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'James Bond's Aston Martin DB5'
Corgi Toys, 1965, Toy
'James Bond's Aston Martin DB5'
'James Bond's Aston Martin DB5'
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Item no
20830
Title
'James Bond's Aston Martin DB5'
Description
Model car 'James Bond's Aston Martin DB5', as featured in James Bond films. The toy car is gold in colour with a grey base and unpainted wheels. The interior is red and made of plastic. The car includes a grey and pink 'James Bond ' figure and a passenger. The ejector seat and shield mechanism can be triggered using a button located at the base. There are also machine guns on the front of the car which are triggered by a mechanism at the front of the base. The car has a plastic window screen. When the ejector seat button is pushed, the passenger figure is ejected high into the air.
Artist / maker
Corgi Toys
Date
1965
Size
12.8cm
Type
Toy
Location
Museum of Childhood
Accession number
MC230.92
James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 from the film Goldfinger was issued in October 1965. A version of the car is still in production today. Over seven million were sold. The DB 5 car was used in the movies Goldfinger and Thunderball.
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1960s - Five Decades of Toys (1950-2000)
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