The Ed Maggiani Collection

The Bond Experience

What a way to spend an afternoon! Joe Darlington and I took a ride down to Ed Maggiani's home to see his incredible Bond collection. Ed, as most of you know, was collecting Bond since his debut in the movies and it shows! His knowledge and his collection are unrivaled...here are some pics of the fun. Thanks Ed!

sruzgar

Legendary!

danjaq_0ff

Very nice collection Ed has there, looks like you had great fun looking through all that stuff. The 5th from the bottom looks like a Prop pipe from Cheech and Chong

texas007

Very nice - thank you very much for the pictures.

j.blades

very cool, hes a very lucky person to own all that stuff.

Professor Dent

Great collection - thanks for posting.

Kleynen

AMAZING!!
But where is the Dentonite??
Thanks for the nice pictures.

The Bond Experience

I snuck the Dentonite in my pocket....you can just make it out....

Donald Grant

Yep, Ed has a fantastic collection of Bond props and stuff. His first hand photographs of the props owned by EON that were taken when he visited there is worth the trip alone. He also has a magnificent book and magazine collection as well as an amazing array of props from other movies, not to mention action figures. Beyond that, Ed is a genuinely nice guy too who has helped many a friend. Thanks for sharing.

DG

Higgins

The Mantis wrote:

I snuck the Dentonite in my pocket....you can just make it out....

booooooooooooooooooooh 8-)

scaramangasgoldengun

Great pictures..... looked like a lot of fun .. great collection .. like the whole Q-Lab feel items lying about to interact with .. pretty cool...

it does look a bit like, a friendly gathering of mercenaries ) with there equipment and weapons...

like the L.A.W. Rocket ... you must have sneaked into a military base for that item... )

fantastic and great to see more Bond meetings and collections being shared .. always a great thing....

thanks Guys.. thanks for the pics...

and good to hear from you again Ed...

danjaq_0ff

I would have a get together at my House but nobody would turn up ) Not many Props to look at but a lot of video never seen stuff 8-)

And Mick did you get my email or you just iggying me :v

Head of Section

I wish you guys could see Ed's DAF Voice Changer up close! The photo's don't do it justice without seeing the flashing lights in operation. It's really amazing what Ed can do!!

Thanks for a great afternoon gentlemen!

zig zag

That's a very cool collection,sooooooo green with envy at what looked like a great day out.

redsleighdown

Dang it! Why couldn't you have waited til next week when I was in town? Wanna go back lol?! Great pics DZ. Quite the collection.

The Bond Experience

I think a trip is being planned to yet ANOTHER Bond collector's home in NJ very soon....

scaramangasgoldengun

i wish everyone was located closer to each other.. have bond exhibitions and events.. every weekend... and you all know we would ... )

these meetings sound like a lot of fun .. who is the next collector David... ?

I would love to see another video tour of somones collection . the one you did David was pretty cool

The Bond Experience

Unfortunately these gatherings are quite small, but certainly quality over quantity as far as good people...but I agree its a shame we don't have a map of collectors like some collector societies have...would be fun to do regional Bond events!

Head of Section

The Mantis wrote:

I think a trip is being planned to yet ANOTHER Bond collector's home in NJ very soon....

I'll be there! -{

8420

That's a great collection , Thanks for sharing those pics. -{

The Bond Experience

My pleasure...Ed has been a friend and mentor to me in James Bond collecting since as long as I can remember so everyt time I go to his home its a bit like going to Mecca.

Sir Miles

What a fantastic collection !!

It's great just to be able to see these items - so a very big 'thank you' from me for sharing.

I have to say that it looks as though you two had a real 'child in a sweet-shop moment' )

Mark Hazard

Is the (Little Nellie) helmet original or a copy?

thespyboys11

Hi all....
Glad everyone enjoyed the pics.

I truly wish you could all have been there. Afterall, what's the fun of having "cool" stuff if we can't share enjoying it.

Unfortunetly, I wasn't able to display all my other items as they were packed away and I didn't have time to get them unpacked before David & Joe got there....Oh well, something else to show the next time we can get together.

In answer to the above post....the Little Nellie helmet is a replica. The original screen-used helmet was stolen from Cmdr. Ken Wallis when it was on display in France. My replica is the same model helmet as well as the correct camera lens. Still need to make the cine cam.

Some of my other Bond props are in my photobucket at:

http://s172.photobucket.com/albums/w29/TheSpyboys/?start=all

Ed
TheSpyBoys.com

thespyboys11

By the way, guys...
Anytime any of you are in my area please feel free to contact me for a visit as I extend an invitation to you all.

OH....Christof,
The wonderful Detonite replica you made was one of the items I mentioned as being packed away. Look to your mail soon for something I promised to send you.
Ed
TheSpyBoys.com

PPK 7.65mm

I have a question for either Ed or David, Do you know a good source for the Vega 339 holster as featured in Casino Royale?

I have been looking for one for some time to put my airsoft P99 in for display purposes.

The Bond Experience

Ed can be reached at thefudds@aol.com and is the BEST source for these things...my collection would be thin without him.

thespyboys11

The Vega holster has gotten VERY hard to obtain. I think we (Bond collectors) raised the companys stock values as we all bought them as soon as we found out they were used in CR.
I know several companies that sold them had a 2 week waiting period before they could get their orders filled. I would say that ebay might be the best way to go and even then...expect to pay a high price.
Ed
TheSpyBoys.com

PPK 7.65mm

Thanks I am going to keep checking around, hopefully I can some one selling a Vega 339 for a decent price somewhere.

Elvis

Here's one on Ebay right now and for $20 it's yours:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110423445432&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

g-section007

very nice collection, congratulations! I have some nice items, but that's top!! Bravo