James Bond Car Collection - Questions and praise

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  • Sabreman64Sabreman64 London, UKPosts: 19MI6 Agent
    Hello Maz. The phone number for the James Bond Car Collection is 0871 277 0192.

    Now, could someone please give me the address for returning models to GE Fabbri for replacement? I ordered some back issues from them a few weeks ago, but I need to return one model (Rolls Royce Phantom III) for replacement as it has several flaws.
  • mazmaz Posts: 227MI6 Agent
    Sabreman64 thanks very much. If you bought the model from them via the back issues page or phone just ring up and describe the fault and they will send you a replacement and wont even ask for the old model to be sent back. Certainly never return anything without calling them it wont get processed properly the warehouse and call centre are two difeferent companies I think and they're 200 miles apart....

    Phone number now saved....
  • CAMERA_MANCAMERA_MAN Posts: 99MI6 Agent
    Have any Subscribers had their delivery of Issues 124 and 125 yet please? Money taken Over 3 weeks ago now.
  • WinnieWinnie Posts: 129MI6 Agent
    I collected issue 124 today,and to my amazement we have Bond and taxi driver figures.Dodge Ram is issue 125.Over and out.
  • Dalkowski110Dalkowski110 Posts: 1,314MI6 Agent
    edited August 2012
    Winnie wrote:
    I collected issue 124 today,and to my amazement we have Bond and taxi driver figures.

    Wow! Do you have any pictures?

    EDIT: There's finally a side view of the Bel Air up on eBay, and it does look correct (the B-pillars look better than I thought). However, it's also REALLY blurry and you can't see inside the car. I do however need to see the front and rear of the car before rendering any further judgment regarding accuracy, however.
    By the way, are you gonna eat that?
  • Diecast007Diecast007 Posts: 576MI6 Agent
    Great news 124 and 125 arrived today. The Chevrolet Bel Air and Dodge Ram. Both Fantastic and both with (trumpet fanfare) Figures !!! Both cars are fantastic and certainly two gems ! 126 is going to be the Chevy Apache C30 1 ton Truck. Looks like finally the feedback is getting through to the powers at be .....maybe an extention ......certainly if this is the standard i would keep it going if i was MD

    Here are some photos enjoy !

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    And lastly a bit of self indulgence. This is a photo of me sharing some hot laps in my beloved xk with Porsche 928 last saturday ! :) :D

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  • Dalkowski110Dalkowski110 Posts: 1,314MI6 Agent
    edited August 2012
    GREAT pics, GREAT models! The Bel Air was absolutely nailed in every way (Ixo corrected the front end "straight grille" error while fortunately giving us the precious "double taillights" that quite literally make this car what it is...also, superb attention to detail regarding the license plate...when we see the PremiumX Impala Custom Coupe, I'm thinking it's going to get the same treatment regarding the grille) and the only difference from the film I can see with the Ram is the hubcaps (they don't get much screen time, but are off-white...nothing a little paint couldn't fix if you wanted, I suppose). The Ram is gonna be Code 3'd out the wazoo...it's one of the most popular pickups in the US.


    EDIT: I screwed up a bit on the "C30 Apache" thing, but trust me, I had NO IDEA how complex the naming system was. Still odd they decided on the name "Chevrolet C30 Apache", but so long as the model is true to the film, I'd have no objections. The "Apache" name was given to two completely new lines of trucks AS IT PERTAINED TO PICKUPS following the 1960 model year (although it stayed on unofficially for years afterward) and the "C-series" nomenclature was revamped to deal with pickups (i.e. true pickups) only. The Chevrolet Apache 10 was a light, short wheelbase pickup. But then you had the "bigger fish": the Chevrolet Apache 1-Ton Panel and Chevrolet Apache 1-Ton Stakebed (the truck from the film). The "1-Ton" moniker was an actual model name as it applied to the "new" Apache. Fortunately, most of the badging was painted over to make it look like a Yugoslavian truck, so I don't think we need to worry about that. Supposedly, Ixo will make an actual 1961 C30 using the cab of this truck for PremiumX Diecast. Maybe that's the source of confusion for the magazine guys? Either way, can hardly wait for both of these, ditto the Apache 1-Ton Stakebed and Dodge M43 Ambulance (I think that's after the Apache 1-Ton Stakebed, right?)!
    By the way, are you gonna eat that?
  • mazmaz Posts: 227MI6 Agent
    Diecast007 - beat me too it. Mine arrived today too... And I agree if this is the standard it would keep Bond centric and car centric collectors very happy. Agree Dodge Ram wil be in lots of parcels to the US, but I think the Chevy will too its nicely done. For once QC seems tight on both of them as well. Just shows what IXO can do be sad if 135 really is it based on these....
  • Diecast007Diecast007 Posts: 576MI6 Agent
    maz wrote:
    Diecast007 - beat me too it. Mine arrived today too... And I agree if this is the standard it would keep Bond centric and car centric collectors very happy. Agree Dodge Ram wil be in lots of parcels to the US, but I think the Chevy will too its nicely done. For once QC seems tight on both of them as well. Just shows what IXO can do be sad if 135 really is it based on these....

