Bond Prop/Wardrobe Exhibit in Los Angeles

This may rightly belong under Events and Screenings (moderator, please move as appropriate) but as I'll be linking to photos mostly of props and wardrobe that are of interest to collectors, replicators, et al, this seems like the right forum for now.

Starting last weekend, there is now a small collection of original props (including one of the Golden Guns) and wardrobe on loan from EON to the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California [USC] in Los Angeles.

Please follow this link to see my photos on Flickr.

This is quite a small exhibit (fifty or so pieces) and not worth making a huge effort to see (I know fans on the East Coast who are debating flying out) but if you are going to be in LA for any reason anyway, it is definitely worth a visit -- even if these bits might already be familiar to you -- if only because the space is well-lit, quiet, and all the other things that the big, commercial exhibitions over the years have never been.

Though the 007 retrospective to which the display was tied is over, the exhibit remains in place through February of 2010 in the lobby of the George Lucas Building.

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  • The Bond ExperienceThe Bond Experience Newtown, PAPosts: 5,490Quartermasters
    WOW! The pictures and captions are wonderful! For those that can't make it to this exhibit, THANK YOU!
  • danjaq_0ffdanjaq_0ff The SwampsPosts: 7,283MI6 Agent
    Nice pics, thanks for shareing :D
  • thespyboys11thespyboys11 Lindenwold,NJPosts: 1,894MI6 Agent
    Hi Alan!!!
    Great photos. Thanks for the ckose-up pics.
    Glad to see someone made it to the exhibit.
    Shame we don't have more over here in the states.
    Good job!!
    Ed
    TheSpyBoys.com
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    PoorMansJB wrote:

    This is quite a small exhibit (fifty or so pieces) and not worth making a huge effort to see (I know fans on the East Coast who are debating flying out) but if you are going to be in LA for any reason anyway, it is definitely worth a visit -- even if these bits might already be familiar to you -- if only because the space is well-lit, quiet, and all the other things that the big, commercial exhibitions over the years have never been.

    That's the biggest litotes, that I have seen for months :D
    Great items and thanks for sharing these pics, Alan!
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  • scaramangasgoldengunscaramangasgoldengun ScotlandPosts: 1,388MI6 Agent
    Hi PoorMansJB many many thanks for the Pictures. Much appreciated,

    Look fantastic great stuff, And I hope you enjoyed the exhibits

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  • GumboldGumbold LondonPosts: 102MI6 Agent
    Thanks for sharing those great pics – the original Solex Agitator, fantastic!
  • Donald GrantDonald Grant U.S.A.Posts: 2,251Quartermasters
    Yes, thank you for posting pictures of the exhibit.

    DG
    So, what sharp little eyes you've got...wait till you get to my teeth.
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  • texas007texas007 Houston, Texas 77041Posts: 2,356MI6 Agent
    Thank you so much for the pictures!!!
  • Asp9mmAsp9mm Over the Hills and Far Away.Posts: 7,535MI6 Agent
    Splendid. Looks like a decent exhib.
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  • bondmobilebondmobile Posts: 92MI6 Agent
    Cool shots. If I had known about this I would have stopped by last weekend when I was passing through the neighborhood on the way to show the fake Bond car in Simi Valley.

    --Brian
  • Der ClownDer Clown Central EuropePosts: 19MI6 Agent
    Thank you for sharing, very cool pics.
  • ke02ewwke02eww USPosts: 2,063MI6 Agent
    wow Alan, superb...

    and i'll be in LA sometime before Feb and will definitely make a trip....

    great exhibition and even SGG approved of the Golden Gun !.....

    cheers Paul
  • scaramangasgoldengunscaramangasgoldengun ScotlandPosts: 1,388MI6 Agent
    Well I couldnt Not approve of that Golden Gun :)) Being that it is an original :D

    Mines will be with you all very soon now.. Just Golde plating and a few minor details to add

    everything spot on now.. was this space.

    Cool online promotional Video Coming Soon and Ad Poster's
  • The Bond ExperienceThe Bond Experience Newtown, PAPosts: 5,490Quartermasters
    Please, please please please please please please, don't offer to sell your gun...ad poster and promotional video smacks of marketing initiative.

    Sorry if I read into this....
  • PoorMansJBPoorMansJB USAPosts: 1,203MI6 Agent
    If I'm reading it as I think Mantis is, I'm in agreement: Not a wise thing to do. Clearly there's a new party out there with a license. If you start "promoting" your gun, you're almost certainly going to run afoul of the wrong people (i.e., EON's lawyers).

    Been there, done that, have the attorney bills to prove it.

    That said, let's try to stay on-topic ...
  • InfernorhythmInfernorhythm Los AngelesPosts: 88MI6 Agent
    The exhibit does indeed rock. I'm a current USC student and the exhibit is very close to my dorm, so I've been by it a few times. It is small, but if you're in the area and have some free time, check it out. Very cool set of foreign Bond posters as well.

    Here's the article I wrote about the exhibit and festival for USC's newspaper: http://dailytrojan.com/2009/11/05/bond-never-dies-festival-examines-a-cultural-icon/

    I just got a new camera, so I'll post my pictures of the exhibit as well soon.
    "You're both, what's the expression? Damaged goods."
  • KleynenKleynen BelgiumPosts: 396MI6 Agent
    Can anybody make a picture of the top of the Octopussy egg?
    Is there a Russian crest or a diamond on the top of the egg?
    Thanks allot
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