MI6 reviews the new "Quotable James Bond" trading cards from Rittenhouse, plus a complete checklist...

"Quotable James Bond" Review & Checklist
14th December 2004

This November, Rittenhouse launched their new "Quotable James Bond" trading card range. Like past card ranges, it is made up of several subsets - of which two are exclusive to the UK and USA.

The base set cards are double sided and are printed on high quality glossy card. The featured images are all monochrome and of excellent quality.

The cards feel worth the price, and it is nice to see Rittenhouse have not cut costs with the base set by producing a lower quality for the most commonly issued cards. Each card has two quotes from the twenty film series, hence the title for the range.

 

Official Blurb

This winter Rittenhouse Archives will release "The Quotable James Bond". An all new 100-card series featuring the classic quotes from all 20 James Bond movies. This set will feature all-new images of James Bond, his nemeses and the lovely ladies for which 007 films are known.

Each card will feature a classic quote and image on both the front and back allowing for 200 quotes and images in all! Each box will contain 40 packs of cards, and each pack will contain five cards. Collectors will be happy to note that each box is guaranteed to contain at least one 100-card base set and 2 Autograph Cards!


 

Star Signings
Included in the sets are genuine autograph cards from a wide range of Bond stars from Roger Moore to the lesser known cast members. Each of these cards is matte in finish on the autograph side with a small colour photo in the iris of the gun barrel showing the star in character. The reverse is gloss and gives you the star's character name and film title.

The exclusive US "Bond Girls are Forever" (example below) set uses the established font from last year's disappointing book of the same title. As with the autograph cards, one side is matte and the other gloss. The matte finish on this sub set creates a change to the glossy finish of the base set. The reverse gives character and actress names, with an alternative image and film title.



Above: Two examples of autograph cards.

The villain's cards use a similar font and layout to the "Vixens". The matte image is of high quality and the opposite side gives a different character image, actor, character name and film title.

Song cards use images from the opening credits of all 20 films where one side has chromed text and the other a dull grey. These double-sided cards are finished in gloss with alternative quotable song lyrics on each side.

Another set of autograph cards is available within the master set "Woman of James Bond" featuring a host of past female beauties. The matte side sports the autograph in a small rhombus shaped image of the star and autograph, and the gloss side gives the standard details established in other subsets.

 

"Villains & Vixens" cards are exclusive to the UK. They show a double-sided 9-card montage of Bond foes. The vixens make up one side the reverse is the villains.

 

There are several other subsets with the master set. "Vintage Bond" is a group of five cards depicting the five faces on James Bond. Other single cards, which are exclusives and chasers, can be seen in the checklist below.

Set Configuration: 100 Base Cards, 5 Cards Per Pack, 40 Packs Per Box, 12 Boxes Per Case.

Summary
Rittenhouse have produced high quality cards with a new spin, but it would have been a real treat if some of the cards had previously unreleased images from the films or behind the scenes stills.

Completing a full set of this new range of cards will be a challenge for any Bond fan.


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"Quotable James Bond" Checklist

Base Set

Reference Card Type Card Title
Base Set 1 Quote Cards You Only Live Twice / Goldfinger
Base Set 2 Quote Cards Die Another Day / Dr. No
Base Set 3 Quote Cards Tomorrow Never Dies / From Russia With Love
Base Set 4 Quote Cards From Russia With Love / Live and Let Die
Base Set 5 Quote Cards A View To A Kill / Thunderball
Base Set 6 Quote Cards Goldfinger / The Spy Who Loved Me
Base Set 7 Quote Cards You Only Live Twice / Octopussy
Base Set 8 Quote Cards Die Another Day / Diamonds Are Forever
Base Set 9 Quote Cards Dr No / A View To A Kill
Base Set 10 Quote Cards

