Thanks Dalkowski110 and Fact! - maybe it's just me but I find this stuff fascinating; i.e. how so much intricate detail can be incorporated into these models at such a comparitively low retail cost (compared to Minichamps' prices for instance) - and so quickly.
Composite moulds obviously explain a lot regarding making variations to a model's bodywork, and the possibility of extra milling.
The link to Diecast Zone is extraordinary, really informative and very funny in places, well worth the read. Love the bit about the Chinese being so literal about modelling cars that they even replicated a tissue box left on a subject car's parcel shelf!!
Going by this info, I wonder if UH have a mould of an 'undamaged' (OHMSS) Mercury Cougar?
had problems for my payments,going from 8 weeks down to 4 weeks ,but on the phone to GE they say they are defo stopping at number 135
135 would make more sense rather than 140 if they're wrapping the whole thing up, as in possibly 5 models from Skyfall then down comes the curtain. Apparently there's a new series of Star Trek ships on the way from EM which will no doubt attract a similar market to the JBCC (in terms of movie/TV related model enthusiasts) so the timing is probably about right for another series to take over. Anybody familiar with Star Trek will be aware the ships in all their various types and 'battle' conditions could quite easily run to 100 plus, even if the initial announcement is '40', so it could be just as long running and successful as the Bond vehicles. It won't be one for me though.
Just in case you need further confirmation I called Eaglemoss Ltd after their name appeared on my credit card statement deducting £15.98 this month after GE had deducted same amount last month. I thought somehow there had been a mistake but Eaglemoss (who I'm sure have the same Call Centre staff as GE) confirmed future payments would now show payable to Eaglemoss and that the series will finish at number 135 (but do we believe them!!!). They also confirmed the cars would be issued twice monthly.
Just in case you need further confirmation I called Eaglemoss Ltd after their name appeared on my credit card statement deducting £15.98 this month after GE had deducted same amount last month. I thought somehow there had been a mistake but Eaglemoss (who I'm sure have the same Call Centre staff as GE) confirmed future payments would now show payable to Eaglemoss and that the series will finish at number 135 (but do we believe them!!!). They also confirmed the cars would be issued twice monthly.
We all know what cars will be in Skyfall, so if they are nos 131-135 EMFabbri may have already commissioned them elsewhere (Norev, UH maybe), in which case they could be ready to be sent out quite rapidly mixed in with the last IXOs. Just my theory.
had problems for my payments,going from 8 weeks down to 4 weeks ,but on the phone to GE they say they are defo stopping at number 135
A fellow fifer ! I too spoke to GE Fabbri on Friday of last week as my card needed updated. I asked how many more to go and was told the collection would run until issue 140 not 135 as you were told , who knows we could be still here in 2015 looking forward to another extention taking us to 160, however they did say the collection is to include skyfall and a few surprises????
The latest merc looks amazing cant wait to get mine in the post. Like MCF not to kean on the Morris antcipated issue, a bit of a lame issue, hopefully deleted before it is issued.
Its about time the publishers issued a proper statement on their intentions for this collection.I am quite happy to see the collection finish at 140,but I would like to know if the issues are going back to fortnightly intervals again and if so, from when?
It seems to me, even the staff do not even know whats happening,probably through no fault of their own.I think they should have the decency to keep us informed.If it wasn't for us,this collection would have sunk years ago.
I have just recieved Issue 120 and notice that the Diorama does not "Cover the whole of the back of the case, it is short at the lefthand side?" Has anyone else had this or is it just me before I ask for a replacement?
Thanks in Advance.
SeanConnery007The Bond Archive - London, EngPosts: 169MI6 Agent
Just recieved my issues 120 and 121 - though there were no magazines included.
I assume this is an error and not that the models and magazines will now be dispatched seperately ?:)
Also, model 120 does not have 'For Your Eyes Only' printed on the back of the diorama - its blank.
Is this consistant with others models or is it missing from only mine?
I've also had some pretty shoddly essembled and finished models recently, my issue 116 Lada Niva arrived unbolted from the base, and my issue 119 arrived with no diorama - what is going on!?
I have decided to continue with the collection on many occasions and am starting feel like I've been taken for a ride!
Just recieved my issues 120 and 121 - though there were no magazines included.
