Was the 1/6 Bond line mentioned in Fantacular?

[airbond2]

Just what the title says! And yes, I'm airbond not airbond2, but for some reason I couldn't register under my original name when the boards moved, so I've been reading them for months...until I finally got around to re-registering.

Any word about Bond would be cool.

 

[TheObsoleteMan]

It's been all quiet on the Bond front unfortunately.

 

[Agent0028]

Too quiet I'm afraid. Personally I'm hoping that Casino Royale will be good, nay really good, and perhaps spark some more figures. I would of course prefer more in the meantime... I'd love to see a Roger Moore in that Arabian outfit from The Spy Who Loved me and Sean Connery in a Kimono from You Only Live Twice.

 

[Minimodel]

I KNOW theres more figures to come from this line.Brants said so at different times and in different threads.Sideshow enjoy a close relationship with the main Bond sites...MI6,Commander Bond.net.A couple of months ago,a Sideshow source requested fans post their wants,and it made for an interesting thread.And a lot of the Sideshow staff are big Bond fans too!

That said,i would welcome something,anything....

Oh and Airbond,nice to see you back again : 0 ).

 

[bluesparrow]

I bet they do a Daniel Craig Bond at the very least.

Hopefully a white tuxedo jacket Sean Connery and Ursula Andress too.

 

[Agent0028]

Ohh, Bluesparrow, how could I forget about a Connery in a white dinner jacket! After all the years I've been James Bond for Halloween wearing a white dinner jacket! I hope sideshow's taking notes...

 

[airbond2]

A white tuxedo Connery from Goldfinger would be great and would require minimal effort on the part of Sideshow I would have thought. Figures of Bond in his signature tuxedo outfit always sell well - witness DAD Brosnan, and the old Action Man range, where the Tomorrow Never Dies tuxedo'd Bond was by far the most popular and expensive (on the secondary market) figure.

I can't understand why Sideshow haven't capitalised on the release of the FRWL game to offer a FRWL Bond and Red Grant set. Also, have they considered asking Connery to record some lines for a talking figure?!? He did it for the game after all.

Hi minimodel!

 

[TheObsoleteMan]

The next 1/6 tuxedo Bond should be Moore in his white dinner jacket from Octopussy. I wish we'd gotten that instead of him in that Moonraker space suit.

 

[TheObsoleteMan]

I also have to say that if the 1/6 line ends without producing a Donald Pleasance Blofeld it would be a real tragedy. It's like doing a Star Wars line without Darth Vader or a LOTR line without Sauron. He's the most iconic of all the Bond villains and deserves to be made.

 

[Minimodel]

Yeah,it s a wonder Donald Pleasance has nt appeared as his character from Friday 13th either.Problems obtaining his image rights perhaps

And has nt Kevin McClory got the rights to Blofelds image and the SPECTRE name??Some animosity between him and EON/Broccoli as i seem to recall...

 

[TheObsoleteMan]

NECA recently produced a figure of Pleasance from Halloween so I assumed likeness rights weren't the issue. It would be a shame if some legal mumbo jumbo kept us from getting this essential figure.

 

[Agent0028]

Alas Minimodel you are correct, that's why in the opening of For Your Eyes Only you don't see his face, just a wheelchair and a white cat. Its also why in the new From Russia With Love game the group is Octopus, because SPECTRE would be a rights infringement. A pity.

 

[airbond2]

the rights to the Blofeld character can't be an issue because Sideshow has already produced a Blofeld figure - Telly Savalas as Blofeld, from OHMSS...

Before I see Roger Moore in a white tux I'd like to see a figure of Moore in a black tux.

 

[Agent0028]

Good point Airbond, I'd forgotten about the Telly figure, so maybe there is hope for a Donald Plesance (forgive if that spelling is wrong, I'm too lazy to look it up.) and my personal hope for the Connery in a kimono during the wedding scene.

BTW I was just playing the new From Russia With Love game and you can change Bond's outfits, well there's a stealth outfit. Black pants, black sweater, with a blue backpack. Now where have I seen that outfit before???

 

[airbond2]

Connery in a kimono?!? well, we've all got our personal want lists. For your sake I hope Sideshow one day produce a Connery in a kimono figure. For all our sakes, I hope they produce it in a limited edition size of...1!

Does anyone know if Sideshow have also got a licence to produce 4" Bond figures? I'd love to see a line like this...

 

[TheObsoleteMan]

If they do make Connery in a kimono, I hope the face sculpt reflects the makeup that so effectively disguised him as a Japanese man.

 

[airbond2]

Maybe the exclusive version could come with a karate suit and bamboo longstaff?

 

[Agent0028]

Okay, okay, maybe its not the greatest idea. I just think it'd be a good outfit to do from that movie, and yes, obsolete, with that Japanese disguise. LOL

 

[Morgan the Raider]

Anything on the Bond side would be great at this point. I'm so down on Sideshow of late. This is the first time in a number of years that I have no Sideshow product on preorder. They're relying too heavily on Star Wars and LOTR. Not good at all. They really need to get a Bond product out in the worst way.

I'm hoping the next Bond stuff we get isn't for Casino Royale. Don't get me wrong, I want Casino Royale dolls when the movie hits. I just hope that poll they conducting on the MI-6 and Commander Bond boards doesn't go to waste. As has been mentioned, there were some excellent ideas proposed there.