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  • BT3366BT3366
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    I guess I have a decent amount of Bond junk around here. But it’s the stuff that I’ve long since parted with that I feel would be so much more impressive if I had hung onto. When I was a kid I had the original Odd Job and Bond plastic action figures that my parents bought me after taking me to see GF at the drive-in. I had the toy attaché case from FRWL (a few years after the film was released) though I didn’t actually see the movie until the ‘70s when it aired on ABC. My Cousin, who is three years older, says we tore it to pieces looking for more hidden compartments. I have no memory of this.
    I also had the original paperback of Moore’s diary covering the filming of LALD, and a first hardcover printing of Amis’ COLONEL SUN which I had bought in a used bookstore for a dollar. I have no idea what happened to my old books. I never lived in one place for more than three years until I was in my 40s. I was quite used to things just disappearing.
    The first Bond comic book, DC Showcase: DOCTOR NO, which I bought at a comic book convention in NYC in the ‘70s for $20. I recently saw it going for a couple of thousand. Destroyed in a flood after my mother moved to Delaware and stored any old boxes in a basement which was flooded.
    All gone.

    A sad story I've seen so many times. If nothing else, you are in good company as I also collect sports memorabilia and if you had a dime for every time somebody talked about their Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays cards that ended up in bicycle spokes or their moms threw out when they went to college then I could afford one of those in mint shape.

    I have my own issues with some of these things. I opened the Mego Bond figures I had and that prized Corgi OP set with the horse trailer and AcroStar jet I just had to open and now it's prized in mint.
  • ImpertinentGoonImpertinentGoon Everybody needs a hobby.
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    mattjoes wrote: »

    QBranch wrote: »
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    I was always curious about the fact Bond and Madeleine carry basic cellphones with them in the NTTD PTS. I'm not an expert on the subject of phones, so maybe I'm wrong, but I would imagine smartphones are more closely associated with the luxury that is typical of a Bond film. I wonder if that choice was made for visual and practical purposes, for example, Bond looks better using a small, simple phone in the PTS rather than a large one. And later in the film, he carries a smartphone, because the respective scene requires him to take some snapshots of the map of Safin's island.
    RichardTheBruce wrote: »
    Are they "burner" phones used early on based on their status and likely intent to live off the grid.

    Them using burners is the story explanation - although they are pretty crap at it, if SPECTRE were able to hack Madeleine's burner. The more prosaic explanation is that Nokia wanted to market their retro line of phones. They still have a remarkable line-up of "dumb" phones.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    mattjoes wrote: »
    QBranch wrote: »
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    Is this visible in the film?
    A couple of different sources claim it to be from TWINE - you can see a section of what appears to be this one on the CD stack on Moneypenny's desk (when Bond offers her his cigar). There are also CD cases in Q's lab which may hold the same disc. CDs are seen in every film from LTK to NTTD, with perhaps the exception being SP. Haven't spotted one there yet.

    Some other MI6 CDs, this one claimed to be from either GE or TWINE. Not sure:

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    An old pic of the one from DAD:

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    mattjoes wrote: »
    QBranch wrote: »
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    I was always curious about the fact Bond and Madeleine carry basic cellphones with them in the NTTD PTS. I'm not an expert on the subject of phones, so maybe I'm wrong, but I would imagine smartphones are more closely associated with the luxury that is typical of a Bond film. I wonder if that choice was made for visual and practical purposes, for example, Bond looks better using a small, simple phone in the PTS rather than a large one. And later in the film, he carries a smartphone, because the respective scene requires him to take some snapshots of the map of Safin's island.
    I suppose the retro phones symbolize Bond and Madeleine wanting to get back to simpler times. I love these older looking phones, they have character, whereas the newer smartphones all look the same; no identity of their own. Back in 2019-2020 there was speculation across the forums about phones being burners, which I think stemmed from one of the old phones seen on Q's home office desk in a BTS photo, as well as the various Astons possibly being burners too.
    Agent_99 wrote: »
    QBranch wrote: »
    A few more I haven't shown here yet:

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    Damn, that's a nice ghetto blaster! Is it in working nick?
    I've had the ghetto blaster for a little under a year, but haven't tested it out yet (I know, some Dalton fan I am). The seller claimed that the CD player and radio works, but the tape deck needs new belts. Luckily, I have the soundtrack on both formats. Otherwise, it's in great condition; took me quite a while to obtain one as they go for harsh prices at auction.