I assume this is an error and not that the models and magazines will now be dispatched seperately ?:)
Also, model 120 does not have 'For Your Eyes Only' printed on the back of the diorama - its blank.
Is this consistant with others models or is it missing from only mine?
I've also had some pretty shoddly essembled and finished models recently, my issue 116 Lada Niva arrived unbolted from the base, and my issue 119 arrived with no diorama - what is going on!?
I have decided to continue with the collection on many occasions and am starting feel like I've been taken for a ride!
hi.....you must be the first guy to get issue 121...........any chance of a photo???
You ALREADY got the Scaldia-Volga M24? Pictures please!!!
Quick before he self combusts with excitement ! ) I
I started this collection just before my little boy was born. After the summer he will be starting primary 2 . like most i have invested time and money in this and overall I am quite content with my deliveries. No real issue except a BMW Z3 that was smashed early on. Models seem to be improving so looking forward the remaining 20. (Except the Minor)
Still opportunity with a bit of imagination for some real gems so fingers crossed GEF dont let us down.
Just recieved my issues 120 and 121 - though there were no magazines included.
I assume this is an error and not that the models and magazines will now be dispatched seperately ?:)
Also, model 120 does not have 'For Your Eyes Only' printed on the back of the diorama - its blank.
Is this consistant with others models or is it missing from only mine?
My Magazines were included, however Issue 120 has 007 printed on the back but as previousy said the diorama is between 5 amd 10mm short of covering the whole back ie there is a gap where you can see the back of the case lid!!!!!
Thanks FACT! Looks like we'll get the flag after all. Also looks like it has Volga badging on the fenders, which is kind of interesting since the movie car omitted that. The body is definately second generation. Nicely worn hubcaps, too. Of course, what we really need to find out are (and SeanConnery007, if you could help out here, I'd be really grateful) are the following two things...
1) Is the badging in the regular Roman alphabet or in Cyrillic? Roman alphabet badging would be correct as the car is a Scaldia-Volga.
2) The front bumpers seem to have overriders and underriders, which is correct for the film car. However, for whatever reason, the film car didn't have the REAR overriders or underriders, which was an oddball option available to the buying public, but was not commonly ordered. The model LOOKS like it has front overriders and underriders, although I'm having a bit of difficulty telling from the small size. However, I can't make out anything on the rear bumper. Does the model have front AND rear overriders and underriders, or just front overriders and underriders? Thanks!
Received my issues 120/121 yesterday and can confirm firstly that according to the inside back page the next release is the Mercedes 200D. As regards the Volga's badging, yes it is the roman alphabet and no overriders on the rear bumper. Also no issues with the length of the diorama cards on either of mine. Again no figures but the bases are a marked improvement and as a Bondcentric rather than a carcentric very pleased with both releases.
Thanks everyone!!! Terrific model of a long-neglected car! I think I'll get three!
Only three???
) ) ) ) )
But seriously, one to get and keep in original condition, one to Code 3 into a regular "flat-bumper" Scaldia-Volga (Belgian plates, side mirror replacing flag), and one to Code 3 into a Scaldia-Volga Diesel with rear overriders and underriders (Dutch plates, one side mirror only).
The following info has turned up on Wikipedia detailing numbers 131 to 135:
1) Chevrolet Bel Air Policecar (Ixo), Live And Let Die, Driven by a police-officer.
2) Lincoln Continental Convertible (Ixo), Goldfinger, Bond and Leiter are on the airport to fly to the president.
3) Aston Martin DB5 (Ixo), Skyfall, Bond's private car.
4) Land Rover Discovery 4 (Ixo), Skyfall, Driven by Eve in Istanbul.
5) Rolls Royce Silver Shadow (Ixo), Moonraker, Bond is driven to the hotel in Rio.
Whether Wikipedia's info is correct or not is uncertain, obviously, but interesting all the same.
I'll be the first to say I find this slightly odd. What I'm wondering is why they would do two '73 Chevys we all assumed were police cars. Does this mean that one of the pre-130 cars is a standard four-door sedan? I mean, Ixo has the moulds for other cars like the Ford Escort and the UAZ-31512; they can re-use these. I'm also surprised Ixo gets the DB5...they admittedly did do a really nice DB4, but that's a whole different car.