The World Is Not Enough / Goldfinger

Base Set 11 Quote Cards Live and Let Die / The Living Daylights
Base Set 12 Quote Cards Moonraker / On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Base Set 13 Quote Cards The Man With the Golden Gun / Tomorrow Never Dies
Base Set 14 Quote Cards On Her Majesty's Secret Service / The Man With the Golden Gun
Base Set 15 Quote Cards Tomorrow Never Dies / From Russia With Love
Base Set 16 Quote Cards Diamonds Are Forever / Licence To Kill
Base Set 17 Quote Cards Licence To Kill / For Your Eyes Only
Base Set 18 Quote Cards Dr. No / On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Base Set 19 Quote Cards The World is Not Enough / Moonraker
Base Set 20 Quote Cards The Man With the Golden Gun / Goldeneye
Base Set 21 Quote Cards For Your Eyes Only / Goldfinger
Base Set 22 Quote Cards Dr. No / Octopussy
Base Set 23 Quote Cards Diamonds Are Forever / Tomorrow Never Dies
Base Set 24 Quote Cards Goldeneye / You Only Live Twice
Base Set 25 Quote Cards Moonraker / Dr. No
Base Set 26 Quote Cards On Her Majesty's Secret Service / The World is Not Enough
Base Set 27 Quote Cards Goldeneye / Diamonds Are Forever
Base Set 28 Quote Cards From Russia With Love / Goldeneye
Base Set 29 Quote Cards The Spy Who Loved Me / The Living Daylights
Base Set 30 Quote Cards Octopussy / Thunderball
Base Set 31 Quote Cards On Her Majesty's Secret Service / Tomorrow Never Dies
Base Set 32 Quote Cards Live and Let Die / A View To Kill
Base Set 33 Quote Cards Tomorrow Never Dies / Dr. No
Base Set 34 Quote Cards Die Another Day / Tomorrow Never Dies
Base Set 35 Quote Cards Goldfinger / Diamonds Are Forever
Base Set 36 Quote Cards Goldeneye / The Spy Who Loved Me
Base Set 37 Quote Cards Thunderball / You Only Live Twice
Base Set 38 Quote Cards Die Another Day / Goldeneye
Base Set 39 Quote Cards Licence To Kill / The Man With the Golden Gun
Base Set 40 Quote Cards The Living Daylights / From Russia With Love
Base Set 41 Quote Cards Die Another Day / Goldeneye
Base Set 42 Quote Cards You Only Live Twice / On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Base Set 43 Quote Cards For Your Eyes Only / Die Another Day
Base Set 44 Quote Cards Goldeneye / Goldfinger
Base Set 45 Quote Cards The Man With the Golden Gun / Moonraker
Base Set 46 Quote Cards From Russia With Love / Octopussy
Base Set 47 Quote Cards Die Another Day / Dr. No
Base Set 48 Quote Cards The Spy Who Loved Me / For Your Eyes Only
Base Set 49 Quote Cards Dr. No / Licence To Kill
Base Set 50 Quote Cards Tomorrow Never Dies / Thunderball
Base Set 51 Quote Cards Die Another Day / Diamonds Are Forever
Base Set 52 Quote Cards You Only Live Twice / Moonraker
Base Set 53 Quote Cards Thunderball / The World Is Not Enough
Base Set 54 Quote Cards Moonraker / Live and Let Die
Base Set 55 Quote Cards Dr. No / Die Another Day
Base Set 56 Quote Cards The Spy Who Loved Me / Goldeneye
Base Set 57 Quote Cards Goldfinger / Moonraker
Base Set 58 Quote Cards Live and Let Die / Die Another Day
Base Set 59 Quote Cards A View To A Kill / You Only Live Twice
Base Set 60 Quote Cards Thunderball / Goldeneye
Base Set 61 Quote Cards Dr. No / The Man With the Golden Gun
Base Set 62 Quote Cards The Living Daylights / Die Another Day
Base Set 63 Quote Cards Goldeneye / On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Base Set 64 Quote Cards On Her Majesty's Secret Service / The World Is Not Enough
Base Set 65 Quote Cards Tomorrow Never Dies / Dr. No
Base Set 66 Quote Cards Moonraker / Octopussy
Base Set 67 Quote Cards Diamonds Are Forever / Tomorrow Never Dies
Base Set 68 Quote Cards The World Is Not Enough / Moonraker
Base Set 69 Quote Cards From Russia With Love / Goldfinger
Base Set 70 Quote Cards Diamonds Are Forever / The Living Daylights
Base Set 71 Quote Cards Licence To Kill / Diamonds Are Forever
Base Set 72 Quote Cards Thunderball / The World Is Not Enough
Base Set 73 Quote Cards Goldfinger / Live and Let Die
Base Set 74 Quote Cards Octopussy / Licence To Kill
Base Set 75 Quote Cards Live and Let Die / Dr. No
Base Set 76 Quote Cards For Your Eyes Only / Diamonds Are Forever
Base Set 77 Quote Cards You Only Live Twice / For Your Eyes Only
Base Set 78 Quote Cards The Man With the Golden Gun / Tomorrow Never Dies
Base Set 79 Quote Cards The Spy Who Loved Me / Thunderball
Base Set 80 Quote Cards On Her Majesty's Secret Service / The World Is Not Enough
Base Set 81 Quote Cards The Living Daylights / Dr. No
Base Set 82 Quote Cards The Man With the Golden Gun / Tomorrow Never Dies
Base Set 83 Quote Cards Tomorrow Never Dies / Thunderball
Base Set 84 Quote Cards Diamonds Are Forever / The Man With the Golden Gun
Base Set 85 Quote Cards From Russia With Love / Goldeneye
Base Set 86 Quote Cards For Your Eyes Only / On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Base Set 87 Quote Cards Goldeneye / Moonraker
Base Set 88 Quote Cards Thunderball / The Living Daylights
Base Set 89 Quote Cards Octopussy / You Only Live Twice
Base Set 90 Quote Cards Goldfinger / Tomorrow Never Dies
Base Set 91 Quote Cards Live and Let Die / Diamonds Are Forever
Base Set 92 Quote Cards On Her Majesty's Secret Service / A View To A Kill
Base Set 93 Quote Cards Licence To Kill / Dr. No
Base Set 94 Quote Cards Diamonds Are Forever / Goldeneye
Base Set 95 Quote Cards For Your Eyes Only / Thunderball
Base Set 96 Quote Cards From Russia With Love / Moonraker
Base Set 97 Quote Cards The Spy Who Loved Me / Goldfinger
Base Set 98 Quote Cards A View To A Kill / Live and Let Die
Base Set 99 Quote Cards You Only Live Twice / Diamonds Are Forever
Base Set 100 Quote Cards Moonraker / Dr. No

