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  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
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    LeonardPine wrote: »
    RogueAgent wrote: »
    LeonardPine wrote: »
    Agent_99 wrote: »
    That's gorgeous, @LeonardPine! Never seen one of those.

    Thanks @Agent_99 he is part of the Sideshow series of figures that came out around 2000. The position I was in at the time meant I couldn't buy them then.

    Some were better than others but I think this George Lazenby one is the best. They're pretty rare these days but there's a few on ebay for sale.

    Are you going to try and purchase the others? It would be like your own personal Bond assignment? :-bd

    Possibly @RogueAgent I have my eye on the Moore figure from TMWTGG

    That would probably be it as I just don't have room!

    I know only too well how much room you need if you have seen the photo's I have put on this thread of my collection? :))
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 3,996
    RogueAgent wrote: »
    LeonardPine wrote: »
    RogueAgent wrote: »
    LeonardPine wrote: »
    Agent_99 wrote: »
    That's gorgeous, @LeonardPine! Never seen one of those.

    Thanks @Agent_99 he is part of the Sideshow series of figures that came out around 2000. The position I was in at the time meant I couldn't buy them then.

    Some were better than others but I think this George Lazenby one is the best. They're pretty rare these days but there's a few on ebay for sale.

    Are you going to try and purchase the others? It would be like your own personal Bond assignment? :-bd

    Possibly @RogueAgent I have my eye on the Moore figure from TMWTGG

    That would probably be it as I just don't have room!

    I know only too well how much room you need if you have seen the photo's I have put on this thread of my collection? :))

    Yes @RogueAgent i have seen and commented on your collection and it really is impressive. One of the best i have seen from a fan.
  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
    Posts: 12,526
    LeonardPine wrote: »
    RogueAgent wrote: »
    LeonardPine wrote: »
    RogueAgent wrote: »
    LeonardPine wrote: »
    Agent_99 wrote: »
    That's gorgeous, @LeonardPine! Never seen one of those.

    Thanks @Agent_99 he is part of the Sideshow series of figures that came out around 2000. The position I was in at the time meant I couldn't buy them then.

    Some were better than others but I think this George Lazenby one is the best. They're pretty rare these days but there's a few on ebay for sale.

    Are you going to try and purchase the others? It would be like your own personal Bond assignment? :-bd

    Possibly @RogueAgent I have my eye on the Moore figure from TMWTGG

    That would probably be it as I just don't have room!

    I know only too well how much room you need if you have seen the photo's I have put on this thread of my collection? :))

    Yes @RogueAgent i have seen and commented on your collection and it really is impressive. One of the best i have seen from a fan.

    Well that's very kind of you to say so. My memory is not what it once was? :))
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 3,996
    RogueAgent wrote: »
    LeonardPine wrote: »
    RogueAgent wrote: »
    LeonardPine wrote: »
    RogueAgent wrote: »
    LeonardPine wrote: »
    Agent_99 wrote: »
    That's gorgeous, @LeonardPine! Never seen one of those.

    Thanks @Agent_99 he is part of the Sideshow series of figures that came out around 2000. The position I was in at the time meant I couldn't buy them then.

    Some were better than others but I think this George Lazenby one is the best. They're pretty rare these days but there's a few on ebay for sale.

    Are you going to try and purchase the others? It would be like your own personal Bond assignment? :-bd

    Possibly @RogueAgent I have my eye on the Moore figure from TMWTGG

    That would probably be it as I just don't have room!

    I know only too well how much room you need if you have seen the photo's I have put on this thread of my collection? :))

    Yes @RogueAgent i have seen and commented on your collection and it really is impressive. One of the best i have seen from a fan.

    Well that's very kind of you to say so. My memory is not what it once was? :))

    I even showed it to my wife (your collection) and her response was WOW!!!!!
  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
    Posts: 12,526
    LeonardPine wrote: »
    RogueAgent wrote: »
    LeonardPine wrote: »
    RogueAgent wrote: »
    LeonardPine wrote: »
    RogueAgent wrote: »
    LeonardPine wrote: »
    Agent_99 wrote: »
    That's gorgeous, @LeonardPine! Never seen one of those.

    Thanks @Agent_99 he is part of the Sideshow series of figures that came out around 2000. The position I was in at the time meant I couldn't buy them then.

    Some were better than others but I think this George Lazenby one is the best. They're pretty rare these days but there's a few on ebay for sale.

    Are you going to try and purchase the others? It would be like your own personal Bond assignment? :-bd

    Possibly @RogueAgent I have my eye on the Moore figure from TMWTGG

    That would probably be it as I just don't have room!

    I know only too well how much room you need if you have seen the photo's I have put on this thread of my collection? :))

    Yes @RogueAgent i have seen and commented on your collection and it really is impressive. One of the best i have seen from a fan.

