tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post6638081498360621131..comments2024-03-28T18:40:59.101+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: JAMES BOND'S ASTON MARTIN D.B.5 BY CORGI TOYS...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-88832158887933710492015-03-22T10:35:27.496+00:002015-03-22T10:35:27.496+00:00They did actually send me a Corgi freebie of a tru...They did actually send me a Corgi freebie of a truck and trailer. Later on, I was sent the gold chassis of a DB5, with which to convert a silver one I had. Salesman? Dunno about that. Salesman are supposed to 'talk up' the product, not point out its faults.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-10362847589785564592015-03-22T08:09:26.968+00:002015-03-22T08:09:26.968+00:00Did you get a free one after offering your observa...Did you get a free one after offering your observations! You could be a salesman for their company. :)moonmandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01426512355313104656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-49772799477928921782015-03-22T01:11:55.775+00:002015-03-22T01:11:55.775+00:00Walter the Softy, perhaps?Walter the Softy, perhaps?Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-41447059107669721132015-03-22T00:36:22.625+00:002015-03-22T00:36:22.625+00:00I've said before and I'll say it again. Fi...I've said before and I'll say it again. First of all kids are sadistic little buggers. We loved to see Bond dispatch the villains. Second the sex jokes went right over our heads. But what kid isn't going to be love a car with machine guns and an ejector seat!Philnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-59817628765380980482015-03-21T15:09:17.092+00:002015-03-21T15:09:17.092+00:00I think the adult (for the '60s) content of th...I think the adult (for the '60s) content of the Bond movies was probably why Corgi initially decided against basing a toy on the franchise, Ken. However, even wee kids knew who Bond was, because they heard their older brothers raving about the films. Corgi must've twigged to this fact and reconsidered their decision.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-76740709044330773182015-03-21T15:01:53.407+00:002015-03-21T15:01:53.407+00:00Happy memories of being taken to the first four Bo...Happy memories of being taken to the first four Bond movies. The Corgi DB5 was the toy to have! Years later I found it strange that the Bond movies,which were pretty violent and full of sexual innuendos (Pussy Galore being the uber innuendo that springs to mind), were obviously not made with 5 year olds in mind. Yet the 1960s 007 toy franchise was massive and probably in this country at least on a par with the flood of Batman merchandise during the years 1966/67. Go figure Mr Bond!<br /><br />Ken Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07753125912543544078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-46624752372321379002015-03-21T05:31:16.168+00:002015-03-21T05:31:16.168+00:00I was aware of James Bond in 1965, but only as a n...I was aware of James Bond in 1965, but only as a name associated with the Corgi car, TC. I didn't see my first Bond movie 'til 1972. Of course, And before I'd ever heard of 007, I also watched Man from U.N.C.L.E. and, later, Get Smart. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-3048352845560919102015-03-21T04:33:02.146+00:002015-03-21T04:33:02.146+00:00I remember seeing ads for the DB5, and other James...I remember seeing ads for the DB5, and other James Bond toys, in a catalog ca. 1965-66, but I never had any. It was a sort of catch-22: when I was young enough for toy cars and action figures, I was too young for Bond (and Flint, and Matt Helm) movies. <br /><br />I vaguely understood who "James Bond" was, since the name had already become a metaphor for a secret agent action hero. And I was aware of the spy-fi fad at the time, since I was allowed to read "T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents" and "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." And to watch "Man From U.N.C.L.E." and "Get Smart."TCnoreply@blogger.com