A rare 007 Lotus Esprit or two?
ppw3o6r
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Well this has been a long time coming, 1996 to be precise, since Mr Dave Worrall published his excellent guide "The James Bond Diecasts of Corgi" -{
This incredible little book highlighted the fact that apart from the must have first issue hammer & sickle box the Corgi C269 Lotus Esprit from The Spy Who Loved Me was also available in a stunning gold plated version mounted on a plinth handed out to very select guests on 7th July 1977 at the Royal Premiere of the movie at the Odeon Theatre Leicester Square, an over-sleeved version handed out at a Corgi Press Luncheon Launch after the press screening & pre-production cutaway factory demonstration model to show high end retailers how the clever concealed goodies actually worked!
So here they are "together again" with the excellent Japanese Edai-Grip model thrown in for good measure -{
As seen in The Great Book of Corgi with some old sadly departed friends -{
This incredible little book highlighted the fact that apart from the must have first issue hammer & sickle box the Corgi C269 Lotus Esprit from The Spy Who Loved Me was also available in a stunning gold plated version mounted on a plinth handed out to very select guests on 7th July 1977 at the Royal Premiere of the movie at the Odeon Theatre Leicester Square, an over-sleeved version handed out at a Corgi Press Luncheon Launch after the press screening & pre-production cutaway factory demonstration model to show high end retailers how the clever concealed goodies actually worked!
So here they are "together again" with the excellent Japanese Edai-Grip model thrown in for good measure -{
As seen in The Great Book of Corgi with some old sadly departed friends -{
Comments
To see them all in one collection is a sight to behold :x
I think your gold plated lotus could do with a bit of buffing
Apparently QDT had a very good month
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
Also, I've never seen one the presentation models with such heavy wear; do you have any idea who it belonged to? (I always assumed most of these most likely wound-up in the hands of the children of whoever they were presented to.)