The Lincoln Continental Convertible doesn't surprise me in the least, though. This is something where Franklin Mint made one that sold really well and I have no doubt that Ixo would want to add one onto their PremiumX Diecast range.
The biggest surprise here, although I'm guessing it's a nice one, is the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow. Ixo DID recently get permission to make 1/43 Rollers, so maybe this the way they chose to introduce the design before undoubtedly producing a few variants for PremiumX Diecast and some other partworks?
The following info has turned up on Wikipedia detailing numbers 131 to 135:
1) Chevrolet Bel Air Policecar (Ixo), Live And Let Die, Driven by a police-officer.
2) Lincoln Continental Convertible (Ixo), Goldfinger, Bond and Leiter are on the airport to fly to the president.
3) Aston Martin DB5 (Ixo), Skyfall, Bond's private car.
4) Land Rover Discovery 4 (Ixo), Skyfall, Driven by Eve in Istanbul.
5) Rolls Royce Silver Shadow (Ixo), Moonraker, Bond is driven to the hotel in Rio.
Whether Wikipedia's info is correct or not is uncertain, obviously, but interesting all the same.
I believe the Moonraker Rolls should be a LWB Silver Wraith, not a Shadow - and would also much rather have seen the OHMSS convertible. Without this, the rally Escort and the yellow YOLT Moke, the collection still has a way to run !
I believe the Moonraker Rolls should be a LWB Silver Wraith, not a Shadow
This has actually been debated quite a bit on imcdb. People concluded it was a '73 Silver Shadow I LWB based on the vinyl roof, which wasn't available as an option on the Silver Wraith. With that said, the descriptions given are pretty spotty...the car that we get may very well be LWB.
and would also much rather have seen the OHMSS convertible.
Same here, but how much you wanna bet Ixo puts it out separately now that they can make R-R's?
Without this, the rally Escort and the yellow YOLT Moke, the collection still has a way to run !
The Rally Escort is certainly way up there, but I still maintain you could do a dozen cars (not the least of which being an UAZ-469B or UAZ-31512, where Bond actively fought off dozens of them) before the yellow Moke. I think we'll continue to agree to disagree on that one. However, IF you do a yellow Moke, you have to do one that wasn't just driving around in the background a la YOLT. You'd have to do it for TSWLM, where we actually see one do something somewhat significant: get blown up in a firefight.
Just a quick question re. the Merc 200D that is coming up. I've read previously (Dalkowski110?) that there was a 200D and a 220D used in FYEO - a continuity error? I was just wondering if someone could tell me where in discrepency was and how you can tell?
I watched the film recently (Sunday afternoons have been particularly wet 'n windy in the UK recently) and can spot the 200D but can't work out where the 220D was. Just curious.
Also, I've been 'creating' my own unnofficial JBCC featuring 1967's Casino Royale and NSNA vehicles. Just using some of the replacement dioramas from previous issues and cheap replacements bought at model fairs.
From CR I've done an E-Type, Citroen DS19, VW T1 and the Bedford milk float. I've also got a Bentley 41/2 litre and the Lotus but these aren't exactly correct (but only you, me and a passing Bond fan would ever know the difference!)
From NSNA I've put together the Renault 5, a Citroen CX and the Peugeot 505. I also recently picked up a knocked about FRWL Bentley 41/4 litre which I'm going to try and paint black and fill inthe rear arches.
Anyway, if someone could let me know about the Merc 220D question I'd be grateful.
