Polar
Lights James Bond figure model kit. (Model # 5035). This
represents I believe a kit that was originally issued by Aurora.
I
have always liked Sean
Connery, and have several kits of him (or with his likeness).
The
kit itself, once built, doesn't really look much like him,
but the box art does, and is well done. There is another kit
to go with this one which features Odd Job, also from the
Goldfinger
movie.
Unfortunately,
there is no scale mentioned on the box, though the Polar Lights
website says they are 1/8 scale. The kit does include a short
wall and base to use in a diorama setting.
This
kit can even be considered not very political correct, since
the character (model figure) is holding a gun.
Other
pages on this site you may be interested in:
Goldfinger
- The Bank of England has discovered that someone is stockpiling
vast quantities of gold and suspects international bullion dealer
Auric Goldfinger of being involved. The Bank requests that British
agent James Bond be sent to investigate. Bond soon uncovers an
audacious plan to commit "the crime of the century"
and bring economic chaos to the West.
James
Bond: The Secret World of 007 - Text, artwork, and photographs
examine the James Bond character from the 007 films, describing
his spy missions, gadgets, vehicles, enemies, allies, and lovers.
Bond
Girls are Forever : The Women of James Bond - Since Ian Fleming
wrote Casino Royale in 1953, Bond girls have been quintessential
American sex symbols. Sexy, dazzling and self-assured,the
character has been ogled by men and lambasted by feminists in
all of its incarnations. D'Abo, who played Kira Milovy in the
James Bond film The Living Daylights, and Cork (co-author of James
Bond: The Legacy) walk readers through over 50 years of Bond girl
history in this alluring volume, which celebrates the character
as a role model and as a groundbreaking achievement in film. As
Cork explains, "women like this had simply never been seen
in films before." The authors offer summaries and studies
of every Bond film, emphasizing the Bond girl's role in each one,
and share quotes from Bond girls such as Ursula Andress, Halle
Berry, Honor Blackman and Jane Seymour. Using fantastic photos,
analytical discussion and primary source material, the authors
show how far the Bond girl has come since the world became enamored
with the first iconic image of her rising out of the sea wearing
a bikini with a knife strapped on to it.