1:10 Packs

Reference Card Type Card Title
T01 Theme Songs The World Is Not Enough / Goldfinger
T02 Theme Songs A View To A Kill / Diamonds Are Forever
T03 Theme Songs The Living Daylights / Moonraker
T04 Theme Songs The Man With The Golden Gun / For Your Eyes Only
T05 Theme Songs Goldeneye / On Her Majesty's Secret Service
T06 Theme Songs Live And Let Die / Thunderball
T07 Theme Songs Octopussy / The Spy Who Loved Me
T08 Theme Songs Licence to Kill / You Only Live Twice
T09 Theme Songs Tomorrow Never Dies / Die Another Day
T10 Theme Songs From Russia With Love / Dr. No

1:14 Packs

Reference Card Type Card Title
F01 Bond Villains Dr. No from "Dr. No"
F02 Bond Villains Rosa Klebb from "from Russia With Love"
F03 Bond Villains Auric Goldfinger from "Goldfinger"
F04 Bond Villains Emilio Largo from "Thunderball"
F05 Bond Villains Blofeld from "You Only Live Twice"
F06 Bond Villains Blofeld from "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
F07 Bond Villains Blofeld from "Diamonds Are Forever"
F08 Bond Villains Dr. Kananga from "Live And Let Die"
F09 Bond Villains Francisco Scaramanga from "The Man With The Golden Gun"
F10 Bond Villains Karl Stromberg from "The Spy Who Loved Me"
F11 Bond Villains Hugo Drax from "Moonraker"
F12 Bond Villains Aris Kristatos from "For Your Eyes Only"
F13 Bond Villains Kamal Khan from "Octopussy"
F14 Bond Villains Max Zorin from "A View To A Kill"
F15 Bond Villains General Koskov from "The Living Daylights"
F16 Bond Villains Franz Sanchez from "Licence to Kill"
F17 Bond Villains Alec Trevelyan 006 from "Goldeneye"
F18 Bond Villains Elliot Carver from "Tomorrow Never Dies"
F19 Bond Villains Elektra King from "The World Is Not Enough"
F20 Bond Villains Gustav Graves from "Die Another Day"

1:40 Packs - U.S. Exclusive

Reference Card Type Card Title
BG21 Bond Girls Are Forever Elektra King from "The World Is Not Enough"
BG22 Bond Girls Are Forever Fiona Volpe from "Thunderball"
BG23 Bond Girls Are Forever Jill Masterson from "Goldfinger"
BG24 Bond Girls Are Forever Miranda Frost from "Die Another Day"
BG25 Bond Girls Are Forever Paris Carver from "Goldfinger"
BG26 Bond Girls Are Forever Sylvia Trench from "Dr. No"
BG27 Bond Girls Are Forever Xenia Onatopp from "Goldeneye"
BG28 Bond Girls Are Forever Lupe Lamora from "Licence to Kill"
BG29 Bond Girls Are Forever Patricia Fearing from "Thunderball"

1:40 Packs U.K. Exclusive

UK1 -> UK9 "Villains And Vixens" montages.

