Whether you are young or old there is a part of you that would love to live in the high stakes world of James Bond. Fast cars, swish hotels and bringing evil villans to justice, its a fast paced and exiting world that James Bond lives in. Even people who don’t like James Bond have a soft spot for all the James Bond Toys and gadgets that appear in the movie. James Bond toys have a great appeal to people of all ages as they let them get just that little bit closer to living the high life of a secret agent. There have been a number of James Bond Toys released in the past, but with every new James Bond movie release, there are a number of useful and entertaining toys that go along with it. so without further dely, I present to you:
The Top 5 James Bond Toys
James Bond Toy #5
Remember this bad boy from Die Another Day? Who could forget it? Flying down Icelandic mountains at a frantic pace, bouncing of huge snow banks and pulling off jumps and drops over hunderds of feet - all while under sporatic gunfire from the bad guys in hot pursuit.
Ski-doo went ahead and released a 007 edition of their snowmobile for the avid James Bond fan who wants it all! Commanding a price of $11,00 this James Bond Toy might be a little too pricey for most James Bond fans, which is why it has come in at number 5 on our James Bond Toys list.
James Bond Toy #4
World’s most dangerous suitcase.
The stylish suitcase carried by James Bond to his meeting in From Russia with Love, was not only the pinnacle of fashion, but also packed a deadly arsenal of weapons, projectile knife, 40 rounds of ammunition, tear gas disguised as talcum powder and with the feature that it will explode if it isn’t opened properly- its a wonder he had any space left to actually hold any paperwork.
You’d never feel under-prepared walking into a meeting with this briefcase in you hand.
James Bond Toy #3
Full size remote control car.
Most people have had a remote control car at one time or another, the little eletric engine buzzing as it darts across the street and into your neighbours hedges. Well James Bond isn’t content with a small electric version and in Tomorrow Never Dies, gets his hands on his own remote control car - only that its a fully sized and fatured BMW. Not only that, he can control all the guns, rockets, caltrops and every other weapon and gizmo on the car through his remote control. You’d have a hard time topping that!
James Bond Toy #2
Jetpack!
Thre’s not much to be said about the jetpack that it doesn’t already say for itself. Falling off a cliff - jetpack, quick escape from bad guys - jetpack, need to scale the wall of a villans fortress - jetpack.
If James Bond had a jetpack on hand more often, the movies would be over a lot quicker as it would help him aviod 50% of his problems.
Which brings us to…
James Bond Toy #1
James Bond’s Super Secret Agent Car.
Now I use the broad term ‘car’ here only becuase he changes vehicles more often than a politician changes their mind. A quick list of cars off the top of my head says that he has driven an Aston Martin, BMW, Ferrari, Lotus, Audi, Saab and so forth and so on. In fact, the list for the cars he hasn’t driven would probably be shorter.
But no matter the car, they always come packed to the gills with handy gadgets and defensive mechanisms such as smoke screen, tyre shredders, machine guns, rockets, ejector seats and even high pressure water hoses in the exhaust pipes.
I sure many readers will have other ideas about what the best James Bond Toys were, or if you think a different toy deserves to be in the list, please leave a comment and let me know!
What’s next? Popcorn without kernels? Gimme a break!
Entertainment reporter Tim Estiloz profiles the amazing spy gadgets that James Bond 007 has used throughout his history on film. From Dr. NO to Goldfinger and more… every 007 film has showcased amazing stunts and gadgetry that’s helped Bond out of many tight an dangerous situations. This video also showcases a montage of many of those gadgets over the decades.