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MI6 reports on all the James Bond exhibits at the
UK Memorabilia show held on November 27th 2004...
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Memorabilia Event - November 2004
29th November 2004
Memorabilia is a bi-annual show hosted at the NEC (Birmingham,
UK) and this November there was a distinct 007 flavour to the
proceedings. Aside from the many bargains to be found amongst
the 700+ retailers, the focus of Bond fans at the event was on
the special James Bond feature that displayed all of the recent
and forthcoming 007 licenced merchandise.
Another exclusive for the UK was the unveiling of the limited edition
Carrera "Goldfinger" scalextric set which drew lots of
attention, especially the faithfully recreated scale models of Bond's
Aston Martin DB5 and Tilly Masterson's Ford Mustang from the 1964
film. The new James Bond edition of
"Scene
It?" the DVD game also had it's UK premiere at the show
and visitors to the stand got a sneak preview of some of the questions
that will be testing Bond fan's knowledge in the New Year.
Titan's latest title from their remastered James Bond comic strip
series, "Goldfinger"
(released a day prior to the show), was on display for those fans
curious about the mysterious endings to the included story "Thunderball",
along with a complete set of Titan Classics which were up for
grabs in a prize draw. Penguin
USA were also over in the UK with a display of their republished
Ian Fleming novels - complete with retro artwork by Richie
Fahey.
As well as a cornucopia of new 007 merchandise, many special
guests from the films, past and present, were in attendance to
sign autographs. Amongst the line-up were Colin Salmon (TND, TWINE,
DAD), Maryam d'Abo (TLD), Richard Kiel (TSWLM, MR), Lawrence Makoare
(DAD), Caroline Munro (TSWLM), Blanche Ravalec (MR), Eunice Gayson
(DN, FRWL), Jan Williams (FRWL), Madeline Smith (LALD), Martine
Beswick (FRWL, TB), Nikki Van Der Zyl (DN, FRWL, TB), Shane Rimmer
(YOLT, DAF, TSWLM), Thomas Wheatley (TLD), Valerie Leon (MR),
Virginia Hey (TLD) and Paul Darrow (DAD).
Stay tuned to MI6 for news of the next Memorabilia show in
2005.