Bond in the Philippines

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• nms75 United KingdomPosts: 1,233MI6 Agent

  December 2011

  Nice...

  A sense of humour is no laughing matter!
• 007 and a half LondonPosts: 595MI6 Agent

  December 2011

  Hahahaha
• nms75 United KingdomPosts: 1,233MI6 Agent

  December 2011

  Is this thread a blag?

  A sense of humour is no laughing matter!
• PPK 7.65mm Saratoga Springs NY USAPosts: 1,253MI6 Agent

  December 2011

  The link is not working for me. Could you please fix it ?
• oscar rubio Madrid (Spain)Posts: 286MI6 Agent

  December 2011

  jamesbondasia wrote:

  Came across this in the Philippines last week , could not resist it
  
  
  
  Such is the worldwide appeal , everyone likes to get into the act.
  
  Regards JBA

  
  Could you give us your opinion when you read it, please?
• superado Regent's Park West (CaliforniaPosts: 2,656MI6 Agent

  December 2011

  Ah, the Philippines, the land of my birth where I return again and again! As new ritual of sorts, I've read a Young Bond novel at the beach or pool side while on vacation there, and I'm actually saving "Danger Society" for the next time, which I pray is soon. Bondmania was very much alive in the Philippines, with it's peak in the 60's and 70's. Apart from that film by an entertaining legend still alive today, there actually was a series of films that featured "Agent X44," who, not exactly being Bond, I guess would be more like a Derek Flint. I remember catching reruns of these movies on TV as a kid and seeing Agent X44 executing deadly judo chops and practically floating still in the air with his flying kicks.
  
  During the 80's, when I returned to the Philippines for my high school years, there were these half-page newspaper ads for some sort of alchoholic drink like whiskey or bourbon that featured a Connery look-a-like, particularly as Bond in his 40's. If I remember correctly, there was a write-up about the model who actually lived in the Philippines, but I just don't remember if he was an expat or if he was of Filipino descent.
  
  Back on the subject of collectibles, in a stationary supply shop in the Philippines I did see these non-descript James Bond rubber bands that have been featured in a few Bond collectible sites:
  

  "...the purposeful slant of his striding figure looked dangerous, as if he was making quickly for something bad that was happening further down the street." -SMERSH on 007 dossier photo, Ch. 6 FRWL.....