OK then, but is the IXO car meant to be just a Czech police car (if so, then it is a very good model), or one from the 007 movie (if so, then there are some inaccuracies)? I guess that as in the movie there was more than one car chasing Bond you can make a larger diorama and include both Ladas!
I agree with you that regardless of whether you pay a dollar or a hundred, you should expect a good model. When the series was released it was advertised that the models would be accurate "in every detail".
"OK then, but is the IXO car meant to be just a Czech police car (if so, then it is a very good model), or one from the 007 movie (if so, then there are some inaccuracies)?"
The former. To be honest, I am a bit of a detail freak and nitpick the hell out of films when it comes to vehicles and guns. It's actually a bit like the Citroen Traction Avant we got from FRWL: the model is a beautifully done 7CV. Because these were sold as CKD's in Romania, Yugoslavia, and Bulgaria, the Soviets would logically have very easy access to them. However, the car in the film is an 11CV/11BL, which saw far more limited export to Comecon countries. Despite the model's inaccuracy with regards to the film, it's what would have made more sense in real life and thus it satisfied me, given what was available to the KGB. But of course, there are exceptions. I realize that there was simply no way they were going to get a Framo V901 pickup for FRWL and thus had to use the Chevy 30-series "One-Tonner" (Though ironically, a 1939 Ford Pickup would have worked, as these WERE imported briefly to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia prior to WWII. Unlikely you'd see one, but still certainly possible.). Likewise, the TLD Mercedes-Benz Limos standing in for ZIL-114's and ZIL-115's; I think there were all of TWO ZIL-114's available for ANY filming at the time (though somehow, Clint Eastwood got his hands on both AND a GAZ-13 Chayka for the film Firefox...I'm still trying to figure out how!).
I guess we should try to be truer to the films and it's a personal quirk (although there are some almost-intolerable exceptions...for one on-topic, the Lada that was jumped after the Aston in TLD was AWFUL. It didn't even conform to the film Ladas and my guess is that they jumped/destroyed it knowing they had messed up the car. Check out the light red [as opposed to orange] paint scheme that basically made it look like a fire marshal's car with the wrong lettering!).
Thanks, I always read all your comments with great interest. A lot of time has passed since the early Bond movies, and for many of us it is now impossible even to identify many vehicles, except the most famous ones, so your information is always appreciated.
Thanks, I always read all your comments with great interest. A lot of time has passed since the early Bond movies, and for many of us it is now impossible even to identify many vehicles, except the most famous ones, so your information is always appreciated.
I agree. Always enlightening to read your 007 related car posts Dalkowski. Keep it up please!
A week or two til we see the QoS Bronco. Keep your eyes peeled over on EBay.
Thanks fellas! I'm a detail nut and I love cars, so I guess the insights come with the territory. )
Now, moving onto the QoS Bronco II, I have feeling this is gonna be Ixo. We've not seen any of the Hong Kong or Chinese dealers with them and the "rusty" paint needed for the car HAS been done by Ixo before (not as well as Ebbro or Corgi Vanguards with their remarkable "Hidden Treasures" Series, but still quite respectable), whereas each time UH released a mud-splashed, decaying, or bullet-damaged car, there always seemed something too "new" about it. However, as the Range Rover Convertible so wonderfully proved, Ixo does matte paintjobs VERY nicely. I guess, as Jag would point out, although it didn't capture the Bond model well (no trailer hitch), it really DID capture what a Range Rover Convertible looks like (and offered us one of the most detailed interiors of any car in the series). The Cadillac Hearse, another Ixo model, is superb in terms of the Landau roof; again, something requiring a "dulling" process that UH did not use.
Now, moving onto the QoS Bronco II, I have feeling this is gonna be Ixo. We've not seen any of the Hong Kong or Chinese dealers with them ....
Ah, you spoke too soon, someone on the other UK forum that follows this collection has just posted a link to a Hong Kong seller who has the loose model of the Bronco, and it looks very UH to me!
Not so sure about UH. Could be but if you look at web then Nuremberg Toy fair reports show IXO stand with a Bronco lurking on the displays as well as some other Bonds like the hearses. Though I have to say the Bronco looked a slightly crude model for IXO but then again the original is not one of the most inspiring vehicles anyway. Didn't spot any other up and coming Bond items though.
"Ah, you spoke too soon, someone on the other UK forum that follows this collection has just posted a link to a Hong Kong seller who has the loose model of the Bronco, and it looks very UH to me!"
I'd be really interested in how you determined that this looks UH to you. Ironically, the multi-piece, painted grille is an Ixo trait, as are how the tail lights are attached. UH usually makes their stuff with simpler grilles and makes extensive use of painted-in or solid plastic (vs. opaque plastic) tail lights.
