Bond Convention
bondaholic007
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Is there ever going to be a bond convention? sort of like memorabillia where there are special guests like Richard Kiel, Shirley Eaton and mercandise to buy from stools.
I would make a great turn out and a good time for stars to re-unit.
Has there ever been one before?
I would make a great turn out and a good time for stars to re-unit.
Has there ever been one before?
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And the next one is Goldfinger in April
www.allstarautographs.co.uk - Autographs, Private Signings & Events
www.honorblackman.co.uk - Official Honor Blackman website
Since Ross hendry and Graham Rye have left the Fanc Club, these events seem to have been scaled down somewhat. I would love to see David Black, the current chairman, organise an event such as this and I feel sure it would be well attended.
We usually hold our events at Pinewood Studios
www.allstarautographs.co.uk - Autographs, Private Signings & Events
www.honorblackman.co.uk - Official Honor Blackman website
Dog Biscuit Events
www.dogbiscuitevents.co.uk
www.licencedtokill.co.uk
Inaugural Bond Collectors' Weekend - Gainesville, Florida, August 28 - 30, 1998
BCW2 Las Vegas - Friday - Monday, July 2 - July 5, 1999
BCW3 New Orleans - Friday - Sunday, September 29 - October 1, 2000
BCW4 Chicago - Friday - Sunday, July 20 - 22, 2001
BCW5 San Francisco - Friday - Monday, August 30 - September 2, 2002
BCW6 SpyFest L.A. - Friday - Saturday, August 8 - 10, 2003
BCW7 Miami & Key West - Friday - Sunday, June 4 - 6, 2004
BCW8 New York - Thursday - Sunday, August 25 - 28, 2005
BCW9 The Caribbean - Friday - Monday, August 11 - 14, 2006
BCW10 L.A. - Friday - Sunday, September 21 - 23, 2007
Highlights from across the ten years included walking, bus and bout tours of several hundred exterior and interior locations across the U.S. and overseas from the Bond novels and films, private tours of the greatest Bond and spy collections with their owners, trips to casinos, shows, restaurants and a Carnival cruise, annual costume parties, sales and shows of collectibles, movie showings, having fans attend from 28 states and five countries including France and Japan, and of course, meeting with the celebrities in person, including from Bond's world:
Barbara Bouchet, Miss Moneypenny in Casino Royale
Bernie Casey, Felix Leiter in Never Say Never Again
Bruce Glover, Mr. Wint in Diamonds Are Forever
Dan Haggerty, Tomorrow Never Dies and License To Kill
Danny Biederman - The Incredible World Of Spy-Fi
David Hedison, Felix Leiter in Live and Let Die & License To Kill
David Reinhardt - Ian Fleming Foundation
Dean Williams - Pepperfinger
Deborah Lipp - The Ultimate James Bond Fan Book
Don McGregor - The Quasimodo Gambit, GoldenEye
Don Stroud, Heller in License To Kill
Doug Redenius - Ian Fleming Foundation
Doug Redenius, Ian Fleming Foundation
Geoffrey Holder, Baron Samedi in Live and Let Die
George Lazenby, James Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Gloria Hendry, Rosie Carver in Live and Let Die
Jeff Marshall - The Bond Limited Editions
John Cork - The Bond Legacy, Bond Girls Are Forever
John Griswold - The Annotated Ian Fleming
Jon Heitland, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Book
Lana Wood, Plenty O'Toole in Diamonds Are Forever
Lawrence Keller - The Guns Of James Bond
Lois Chiles, Dr. Holly Goodhead in Moonraker
Maud Adams, Andrea Anders in The Man With The Golden Gun, Octopussy in Octopussy
Max Vesterhalt, Casino Girl in For Your Eyes Only
Michael Di Leo - The Spy Who Thrilled Us
Paul Kyriazi - McKnight’s Memory: A Conspiracy, How To Live The Bond Lifestyle
Paul Meyers - License To Kill
Raymond Benson - Ten-Time Bond Novelist
Richard Kiel, Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me & Moonraker
Robert Short - Diamonds Are Forever
Steven Jay Rubin - The James Bond Encyclopedia
Tanya Roberts, Stacey Sutton in A View To A Kill
Timothy Napier-Moxon, Strangways in Dr. No
Tom Mankiewicz, Diamonds Are Forever, Live and Let Die, The Man With The Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me
Vic Flick - Bond Signature Theme Guitarist/Seven James Bond Film Scores
Virginia Hey, Rubavitch in The Living Daylights
And over 75 other folks from U.N.C.L.E., I Spy, etc. and real world intelligence officers from CIA, KGB, NSA, FBI, etc.