The 130-35 list is rather disappointing and I have my doubts. I will be very disappointed if the lovely XJR-L we have seen in pre-publicity is not made if IXO do it with a view to general sale that will be lovely model. The choices are curious. The shortage of Skyfall cars is particulary perplexing unless the rights are so expensive they are cutting the numbers down to a minimum. I would then have just had a series extension of 5 good Skyfall cars with dioramas at a higher price with a guarantee that that is it as far as the collection goes and I think collectors would have been happy with that
1) Chevrolet Bel Air Policecar (Ixo), Live And Let Die, Driven by a police-officer. This will not sell as well as previous ones especially if we get the same thing in plain livery first
2) Lincoln Continental Convertible (Ixo), Goldfinger, Bond and Leiter are on the airport to fly to the president. Nice car but without model people and possibly with no pics on back print it wont be specially exciting for Bond Collectors
3) Aston Martin DB5 (Ixo), Skyfall, Bond's private car. Yawn. Car-centrics already have the lovely Norev version released by Atlas for a knock down price and easily available on the web. IXO will struggle to better it as a model and unless damaged or fitted out with trick interior and characters or a neat diorama even Bond film buffs may struggle to get excited in any way
4) Land Rover Discovery 4 (Ixo), Skyfall, Driven by Eve in Istanbul. OK nice modern vehicle but for the car-centric hardly the pick of the bunch from the film
5) Rolls Royce Silver Shadow (Ixo), Moonraker, Bond is driven to the hotel in Rio Another Shadow - really - Looking at IMCDB a Shadow is correct but it has to be a LWB version with US fittings. If this is done well it will sell but I'd rather have the new Jag from Skyfall
The 130-35 list is rather disappointing and I have my doubts. I will be very disappointed if the lovely XJR-L we have seen in pre-publicity is not made if IXO do it with a view to general sale that will be lovely model. The choices are curious. The shortage of Skyfall cars is particulary perplexing unless the rights are so expensive they are cutting the numbers down to a minimum. I would then have just had a series extension of 5 good Skyfall cars with dioramas at a higher price with a guarantee that that is it as far as the collection goes and I think collectors would have been happy with that
I would agree with this. However, some of the spelling errors, like "Policecar", "on the airport to fly to the president", and "the police-officer" really make me wonder just how real this list is. I wonder if Eaglemoss will confirm it.
1) Chevrolet Bel Air Policecar (Ixo), Live And Let Die, Driven by a police-officer. This will not sell as well as previous ones especially if we get the same thing in plain livery first
This is where you'll see the US collectors and the foreign collectors divide. If we get a "plain-Jane" car, it will sell well universally, but Louisiana State Police cars from the early 1970's really had a nice-looking livery and are collected. This one will have its ardent defenders, I'm sure, even though despite the fact that I practically personify "extreme car-centric", I'm not particularly excited at the prospect of two 1973 Chevy Bel Air 4-door sedans.
2) Lincoln Continental Convertible (Ixo), Goldfinger, Bond and Leiter are on the airport to fly to the president. Nice car but without model people and possibly with no pics on back print it wont be specially exciting for Bond Collectors
More importantly, the Continental Convertible has honestly been beaten to death. If we got the '65 version with the facelift and different trunk with the top up, I could understand a bit better, but despite looking forward to this one as a car-centric, I get the feeling Ixo just happened to be doing it for PremiumX Diecast and asked Eaglemoss "oh, by the way, does this car appear in a Bond film at all?"
3) Aston Martin DB5 (Ixo), Skyfall, Bond's private car. Yawn. Car-centrics already have the lovely Norev version released by Atlas for a knock down price and easily available on the web. IXO will struggle to better it as a model and unless damaged or fitted out with trick interior and characters or a neat diorama even Bond film buffs may struggle to get excited in any way
The Norev and the Minichamps version with moving parts here. To be perfectly honest, if Ixo released a DB5 for PremiumX Diecast in British Racing Green and LEFT IT OUT of the series, I would actually be far more excited about that than I would about this. Some of the DB5 completists will buy it up, but I myself will likely avoid it.
4) Land Rover Discovery 4 (Ixo), Skyfall, Driven by Eve in Istanbul. OK nice modern vehicle but for the car-centric hardly the pick of the bunch from the film
Agreed once more. It's a nice car and a nice car for Ixo to do, but why NOT the new Jaguar? Has the price of doing Craig Bond Cars really gone up THAT much? This is something where you delete one of the other models (I would say the Morris Minor judging from the reaction it's gotten...), bump up the non-SF models, and make room for it that way.