As for the overall crudeness of the model, I've dealt with this guy. He gets a LOT of preproduction models. For example, my Polish Kultowe Auta ZIL-111 with very little effort to fit the wheels and also the early, Russian-style packing and my USSR AvtoLegende Izh-2125 "Comby", which had no packing instructions and the wipers pressed rather than glued into place. I've also seen stuff (including stuff by Ixo) with gray-painted rather than steel-painted hubcaps. If I had to guess, the model will be weathered a bit before it's actually released, and possibly given different hubcaps.
"Though I have to say the Bronco looked a slightly crude model for IXO but then again the original is not one of the most inspiring vehicles anyway."
My guess is you're absolutely right, but remember that virtually all models shown at the Toy Fair are prototypes and often differ significantly from the finished product. I remember the dreadful-looking EMW 327 Roadster with all-black wheels that Ist did a few years ago when it was first shown and then was very happy to see that it was produced with the correct, "trim-colored" (in this case yellow) wheels, making it much more realistic and much-nicer-looking.
JUst found link to IST-IXO-Premium X at Nuremberg again. Think this looks much like the Ebay item. I take your point about stuff being pre-production and that the model shipped might be better.
Actually, that model looks closer to what I think we'll see than what the eBay guy has...
The white lines indicate areas of the car that have been weathered, including the body, doors, chromework, hubcaps, windows, grille, and undercarriage. You can't make it out too well at first glance due to poor lighting/shadows, but take a closer look. I think this will actually turn out relatively well. The weathering is probably hand-done and not exactly what we're going to see on the final product, but it won't be too far off, either.
After seeing the Bronco, even I am beginning to ask myself why they didn't do the CR Mondeo. I found the Mondeo product placement horrible, but at least I know when Bond was driving the car. I can't say the same from the Bronco. Where and when is the Bronco seen in QoS? ?:) No, I will not watch this again. X-(
As promised, part 2 of "The French Collection". I don't want to be boring so part 2 is much shorter (as there simply isn't that much to write about this time).
Issue 2:
ASTON MARTIN V12 VANQUISH • MEURS UN AUTRE JOUR
As with the DB5, Norev could simply take an already existing model and reuse it for Les voitures de James Bond. The Vanquish in Norev's range (no. 270511) is currently only available in dark green, but I think at the time a silver-grey version was the standard colour. LVJB issue 2 was released on Dec 1, 2005 in both test regions Lens and Nancy for €7.95, still cheaper than the standard price for the JBCC in France (€14.95).
Issue 2 is the easiest to distinguish as the wheels of the Norev are facing straight ahead like an ordinary toy car, the later UH has the wheels turned to the left. Therefore the UH diorama base is very different and shows the curved track the front tyres are leaving on the ice. Looks much better!
Again, as with the Eligor DB5, a casting reappears as the UH model. The only difference I noted is the trim above the taillights. On the Norev this is body colored, with only the center trim piece, on the trunk lid, chromed. On the UH the taillight trim is chromed, too. According to the film, the Norev is correct. As I leave my cars in the blisterpack, I add two pictures from www.modelissimo.de - my favourite model car dealer. (Not that I've ever bought from them, but I like that they provide two clear photos of each model without packaging. I guess they don't mind using their photos for promoting their website. However, I wouldn't expect to receive one of the early models when ordering from them now.) Here you can see the car and base much better than inside the blister:
The background has been redrawn and shows added explosion clouds. Zao' XKR is positioned more to the left.
Unlike the DB5, the Vanquish already shows the Aston Martin licence on the 2005 release. The French film title is complemented by English, German, Spanish and Italian titles for the international release. Interestingly - although the JBCC is not available in any Spanish-speaking country, but in Brazil - the Brazilian title (which is different from the one used in Portugal, btw) is not included on the box.
You Only Dive Thrice - "The French Collection" will return with three Lotus submarines from issue 3:
LOTUS ESPRIT • L'ESPION QUI M'AIMAIT
Thanks again for sharing the French test series with us, Rainer Wolfcastle, and I'm looking forward to the next installment
The Bronco on eBay looked too "rough" to be an Ixo model, IMO, but seeing as it featured on Ixo's Nuremberg stand alongside the Chevrolet C10 ambulance and other partwork models, it clearly is one! It's due out in the UK retailers next Wednesday, so this time next week we'll know for certain which model is going to be Issue #104
"The Bronco on eBay looked too "rough" to be an Ixo model"
Okay, now I understand this, especially given how rough the UH models have had a tendency to be. The one thing you have to know about Ixo, though, is how rough their pre-production stuff is. The best way of doing this is to look on eBay for the back of a USSR AvtoLegende magazine and see the "Next Issue! Coming Soon!" (in Russian) picture of whatever car is there. It's made with dull gray plastic as opposed to chromed plastic, the paint is poorly finished, and sometimes (not always) the wheels aren't the correct height off the ground. Three weeks later, when you actually buy the model, it's all been corrected.