    It's bloody heavy; there are solid metal pieces on the speaker alone. Must be over 20kg, and thus has to sit on the bottom shelf. Once I get my Bond room in order (hopefully sometime next month), I'll give it a test run!
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    Love Swann's Spectre phone from NTTD!

    I heard she got that phone from Adele. ☎️
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    Really impressed with the smaller Speed Champions DB5 from Lego:

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    To my eyes, looks more accurate than the previous larger one (and Bond goes well with the custom Lego Silenced PPK which I think came from brickarms.com).
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
    edited August 2022 Posts: 2,531
    The Dr. No - Casino Plaques and Live and Let Die - Tarot Cards 1:1 Scale Life-Size Prop Replica made by Factory Entertainment arrived today.
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  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    QBranch wrote: »
    It's bloody heavy; there are solid metal pieces on the speaker alone. Must be over 20kg, and thus has to sit on the bottom shelf. Once I get my Bond room in order (hopefully sometime next month), I'll give it a test run!

    Ah, good old 'portable' technology. Like my first computer, which had a carry handle so was technically a portable computer:

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  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
    edited August 2022 Posts: 4,341
    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    Really impressed with the smaller Speed Champions DB5 from Lego:

    To my eyes, looks more accurate than the previous larger one (and Bond goes well with the custom Lego Silenced PPK which I think came from brickarms.com).

    The designer of the smaller size Lego DB5 explains how he designed it. Great stuff, might have to get one of these.



    DB5 starts at 2:30
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    I have a couple of posters, about 60x80cm, look like ex-cinema/shop displays. When I unrolled them I was surprised to see that the back of the poster was not blank, but had the same image on the back, and reversed. Of all the movie posters I've had over the years, I'd never seen this before. I assumed this had something do with letting the light through, making it 'pop' more when it's in the window, and after some quick research it turns out they were for use inside a lightbox. How did I not know this? One is from SP, Bond in white tux on blue, and an Avis poster from TND, in French.
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    Oh, cool - now you'll have to get a couple of lightboxes to show them off in all their glory!
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
    edited October 2022 Posts: 7,551
    To go along with the new Lego DB5, I bought this Lego Lamborghini Countach, which I'm hoping to convert into the TSWLM Lotus Esprit:

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    The job is basically half done already, it's a very sharp model, but there are some changes to made in the front (make those transparent headlights white, and make the tip of the front black), and a bunch of shaping work probably to be done on the back. They did a really good job on the back of this model for the Countach tho, so, we'll see.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    Someone on reddit did this, and posted the instructions on youtube.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/lego/comments/vnis9r/i_tried_to_build_a_lotus_esprit_only_using_parts/
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    Awesome! Thanks for the share.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    Happy anniversary to everyone's favourite Bond film, Die Another Day! (Your 20th, I believe)

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    In the pic:

    Ultimate Edition DVD
    Ford Fairlane (Fabbri Car Collection 1:43 scale)
    V12 Vanquish (Fabbri Car Collection 1:43 scale)
    Jaguar XKR (Fabbri Car Collection 1:43 scale)
    Ford Thunderbird (Fabbri Car Collection 1:43 scale)
    DAD/Philishave digital recording pen
    Bond On Set book
    DVD shelf hanger
    DVD store standee
    British Airways promo pen w/ velvet '007' pouch
    Total petrol stations competition flyer
    phonecard from Thailand, 300 Baht
    camera key ring promo
    DVD shelf talker
    all-black AKS-74U rifle, carried by Bond and crew after they surf onto Pukch'ong beach
    diamonds, everywhere!
    Zao's wired headset
    MI6 medical form HGD-8 (white document)
    MI6 medical: Bond's ECG graph (blue document)
    MI6 medical: Bond's toxicology analysis - scorpion venom confirmed (pink document)
    Bond's electric shaver
    Peaceful's massage oil bottle
    Cuban cigarette packet seen at Raoul's
    clinic admission letter for J.Krug (creep in wheelchair)
    clinic security camera which Bond disconnects
    clinic letterhead
    Cayman Islands cheque from Jinx to Dr Alvarez, complete with bullet hole
    clinic patient archive disc, stolen from Alvarez' wall safe by Jinx in a deleted scene
    Jinx phone detonator with explosive
    Raoul's tweezers, for examining the diamonds
    Moneypenny/M's office phone
    M/Falco's webcam used for their video meeting
    NSA top secret sequence breakdown document
    Graves' cheque to Bond, for winning the sword fight
    P99
    MI6 disc w/ case
    MI6 letterhead
    MI6 envelopes
    letter from Moneypenny
    virtual reality glasses
    postcards from Iceland/Graves' ice palace hotel
    underwater breather device & letter from Q: "Please return it in one piece!"
    Vanquish tyre spikes
    Jinx' throwing knife
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    That's a great collection - I love the clunky old phone, and the postcards!
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    @Agent_99 Thank you! I miss the old phones, they had character (you could tell them apart). I think we can see one of the postcards in the ice hotel, when Miranda appears to show Bond his room.
  • brinkeguthriebrinkeguthrie Piz Gloria
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    Current state of the 007 collection: most books are in my Kindle Paperwhite. I have it on good authority Santa has a few items in mind for me, including the Corgi Triumph Scrambler 1200 which is still vaporware at this point, though expected first week of December. But as long been the case, Corgi couldn't hit a release date if it were right in front of their noses. It's November '22, yet still with the supply chain mwah mwah mwah.

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  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    Awesome collection @brinkeguthrie! I've half a mind to get some kind of eReader to put all the Bond novels on... but I also kind of want to get an iPad Pro and put all the novels and films on that, and use it for other things as well. Not as good a reading experience on an iPad given the screen rather than eInk, but the higher functionality is a draw for me.
  • brinkeguthriebrinkeguthrie Piz Gloria
    edited November 2022 Posts: 1,400
    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    Awesome collection @brinkeguthrie! I've half a mind to get some kind of eReader to put all the Bond novels on... but I also kind of want to get an iPad Pro and put all the novels and films on that, and use it for other things as well. Not as good a reading experience on an iPad given the screen rather than eInk, but the higher functionality is a draw for me.

    My paperback Flemings from the 60s were disintegrating; I'd find pieces of paper in bed. So I got a Kindle Paperwhite 10th Gen and it's fantastic. A nice denim-like hard case to go with it. I have all the Flemings, Gardners, Bensons, Moneypenny Diaries, and a bunch of 007 related titles, all in their own folders. (41 Grisham titles, too.) You can read them online with the Kindle Cloud reader, put an app on iPhone or iPad too. One click, they download immediately to all devices. Highly recommended.

    https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/22/23471338/kindle-paperwhite-apple-watch-black-friday-deals-sonos-sl-anker-soundcore-earbuds

    Get the Paperwhite without the ads. Worth it, I tell ya.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    Oh, that's awesome, thanks for the link.

    There's something romantic about finding a loose page from From Russia With Love in bed.
  • brinkeguthriebrinkeguthrie Piz Gloria
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    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    Oh, that's awesome, thanks for the link.

    There's something romantic about finding a loose page from From Russia With Love in bed.

    well, they were all just falling apart, and so I made the move. Q would approve.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    brinkeguthrie wrote: »
    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    Oh, that's awesome, thanks for the link.