5) Rolls Royce Silver Shadow (Ixo), Moonraker, Bond is driven to the hotel in Rio Another Shadow - really - Looking at IMCDB a Shadow is correct but it has to be a LWB version with US fittings. If this is done well it will sell but I'd rather have the new Jag from Skyfall
I'm gonna quibble slightly here. The list was drawn up by someone who appeared to have English as a second language. Quite frankly, with Ixo's huge bases and them having issued really big cars before, I wouldn't be surprised if this is a LWB Shadow (and yes, I know UH jumped the shark with their own version, but that doesn't mean Ixo's will automatically be bad, especially since R-R gave them an actual license). What I have an unfortunate feeling we may NOT see is the car having US-spec bumpers. Granted, if we get a really nice, US-spec LWB Shadow, I don't think anyone is going to be upset. Most people would get pretty ticked if they failed to make it a LWB model, but I have a feeling they will. If we get a LHD version that's otherwise European, though, and as I said, I think that's an unfortunate possibility, I'm not really sure how the market will react to that. Would I buy one? Yes. But then, I'm an extreme car-centric.
I was just wondering if someone could tell me where in discrepency was and how you can tell?
Look at the closeup of when Locque is about to get back into the car in extreme closeup. The seats have changed color and seem to be of a higher trim level, which would mean a 220 of some kind. The rest of the film, though, portrays a 200D.
Also, I've been 'creating' my own unnofficial JBCC featuring 1967's Casino Royale and NSNA vehicles. Just using some of the replacement dioramas from previous issues and cheap replacements bought at model fairs.
From CR I've done an E-Type, Citroen DS19, VW T1 and the Bedford milk float. I've also got a Bentley 41/2 litre and the Lotus but these aren't exactly correct (but only you, me and a passing Bond fan would ever know the difference!)
From NSNA I've put together the Renault 5, a Citroen CX and the Peugeot 505. I also recently picked up a knocked about FRWL Bentley 41/4 litre which I'm going to try and paint black and fill inthe rear arches.
Photos! Post some photos of your models!
You've reminded me that I have a 'home made' Living Daylights Impala and a Camille figure for the Quantum KA underway that I need to finish.
The 130-35 list is rather disappointing and I have my doubts. I will be very disappointed if the lovely XJR-L we have seen in pre-publicity is not made if IXO do it with a view to general sale that will be lovely model. The choices are curious. The shortage of Skyfall cars is particulary perplexing unless the rights are so expensive they are cutting the numbers down to a minimum. I would then have just had a series extension of 5 good Skyfall cars with dioramas at a higher price with a guarantee that that is it as far as the collection goes and I think collectors would have been happy with that
1) Chevrolet Bel Air Policecar (Ixo), Live And Let Die, Driven by a police-officer. This will not sell as well as previous ones especially if we get the same thing in plain livery first
2) Lincoln Continental Convertible (Ixo), Goldfinger, Bond and Leiter are on the airport to fly to the president. Nice car but without model people and possibly with no pics on back print it wont be specially exciting for Bond Collectors
3) Aston Martin DB5 (Ixo), Skyfall, Bond's private car. Yawn. Car-centrics already have the lovely Norev version released by Atlas for a knock down price and easily available on the web. IXO will struggle to better it as a model and unless damaged or fitted out with trick interior and characters or a neat diorama even Bond film buffs may struggle to get excited in any way
4) Land Rover Discovery 4 (Ixo), Skyfall, Driven by Eve in Istanbul. OK nice modern vehicle but for the car-centric hardly the pick of the bunch from the film
5) Rolls Royce Silver Shadow (Ixo), Moonraker, Bond is driven to the hotel in Rio Another Shadow - really - Looking at IMCDB a Shadow is correct but it has to be a LWB version with US fittings. If this is done well it will sell but I'd rather have the new Jag from Skyfall
I agree with most of that and other people's comments. Let's hope the list I copied and pasted from Wikipedia is just conjecture at the moment. It's hardly the awesome 'wow' set to finish off an official James Bond series - unless, of course it's carrying on beyond 135................
On the Skyfall DB5, whoever is going to make it possibly has an opportunity to give us something different. If it's going to be another pristine car sitting on a plain base then yes, 'yawn'. If it looks like it's in a chase complete with mud spatter and better still, some damage (if it sustains any in the movie), it could look terrific.
The Discovery is interesting - has it been modelled before in 1.43?
Jury's out on the rest. Like most everyone else here, I'd like to see the big Jag XJL from Skyfall. I think IXO know where they can put their Morris Minor model (sideways) if that's going to be the alternative.
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Composite moulds obviously explain a lot regarding making variations to a model's bodywork, and the possibility of extra milling.