If I didn't know how Ixo liked attaching their detail parts, I too would conclude that the model was UH. I wasn't being sarcastic when I asked you how you determined UH manufacture...I hope you didn't take it that way because when I read over the post, I thought it MIGHT come across as being sarcastic, and I didn't mean to do so.
Again, an excellent post by RW. I do have this to share, though: sometimes Eligor and Norev actually do share moulds. Check out their Renault 4CV's and you'll find the wheels and axles identical on many models, especially partworks. The bottom is quite different, but the part used for the windows is also in many cases interchangeable (though never on the police models with the large cutaway sections on the doors...these are very clearly different moulds). I've not examined the innards (I should), but again, I suspect you probably have a mix of interchangeable and non-interchangeable parts. Although the JBCC "test" models are quite possibly too valuable to take apart, I do wonder how many of their parts would interchange and my guess would be "quite a few."
"It's due out in the UK retailers next Wednesday, so this time next week we'll know for certain which model is going to be Issue #104"
Looks like I'll be on eBay.co.uk next Wednesday, then!
"Well it's now the end of Feb(Nearly)...& we have had no word on the replacement ANGLIA !!!"
I'm wondering about that. Their promising dates and then repeatedly pushing them back is probably related to the Fabbri/UH problems. The Anglia that everyone got was made by Universal Hobbies; made right before the "falling out" between UH and Fabbri. However, Ixo also makes a VERY nice Ford Anglia. I'm wondering if it's not just the bases they'd be replacing and if they'd send out a completely new car, as well.
"Well it's now the end of Feb(Nearly)...& we have had no word on the replacement ANGLIA !!!"
I'm wondering about that. Their promising dates and then repeatedly pushing them back is probably related to the Fabbri/UH problems. The Anglia that everyone got was made by Universal Hobbies; made right before the "falling out" between UH and Fabbri. However, Ixo also makes a VERY nice Ford Anglia. I'm wondering if it's not just the bases they'd be replacing and if they'd send out a completely new car, as well.
I heard fron G E Fabbri that BOTH CAR AND MAGAZINE were being replaced. Verbal I know and last November. Wether this is still the case we shal have to wait and see?
In that case, they're probably going to Ixo for the car.
As I said, Ixo makes, or at the very least made an Anglia, and it's very true to the film's Anglia, at that. Although Ixo's car is a 1963 105E and the movie car is a 1960 105E, well, take a look at Ixo's car...
I'm not sure about you, but if I had a choice between the UH version with problematic wheels and tires and this already-existing Ixo model, I'd take the latter. They also make the Anglia Deluxe, which is the specific car that Strangways had in DN, but it's the 1963 version. By then, although otherwise cosmetically identical, it had acquired a trunk-mounted spare tire. That version (note twin side mirrors) is shown here...
To be honest, I would think the cars themselves would be a breeze for Ixo. However, the dioramas/bases seem to consistently present Ixo with problems (which should really surprise no one...Ixo makes model cars; the dioramas for La Route Bleue, for example, are done by a different manufacturer) and I'm wondering if they're either saving this for the end or saving it for the next UH release (i.e. the LTK Silver Shadow II).
Re-The Ford Anglia model. Have they made a detail mistake with the mirrors? as in those days and from various photos the mirrors were wing mirrors, halfway along the front wing.
Not door mirrors, as this trend came in the late 1970s/80s I think.
Have they just made a modern assumption?
As for the correct film name on the plinth, I doubt if it''ll happen (IMHO) and we're left with the FRWL title base.
I still want Draco's blue Rolls Royce convertible from OHMSS! If we say it enough times, will it become so ? !
Bleuville. "You may use anything but the Atomiser, which you must never touch, never!"
Re-The Ford Anglia model. Have they made a detail mistake with the mirrors? as in those days and from various photos the mirrors were wing mirrors, halfway along the front wing.
Not door mirrors, as this trend came in the late 1970s/80s I think.
Have they just made a modern assumption?
As for the correct film name on the plinth, I doubt if it''ll happen (IMHO) and we're left with the FRWL title base.
I still want Draco's blue Rolls Royce convertible from OHMSS! If we say it enough times, will it become so ? !
Bleuville. "You may use anything but the Atomiser, which you must never touch, never!"