    I agree these two are fantastic and both deserve a place in the collection. I am with Maz and agree it would be such a shame to conclude now at 135 with a standard such as this . Just the extra detail of figures adds so much value to the model and I don't mean financial. It brings the model alive . The Chevy apache from what I can see in the magazine looks amazing too. Now time for a cuppa and watch the end license to kill ! ;)
  • myhandlemyhandle Posts: 124MI6 Agent
    Diecast007 wrote:

    And lastly a bit of self indulgence. This is a photo of me sharing some hot laps in my beloved xk with Porsche 928 last saturday ! :) :D

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    Very nice, V8s all the way. We've had the XK in Die Another Day, and there is a 928 parked next to the Silver Cloud in A View to a Kill - perhaps we should add the 928 to the wishlist.
  • yourmovemrbondyourmovemrbond Posts: 61MI6 Agent
    i've heard the chevvy flower truck from FRWT will be 126......wouldn't that one be brilliant if it had connery driving????.....series is getting brilliant again.......keep them coming if they are all this standard
  • DokkDokk Posts: 382MI6 Agent
    edited August 2012
    Chevy Bel Air..2 Figures, Driver & rear seat passenger. No white wall tyres.
    -{ :007)
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  • DokkDokk Posts: 382MI6 Agent
    Dodge Ram 2 Figures ...sorry couldn't get front view as I don't open pack & it's facing closed end Can confirm Chevy Apache C30 one ton truck (Flower Truck ) is # 126 -{ :007)
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  • Diecast007Diecast007 Posts: 576MI6 Agent
    Diecast007 wrote:
    Great news 124 and 125 arrived today. The Chevrolet Bel Air and Dodge Ram. Both Fantastic and both with (trumpet fanfare) Figures !!! Both cars are fantastic and certainly two gems ! 126 is going to be the Chevy Apache C30 1 ton Truck. Looks like finally the feedback is getting through to the powers at be .....maybe an extention ......certainly if this is the standard i would keep it going if i was MD

    Here are some photos enjoy !

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    028.jpg

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    And lastly a bit of self indulgence. This is a photo of me sharing some hot laps in my beloved xk with Porsche 928 last saturday ! :) :D

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    Take it you missed these dokk ?? :-)
  • Dalkowski110Dalkowski110 Posts: 1,314MI6 Agent
    Dokk wrote:
    Dodge Ram 2 Figures ...sorry couldn't get front view as I don't open pack & it's facing closed end Can confirm Chevy Apache C30 one ton truck (Flower Truck ) is # 126 -{ :007)
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    Interesting. They did the long-wheelbase version (the film version was standard wheelbase). It's a terrific model and because NOBODY has done a decent '80's Ram in ANY scale, this one might sell really well. But the LWB indicates to me is that Ixo must be planning a Power Ram for their PremiumX or PremiumX Diecast Series. The Power Ram was the first factory standard Ram 4x4 variant, and it came out in 1981. Still, I think it was first offered as factory standard/not just an option some time in the mid-1980's.
    By the way, are you gonna eat that?
  • WinnieWinnie Posts: 129MI6 Agent
    The Dodge looks great,but i've not seen the film in a while,so could someone remind me who the two figures are?They don't look like anybody i can remember in the photos.
  • Dalkowski110Dalkowski110 Posts: 1,314MI6 Agent
    edited August 2012
    Winnie wrote:
    The Dodge looks great,but i've not seen the film in a while,so could someone remind me who the two figures are?They don't look like anybody i can remember in the photos.