    There's something romantic about finding a loose page from From Russia With Love in bed.

    well, they were all just falling apart, and so I made the move. Q would approve.

    Very true. Maybe I'll call my future iPad a QPad.
  • brinkeguthriebrinkeguthrie Piz Gloria
    edited November 2022 Posts: 1,400
    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    brinkeguthrie wrote: »
    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    Oh, that's awesome, thanks for the link.

    There's something romantic about finding a loose page from From Russia With Love in bed.

    well, they were all just falling apart, and so I made the move. Q would approve.

    Very true. Maybe I'll call my future iPad a QPad.

    I have something you'll want for your iPad. Emailing it.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Posts: 7,551
    brinkeguthrie wrote: »
    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    brinkeguthrie wrote: »
    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    Oh, that's awesome, thanks for the link.

    There's something romantic about finding a loose page from From Russia With Love in bed.

    well, they were all just falling apart, and so I made the move. Q would approve.

    Very true. Maybe I'll call my future iPad a QPad.

    I have something you'll want for your iPad. Emailing it.

    Got it! That's awesome, thanks!
  • brinkeguthriebrinkeguthrie Piz Gloria
    Posts: 1,400
    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    brinkeguthrie wrote: »
    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    brinkeguthrie wrote: »
    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    Oh, that's awesome, thanks for the link.

    There's something romantic about finding a loose page from From Russia With Love in bed.

    well, they were all just falling apart, and so I made the move. Q would approve.

    Very true. Maybe I'll call my future iPad a QPad.

    I have something you'll want for your iPad. Emailing it.

    Got it! That's awesome, thanks!

    My pleasure.
  • LucknFateLucknFate 007 In New York
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    brinkeguthrie wrote: »
    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    brinkeguthrie wrote: »
    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    brinkeguthrie wrote: »
    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    Oh, that's awesome, thanks for the link.

    There's something romantic about finding a loose page from From Russia With Love in bed.

    well, they were all just falling apart, and so I made the move. Q would approve.

    Very true. Maybe I'll call my future iPad a QPad.

    I have something you'll want for your iPad. Emailing it.

    Got it! That's awesome, thanks!

    My pleasure.

    What is it? Can you DM me? If it's like... GE64 for iPad... I have an iPad....
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    LucknFate wrote: »
    brinkeguthrie wrote: »
    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    brinkeguthrie wrote: »
    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    brinkeguthrie wrote: »
    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    Oh, that's awesome, thanks for the link.

    There's something romantic about finding a loose page from From Russia With Love in bed.

    well, they were all just falling apart, and so I made the move. Q would approve.

    Very true. Maybe I'll call my future iPad a QPad.

    I have something you'll want for your iPad. Emailing it.

    Got it! That's awesome, thanks!

    My pleasure.

    What is it? Can you DM me? If it's like... GE64 for iPad... I have an iPad....

    A sweet Q themed wallpaper. I’ll post an image of it here when I get around to it.
  • brinkeguthriebrinkeguthrie Piz Gloria
    edited November 2022 Posts: 1,400
    LucknFate wrote: »
    brinkeguthrie wrote: »
    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    brinkeguthrie wrote: »
    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    brinkeguthrie wrote: »
    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    Oh, that's awesome, thanks for the link.

    There's something romantic about finding a loose page from From Russia With Love in bed.
    Here you go
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    well, they were all just falling apart, and so I made the move. Q would approve.

    Very true. Maybe I'll call my future iPad a QPad.

    I have something you'll want for your iPad. Emailing it.

    Got it! That's awesome, thanks!

    My pleasure.

    What is it? Can you DM me? If it's like... GE64 for iPad... I have an iPad....
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  • LucknFateLucknFate 007 In New York
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    Oh that's slick. Thank you!
  • brinkeguthriebrinkeguthrie Piz Gloria
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    Got one for iPhone and MacBook Pro if you want.
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