The link to Diecast Zone is extraordinary, really informative and very funny in places, well worth the read. Love the bit about the Chinese being so literal about modelling cars that they even replicated a tissue box left on a subject car's parcel shelf!!
Going by this info, I wonder if UH have a mould of an 'undamaged' (OHMSS) Mercury Cougar?
135 would make more sense rather than 140 if they're wrapping the whole thing up, as in possibly 5 models from Skyfall then down comes the curtain. Apparently there's a new series of Star Trek ships on the way from EM which will no doubt attract a similar market to the JBCC (in terms of movie/TV related model enthusiasts) so the timing is probably about right for another series to take over. Anybody familiar with Star Trek will be aware the ships in all their various types and 'battle' conditions could quite easily run to 100 plus, even if the initial announcement is '40', so it could be just as long running and successful as the Bond vehicles. It won't be one for me though.
http://startrek-starships.com/
We all know what cars will be in Skyfall, so if they are nos 131-135 EMFabbri may have already commissioned them elsewhere (Norev, UH maybe), in which case they could be ready to be sent out quite rapidly mixed in with the last IXOs. Just my theory.
A fellow fifer ! I too spoke to GE Fabbri on Friday of last week as my card needed updated. I asked how many more to go and was told the collection would run until issue 140 not 135 as you were told , who knows we could be still here in 2015 looking forward to another extention taking us to 160, however they did say the collection is to include skyfall and a few surprises????
The latest merc looks amazing cant wait to get mine in the post. Like MCF not to kean on the Morris antcipated issue, a bit of a lame issue, hopefully deleted before it is issued.
It seems to me, even the staff do not even know whats happening,probably through no fault of their own.I think they should have the decency to keep us informed.If it wasn't for us,this collection would have sunk years ago.
I have just recieved Issue 120 and notice that the Diorama does not "Cover the whole of the back of the case, it is short at the lefthand side?" Has anyone else had this or is it just me before I ask for a replacement?
Thanks in Advance.
I assume this is an error and not that the models and magazines will now be dispatched seperately ?:)
Also, model 120 does not have 'For Your Eyes Only' printed on the back of the diorama - its blank.
Is this consistant with others models or is it missing from only mine?
I've also had some pretty shoddly essembled and finished models recently, my issue 116 Lada Niva arrived unbolted from the base, and my issue 119 arrived with no diorama - what is going on!?
I have decided to continue with the collection on many occasions and am starting feel like I've been taken for a ride!
hi.....you must be the first guy to get issue 121...........any chance of a photo???
You ALREADY got the Scaldia-Volga M24? Pictures please!!!
Quick before he self combusts with excitement !
I started this collection just before my little boy was born. After the summer he will be starting primary 2 . like most i have invested time and money in this and overall I am quite content with my deliveries. No real issue except a BMW Z3 that was smashed early on. Models seem to be improving so looking forward the remaining 20. (Except the Minor)
Still opportunity with a bit of imagination for some real gems so fingers crossed GEF dont let us down.
My Magazines were included, however Issue 120 has 007 printed on the back but as previousy said the diorama is between 5 amd 10mm short of covering the whole back ie there is a gap where you can see the back of the case lid!!!!!
The magazine cover is unchanged from the one I posted two pages back in this thread.
1) Is the badging in the regular Roman alphabet or in Cyrillic? Roman alphabet badging would be correct as the car is a Scaldia-Volga.
2) The front bumpers seem to have overriders and underriders, which is correct for the film car. However, for whatever reason, the film car didn't have the REAR overriders or underriders, which was an oddball option available to the buying public, but was not commonly ordered. The model LOOKS like it has front overriders and underriders, although I'm having a bit of difficulty telling from the small size. However, I can't make out anything on the rear bumper. Does the model have front AND rear overriders and underriders, or just front overriders and underriders? Thanks!
1) Chevrolet Bel Air Policecar (Ixo), Live And Let Die, Driven by a police-officer.
2) Lincoln Continental Convertible (Ixo), Goldfinger, Bond and Leiter are on the airport to fly to the president.
3) Aston Martin DB5 (Ixo), Skyfall, Bond's private car.
4) Land Rover Discovery 4 (Ixo), Skyfall, Driven by Eve in Istanbul.