Don't quote me But I would imagine the are obliged to correct any errors???..ie: the Anglia.. -{ :007)
I just visited the German JBCC site www.jamesbondautos.de to see how long it will take to the release of the Anglia in Germany. I had the feeling that perhaps the replacements for UK subscribers could be produced and sent at the same time. Germany is now at issue 82, the Anglia is 89, so this will be in about four months. I guess that - if they really make a replacement - the Anglia will be done by UH. The error probably was made by UH, but Fabbri surely got samples gave an okay for production, so they will deal with this issue by making a compromise and UH doing the replacements for a lower price. The background stories going on between Fabbri and UH and Ixo (and Norev and Eligor earlier) seem to be more interesting than the cars now.
However, the main reason for my post: The German site now announces that the German edition will go to 110 issues. I've got this info earlier via mail while the website still stated 85 issues until recently. First thing I saw: There is now a list showing all 110 cars - the first list ever on the German site. (This is not a fake from me, no Lincoln Continental stretch limo here ...)
www.jamesbondautos.de/Tabelle.htm
It's not that exciting, looks like copied from the Wikipedia list - but it's on an official JBCC website. I had preferred to see a few surprises. I'll list from issue 98 as the release order is slightly different from there. (The order may change though in the future.)
98 Range Rover OCTOPUSSY
99 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow DIE WELT IST NICHT GENUG [TWINE]
100 Ford Crown Victoria CASINO ROYALE
101 Bondola OCTOPUSSY [sic!]
102 Ford Consul JAMES BOND JAGT DR. NO
103 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud II IM ANGESICHT DES TODES [AVTAK]
104 Zil CASINO ROYALE
105 Ford Country Squire GOLDFINGER
106 Ford Bronco EIN QUANTUM TROST [QoS]
107 Econoline DIAMANTENFIEBER [DAF]
108 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow LIZENZ ZUM TÖTEN [LTK]
109 Chevy Impala Hard-Top LEBEN UND STERBEN LASSEN [LALD]
110 DBS (Beschädigt wie im Film) EIN QUANTUM TROST [damaged as in QoS]
"Have they made a detail mistake with the mirrors? as in those days and from various photos the mirrors were wing mirrors, halfway along the front wing.
Not door mirrors, as this trend came in the late 1970s/80s I think.
Have they just made a modern assumption?"
No. It would seem that fender-mounted mirrors, while standard, were not the ONLY option. The following pictures show a number of Anglias with side-mounted mirrors...or, as we see in the second picture, NO mirrors (optional in 1962)...note that I looked around for a while to make absolutely sure that these mirrors (or lack thereof...) were original...
"I guess that - if they really make a replacement - the Anglia will be done by UH. The error probably was made by UH, but Fabbri surely got samples gave an okay for production, so they will deal with this issue by making a compromise and UH doing the replacements for a lower price."
I'm willing to conceed that this is possible, but after what seemingly transpired between Fabbri and UH, I don't know if they're contractually obligated or not to make new cars. In other words, we don't and unfortunately can't know the terms of UH's contract. The Roller coming out so ridiculously early was, to me, a sign that UH had already produced its models and left, but that's just an educated guess. However, the extreme, seemingly inexplicable delays for the Anglia for what is essentially just an error on the base would indicate to me that that UH was only contractually obligated to fix its mistake; i.e. THE BASE. If we're going to get a whole new car and magazine according to Fabbri, then I would bet you'd see a rather strange hybrid: an Ixo car on a UH base.
I just visited the German JBCC site www.jamesbondautos.de to see how long it will take to the release of the Anglia in Germany. I had the feeling that perhaps the replacements for UK subscribers could be produced and sent at the same time. Germany is now at issue 82, the Anglia is 89, so this will be in about four months. I guess that - if they really make a replacement - the Anglia will be done by UH. The error probably was made by UH, but Fabbri surely got samples gave an okay for production, so they will deal with this issue by making a compromise and UH doing the replacements for a lower price. The background stories going on between Fabbri and UH and Ixo (and Norev and Eligor earlier) seem to be more interesting than the cars now.
However, the main reason for my post: The German site now announces that the German edition will go to 110 issues. I've got this info earlier via mail while the website still stated 85 issues until recently. First thing I saw: There is now a list showing all 110 cars - the first list ever on the German site. (This is not a fake from me, no Lincoln Continental stretch limo here ...)
www.jamesbondautos.de/Tabelle.htm
It's not that exciting, looks like copied from the Wikipedia list - but it's on an official JBCC website. I had preferred to see a few surprises. I'll list from issue 98 as the release order is slightly different from there. (The order may change though in the future.)
