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  • MeWantMegos
    Museum Super Collector
    • Apr 4, 2010
    • 169

    James Bond line?

    I would love a line based on James Bond. Sideshow did an amazing line years ago. Very realistic. Not sure how F T C`s style would mesh with realistic looking figures but would love to find out. Their head sculpture on Batman look great.

    Think we will ever see a James Bond line by them or another company?
  • Mego-Amigo
    Persistent Member
    • Jun 22, 2011
    • 1037

    #2
    Always at the top of my wish list. Probably the most deserving of any property that has never had 8 inch figures.

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    • The Bat
      Batman Fanatic
      • Jul 14, 2002
      • 13412

      #3
      A Bond line would be incredible, I'd buy ALL of them!
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      • JediJaida
        Talkative Member
        • Jun 14, 2008
        • 5671

        #4
        For me, I'm picky about my Bonds.

        I've only ever liked Sean Connery, Timothy Dalton, and Pierce Brosnan.

        Roger Moore was too smug, George Lazenby was too stolid and Daniel Craig just doesn't do it for me.
        JediJaida

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        • jeffbearco
          Persistent Member
          • Mar 27, 2011
          • 1325

          #5
          I'd be in. I'd love to have a Bond car to go with it though. I wonder if Barbie every had an appropriately customizable car? hehehe

          JeffBearCO

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          • JediJaida
            Talkative Member
            • Jun 14, 2008
            • 5671

            #6
            Just take your typical pink Barbie car, carefully disassemble it, spray paint it black, put it back together and you have a James Bond car.
            JediJaida

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            • PNGwynne
              Master of Fowl Play
              • Jun 5, 2008
              • 19444

              #7
              I'd be in for Connery & Lazenby Bonds, girls, & foes.
              WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.

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              • PoorMansJB
                Member
                • Nov 1, 2010
                • 99

                #8
                With Sideshow wrapping up not that long ago, I think the Bond collecting community might be saturated as a whole; I don't know that a new line -- differentiated simply by being 8" -- would succeed right now, though it might depending on the mix of characters, clothing, etc. For example, Moore in a safari outfit or Connery in a conventional suit might appeal to hardcore collectors because Sideshow never covered those. On the other hand, for broad appeal, it would likely need to be tuxes. Personally I'd suggest any manufacturer wait a few more years until demand starting peaking again.

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                • Gorn Captain
                  Invincible Ironing Man
                  • Feb 28, 2008
                  • 10549

                  #9
                  It's amazing that will all these great characters, not too much has been done as far as toys are concerned.
                  I have 15 of the Sideshows, which are great.
                  They should have made a Goldfinger and a Blofeld (Pleasance)!
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                  "When things are at their darkest, it's a brave man that can kick back and party."

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                  • PNGwynne
                    Master of Fowl Play
                    • Jun 5, 2008
                    • 19444

                    #10
                    ^Absolutely--lacking those foes was a disappointment to me, too.
                    WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.

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                    • ovenmitt
                      Persistent Member
                      • May 26, 2009
                      • 1448

                      #11
                      Sideshow should have made more Bond GIRLS, too!

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                      • kingdom warrior
                        OH JES!!
                        • Jul 21, 2005
                        • 12478

                        #12
                        The real question is how much is the licensing rights to Bond....and would the line be dead by the time they got to wave 2.
                        A Wave one could consist of Bond, Honey Rider, ***** Galore. Dr.No and Odd Job. if it survives Moore for wave 2. Craig, Bronson and Dalton for wave three. Lanzeby could be an online figure, since most people these days have no clue who he is....lol.

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                        • Scousebadger
                          Veteran Member
                          • Nov 2, 2012
                          • 373

                          #13
                          I'm not sure that the company behind James Bond are particularly interested in action figures.

                          About 4 years ago, a line of 5.5" figures (same scale as Character Options' Doctor Who figures) was mooted. It was going to include figures from Quantum of Solace and Casino Royale, then start on characters from the older movies.

                          But the company pulled the rights, stating that wasn't what they saw as suitable for the brand.

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                          • SpaceAgent
                            Veteran Member
                            • Oct 21, 2009
                            • 295

                            #14
                            Back in the late 90s, a company called Exclusive Premiere did a 7" Mego-like line of James Bond. They weren't great, but a lot of characters were made. The figures were divided up in threes: Bond, Dr. No and Honey Ryder from Dr. No, Bond, Elliott Carver and Wai Lin from Tomorrow Never Dies, Bond, Anya and Jaws from the Spy Who Loved Me, Bond, Goldfinger and Oddjob from Goldfinger, and Jill Masterson, P. Galore and Tracy Di Vincenzo from a group called The Bond Girls.

                            These were before Sideshow did their terrific job on the franchise.

                            About 25 years ago, just for fun, I sketched out a 3 3/4" line, with loads of characters from each film, and playsets to boot. The line was called "007" and included the Aston Martin DBV, Stomberg's undersea HQ, a Moonraker shuttle, and so on. If I can ever find the list, I'll post it.

                            I'd love to see a true Mego-style Bond line, but at a time when companies like BBP can't get to do all the major players from Battlestar Galactica, I don't see the Bond line happening any time soon, even if someone could pry the license from Danjaq.

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