James Bond 007 base station
nokom
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This is a newer item made by IMC toys. I am looking for one but I live in the us there for it is hard to come by. Anyone know where I might be able to order one?
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I know I'm gonna kick myself because the answer will turn out to be something painfully obvious, but what the heck is a "bas station"?
Right now retailers are just showing prototypes but wouldn't be surprised if they never hit the market; Beanstalk announced a slew of similar products for DAD which were never released and I'd anticipate the same reason here: We're well-away from the tot market now with CR. This stuff is gonna be a tough sell.
The IMC base station does exist - I have one. They came out at the same time as the walkie-talkies you mention, PoorMansJB.
I haven't seen one for sale for about a year or so, I managed to get mine from TK Maxx.
Sorry I can't help more.
You and PMJB have wheted my curiousity...
You're referring to a previous one, then. The poster, I'm fairly sure, is referring to a new one. The first run used blue packaging as did seemingly all licensed products circa DAD; the new stuff is all in red.
Since the IMC products would just be repackaged, perhaps they will be released. I think Beanstalk abandonned their plans, however, when they realized that a children's line was just sort of at odds with the decidedly more adult DAD (though Beanstalk didn't seem to have a clue regarding distribution so that likey didn't help).
It's what he said, Willie - but it doesn't hold a gun.
Yes, mine is in the blue packaging - I had no idea they were planning to reproduce these again, allbeit in red packaging. Will they never learn ?
Any links to any pics ?
Amazon UK have pics of the prototypes for the whole line.
Just incase you haven't found them Amazon UK Base Station
Thanks for the links, Si.
I really am a lazy little sod and probably wouldn't have searched for them
Pretty much the same gear that they were going to market for DAD, but didn't. I won't buy them at that price, I'll wait for the discount stores to get them I think
Bit confused ... you said you'd got the base station. I know they made the walkie-talkies, too. Are you just reiterating what I said, that the rest is like the stuff that Beanstalk didn't follow through on for DAD?
Sorry to confuse.
I have the base station and I have an intercom watch pack, all in the previous blue packaging from IMC.
Some of the items shown, I believe, did not make it through to final production last time out, certainly not in Beanstalk or DAD packaging - as to whether IMC produced/used any more items last time out, I don't know.
Slightly off-topic, but the blue them is one of the only instances of consumer packaging I can think of where virtually every licensee used almost exactly the same graphics, so that no matter who made an item or line, they all looked like they belonged together.
Shame they've switched to red; it's over-used in retail. Plus the new Monopoly game now looks either dated or wrong.