98 Range Rover OCTOPUSSY
99 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow DIE WELT IST NICHT GENUG [TWINE]
100 Ford Crown Victoria CASINO ROYALE
101 Bondola OCTOPUSSY [sic!]
102 Ford Consul JAMES BOND JAGT DR. NO
103 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud II IM ANGESICHT DES TODES [AVTAK]
104 Zil CASINO ROYALE
105 Ford Country Squire GOLDFINGER
106 Ford Bronco EIN QUANTUM TROST [QoS]
107 Econoline DIAMANTENFIEBER [DAF]
108 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow LIZENZ ZUM TÖTEN [LTK]
109 Chevy Impala Hard-Top LEBEN UND STERBEN LASSEN [LALD]
110 DBS (Beschädigt wie im Film) EIN QUANTUM TROST [damaged as in QoS]
This seems to be the same list that Bissett Mags emailed me recently and which I posted on page 93 of this thread. I was then told by some well-informed members of this forum that it was an intended list but that changes have been made subsequently. For instance, both your list and mine have the Range Rover as #98, while according to Wikipedia it is supposed to be a Rolls Royce. Most probably our lists come from a local distributor and not GE Fabbri directly, hence the discrepancy. I suspect that the list of models is correct, but that the actual order of release may be somewhat different.
i am on issue 101 and they come 2 every 8 weeks
But there are some damaged cases and i have ordered some plastic cases before for other damaged cased cars ,but this time i cant find the telephone number so i can contact them
does anyone know the number
Actually, that model looks closer to what I think we'll see than what the eBay guy has...
The white lines indicate areas of the car that have been weathered, including the body, doors, chromework, hubcaps, windows, grille, and undercarriage. You can't make it out too well at first glance due to poor lighting/shadows, but take a closer look. I think this will actually turn out relatively well. The weathering is probably hand-done and not exactly what we're going to see on the final product, but it won't be too far off, either.
Does anyone else subscribe to the james bond car collection ,if so ,as subscribers will know,the subscribers got a letter through the post with the cars saying that after issue 100 the delivery dates will differ
intead of 2 every 4 weeks it has changed to 2 every 8 weeks
does anyone know when the next number 102 and 103 will be out?
if anyone wants to know what the last few issues are visit
"Well it's now the end of Feb(Nearly)...& we have had no word on the replacement ANGLIA !!!"
I'm wondering about that. Their promising dates and then repeatedly pushing them back is probably related to the Fabbri/UH problems. The Anglia that everyone got was made by Universal Hobbies; made right before the "falling out" between UH and Fabbri. However, Ixo also makes a VERY nice Ford Anglia. I'm wondering if it's not just the bases they'd be replacing and if they'd send out a completely new car, as well.
I heard fron G E Fabbri that BOTH CAR AND MAGAZINE were being replaced. Verbal I know and last November. Wether this is still the case we shal have to wait and see?
oh i never knew that they had a "falling out"
and which magizine and car are being replaced?
Does anyone know the number for me to contact the publishers?
Does anyone (if your a subscriber and get 2 every 8 weeks) know when number 102 and 103 are out?
Does anyone know why the jbcc have changed the delivery time from 2 every 4 weeks to 2 every 8 weeks?
Hmmm, 24 hours after the supposed retail release of Issue 103 (the Ford Bronco from QOS) and not a single photo on eBay.co.uk yet! Only two auctions without photos, where they are clearly selling in anticipation of delivery. I wonder what's up?
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I agree with you that regardless of whether you pay a dollar or a hundred, you should expect a good model. When the series was released it was advertised that the models would be accurate "in every detail".
The former. To be honest, I am a bit of a detail freak and nitpick the hell out of films when it comes to vehicles and guns. It's actually a bit like the Citroen Traction Avant we got from FRWL: the model is a beautifully done 7CV. Because these were sold as CKD's in Romania, Yugoslavia, and Bulgaria, the Soviets would logically have very easy access to them. However, the car in the film is an 11CV/11BL, which saw far more limited export to Comecon countries. Despite the model's inaccuracy with regards to the film, it's what would have made more sense in real life and thus it satisfied me, given what was available to the KGB. But of course, there are exceptions. I realize that there was simply no way they were going to get a Framo V901 pickup for FRWL and thus had to use the Chevy 30-series "One-Tonner" (Though ironically, a 1939 Ford Pickup would have worked, as these WERE imported briefly to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia prior to WWII. Unlikely you'd see one, but still certainly possible.). Likewise, the TLD Mercedes-Benz Limos standing in for ZIL-114's and ZIL-115's; I think there were all of TWO ZIL-114's available for ANY filming at the time (though somehow, Clint Eastwood got his hands on both AND a GAZ-13 Chayka for the film Firefox...I'm still trying to figure out how!).
I guess we should try to be truer to the films and it's a personal quirk (although there are some almost-intolerable exceptions...for one on-topic, the Lada that was jumped after the Aston in TLD was AWFUL. It didn't even conform to the film Ladas and my guess is that they jumped/destroyed it knowing they had messed up the car. Check out the light red [as opposed to orange] paint scheme that basically made it look like a fire marshal's car with the wrong lettering!).
