to see the affordable merch is still being released:

    https://007store.com/products/james-bond-bearbrick-royal-selangor-400-figure-the-man-with-the-golden-gun-edition-by-medicom-toy
    That's brilliant - more teddy bear merch like everyone was clamouring for. Long gone are the days of Zeon wristwatch tie-ins and play sets with molded environments.

    Now we live in a world of 'collectible designer toys' that neither parent can afford nor child can touch.

    Amazon, please ask the fans what merch we want.
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
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    I’ll never understand fans whining about the 007 store for selling luxury items, as if that’s the only thing they sell there and nothing else is affordable.

    For example: https://007store.com/en-us/collections/james-bond-games-and-puzzles/products/james-bond-007-debut-poster-1000-pc-puzzle?variant=39314579816603

    There you go. A jigsaw puzzle for just $20. I don’t think that’s gonna set anyone back for months. Or is it really just the collector mentality of wanting to collect as much merch as possible and a good chunk of the merch just happens to be way beyond the budget of some fans?
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    I do tend to agree, there's affordable stuff on there like toy cars and good quality T shirts. There's high end stuff too but it's James Bond, the idea is that he's premium. No one's complaining about the tie-in Omega wristwatches or special edition Aston Martins.
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
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    I think the most expensive item I ever bought from that store was this Christmas tree ornament.

    https://007store.com/en-us/products/james-bond-family-crest-tree-decoration?variant=43019529060507
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 17,161
    Yes that's fun. I bought the LTK score from them a few weeks ago though and that cost more!
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    Posts: 14,858
    Guys I'm just bitter at the lack of tech-y, hands-on toy merch that was available up until nearly twenty years ago. It's non-existent now. Who knows, maybe a return of that gear will get more kids interested in Bond.
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
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    Bond always felt too adult of a franchise to cater to kids like other franchises, but that may be a generational thing. As a kid growing up in the mid to late 90s I’d see tons of toys like action figures for Power Rangers, Batman, and Star Wars, yet that was virtually non-existent for Bond. The only thing Bond seemed to have to appeal to kids were the video games like GoldenEye and onward. Of course that all came to an end in 2012 after 007 Legends flopped big time.

    I know Bond merch catered to kids a lot more in the 60s with action figures, lunch boxes, and so on, but that just seems weird to think of now.
  • 007HallY007HallY
    edited 12:27pm Posts: 4,660
    MakeshiftPython wrote: »
    Bond always felt too adult of a franchise to cater to kids like other franchises, but that may be a generational thing. As a kid growing up in the mid to late 90s I’d see tons of toys like action figures for Power Rangers, Batman, and Star Wars, yet that was virtually non-existent for Bond. The only thing Bond seemed to have to appeal to kids were the video games like GoldenEye and onward. Of course that all came to an end in 2012 after 007 Legends flopped big time.

    I know Bond merch catered to kids a lot more in the 60s with action figures, lunch boxes, and so on, but that just seems weird to think of now.

    I vaguely remember getting given a couple of books on the Bond films that were I guess aimed at younger audiences when I a kid. I don’t remember what they were called but we’re going back to the last days of the Brosnan era, if not just after, and they had things like a simplified version of Bond’s dossier, a section on villains, gadgets, and a mixture of stills from the films and illustrations, particularly showing action sequences. Pretty sure there was a history of Bond one as well I got given a bit later which had some photographs of those 60s kids toys and I got the sense that was a bit odd too. That and the games were big (although I was too young for GE. Agent Under Fire, Nightfire and EON are the ones I played).

    I’m don’t know how much Bond as a franchise suits kids toys now one way or the other. I have absolutely no interest in it regardless. Most kids if they really get into Bond are, what, 12ish generally? I suspect the ideal younger audience for Bond will be more along the lines of late teens/early 20s anyway, and that merchandise should be more aimed at them.
  • bondywondybondywondy Uk
    edited 12:30pm Posts: 467
    Will Amazon's first Bond film be classified as

    Bond 1

    Or Bond 26


    There's no reason for Amazon to consider it Bond 26 because it's not a continuation of Eon's 25 films. A new era could mean the next Bond film is #1. The BBC and Disney did that with Doctor Who. When Ncuti Gatwa was cast as the Doctor his first series/season was classified as #1. In terms of overall continuity it was actually series/season #39.

    Bond 26 may be Bond 1. 😉

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  • 007HallY007HallY
    edited 12:35pm Posts: 4,660
    bondywondy wrote: »
    Will Amazon's first Bond film be classified as

    Bond 1

    Or Bond 26

    ?
    There's no reason for Amazon to consider it Bond 26 because it's not a continuation of Eon's 25 films. A new era could mean the next Bond film is #1. The BBC and Disney did that with Doctor Who. When Ncuti Gatwa was cast as the Doctor his first series/season was classified as #1. In terms of overall continuity it was actually series/season #39.

    I guess even when it was rebooted in the 2000s it went to series one again (Nu-Who I suppose). I’m not sure it’s quite as relevant to Bond as the public know them through their titles, and there’s probably a practical reason why for tv they defaulted to series 1 both times.

    I can see it going either way. I think Amazon could be eager to prove that this is still the ‘official’ Bond series now so in the run up to a title refer to it as Bond 26. That and Bond 1 is still DN… they may just not acknowledge it at all and just drop a title (and the press will refer to it as Bond 26 most likely).
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