James Bond

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

I was kidding by the way!

Hey Harry, say hello to the modern-day Helen of Troy:

[Zorba]

Hey Harry, say hello to the modern-day Helen of Troy:

STOP! NOW!

I call Bullshit!!!! on that....this gross and disgusting skank wouldnt launch one rat filled sloop let alone a thousand ships.

[Harry Caul]

this gross and disgusting skank wouldnt launch one rat filled sloop let alone a thousand ships.

Well put Zorba. 

I'm not gonna fall for your Winehouse bait again Mel... I might catch something just thinking about her.

[Zorba]

Once again Mel....Sweeeet.

   

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

Dave Lieberman posted this pic on MOPO of one of his employee Jenna, who is a part-time model, in a Goldfinger pose:

[brude]

That is exactly why I only buy from Dave...
just knowing she might have touched my purchase makes me HAPPY!!!

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

We're coming up on 50 years of James Bond, so I put together virtually every James Bond English language theater one sheet (not any other size) I could find - including some obscure ones - and put them on a poster in chronological order.  They probably will issue some sort of official 50th anniversary poster but it won't include many of these.  The image coming from Pbucket is a little blurry but the attached image is clearer.  I have a full-blown 300dpi 27x41 I'm going to print out eventually:

[brude]

Mel, you are a man possessed.  Nice job, dude!

[originalcinemaposters]

nice job Mel!

Adz could do a similarly spectacular one with all the posters in his collection....

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

Mel, you are a man possessed.  Nice job, dude!

Yes one of these days I will escape from poster world! I've been threatening to take a surf school vacation in Costa Rica, which may kick me back into the real world

[Adz931]

I like that, Mel!
Nice one!

[eatbrie]

Yes one of these days I will escape from poster world! I've been threatening to take a surf school vacation in Costa Rica, which may kick me back into the real world

Mel, in all honesty, that sounds better than any poster collecting bullshit.  You should already be there.

[kovacs01]

Better get doin' some squats too.  I did my fair share in Okinawa, and I always found the toll on the quads the most taxing aspect.

[Harry Caul]

What's the deal Mel?  Any true bond collector knows there are two Goldfinger 1-sheets... a glossy and a matte!   

Nice job by the way.  What percentage of those listed do you own now?

We're coming up on 50 years of James Bond, so I put together virtually every James Bond English language theater one sheet (not any other size) I could find - including some obscure ones - and put them on a poster in chronological order.  They probably will issue some sort of official 50th anniversary poster but it won't include many of these.  The image coming from Pbucket is a little blurry but the attached image is clearer.  I have a full-blown 300dpi 27x41 I'm going to print out eventually:

[Harry Caul]

And as long as I'm nit-picking... there are 2 original Thunderballs as well.  The one with the jetpack that extends above the border and the one with the extra foot in the lower right.

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

Here's a much larger version of the anniversary picture, with a couple of corrections:

http://posternirvana.com/misc/Bond.html

Here's my current Bond collection:

http://posternirvana.com/myposters/Series_James_Bond.html

Harry, thanks for the info!  I only had space for 81 posters, so I didn't use minor variants.  It's mostly to show the evolution of Bond posters over time.

[eatbrie]

Well said and said well, Thierry.  Of course, that wisdom is coming from the guy with "4,800 posters and counting"! 

It's gonna happen in the next three months.  Surfing is extremely physically demanding. I'm getting back in peak swimming shape for it - yesterday swam 1 mile in 29 minutes, so I'm almost ready.

Good for you.  I can run (13 marathons and counting  ), but I can't swim for shit (which is kinda sad since I live in Southern Cal).  I almost drowned when I was 7, and I remember it as if it happened yesterday.  My wife does Triathlons, and I'm in awe.  So anyone who can swim a mile gets my admiration.

[originalcinemaposters]

I love surfing too, haven't tried Costa Rica but i hear its cool.

I would recommend Lacanau, France and Freights/Silversands Barbados for a chilled out vibe too

The older you get the bigger the board you tend to ride... mine is 8ft 10" these days!

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

I like that, Mel!
Nice one!

By the way Adz, your excuses for hiding your collection - if it actually exists - are totally lame but your Bondposters.com website is pretty cool, although excessively commercialized.

[originalcinemaposters]

oh Jesus! dont start that one again

yes its starting to look quite good but cant help noticing that most of the images are from 007 magazine rather than from the infamous Adz collection

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

I can't afford the original Goldfinger quad but I did land the next big thing today - the 2007 official re-release quad by Park Circus (it is a full 40x30 poster, not undersized).  This is the seller's pic.  It wasn't cheap, so I'm hoping it looks impressive in person:

[Harry Caul]

Does anyone know the details about the UK re-release of Thunderball in 2000?  LAMP is the only site I've been able to find with a photo of artwork which AFAIK is unique compared to all the other T-ball posters.  They have it listed as a 35th anniversary re-release.  Other than that, though, I've been searching the interwebs all morning and can't find any other references to this poster.  Nada.  Does anyone have one of these?  Or does anyone have an idea of what these might sell for?  I don't think it is a Park Circus release as they weren't founded as a company until 2003...


LAMP'S PHOTO COURTESY OF CINEARTGALLERY



I figure it must be rare as even Adz doesn't have it listed on his site  Here is the one I'm considering purchasing -- it is removable from the frame I'm told.

[Harry Caul]

Sorry to bump this so soon... But I need to give the seller an answer soon. Thanks!

[Simes]

This isn't for a re-release of the film.

It is just a celebration of the film with some artwork that was rejected for the marketing campaign.  I think it was commissioned by a group called Spyguise, an ebay site dedicated to selling original and memorabilia.

So it is not 30x40 and it is an unofficial poster.

$50.  It is a more explosive design than the UK quad artwork.

[Harry Caul]

Thanks Simes!  Adding "spyguise" to my search terms as helped considerably.  This site dedicated to The Art of James Bond has some cool insights about the Thunderball variations... including some of the unused original drawings which are present in the spyguise poster.  This one for instance:



They mention the poster in question as a "limited edition".  Do you (or anyone) know what the print numbers were limited to?  I have the option to buy this for $75 so I'm still not sure if I should go through with the purchase...

By the way, check out some of the other variations on the classic Thunderball artwork from that site... It would have been awesome if they used the original McGinnis drawing (1)!  At least they brought back some of the cleavage for the Italian paper (3).