I agree. Always enlightening to read your 007 related car posts Dalkowski. Keep it up please!
A week or two til we see the QoS Bronco. Keep your eyes peeled over on EBay.
Now, moving onto the QoS Bronco II, I have feeling this is gonna be Ixo. We've not seen any of the Hong Kong or Chinese dealers with them and the "rusty" paint needed for the car HAS been done by Ixo before (not as well as Ebbro or Corgi Vanguards with their remarkable "Hidden Treasures" Series, but still quite respectable), whereas each time UH released a mud-splashed, decaying, or bullet-damaged car, there always seemed something too "new" about it. However, as the Range Rover Convertible so wonderfully proved, Ixo does matte paintjobs VERY nicely. I guess, as Jag would point out, although it didn't capture the Bond model well (no trailer hitch), it really DID capture what a Range Rover Convertible looks like (and offered us one of the most detailed interiors of any car in the series). The Cadillac Hearse, another Ixo model, is superb in terms of the Landau roof; again, something requiring a "dulling" process that UH did not use.
Ah, you spoke too soon, someone on the other UK forum that follows this collection has just posted a link to a Hong Kong seller who has the loose model of the Bronco, and it looks very UH to me!
EDIT: Okay, I found the link...
http://cgi.ebay.com/1-43-FORD-BRONCO-II-Jeep-/260727427460?pt=UK_ToysGames_DiecastVehicles_DiecastVehicles_JN&hash=item3cb490d184
I'd be really interested in how you determined that this looks UH to you. Ironically, the multi-piece, painted grille is an Ixo trait, as are how the tail lights are attached. UH usually makes their stuff with simpler grilles and makes extensive use of painted-in or solid plastic (vs. opaque plastic) tail lights.
As for the overall crudeness of the model, I've dealt with this guy. He gets a LOT of preproduction models. For example, my Polish Kultowe Auta ZIL-111 with very little effort to fit the wheels and also the early, Russian-style packing and my USSR AvtoLegende Izh-2125 "Comby", which had no packing instructions and the wipers pressed rather than glued into place. I've also seen stuff (including stuff by Ixo) with gray-painted rather than steel-painted hubcaps. If I had to guess, the model will be weathered a bit before it's actually released, and possibly given different hubcaps.
"Though I have to say the Bronco looked a slightly crude model for IXO but then again the original is not one of the most inspiring vehicles anyway."
My guess is you're absolutely right, but remember that virtually all models shown at the Toy Fair are prototypes and often differ significantly from the finished product. I remember the dreadful-looking EMW 327 Roadster with all-black wheels that Ist did a few years ago when it was first shown and then was very happy to see that it was produced with the correct, "trim-colored" (in this case yellow) wheels, making it much more realistic and much-nicer-looking.
http://www.silasmodels.com/galleries/nuremberg2011/ixoistpremium/original/DSCN0112.html
The white lines indicate areas of the car that have been weathered, including the body, doors, chromework, hubcaps, windows, grille, and undercarriage. You can't make it out too well at first glance due to poor lighting/shadows, but take a closer look. I think this will actually turn out relatively well. The weathering is probably hand-done and not exactly what we're going to see on the final product, but it won't be too far off, either.
As promised, part 2 of "The French Collection". I don't want to be boring so part 2 is much shorter (as there simply isn't that much to write about this time).
Issue 2:
ASTON MARTIN V12 VANQUISH • MEURS UN AUTRE JOUR
As with the DB5, Norev could simply take an already existing model and reuse it for Les voitures de James Bond. The Vanquish in Norev's range (no. 270511) is currently only available in dark green, but I think at the time a silver-grey version was the standard colour. LVJB issue 2 was released on Dec 1, 2005 in both test regions Lens and Nancy for €7.95, still cheaper than the standard price for the JBCC in France (€14.95).
Issue 2 is the easiest to distinguish as the wheels of the Norev are facing straight ahead like an ordinary toy car, the later UH has the wheels turned to the left. Therefore the UH diorama base is very different and shows the curved track the front tyres are leaving on the ice. Looks much better!
Again, as with the Eligor DB5, a casting reappears as the UH model. The only difference I noted is the trim above the taillights. On the Norev this is body colored, with only the center trim piece, on the trunk lid, chromed. On the UH the taillight trim is chromed, too. According to the film, the Norev is correct. As I leave my cars in the blisterpack, I add two pictures from www.modelissimo.de - my favourite model car dealer. (Not that I've ever bought from them, but I like that they provide two clear photos of each model without packaging. I guess they don't mind using their photos for promoting their website. However, I wouldn't expect to receive one of the early models when ordering from them now.) Here you can see the car and base much better than inside the blister:
The background has been redrawn and shows added explosion clouds. Zao' XKR is positioned more to the left.