    Well that's very kind of you to say so. My memory is not what it once was? :))

    I even showed it to my wife (your collection) and her response was WOW!!!!!

    That's high praise indeed. She must think my wife must be mad to let me get away with it? :))
  • BondStuBondStu Moonraker 6
    Posts: 373
    I just keep all my Bond stuff in a box under my bed, or on top of my wardrobe! Except for the Fleming novels which are in my oldest daughter's room, and the Young Bond books which are in my youngest daughter's room. Hoping they'll pick them up one day.
    The soundtrack albums are on a shelf.

    Need to have a sort out.
  • MazouniMazouni
    edited October 2019 Posts: 235


    Got these recently.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    edited October 2019 Posts: 13,978
    Earlier, I Picked up 5 Fleming paperbacks from a local charity shop. As I don't have my camera at hand right now, i'll do this the old fahioned way:

    Casino Royale - Signet - 2nd printing Jan. 1962
    Casino Royale - Pan - 1955 edition, 8th printing 1961
    Live And Let Die - Pan - 6th pringint 1961
    Moonraker - Pan - 1956 edition, 1957 edition, 3rd printing 1959
    Octopussy - Pan- 1957 edition, 2nd printing 1968

    I'm pretty sure I don't have those two Casino Royales, Live And Let Die and Moonraker. Octopussy, I think I might have this one allready. That's my good deed for the day, and if I do have that Octopussy, then I will donate it to another shop.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 3,996
    Picked up this handsome chap recently at a good price to go in my Bond cabinet....not much room left for many more!
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  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
    Posts: 12,526
    Excellent addition indeed my friend. :-bd
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 3,996
    RogueAgent wrote: »
    Excellent addition indeed my friend. :-bd

    Thanks! Even my wife thought it was cool
    :))
  • Seven_Point_Six_FiveSeven_Point_Six_Five Southern California
    Posts: 1,257
    Bought myself a Christmas gift at my local sports memorabilia store today.

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  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
    Posts: 3,176
    Very nice! Happy Christmas to you!
  • Max_The_ParrotMax_The_Parrot ATAC to St Cyril’s
    edited December 2019 Posts: 2,426
    My philosophy of life is you can never have too much Roger. 👍
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    Posts: 13,978
    Picked up a copy of Some Kind Of Hero. Just £5 in The Works! They also had a new printing of Roger Moore's LALD diary. Didn't buy that, as I have an old (pan?) copy of it.
  • Max_The_ParrotMax_The_Parrot ATAC to St Cyril’s
    Posts: 2,426
    I was in The Works at the weekend, didn’t pick up Some Kind of Hero as I already have it, but did pick up a hardback of Roger Moore’s Last Man Standing for £4 which I’m looking forward to reading. Some great photos in there.
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
    Posts: 3,176
    MajorDSmythe wrote: »
    Picked up a copy of Some Kind Of Hero. Just £5 in The Works! They also had a new printing of Roger Moore's LALD diary. Didn't buy that, as I have an old (pan?) copy of it.

    Well, there goes my New Year's resolution to quit buying books until I've read through my backlog.

    Come to think of it, I made the same resolution last year...and the year before...
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    Posts: 25,095
    I bought Some Kind of Hero on Kindle, I'll get my coat
  • goldenswissroyalegoldenswissroyale Switzerland
    Posts: 4,483
    Max_The_Parrot wrote: »
    I was in The Works at the weekend, didn’t pick up Some Kind of Hero as I already have it, but did pick up a hardback of Roger Moore’s Last Man Standing for £4 which I’m looking forward to reading. Some great photos in there.

    I would be interested to know if you like it. Did you read the first autobiography, too? I only have the first (which I enjoyed) and the LALD diary (which wasn't as good as I hoped).
  • Max_The_ParrotMax_The_Parrot ATAC to St Cyril’s
    Posts: 2,426
    @goldenswissroyale I will do. I’ve read My Word is My Bond as well, which I thoroughly enjoyed and I have the old Pan paperback and the HB reissue of his LALD diaries which like you say wasn’t quite as good as I’d hoped (I feel I know everything there is to know about his kidney stones though!)

    Last Man Standing doesn’t appear to have any Bond related stories, but plenty of anecdotes from Roger’s early life told in his inimitable style so I’m looking forward to tucking in, just have to finish off the last few chapters of my current book first.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    Posts: 25,095
    My James Bond find of the year so far... 3 sets of 11 by 14 inch Reproduction Lobby Card's, commemorating the 50th Anniversary. 3 of my top five Bond films which is an added bonus, I just found these sets in a charity shop all in immaculate condition...

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  • GerardGerard
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    Lobby cards. Wow, that takes me back. Waaaaaay back.
  • BonSimonLeBon_1BonSimonLeBon_1
    Posts: 2,436
    Gerard wrote: »
    Lobby cards. Wow, that takes me back. Waaaaaay back.