5) Rolls Royce Silver Shadow (Ixo), Moonraker, Bond is driven to the hotel in Rio.
Whether Wikipedia's info is correct or not is uncertain, obviously, but interesting all the same.
Cheers, Rhinoman B-)
PS Couldn't resist, for Dalko's peace of mind mostly :-)
Only three???
But seriously, one to get and keep in original condition, one to Code 3 into a regular "flat-bumper" Scaldia-Volga (Belgian plates, side mirror replacing flag), and one to Code 3 into a Scaldia-Volga Diesel with rear overriders and underriders (Dutch plates, one side mirror only).
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I'll be the first to say I find this slightly odd. What I'm wondering is why they would do two '73 Chevys we all assumed were police cars. Does this mean that one of the pre-130 cars is a standard four-door sedan? I mean, Ixo has the moulds for other cars like the Ford Escort and the UAZ-31512; they can re-use these. I'm also surprised Ixo gets the DB5...they admittedly did do a really nice DB4, but that's a whole different car.
The Lincoln Continental Convertible doesn't surprise me in the least, though. This is something where Franklin Mint made one that sold really well and I have no doubt that Ixo would want to add one onto their PremiumX Diecast range.
The biggest surprise here, although I'm guessing it's a nice one, is the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow. Ixo DID recently get permission to make 1/43 Rollers, so maybe this the way they chose to introduce the design before undoubtedly producing a few variants for PremiumX Diecast and some other partworks?
I believe the Moonraker Rolls should be a LWB Silver Wraith, not a Shadow - and would also much rather have seen the OHMSS convertible. Without this, the rally Escort and the yellow YOLT Moke, the collection still has a way to run !
This has actually been debated quite a bit on imcdb. People concluded it was a '73 Silver Shadow I LWB based on the vinyl roof, which wasn't available as an option on the Silver Wraith. With that said, the descriptions given are pretty spotty...the car that we get may very well be LWB.
Same here, but how much you wanna bet Ixo puts it out separately now that they can make R-R's?
The Rally Escort is certainly way up there, but I still maintain you could do a dozen cars (not the least of which being an UAZ-469B or UAZ-31512, where Bond actively fought off dozens of them) before the yellow Moke. I think we'll continue to agree to disagree on that one. However, IF you do a yellow Moke, you have to do one that wasn't just driving around in the background a la YOLT. You'd have to do it for TSWLM, where we actually see one do something somewhat significant: get blown up in a firefight.
Just a quick question re. the Merc 200D that is coming up. I've read previously (Dalkowski110?) that there was a 200D and a 220D used in FYEO - a continuity error? I was just wondering if someone could tell me where in discrepency was and how you can tell?
I watched the film recently (Sunday afternoons have been particularly wet 'n windy in the UK recently) and can spot the 200D but can't work out where the 220D was. Just curious.
Also, I've been 'creating' my own unnofficial JBCC featuring 1967's Casino Royale and NSNA vehicles. Just using some of the replacement dioramas from previous issues and cheap replacements bought at model fairs.
From CR I've done an E-Type, Citroen DS19, VW T1 and the Bedford milk float. I've also got a Bentley 41/2 litre and the Lotus but these aren't exactly correct (but only you, me and a passing Bond fan would ever know the difference!)
From NSNA I've put together the Renault 5, a Citroen CX and the Peugeot 505. I also recently picked up a knocked about FRWL Bentley 41/4 litre which I'm going to try and paint black and fill inthe rear arches.
Anyway, if someone could let me know about the Merc 220D question I'd be grateful.
Cheers!
1) Chevrolet Bel Air Policecar (Ixo), Live And Let Die, Driven by a police-officer. This will not sell as well as previous ones especially if we get the same thing in plain livery first
2) Lincoln Continental Convertible (Ixo), Goldfinger, Bond and Leiter are on the airport to fly to the president. Nice car but without model people and possibly with no pics on back print it wont be specially exciting for Bond Collectors
3) Aston Martin DB5 (Ixo), Skyfall, Bond's private car. Yawn. Car-centrics already have the lovely Norev version released by Atlas for a knock down price and easily available on the web. IXO will struggle to better it as a model and unless damaged or fitted out with trick interior and characters or a neat diorama even Bond film buffs may struggle to get excited in any way
4) Land Rover Discovery 4 (Ixo), Skyfall, Driven by Eve in Istanbul. OK nice modern vehicle but for the car-centric hardly the pick of the bunch from the film
5) Rolls Royce Silver Shadow (Ixo), Moonraker, Bond is driven to the hotel in Rio Another Shadow - really - Looking at IMCDB a Shadow is correct but it has to be a LWB version with US fittings. If this is done well it will sell but I'd rather have the new Jag from Skyfall
I would agree with this. However, some of the spelling errors, like "Policecar", "on the airport to fly to the president", and "the police-officer" really make me wonder just how real this list is. I wonder if Eaglemoss will confirm it.