I'd love to organize something in the U.S. or Europe for the coming year. Who's with me?
I-M-P-R-E-S-S-I-V-E
Agreed, always wanted to taste Brit chick ....en
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Formerly known as Teppo
I know one who recently told some tasty recipes
TIS - "The moment you think you got it figured - you're wrong"
Formerly known as Teppo
Vive le droit à la libre expression! Je suis Charlie!
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Vive le droit à la libre expression! Je suis Charlie!
www.helpforheroes.org.uk
www.cancerresearchuk.org
TIS - "The moment you think you got it figured - you're wrong"
Formerly known as Teppo
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
just don't take your laptop, he's not a fan of technology....
Vive le droit à la libre expression! Je suis Charlie!
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Yes Markus bring your famous sausage, we could all do with a laugh
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
Here's what I'm thinking:
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[*]1 Sat, Aug 20, 2011 New Orleans 4:00 P
2 Sun, Aug 21 At Sea
3 Mon, Aug 22 Key West 10:00 A 6:00 P
4 Tue, Aug 23 Bahamas/Freeport 8:00 A 5:00 P
5 Wed, Aug 24 Nassau 7:00 A 5:00 P
6 Thu, Aug 25 At Sea
7 Fri, Aug 26 At Sea
8 Sat, Aug 27, 2011 New Orleans 8:00 A[/*]
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Carnival Triumph - Lovely and big ship, plenty to do until you drop, Carnival also has some of the best dining afloat!
New Orleans - Take your choice of the morning before our sailing departs or the morning after our sailing returns based on your flights in/out of N'awlins and I'll take you to over a dozen LIVE AND LET DIE hotspots - I'll be in town early on Friday and late on Sunday and do not mind running the same tour twice that week, once before and once after the cruise!
Key West - Has about 40 spots from LICENSE TO KILL, and from the License To Kill novel, Nobody Lives Forever, etc. - we'd have an eight hour stop to enjoy a few hours from the best of my Key West OO7 tour plus a few hours to do the town singly or as a group - we wouldn't tour all 40 locations but some of the best and brightest ones!
Nassau - 10-hour stop. I know 40 island spots in Nassau/New Providence from about ten Bond films and novels. Walking tour of downtown Bond spots to start the visit, driving to movie locations in the second half of the day. Again, not going crazy and wearing you down but some of the more fun Bond spots to "Bond" at from THUNDERBALL, CASINO ROYALE, Mr. Fleming's novels, etc.
What I'd ask of you as fans:
1. Have me reserve the sailing as one Carnival group - with even 12 or so sailing, the cruise line will offer us perks like dining together (and I always lead trivia games and contests at meals and etc, etc. here and there) and group meeting space private for our use (I'll show rare Bond footage, bring collectibles, we can even do a costume party at sea, etc.) and
2. I'd ask just a few dollars per guest to pay for ground transportation for tours in the various stops. Maybe $75 per person to cover expenses ($75 and that's it for any Bonding during the entire cruise and all three city Bond tours - four tours if you want to do New Orleans with me two times).
3. Your trust and enthusiasm. I'm an experienced Bond tour guide and cruise travel guide. Even if you've never cruised, you'll have a good time (and people are still talking about their Bahamas cruise with me from 2006 when we toured CASINO ROYALE locations BEFORE the film debuted).
What I'd ask of you on this thread:
1. Are you wanting to cruise out of New Orleans? Would you prefer a shorter run out of Miami (yes, I'd tour people to GOLDFINGER and etc. sights there) or Jacksonville/Port Canaveral, etc?
2. Are you wanting a shorter cruise than a week? Like a three- or four-day cruise that just goes to Nassau? Only longer tours will take in Key West.
3. Is it convenient to do an August something (cheaper but warmer weather) or do you need October/November, etc? Of course, Key West and the Caribbean are pretty breezy year round anyway.
4. Be somewhat serious - I tell more Bond jokes than many folks but we'll need to start a new thread if people are going to goof around rather than seriously talk about this trip or a different trip - and I'll do a cruise if I get 5 fans who can go with me - but I've got to get a sense of who is seriously up for this (besides the Shermans and the Zaritskys)!
Thanks, everyone!
What movie is this supposed to be?
I've assigned you to Station "C" Canada.
Sir, I'd respectfully request that you change my assignment to Nassau.
Is there any other reason, besides your enthusiasm for water sports?
Any idea of costs?