Corgi produced the first toy James Bond car, an Aston Martin DB5 complete with ejector seat and retractable machine guns, in October 1965.
“Goldfinger” had premiered over a year prior.
The paint job wasn’t even accurate — gold instead of silver, which made it look unfinished.
As soon as it reached shelves, the diecast Aston became the first must-have Christmas toy.Like his famously debonair creation, Ian Fleming cultivated a taste for the finer things in life.
That extended to his garage, too; the author spent his $6,000 check for the “Casino Royale” film rights importing a raven black 1955 Ford Thunderbird. The world’s greatest secret agent was a gearhead…The post The 15 best James Bond cars ranked appeared first on /Film.
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