Unlike the DB5, the Vanquish already shows the Aston Martin licence on the 2005 release. The French film title is complemented by English, German, Spanish and Italian titles for the international release. Interestingly - although the JBCC is not available in any Spanish-speaking country, but in Brazil - the Brazilian title (which is different from the one used in Portugal, btw) is not included on the box.
You Only Dive Thrice - "The French Collection" will return with three Lotus submarines from issue 3:
LOTUS ESPRIT • L'ESPION QUI M'AIMAIT
The Bronco on eBay looked too "rough" to be an Ixo model, IMO, but seeing as it featured on Ixo's Nuremberg stand alongside the Chevrolet C10 ambulance and other partwork models, it clearly is one! It's due out in the UK retailers next Wednesday, so this time next week we'll know for certain which model is going to be Issue #104
Okay, now I understand this, especially given how rough the UH models have had a tendency to be. The one thing you have to know about Ixo, though, is how rough their pre-production stuff is. The best way of doing this is to look on eBay for the back of a USSR AvtoLegende magazine and see the "Next Issue! Coming Soon!" (in Russian) picture of whatever car is there. It's made with dull gray plastic as opposed to chromed plastic, the paint is poorly finished, and sometimes (not always) the wheels aren't the correct height off the ground. Three weeks later, when you actually buy the model, it's all been corrected.
If I didn't know how Ixo liked attaching their detail parts, I too would conclude that the model was UH. I wasn't being sarcastic when I asked you how you determined UH manufacture...I hope you didn't take it that way because when I read over the post, I thought it MIGHT come across as being sarcastic, and I didn't mean to do so.
Again, an excellent post by RW. I do have this to share, though: sometimes Eligor and Norev actually do share moulds. Check out their Renault 4CV's and you'll find the wheels and axles identical on many models, especially partworks. The bottom is quite different, but the part used for the windows is also in many cases interchangeable (though never on the police models with the large cutaway sections on the doors...these are very clearly different moulds). I've not examined the innards (I should), but again, I suspect you probably have a mix of interchangeable and non-interchangeable parts. Although the JBCC "test" models are quite possibly too valuable to take apart, I do wonder how many of their parts would interchange and my guess would be "quite a few."
"It's due out in the UK retailers next Wednesday, so this time next week we'll know for certain which model is going to be Issue #104"
Looks like I'll be on eBay.co.uk next Wednesday, then!
I'm wondering about that. Their promising dates and then repeatedly pushing them back is probably related to the Fabbri/UH problems. The Anglia that everyone got was made by Universal Hobbies; made right before the "falling out" between UH and Fabbri. However, Ixo also makes a VERY nice Ford Anglia. I'm wondering if it's not just the bases they'd be replacing and if they'd send out a completely new car, as well.
I heard fron G E Fabbri that BOTH CAR AND MAGAZINE were being replaced. Verbal I know and last November. Wether this is still the case we shal have to wait and see?
As I said, Ixo makes, or at the very least made an Anglia, and it's very true to the film's Anglia, at that. Although Ixo's car is a 1963 105E and the movie car is a 1960 105E, well, take a look at Ixo's car...
http://www.modelcarexpo.com/productimage/IX_CLC075a.jpg
I'm not sure about you, but if I had a choice between the UH version with problematic wheels and tires and this already-existing Ixo model, I'd take the latter. They also make the Anglia Deluxe, which is the specific car that Strangways had in DN, but it's the 1963 version. By then, although otherwise cosmetically identical, it had acquired a trunk-mounted spare tire. That version (note twin side mirrors) is shown here...
http://www.mcdb.biz/collection/ixo/CLC095.jpg
To be honest, I would think the cars themselves would be a breeze for Ixo. However, the dioramas/bases seem to consistently present Ixo with problems (which should really surprise no one...Ixo makes model cars; the dioramas for La Route Bleue, for example, are done by a different manufacturer) and I'm wondering if they're either saving this for the end or saving it for the next UH release (i.e. the LTK Silver Shadow II).
Not door mirrors, as this trend came in the late 1970s/80s I think.
Have they just made a modern assumption?
As for the correct film name on the plinth, I doubt if it''ll happen (IMHO) and we're left with the FRWL title base.
I still want Draco's blue Rolls Royce convertible from OHMSS! If we say it enough times, will it become so ? !
Bleuville. "You may use anything but the Atomiser, which you must never touch, never!"
