JAMES BOND CAR COLLECTION GUIDE TO RELEASES

UPDATED JUNE 12 2008

total of 58 cars planned including 3 specials that were only available to people that subscribed.

Special Issues

Renault 11 topless/backless , T55 tank, Little Nellie gyrocopter.

These 3 can be somewhat rare and command higher prices given they were limited in production.

Magazine issues

1. DB5  Goldfinger  Swissroad, tyre slashers
2. Aston Martin Vanquish Die Another Day Ice palace exterior 
3. Lotus Esprit The Spy Who Loved Me Underwater version 
4. BMW Z8 The World Is Not Enough - with Saw
5. Citroen 2CV For Your Eyes Only Mountain road chase  
6. Jag XKR Die Another Day Inside Ice Palace
7. Toyota 2000 You Only Live Twice Tokyo road, Tanaka's heli magnet, TV monitor
8. Lotus Esprit Turbo For Your Eyes Only Maroon Lotus in snowy mountains with Skis
9. BMW Z3 GoldenEye Cuba with Wade's plane
10. Ferrari 355 GoldenEye Cliff chase with DB5 
11.  DB5 Thunderball French chateau with oil cannons in exhausts
12. Aston Martin DBS On Her Majesty's Secret Service Beach, 
13.  Mustang Mach 1 Diamonds Are Forever Vegas Strip 
14.  Aston Martin V8 Vantage The Living Daylights Ice lake  
15.  BMW 750i Tomorrow Never Dies  
16.  Lotus Esprit  The Spy Who Loved Me  
17.  Sunbeam Alpine Dr No Cliff chase 
18.  Triumph Stag  Diamonds Are Forever Amsterdam bridges
19.  MGB  The Man With The Golden Gun Hong Kong 
20.  Aston Martin DBS Casino Royale r  
21. Cougar  On Her Majesty's Secret Service Race track beaten about
22.  Corvorado - Cadillac Eldorado 
23.  Mercedes 250 SE  - GENERAL ORLOV Octopussy
24.  Mini Moke - Live and let Die
25. Aston Martin DB5 factory chase Goldfinger - roof off
26. LADA 1500 -  split in 2 - the living daylights
27. FORD THUNDERBIRD - JINX Die another Day
28. AMC HORNET - MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
29. TUK TUK taxi - Octopussy
30. Ford Mustang convertible - Thunderball
31. Moon Buggy - Diamonds are forever
32. Mercedes 600 - OHMSS
33. Chevrolet Bel Air - Dr NO
34. RANGE ROVER - Tomorrow never dies. 
35. Ford Mustang - Goldfinger
36. ZAZ 956A - Goldeneye
37. Chevrolet Corvette - View to a Kill

This collection contains lots of cars that have not been modelled before, its a nice cheap way to collect a very full representation of James Bond cars. Im pretty sure the TUK TUK. Mini Moke, Split LADA, Corvorado, Merc 250Se, Merc 600, ZAZ-986A  and Cougar (in its beaten up state) havent been seen before as a 1/43 model. .. please correct me if im wrong.

The cars are made by UH (Universal Hobbies) in China, and to be quite honest theyre not bad for the price you are asked to pay for them.

They are so much better than what Corgi is offering at the moment from their James Bond collection.

The list above shows current releases. Most are available on ebay. It is said that this series will finish at number 55 .. this was originally 40.

I have also noticed that there is a stream of cars coming in from Hong Kong, unboxed, i have to assume they are coming out of the factory back door. Sometimes you can obtain the next (unsealed/unboxed) model weeks before its UK release.

things to watch out for when buying ..

• Broken plastic boxes .. due to the way these items are delivered .. sometimes in jiffy bubble bags !!!! .. they can suffer cracks .. make sure your seller packs it in a box.. or that you are aware and the seller states there is a crack in the box in the auction.
• Missing parts - sometimes the parts fall off or are missing .. have seen db5 and Toyota 2000 with no spinners and 250 se with wheels fallen off if you talk nicely to the manufacturer they will actually help you out.. possibly even send you a new one.
• Reversed boxes - the base of the box is put on the wrong way and the name of the car and film canot be seen .. this is a production finishing fault.
• Sealed- non sealed !! - Items are normally sealed in a white cardboard base and clear plastic cover, its up to you .. will hold value better if sealed .. ie guaranteed not handled .... from my selling experiences non sealed command much lower prices than sealed.