1:120 Packs - Numbered #1 -> #700

Reference Card Type Card Title
VB1 Vintage Bond Sean Connery
VB2 Vintage Bond George Lazenby
VB3 Vintage Bond Roger Moore
VB4 Vintage Bond Timothy Dalton
VB5 Vintage Bond Pierce Brosnan

1:20 Packs - Autograph Cards

Reference Card Type Card Title
A04 Autograph Cards Serena Scott-Thomas as Dr. Molly Warmflash in "Goldeneye"
A28 Autograph Cards Sophie Marceau as Elektra King in "The World Is Not Enough"
A29 Autograph Cards Roger Moore as James Bond
A30 Autograph Cards Michelle Yeoh as Wai Lin in "Tomorrow Never Dies"
A31 Autograph Cards Martine Beswick as Paula Caplan in "Thunderball"
A33 Autograph Cards Mollie Peters as Patricia Fearing in "Thunderball"
A34 Autograph Cards Blanche Ravalec as Dolly in "Moonraker"
A35 Autograph Cards Deborah Moore as Air Hostess in "Die Another Day"
A36 Autograph Cards Will Yun Lee as Colonel Moon in "Die Another Day"
A38 Autograph Cards Lawrence Makoare as Mr. Kil in "Die Another Day"
A39 Autograph Cards John Wyman as Eric Kriegler in "For Your Eyes Only"
A40 Autograph Cards Jan Willams as Masseuse in "From Russia With Love"
A41 Autograph Cards Douglas Wilmer as Jim Fanning in "Octopussy"
A42 Autograph Cards John Moreno as Luigi Ferrara in "For Your Eyes Only"
A43 Autograph Cards Michael Billington as Sergei Barsov in "The Spy Who Loved Me"
A44 Autograph Cards Shane Rimmer as Commander Carter in "The Spy Who Loved Me"
A45 Autograph Cards Carey Lowell as Pam Bouvier in "Licence To Kill"
A46 Autograph Cards Maria Grazia Cucinotta as Cigar Girl in "The World Is Not Enough"
A47 Autograph Cards Burt Kwouk as Mr. Ling in "Goldfinger"
A48 Autograph Cards Rachel Grant as Peaceful Fountains of Desire in "Die Another Day"
A49 Autograph Cards Madeline Smith as Miss Caruso in "Live And Let Die"
WA16 Autograph Cards Sophie Marceau as Elektra King in "The World Is Not Enough"
WA17 Autograph Cards Michelle Yeoh as Wai Lin in "Tomorrow Never Dies"
WA18 Autograph Cards Serena Scott-Thomas as Dr. Molly Warmflash in "Goldeneye"
WA20 Autograph Cards Mollie Peters as Patricia Fearing in "Thunderball"
WA21 Autograph Cards Carey Lowell as Pam Bouvier in "Licence To Kill"
WA22 Autograph Cards Maria Grazia Cucinotta as Cigar Girl in "The World Is Not Enough"
WA23 Autograph Cards Martine Beswick as Paula Caplan in "Thunderball"
WA24 Autograph Cards Rachel Grant as Peaceful Fountains of Desire in "Die Another Day"
WA25 Autograph Cards Madeline Smith as Miss Caruso in "Live And Let Die"
     
A32 Autograph Cards Unavailable for this series
A37 Autograph Cards Unavailable for this series

Miscellaneous

Reference Card Type Card Title
P1 Promo Card General Distribution Promo Card
P2 Promo Card Non-Sport Update Regular Issue
P3 Promo Card Album Exclusive
NSU1   Non-Sport Update Show Exclusive Issue

Exclusive U.S. Case Topper Autograph Card = Maryam d'Abo as Kara Milovy in "The Living Daylights"

Exclusive U.K. Case Topper Autograph Card = Shirley Eaton as Jill Masterson in "Goldfinger"

Multi-Case Purchase Incentive Card = Richard Kiel Autograph Card as Jaws in "Moonraker"