Don't quote me But I would imagine the are obliged to correct any errors???..ie: the Anglia.. -{ :007)
However, the main reason for my post: The German site now announces that the German edition will go to 110 issues. I've got this info earlier via mail while the website still stated 85 issues until recently. First thing I saw: There is now a list showing all 110 cars - the first list ever on the German site. (This is not a fake from me, no Lincoln Continental stretch limo here ...)
www.jamesbondautos.de/Tabelle.htm
It's not that exciting, looks like copied from the Wikipedia list - but it's on an official JBCC website. I had preferred to see a few surprises. I'll list from issue 98 as the release order is slightly different from there. (The order may change though in the future.)
98 Range Rover OCTOPUSSY
99 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow DIE WELT IST NICHT GENUG [TWINE]
100 Ford Crown Victoria CASINO ROYALE
101 Bondola OCTOPUSSY [sic!]
102 Ford Consul JAMES BOND JAGT DR. NO
103 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud II IM ANGESICHT DES TODES [AVTAK]
104 Zil CASINO ROYALE
105 Ford Country Squire GOLDFINGER
106 Ford Bronco EIN QUANTUM TROST [QoS]
107 Econoline DIAMANTENFIEBER [DAF]
108 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow LIZENZ ZUM TÖTEN [LTK]
109 Chevy Impala Hard-Top LEBEN UND STERBEN LASSEN [LALD]
110 DBS (Beschädigt wie im Film) EIN QUANTUM TROST [damaged as in QoS]
Not door mirrors, as this trend came in the late 1970s/80s I think.
Have they just made a modern assumption?"
No. It would seem that fender-mounted mirrors, while standard, were not the ONLY option. The following pictures show a number of Anglias with side-mounted mirrors...or, as we see in the second picture, NO mirrors (optional in 1962)...note that I looked around for a while to make absolutely sure that these mirrors (or lack thereof...) were original...
http://www.actionvehicleagency.co.uk/USERIMAGES/62%20ford%20anglia%20ken%20brown%2007780811790.JPG
http://www.classicandperformancecar.com/front_website/octane_interact/modelpicture.php?id=3540
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3509/3727233919_eabfda7f76.jpg?v=0
http://image73.webshots.com/73/6/82/67/2383682670063296552sdVUfy_ph.jpg
http://www.anglia-models.co.uk/photos/saloon000.jpg
(Evidently, the above sketch was copied from the Ford catalogue, so I doubt it's wrong)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/88821481@N00/4343348243/
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4001/4673725363_eccf783f40_z.jpg
(The above is aftermarket...note the squared-off mirror)
Also, we can't assume Ixo just made assumptions. While they made the two cars I showed you, they SIMULTANEOUSLY made this one...
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31rJnuHREkL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
Note the fender-mounted side mirrors.
"I guess that - if they really make a replacement - the Anglia will be done by UH. The error probably was made by UH, but Fabbri surely got samples gave an okay for production, so they will deal with this issue by making a compromise and UH doing the replacements for a lower price."
I'm willing to conceed that this is possible, but after what seemingly transpired between Fabbri and UH, I don't know if they're contractually obligated or not to make new cars. In other words, we don't and unfortunately can't know the terms of UH's contract. The Roller coming out so ridiculously early was, to me, a sign that UH had already produced its models and left, but that's just an educated guess. However, the extreme, seemingly inexplicable delays for the Anglia for what is essentially just an error on the base would indicate to me that that UH was only contractually obligated to fix its mistake; i.e. THE BASE. If we're going to get a whole new car and magazine according to Fabbri, then I would bet you'd see a rather strange hybrid: an Ixo car on a UH base.
This seems to be the same list that Bissett Mags emailed me recently and which I posted on page 93 of this thread. I was then told by some well-informed members of this forum that it was an intended list but that changes have been made subsequently. For instance, both your list and mine have the Range Rover as #98, while according to Wikipedia it is supposed to be a Rolls Royce. Most probably our lists come from a local distributor and not GE Fabbri directly, hence the discrepancy. I suspect that the list of models is correct, but that the actual order of release may be somewhat different.
i am on issue 101 and they come 2 every 8 weeks
But there are some damaged cases and i have ordered some plastic cases before for other damaged cased cars ,but this time i cant find the telephone number so i can contact them
does anyone know the number
thanks
what number is this model?
intead of 2 every 4 weeks it has changed to 2 every 8 weeks
does anyone know when the next number 102 and 103 will be out?
if anyone wants to know what the last few issues are visit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond_Car_Collection#Issues
thankyou
oh i never knew that they had a "falling out"
and which magizine and car are being replaced?
Does anyone (if your a subscriber and get 2 every 8 weeks) know when number 102 and 103 are out?
Does anyone know why the jbcc have changed the delivery time from 2 every 4 weeks to 2 every 8 weeks?
Thank-you
-{Ollie-{
has anyone had issues 102 and 103 yet then ????
i haven't :-(