Jack's back!!
writingsonthewall
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So Royal Doulton announced they're bringing Jack the Bulldog back, as apparently it (he?) comes back for an encore in NTtD. I'm guessing that it will be essentially identical to the SPECTRE one (apart from the box), which I missed. Seeing as prices for second hand ones have soared, I'm thinking of getting one this time around. I do own the Skyfall one and it's a favourite. Does anybody who owns the SPECTRE one have any insight thereon? Thank you.
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I have both the Spectre and Skyfall ones so doubt I’ll pick up the NTTD version if it’s the same as the Spectre one. Sounds like a bit of exploitative marketing of an older product to me.
It would be nice if they made the eyes more accurate for this edition. The ageing and damage applied to the SP version was near perfect. Just let down by the eyes.
Really glad it’s coming back for NTTD, it one of my favourite props.
Where did you do that??
007store.com
https://007store.com/collections/no-time-to-die-new-james-bond-movie/products/no-time-to-die-jack-bulldog
I've already bought the NTTD thermos, leather card holder and mug. They keep adding new NTTD merch all the time.
And somebody on eBay is already offering a chance to pre-order for £155!
Nice profit if people take them up on this tempting offer.
Ahh right, probably should’ve been the first place I checked. Cheers QQ
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So naturally owning SF and SP, I have ordered the NTTD version just to complete the set damn it.
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I have a feeling that despite myself I’ll end up doing the same!
I’ll try it without the image.
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What I'd like to know, besides the obvious box difference with this new one, what will differentiate it from the Spectre one? Does anyone know? To me it looks identical to the last one. Granted I haven't actually compared them. -{
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Hi Asp..stupid question but is it just the painting of the eyes that’s inaccurate or is the mould or shape of the eyes different as well?
To me even the shape of the ears on the sale version looks more rounded....not sure if my eyes are deceiving me
The difference you are seeing is for two possible reasons: 1) Angle of the image is different, so the ears look different and to me even the jaw area looks fatter 2) More likely explanation is the top picture is of the early 20th century vintage Jack used in production (with the damage painted on I think Asp stated some time ago in another thread) and the bottom picture obviously is the new version, which is understandably going to vary slightly from the vintage original.
I have the SF Jack (and a vintage Jack in the smallest size of the three originals) and I'm guessing the only real difference between the SP Jack and the NTTD one (other than the mentioned switch from china to porcelain), will be the NTTD logo on the bottom of this latest iteration.
The screen seen Jack is compromised of a few different variants. An original post WW1 Jack, and mostly resin castings taken from that original. They even reused the non cracked pre titles Jack later on in the box by adding the battle damage, and for sure had two backups that included the original WW1 version. And in SPECTRE, they recast new versions from the SF mould and added similar battle damage which differed very slightly from the SKYFALL versions. They only had one original Royal Doulton Jack which they recast from in resin. The eye pattern replicates the original WW1 Jacks as the WW2 issued Jacks had doughnut shaped faded eye application that looks like a ring.
The commercially available Royal Doulton Jack is cast off an original, but the later 1940’s one and it lacks the sharp detail of the original It’s a nice cast, but not sharp, so appears smoother overall that any of the vintage versions. The eye and Union Flag difference is purely down to them using transfers. The originals were hand painted. Nothing to do with the moulding.
The difference between the commercially available version:
SF. BONE CHINA, CLEAN - Bone white
SP. EATHERNWARE, BATTLE DAMAGED - Darker base colour due to eathernware
NTTD. PORCELAIN, BATTLE DAMAGED - Further details apart from packaging, unknown
They only used bone China in the SKYFALL release. SPECTRE was earthenware.
This isn’t screen used, but a SF commercially released Jack modified by the artist that did the original SF Jacks.
This version is really precious to me above the screen used ones as soon after she died of cancer. It’s been on my desk since 2012.
Wow thanks for sharing this information. Fascinating about the composition of the screen used Jack. I had no idea that so much work went into a prop like that.
And great photo of your modified Jack by the late artist. A special piece to treasure.
I don’t have the SF or SP Jack, but have preordered the NTTD version which I’m looking forward to displaying.