Sears/Gilbert James Bond doll?

ppw3o6r

We've all seen the reproduction boxes claiming to be the real mccoy Sears/Gilbert James Bond doll first featured in The Essential Bond by Dave Worrall and Lee Pfeiffer but could this be the genuine illusive Sears/Gilbert tuxedo boxed James Bond doll?
The box appears larger than the regular Gilbert figure utilising the believed to be known Sears artwork and the 007 font is different to that usually utilised by Gilbert as is the spacing of the letters/distance from the edge of the box but the fixed blade shoe looks correct as to being the Sears example which usually accompanies the doll in the plain brown Sears/Gilbert packaging. I've got to say though that the tux just oozes wrongness!...this is not part of The Modest Collection.


Link for image (clarity not great):
https://movieevangelist.wordpress.com/category/blogalongabond/page/3/

Repro' wrongness for comparison -{

ACACIA_AVENUE

Looking at the boxes there seems to be a few differences
'JAMES BOND' and 'ACTION FIGURE' typefaces are different in both versions.
The text in the 3 circles of the linked picture are in black whereas the the text in the DW&LP book is red.
As for the tux ..... I think he borrowed that from Ken

Higgins

dolls 8-)

ppw3o6r

Bondtots!!! 8-)

Thunderpussy

If you can't blow the doll up, Bondtoys ain't interested ! )

ACACIA_AVENUE

Bondtoys wrote:

dolls 8-)

http://farm9.static.flickr.com/8325/8115249758_0a479ef6e4.jpg

Higgins

that Magnum pi doll looks awful......

Higgins

Thunderpussy wrote:

If you can't blow the doll up, Bondtoys ain't interested ! )

:v are we being a smartass today, TP? :v

Thunderpussy

I't would make a change from Me being a pain in the ass !

Higgins

) ) )

Majik007collector

Hi all that sears box is definitely looks like a repro…the original is constructed in a similar way to the odd job butler box. The knife on the shoe is inconsistent to the original, as is the tuxedo…..looks like a 1990's mock up to me.
'Majik'

ppw3o6r

I humbly bow to Majik007collector's superior knowledge when it comes to this type of Bond collectible -{