Showing posts with label James Bond. Show all posts
Showing posts with label James Bond. Show all posts

Saturday, 25 July 2015

Great Unreleased Doctor Who Merchandise of the 20th Century - part 256

The Whomobile Action Pursuit Set - Palitoy - c1974

How cool would this have been? 

Okay. It might be adapted from an old James Bond Thunderball Action Pursuit Set but at least it came with accurate plastic Whomobile, Bessie and police car models. (One-man hovercraft sold separately) 

Sadly all the effort that the toy designers put into this little piece of toy heaven came to nothing. Jon Pertwee was so furious that his image was being used without his knowledge, that he walked out of the Doctor Who television series and was never heard of again. 

No prototypes of this toy are known to exist. Ever.

Wednesday, 17 December 2014

New Direction for Next James Bond Movie

Following the recent revelation of the leaking of the script for the new James Bond film as a result of the SONY hacking case, its producers announce a new direction for the franchise...