    Just two generic guys in the cab of the truck, actually. I imagine getting the licensing costs for these two was next to nil, fortunately.

    EDIT: If you think about it, if you don't count the next issue (remember, the Bel Air was basically a modified [beautifully, but still modified] existing mould while it had Roger Moore and "Charlie", who didn't speak a single word), you could actually do figures for all of the eligible remaining cars listed EXCEPT for two...I have a feeling they're trying to work around certain licenses and licensing costs.

    126. 1961 Chevrolet Apache 1-Ton Stakebed. Unless they do the Spectre driver, licensing costs may be pretty high for the figures of this one. A bit curious that the only Bond depictions we've gotten as of late have been of Roger Moore, and that's going back to the 450 SEL.
    127. Dodge M43 Ambulance. The driver never says anything and is a generic extra. There's no reason he should be excluded.
    128. Morris Minor 1000 Convertible. Actually might be hard. The car belonged to Pinder, IIRC, who had a relatively minor role, but was played by Earl Cameron. Dunno about Connery.
    129. 1961 Ford Ranch Wagon. Just put Kerim's sons in it.
    130. Wales & Edwards Rangemaster Milk Float. Put the milk man in there; he wasn't credited and the costs have GOT to be really low for that.
    131. 1973 Chevy Bel Air Louisiana State Police. I guess they could do Sheriff Pepper yelling out the back window with the two state troopers up front. The mould will have been re-used.
    132. 1964 Lincoln Continental Convertible. We don't actually see anyone in this car. It's literally sitting there as Bond closes the door. Technically, it would be inappropriate, for once, to include figures.
    133. Aston-Martin DB5. From a Daniel Craig film. I doubt it, as I believe Craig's likeness is exclusive to one company until his tenure as Bond runs out.
    134. Land Rover Defender 4. Also from a Daniel Craig film, but will Daniel Craig actually be in it? If not, well...I wonder.
    135. Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow I LWB. If it were any other car, I'd say you'd get Moore and the unnamed generic extra driver. However, Ixo's contract with R-R is NOT cheap and I doubt Eaglemoss would foot the bill required for figures.
    136-1?? Perhaps? Perhaps not?
    By the way, are you gonna eat that?
  • mazmaz Posts: 227MI6 Agent
    I suspect that more time is taken up by Eaglemoss getting licensing sorted than on working with IXO on the cars themselves.... What follows is pure guesswork but I think that earlier Bonds probably signed away licensing rights for promotional material and spin off models etc in their contract to EON. They probably focused on extra payments when film went on TV etc. I imagine Corgi paid practically nothing for the original DB5 and I bet nothing to Connery at all. Unless his lawyers were clever at the time he probably gets little or nothing from DVDs as well since who would have guessed.... By the time you got to Roger Moore Lawyers would have been focusing on Pay TV, and Videos and again merchandising type stuff was probably signed over to EON. Now we are living in a totally different age and Daniel Craig's contract probably runs to hundreds of pages and nails a percentage of every possible spin off earnings he can. At the same time even minor characters probably also have similar - if cheaper - claims on licence fees earned by EON.

    In reality I think that Connery to Moore film characters are probably fairly cheap to licence through EON and after that costs and complications grow until you reach the fact that Daniel Craig and EON would both want a large sum for any figure or likeness of the latest Bond.

    We shall see what we get in remaining models since I think three factors are at work here: License costs, the costs of the figures to make, time they have to get car made and shipped.
  • pjfthompsonpjfthompson Posts: 61MI6 Agent
    copy of email sent to jbcc
    Just to let you know that no 124 still have the same problem in that the background card of the diorama is too big for the inside of the box and therefore the card is distorted and out of shape.
    But no 125 dodge ram is right BUT the one I received has and this is a first a cracked plastic base right across the screw holes.
    also no 125 magazine the back cover is all smudge with black ink.
    I have sent you photos as to the above so you can see the problem.