This is where you'll see the US collectors and the foreign collectors divide. If we get a "plain-Jane" car, it will sell well universally, but Louisiana State Police cars from the early 1970's really had a nice-looking livery and are collected. This one will have its ardent defenders, I'm sure, even though despite the fact that I practically personify "extreme car-centric", I'm not particularly excited at the prospect of two 1973 Chevy Bel Air 4-door sedans.
More importantly, the Continental Convertible has honestly been beaten to death. If we got the '65 version with the facelift and different trunk with the top up, I could understand a bit better, but despite looking forward to this one as a car-centric, I get the feeling Ixo just happened to be doing it for PremiumX Diecast and asked Eaglemoss "oh, by the way, does this car appear in a Bond film at all?"
The Norev and the Minichamps version with moving parts here. To be perfectly honest, if Ixo released a DB5 for PremiumX Diecast in British Racing Green and LEFT IT OUT of the series, I would actually be far more excited about that than I would about this. Some of the DB5 completists will buy it up, but I myself will likely avoid it.
Agreed once more. It's a nice car and a nice car for Ixo to do, but why NOT the new Jaguar? Has the price of doing Craig Bond Cars really gone up THAT much? This is something where you delete one of the other models (I would say the Morris Minor judging from the reaction it's gotten...), bump up the non-SF models, and make room for it that way.
I'm gonna quibble slightly here. The list was drawn up by someone who appeared to have English as a second language. Quite frankly, with Ixo's huge bases and them having issued really big cars before, I wouldn't be surprised if this is a LWB Shadow (and yes, I know UH jumped the shark with their own version, but that doesn't mean Ixo's will automatically be bad, especially since R-R gave them an actual license). What I have an unfortunate feeling we may NOT see is the car having US-spec bumpers. Granted, if we get a really nice, US-spec LWB Shadow, I don't think anyone is going to be upset. Most people would get pretty ticked if they failed to make it a LWB model, but I have a feeling they will. If we get a LHD version that's otherwise European, though, and as I said, I think that's an unfortunate possibility, I'm not really sure how the market will react to that. Would I buy one? Yes. But then, I'm an extreme car-centric.
Look at the closeup of when Locque is about to get back into the car in extreme closeup. The seats have changed color and seem to be of a higher trim level, which would mean a 220 of some kind. The rest of the film, though, portrays a 200D.
Photos! Post some photos of your models!
You've reminded me that I have a 'home made' Living Daylights Impala and a Camille figure for the Quantum KA underway that I need to finish.
I agree with most of that and other people's comments. Let's hope the list I copied and pasted from Wikipedia is just conjecture at the moment. It's hardly the awesome 'wow' set to finish off an official James Bond series - unless, of course it's carrying on beyond 135................
On the Skyfall DB5, whoever is going to make it possibly has an opportunity to give us something different. If it's going to be another pristine car sitting on a plain base then yes, 'yawn'. If it looks like it's in a chase complete with mud spatter and better still, some damage (if it sustains any in the movie), it could look terrific.
The Discovery is interesting - has it been modelled before in 1.43?
Jury's out on the rest. Like most everyone else here, I'd like to see the big Jag XJL from Skyfall. I think IXO know where they can put their Morris Minor model (sideways) if that's going to be the alternative.
That, in 1/43d scale? yes Please!
and about the DB5:
(got it from the new featurette.)
A diorama like this should be interresting, in an old warehouse with boxes, crates and Q's secret stuff
Come to think of it, it reminds me of the Agent Under fire scene "Streets Of bucharest", for those among us who played it? anyone?