What I thought I'd do this time was to give you a brief description of what is currently on the market or what is about to hit the stores as it relates to James Bond. I won't really be giving a good or poor rating to each item because I believe that if you are truly a die-hard Bond collector you don't really care if the item is of high quality or a piece of junk. Just so long as it has 007 or James Bond printed on it somewhere.

Each year there is a Bond film being produced I am fortunate to be given a licensee list of everyone in the US who is producing a Bond-related product. Over the last few years I've even had the pleasure of consulting on several Bond products.

For those of you who were around when 007 was at its peak during the mid '60's I feel that right now we are as close to that same market frenzy as we were back then. I think the time is now if you have been thinking about starting that James Bond collection you always wanted.

I am not going to list every item that is currently available. As soon as I try to do that something else would come along and the list would be outdated anyway. I will instead list the things that you should have no problem walking into a store and purchasing. I will try and list a few things that should be out shortly.

1. 007 artwork magnets by Ata-Boy Inc.
2. Watches by Bensussen Deutsch. This was also an item you could get by buying the Nintendo game.
3. Postcards by Classico San Francisco.
4. Fantastic 007 Aston-Martin by Danbury Mint.
5. Checks for your personal checking account by Deluxe Corp.
6. 007 tin poster signs by Desperate Enterprises.
7. 007 ink pens by Eversharp Pen Co.
8. "TND" 3 007 dolls by Exclusive Toy Products (Only at Toys-R-US).
9. 2 different 007 watches by Fossil (Higher class department stores).
10. Collectors plates by Franklin Mint.
11. "Senigraph" 007 prints by Hollywood Archive.
12. T-shirts and more from The Ian Fleming Foundation.
13. Fantastic 007 trading cards and binders by Inkworks. (Highly recomended).
14. Pins, toy phones, glasses, keychains by IPI.
15. Jackets, watches and much more at the MGM Studio store.
16. Nintendo 64 "Goldeneye" game (If you can find one).
17. Line of men s cologne by Paris Designs. (4 different).
18. Collectors cars and vehicles by Playing Mantis (Coming early or mid 98).
19. Ties and boxers by Ralph Marlin and Co.
20. Gadget replicas by SD Studios (May take a little wait but well worth it).
21. Mini leather "TND" briefcase by Secret Identitee.
22. Telephone debit cards by Smarttalk Teleservices Inc.
23. "Thunderball" limited edition poster by Spy Guise. Highly recommend these guys for lots of 007stuff.
24. Starlog special edition magazines.
25. T-shirts, mugs, and hats by Stitchery Studios Inc.
26. 007 calendars by te Neues Publishing Co.
27. Collector Stamps, Gold Stamps and Coins by Volpone Stamp Co. Inc.
28. Zippo lighters.
29. Smirnoff Vodka pro-mo. T-shirts and premiums.
30. Heineken pro-mo. Jackets, hats and beer glasses.
31. L oreal cosmetics. (Store displays are nice).
32. Visa.
33. Avis car rental.
34. "TND" paperback by Raymond Benson.
35. Ericsson mobile phones has a 007 contest with cool prizes.
36. Corgi Classics are back. Aston Martin, Moonbuggy, Lotus, Toyota 2000GT. (All come with a cool figure).
37. Dozens of magazines with 007 ads.
38. New soundtracks and CD singles.

The Ian Fleming Foundation carries a lot of this stuff, as does Spy Guise. Also the James Bond Collectors club in the UK has a wide variety as well.

Good hunting and remember "The world is not enough".

©1997 by Doug Redenius