JAMES
BOND 50th ANNIVERSARY SERIES 1 (Rittenhouse)
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Release
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2 May 2012 |
Set Configuration:
99 Base cards
6 Cards per pack
24 Packs per box
12 Boxes per case
7000 Boxes
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What we all
have been waiting for happened in February 2012. Rittenhouse Archives
Ltd. announces the “James Bond 50th Anniversary” trading
card set. A ninety-nine card base set featuring the action and excitement
of all 22 movies, from "Dr. No" to "Quantum of Solace".
Each card features both gold foil and embossing to mark the five decades
of Bond. The release date for this stunning trading card series is set
for the 2nd May. A first glance at the checklist appeared on the Rittenhouse
website on the 11th April, for the complete checklist we had to wait
until the 17th April. For the first time in the James Bond trading card
history each box is guaranteed to have three autograph cards and a complete
base set. Four hundred and six new cards, yes that’s the total
for the whole set and that's just for the first series, the James Bond
50th Anniversary second series is expected to be released during the
fall of 2012 to coincide with the 23rd James Bond movie “SkyFall”.
The promotion for this series started with the release of two promotion
cards. The first promotion card P1 popped up on eBay on the 22nd March,
soon to be followed by the second promotion card UKP1 on the 2nd April.
Promotion cards P2 and P4 popped up on eBay just a few days before the
ultimate release of the trading card set. Promotion card P3 showing
an image of Daniel Craig is exclusive to the binder.
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P4 |
UKP1 |
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Since the
release of the “James Bond Heroes & Villains” trading
cards, the beautiful sell sheets disappeared from the market, they
were replaced by downloadable copies in pdf format. For the James
Bond 50th Anniversary two different sheets were available on the website,
an ad page and a sell sheet. For myself, I make a colour copy and
laminate the two pages together.
Honey...
Honey Ryder
To follow
and complete the previously released “Bond...James Bond”
chase card set, an additional eleven cards are created and finished
in silver foil. Again each card depicts a black and white still of James
Bond, now starting with Roger Moore in "For Your Eyes Only"
until Daniel Craig in "Quantum Of Solace". The numbering starts
from BJB12 and the cards are randomly inserted in 1/12 packs.
“Bond...
James Bond”
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BJB12 |
BJB13 |
BJB14 |
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BJB15
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BJB16 |
BJB17
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BJB18
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BJB19 |
BJB20
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BJB21
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BJB22 |
Celebrating
fifty years is asking for gold, for this first series Rittenhouse
Inc. created eleven new cards finished in shiny gold foil, “Gold
Plaque” is the new name given to this shiny golden chase set.
Each card has an embossed movie titel. The small text below gives
information on the movies release date, the director and the actor
who played james Bond. The reverse shows the original poster and a
small listing displaying the leading actors & actrisses. The same
thing already occurred in 1996 for the “Connoisseurs Collection”.
So Inkworks was the first company to create “Golden Touch”
cards. I guess that the second series will contain another eleven
or maybe twelve cards to complete this shiny chase set. The cards
are numbered from P01 until P11 and randomly inserted in 1/12 packs.
“Gold
Plaque”
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P1
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P2
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P3 |
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P4
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P5 |
P6
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P7
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P8 |
P9
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P10 |
P11
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"007
Gold Gallery"
Bond Girls
Are Forever and so is Gold & Diamonds. The fourth chase set is
dedicated to the gorgeous women who played a part in a James Bond
movie. The chase set is named as the “007 Gold Gallery”
and displays never seen before full bleed pictures of the beauties.
The girls are numbered as GG01 through GG18. I’m sure that these
cards are the beginning of a new collectable Bond girl chase card
set, but Rittenhouse wouldn't be Rittenhouse if there wasn't a reward
card. The third James Bond reward card is black and white still of
Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder in Dr. No. The card is numbered as GG19.
As we all know, this exclusive card could only be obtained through
the Rittenhouse Reward Program. The Bond girls included in this first
part are;
- Halle Berry as Jinx
in "Die Another Day".
