JAMES
BOND LIMITED EDITION PREVIEW SET (Rittenhouse)
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Release
Date |
12
June 2002 |
Set Configuration:
6 Base cards
2002 Complete sets
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Saturday
5th October 2002 was the 40th anniversary of the first James Bond
movie “Dr. No”. As a runner-up to that special event,
the new American based trading card manufacturer “Rittenhouse
Archive Ltd” presents us with a “James Bond Limited Edition
Preview Set” trading card set. This new card set exist of only
six UV coated foil cards and was limited to only 2002 sets. The first
card depicted the new 40th anniversary logo and a unique card set
number. The other cards showed a colour still of one actor who played
James Bond; Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton
& Pierce Brosnan. The card reverse providing all the James Bond
movie titles for the actor shown in the front. The cards were numbered
from JB1 thru JB6.
“Rittenhouse
Archive Ltd” is situated on 1254 Cox Road in Jenkintown, PA
19046. The Limited Edition Preview cards where packed in a very simple
transparent wrapper. In contrary to the production limit, this small
card set is reasonable cheap to acquire on eBay and other on-line
retail shops. The “James Bond Limited Edition Preview Set”
is the first set of James Bond trading cards in a very long series
that will be produced by this new American company going by the name
of “Rittenhouse Archives Ltd”.
The company was founded in 1999 by Steven M. Charendoff. “Rittenhouse
Archives Ltd.” is highly specialised in science fiction and
fantasy collector’s items, such as trading cards, audio cards,
limited edition memorabilia, etc… Today the company holds more
then a dozen licences, such as;
•
Star Trek
• James Bond
• Farscape
• Stargate SG-1 |
• Conan
• Xena
• The Twilight Zone
• The Outer Limits |
• The Six Million Dollar Man
• Battlestar Galactica
• WNBA
• The Dead Zone |
“Rittenhouse Archive Ltd” is located on 1254 Cox Road
in Jenkintown, PA 19046. The
Limited Edition Preview cards where packed in a very simple transparent
wrapper. Contrary to the production limit, this small card set is
reasonable cheap to acquire on eBay or other on-line retail shops.

"Simply packed in a transparent
wrapper"
Check
List: |
Base
Cards |
[ ] 1 40th Anniversary Logo and set numbering
[ ] 2 Sean Connery
[ ] 3 George Lazenby
[ ] 4 Roger Moore
[ ] 5 Timothy Dalton
[ ] 6 Pierce Brosnan |
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