    YOURS PAUL



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  • WinnieWinnie Posts: 129MI6 Agent
    The background cards are annoying me at the moment as well pjfthompson,if you want to improve the fit it means you've to open the blister pack,which is something i've stopped doing for quite a while now.A warped background really does spoil the whole look.
    It might be me,but the card does not look as thick as earlier in the collection to me,that could also be contributing to any warp as well.
  • Dalkowski110Dalkowski110 Posts: 1,314MI6 Agent
    edited August 2012
    The reason for the warped background cards are that while Ixo manufactures the car and diorama base as well as the insert, the standard-sized bases are often fitted with Universal Hobbies tops (in fact, I think most if not all are). They're not identically sized, but close enough to save some money, since UH apparently made a A TON of extra perspex case tops. Likewise the cardboard cards in the plastic bubble containers were printed to anticipate UH. That's why, if you remove the container, it often gets stuck a little bit. Ixo is actually packaging them, but using UH left-over materials. Just so you know, Ixo stamps "PS" on the bottom of their diorama bases. They do the same with most of their regular and partwork cars. I *think* it stands for "Premium Standard", since Ixo is owned by Premium Collectibles & Trading Company, or PCT. Universal Hobbies does not do this.
    By the way, are you gonna eat that?
  • dickiebartdickiebart Posts: 220MI6 Agent
    Ya finally some figures :)
    http://www.007collection.blogspot.com check it! All my 007 autographs, toys, cars, books and more!
  • MovieCarFanMovieCarFan Posts: 973MI6 Agent
    A bit late in posting here (i've just had to suffer a holiday lying in the sun whilst being forced to down cold drinks people kept on giving me) but great photos of the Chevy and Ram! I think we might have some figure repetition here, the Chevy driver looks suspiciously like the Lada driver a few issues back.... :v


    On the warped backing cards subject, I think the problem is the tightness of the clear plastic cover when it's pushed down on the base - there's little or no space for the card right down at the bottom 1 or 2mm between the case and base. This seems to push the card upwards making it warp. What I've done in the past is to open up the box, put the clear top on its longest side and try and gently flatten the card back down into place - usually it doesn't need trimming in any way. The trick then is to turn the top upside down, then carefully put the base and model back in without pushing it tight shut, leaving maybe a 1mm gap between the top and the lip running round the base. Then replace the selotape at both ends. It might not get rid of the warping altogether but often helps reduce it.


    Dalko - The tops being UH manufacture no doubt explains why the rectangular indents for the '007' logo sticker are still there but have no stickers! I'm just wondering if maybe UH are still involved with some of the recent more heavily sculpted bases we've been seeing?




    This was picked up from eBay by another forum - it appears someone's had a go at the FRWL Roller but maybe needs a bit of help with the caption! Very nice job otherwise :)

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  • mazmaz Posts: 227MI6 Agent
    Spelling is hilarious. Suspect that the model may be a resin one derived from true scale or someone. The existing Cloud Model couldn't be modded to give the 6 light side and different rear. Still shows what IXO could do....
  • Kissy SuzukiKissy Suzuki IrelandPosts: 66MI6 Agent
    I was comparing the recent Ixo model cases with some of the older UH cases and I noticed that while both are the same dimensions size-wise, the Ixo cases are in fact made of slightly thicker plastic - making for a tighter fit on top of the base, which in turn squeezes and buckles the insert card.


    I placed a previous UH model perspex case over the Plymouth Savoy, and it fitted fine without bending the background card at all. :)
  • Dalkowski110Dalkowski110 Posts: 1,314MI6 Agent
    I was comparing the recent Ixo model cases with some of the older UH cases and I noticed that while both are the same dimensions size-wise, the Ixo cases are in fact made of slightly thicker plastic - making for a tighter fit on top of the base, which in turn squeezes and buckles the insert card.