- Sophie Marceau as Elektra
King in "The World Is Not Enough".
- Akiko Wakabayashi as
Aki in "You Only Live Twice".
- Cecilie Thomsen as Professor
Inga Bergstrom in "Tomorrow Never Dies".
- Carey Lowell as Pam
Bouvier in "Licence To Kill".
- Barbara Bach as Major
Anya Amasova in "The Spy Who Loved Me".
- Jane Seymour as Solitaire
in "Live And Let Die".
- Mie Hama as Kissy Suzuki
in "You Only Live Twice".
- Lois Maxwell as Miss
Moneypenny.
- Izabella Scorupco as
Natalya Simonova in "GoldenEye".
- Maud Adams as Octopussy
in "Octopussy".
- Gemma Arterton as Agent
Fields in "Quantum of Solace".
- Kristina Wayborn as
Magda in "Octopussy".
- Olga Kurylenko as Camille
in "Quantum of Solace".
- Helena Ronee as Israeli
Girl in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service".
- Talisa Soto as Lupe
Lamora in "Licence To Kill".
- Zena Marshall as Miss
Taro in "Dr. No".
- Eunice Gayson as Sylvia
Trench in "Dr. No".
- Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder in "Dr. No".
“Shadow
Box Cards”
Never
seen before and new to the James Bond trading cards are the so called
“Shadow Box” cards. Each card displays a close up of James
Bond combined with a framed picture in the background. The cards are
very rare what makes them very expensive. The first series includes
the first three actors who played James Bond. The cards are numbered
as S1, S2 & S3. They are randomly distributed in 1/96 packs. The
thing about these shadow cards is the tickness, about 4mm. This makes
it difficult or even impossible to put the cards in a 9-pocket sleeve
and file them in the specially designed binder.
“Autograph
Cards”
50 Years
of James Bond needs fifty autographed cards plus one bonus autograph
card that comes as a Multi-Case Incentive card. Each James Bond 50th
Anniversary Series One box includes 3 autograph cards! Also for each
film there is at least one signer. Rittenhouse added 18 new cards in
the 40th Anniversary style and 32 cards in the full bleed style. For
the first time they included a title song singer, Nancy Sinatra has
been given the honour to be the first one.
“40th
Anniversary Style Autograph Cards”
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A145 |
A151
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A168 |
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A171
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A177
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A180
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A184
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A189 |
A192
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A194
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A198 |
A199
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A201 |
A202 |
A204
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A208 |
A209
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A211
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“Full Bleed Autographed
Cards”
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xxx-01 |
xxx-02 |
xxx-03 |
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xxx-04
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xxx-05 |
xxx-06
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xxx-07 |
xxx-08 |
xxx-09 |
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xxx-10
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xxx-11 |
xxx-12
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xxx-13 |
xxx-14 |
xxx-15 |
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xxx-16 |
xxx-17 |
xxx-18 |
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xxx-19
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xxx-20 |
xxx-21
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xxx-22 |
xxx-23 |
xxx-24
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xxx-25
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xxx-27
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xxx-28 |
xxx-29 |
xxx-30 |
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xxx-31 |
xxx-32 |
As always
the cards are distributed in cases, each case contains 12 boxes, a
box holds 24 packs with inside six randomly selected cards. A simple
calculation gives a total of 144 cards per box including three autographed
cards. This number of cards indicated how difficult it may be to collect
the whole set, or just a simple base set. The case and the box are
shown here below.
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"James
Bond 50th Anniversary case" |
"James
Bond 50th Anniversary box" |
The
50th Anniversary trading card set has three different case toppers.
Each case comes with a case topper card picturing Daniel Craig in
his third James Bond adventure "SkyFall". The three case
encentive card is the relic card JBR27 containing a piece from Gustav
Graves Ice Palace Interior that featured in "Die Another Day".
The relic card is (Limited) to only 333 pieces. The six case incentive
card is a full bleed autograph card personally signed by Pussy Galore
aka Honor Blackman. Go for them all Mr. Bond.