    What are lobby cards?
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 5,993
    Wikipedia is your friend :
    Lobby cards are similar to posters but smaller, usually 11 in × 14 in (28 cm × 36 cm), also 8 in × 10 in (20 cm × 25 cm) before 1930. Lobby cards are collectible and values depend on their age, quality, and popularity. Typically issued in sets of eight, each featuring a different scene from the film. In unusual circumstances, some releases were promoted with larger (12 cards) or smaller sets (6 cards). The set for The Running Man (1963), for example, had only six cards, whereas the set for The Italian Job (1969) had twelve. Films released by major production companies experiencing financial difficulties often lacked lobby sets, such as Manhunter (1986).

    A Jumbo Lobby Card is larger, 14 in × 17 in (36 cm × 45 cm) and also issued in sets. Prior to 1940 studios promoted major releases with the larger card sets. In addition to the larger size, the paper quality was better (glossy or linen). The title card displays the movie title and top stars prominently.[13]

    In the United Kingdom, sets of lobby cards are known as "Front of House" cards. These, however, also refer to black-and-white press photographs, in addition to the more typical 8 × 10 inch promotional devices resembling lobby cards.

    The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University holds a collection of lobby cards from silent western films that date between 1910 and 1930.[14]

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_poster#Lobby_cards

    You don't see that anymore, but until the 90s, they were in every movie theater.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    edited February 2020 Posts: 45,489
    Gerard wrote: »
    Wikipedia is your friend :
    Lobby cards are similar to posters but smaller, usually 11 in × 14 in (28 cm × 36 cm), also 8 in × 10 in (20 cm × 25 cm) before 1930. Lobby cards are collectible and values depend on their age, quality, and popularity. Typically issued in sets of eight, each featuring a different scene from the film. In unusual circumstances, some releases were promoted with larger (12 cards) or smaller sets (6 cards). The set for The Running Man (1963), for example, had only six cards, whereas the set for The Italian Job (1969) had twelve. Films released by major production companies experiencing financial difficulties often lacked lobby sets, such as Manhunter (1986).

    A Jumbo Lobby Card is larger, 14 in × 17 in (36 cm × 45 cm) and also issued in sets. Prior to 1940 studios promoted major releases with the larger card sets. In addition to the larger size, the paper quality was better (glossy or linen). The title card displays the movie title and top stars prominently.[13]

    In the United Kingdom, sets of lobby cards are known as "Front of House" cards. These, however, also refer to black-and-white press photographs, in addition to the more typical 8 × 10 inch promotional devices resembling lobby cards.

    The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University holds a collection of lobby cards from silent western films that date between 1910 and 1930.[14]

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_poster#Lobby_cards

    You don't see that anymore, but until the 90s, they were in every movie theater.

    Growing up in the 70s I would go past the cinema often to admire stills from whatever played then. The poster in the monter outside would typically be flanked by a dozen or so cards.
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
    Posts: 13,789
    Beautiful paper, @Fire_and_Ice_Returns. I have a bunch of old lobby cards, half sheets, one sheets, and inserts packed away from when I collected specific to a war movies theme.

    Nice to see those images all together in one place.

  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    edited February 2020 Posts: 25,095
    I must admit I am very happy with the find though being a completionist I will likely try to get the other 9 sets of Lobby Cards from the 50th Anniversary. I had one or two Lobby Cards in my youth, I often got free posters and cards from the local opera house which also had a cinema screen. The cards would usually be presented in glass cases mounted on the walls. The cards I always thought were like still movie trailers.

    The paper is very good quality, what I think I will do is scan all the images on my next day off and print one or two of them from each set (maybe reduced in size) and frame them.

    Just had a quick look on Google there are some excellent Bond Lobby Card images though the resolution is not great on some of them...
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    Quite a few are from America
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    "Lobby cards" were meant to give you a tease of the film. You couldn t go online to watch a trailer back then.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    Posts: 25,095
    Indeed growing up in the 70's and 80's the smallest amount of information was available.

    In the 80's I visited the video stores (there were 3 near to where I lived) every day chatting about films with the owners and getting free posters, looking at promotional stuff for upcoming releases. This was when alot rental stores were still privately owned.

    I remember waiting years between cinema and rental release for some films, less was indeed more.
  • cwl007cwl007 England
    Posts: 611
    Memories. Going to the local video rental library in the early 80s to see what was out on VHS felt like a bit of an event. I used to ask for movie posters as an exited little boy, to be politely told no because you'd already been in twice that week to ask.
    The first Bond I saw was TSWLM on TV sometime in the mid '80s. Discovering the rest as I rented them was the best. There was an excitement in having to wait for the shop to get the old ones in for you to borrow.
    Yours mournfully, an old man.
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