    I placed a previous UH model perspex case over the Plymouth Savoy, and it fitted fine without bending the background card at all. :)

    Perhaps it depends on when the perspex case was made? For example, if you have Issue 110 or Issue 111, how does that fit? The current case lids are literally jammed on there so tightly that they've stopped applying tape to each side of the case!
    I'm just wondering if maybe UH are still involved with some of the recent more heavily sculpted bases we've been seeing?

    It depends on whether or not they have the "PS" stamp on them. That's Ixo's current mark.
    The tops being UH manufacture no doubt explains why the rectangular indents for the '007' logo sticker are still there but have no stickers!

    Either that, or the early long cases had the Ixo Classic sticker on there/they felt no need to delete it.
    By the way, are you gonna eat that?
  • Dalkowski110Dalkowski110 Posts: 1,314MI6 Agent
    Got the '73 Bel Air in the mail today and wow, do I love it! The bumper issue seems to have been fixed from the Impala Custom Coupe, so I'm hoping Ixo goes back and re-does that when they release THAT car for Premium X Diecast. By the way, the "loose-fitting" rear bumper is NOT in error. It's supposed to fit on like that. Check out any photo of any '73 Chevy Bel Air or Impala and that's how it was.

    The two things that struck me in the magazine were the '73 Bel Air's being focused on as "faded glory during the 1970's" and also the angular, relatively poor CGI rendition of the car. The latter truly surprises me...most of the CGI renditions have actually been very good untiol now. The former? You can argue all day whether it was or not. In my mind, it really wasn't...the Bel Air became faded glory WAY earlier than that; the introduction the Impala Sport Sedan basically ended it and then it was REALLY ended in '63 when the Impala SS got popularized. Now, if you're talking about the Chevy Impala, then 1973 IS a critical year because starting in 1974, they started progressively downgrading the engines and making them more expensive, which ultimately killed the Impala. That may have been the 1974 model year, but the '74 Impala was introduced in late 1973. When my grandmother went to buy her '73 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale (same chassis and engine), she said the '73 cars were selling for higher prices than the '74's (her situation was somewhat unique, though, given that she lived in New Jersey, which at the time had the lowest gas prices in the country)! I would actually argue the entire '73 GM range as a whole (save Cadillac) was not faded glory, but rather FAST-FADING glory, because at the end of the year, you knew that all of these cars would be gone as you knew them. And that's not just one marque or one brand name. That's ALL of General Motors. Think about that for a moment and imagine an automaker changing their entire lineup for the equivalent of Chevy, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, and Buick. THAT is the feeling a car like '73 Impala and even to a lesser extent the '73 Bel Air exuded. The only reason cars like the Bel Air survived was thanks to the police departments and taxi fleets; if not the Bel Air itself, then at least cars in that class. It was both sobering and unthinkable on the one hand, but on the other, it was something that a lot of industry analysts had feared. The OPEC crisis was basically the straw that broke the camel's back. The US auto industry just flat out didn't know to fight the Japanese imports, pure and simple. Ford came the closest with their "original intent" version of the Ford Maverick, but even there, they just couldn't resist upgrading it and then offering the Pinto instead.
    By the way, are you gonna eat that?
  • Dalkowski110Dalkowski110 Posts: 1,314MI6 Agent
    The Dodge Ram pickup should be on its way pretty soon. I'll try and see if I can make anything of the preview for the Chevrolet Apache 1-Ton Stakebed from the CGI image, although recently, these have been a bit misleading (with the Scaldia-Volga and Bel Air, especially).
    By the way, are you gonna eat that?
  • Dalkowski110Dalkowski110 Posts: 1,314MI6 Agent
    Well, usually I'm the one asking for the first pictures we see, not supplying them, but I give you the prototype of Issue 131, the 1973 Chevrolet Bel Air Louisiana State Police car...

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/180965489853?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_sacat%3D0%26_nkw%3D180965489853%26_rdc%3D1

    Note there are neither figures nor license plates. This isn't the finished product, but it does give us an idea of what the finished product will look like.
    By the way, are you gonna eat that?
  • CAMERA_MANCAMERA_MAN Posts: 99MI6 Agent
    Hi,

    Does any of the UK Subscribers know what dates the last 4 batches - 128-135 are being charged for please?


    Thanks in Advance
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