Still, they are better made than most HK
stuff, original sculpts and James Bond related, and it's that which keeps their
value-up. We're not looking at the figures today, but the oddity of the line -
the baddies' vehicles - which come in at a passable 1:76/72nd scale.
Gilbert's carded James Bond Action Toys of
Doctor No's Dragon Tank (turned out to be DUKW I seem to recall and the
two-into-one hydrofoil of Mr. Largo. reflection is always a problem
photographing blistered sets and this was further complicated by being shot
outside on a blazing-hot day!
The 'tank' which is passed off as a dragon
in the swamps of Dr. No's secret island base and which - in the film - was
equipped with a flame-thrower. I do have a lose one (or two, but the second is
broken?) of these somewhere so we will return to it in close-up one day, but
suffice to say, if you press the nipple on the cupola, the flame-mouth shoots
forwards a centimeter or so, with all the spectacle of a biscuit breaking! Hay,
they were simpler times!
The silver shaft - looking like a
convincing gun-barrel is actually the mast of the boat sticking up behind the
tank!
Not so clear images for Largo's boat, but
basically it's two halves with the rear, stern section clipping over the hull
of the forward part, to be jettisoned in the bath for a quick getaway!
That's it - expensive rack-toys - they're
a bit of an oxymoron!
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