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Bond, James Bond

I am one of millions of people in the world that love James Bond movies.  I have seen all of them at least once.

Depending on when you were born and started watching the movies everyone has a favorite Bond.  Mine in Roger Moore.  The first Bond movie I saw was The Spy Who Loved Me.  My dad and I went.  

I enjoyed the comedy aspect of the Roger Moore movies although some people didn't think they were serious enough.

All I know was I wanted to talk about "shared bodily warmth" with Major Amasova (played by Barbara Bach).


I've collected some Bond cards over the years but never bought I full box so I decided to buy a box of 2019 James Bond collection.  Like most recent boxes of recent non-sport releases it promised an autographed card or 2 in this case.



The base cards have an acetate parallel.  I pulled this classic villain card of Rosa Kleb from the Spy Who Loved Me.  I'm pretty sure that Mike Myers was inspired by Kreb when creating Frau Farbissina for the Austin Powers series.



This is an "inscription" autograph for Margaret Nolan who played Dink in Goldfinger.  She was painted gold and used in the title sequence and the advertising campaign for the movie as well as having a small part in the story.

There is a trend lately of inscription cards in non-sports sets.  Usually it is the character name along with the actor's signature but I have also seen character quotes.



Maryam D'Abo played the lead female character in the Timothy Dalton led film The Living Daylights.  I liked Dalton in this film but he only lasted one more movie before the role was given to Pierce Brosnan.  Kara Milovy was a Czechoslovakian cellist that Bond is sent to meet.

If the opportunity presents I may buy another box of this product as I liked these autographs and would enjoy more.




 
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  1. FujiJuly 12, 2020 at 12:59 PM

    I don't think I've seen every James Bond film, but I have seen a lot of them. Most of the 60's and 70's ones I watched as a kid when they popped up on TV. Maryam looked familiar. Reminded me of the sister on The Wonder Years. After a quick Google search... found out that she is Olivia's cousin.

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