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From 007’s jetpack in Thunderball
to his iconic laser-equipped Omega watch, the James Bond movie
franchise has always had its finger on the pulse of its audience’s
gadget lust. We at PopSci were a bit disappointed at the dearth of gizmos in this year’s Casino Royale (which for some reason—cha-ching—were
mostly made by Sony), but our discussion about the current film sparked
a debate in the office about spy gear from Bond films past. Which was
the sexiest weapon? (The venom boots in From Russia With Love.)
The best vehicle? (Depends whether you want your car to swim or fly.)
The deadliest accessory? (Gotta be that briefcase.) In the end, we
compiled a list of our 15 favorite Bond gadgets of all time. Peruse
them in the photo gallery, here. —Fred Koschmann
Share your own favorites with us in the comments section below.
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This is a great list, with one minor correction, the Aston Martin is the DB5, not a DBS.
Oh yeah, I don't really think the Walther PPK is a"gadget".
The jetpack in Thunderball was very cool indeed but...
Although Sean C. starred in it and was called James Bond, technically, it is not part of the Bond franchise :(
THUNDERBALL was most definitely part of the official, Cubby Broccoli Bond franchise. You're probably thinking of NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN, the weird one-off non-Broccoli Bond movie starring Connery and based on the THUNDERBALL story.
my favorite will always be the car ...
its loaded and kewl ...
rather well stocked ... hehe ...
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[...]The 15 Best Bond Gadgets of All Time[...]
You TOTALLY forgot the jetski from Spy Who Loved Me! Maybe I'm too old, but most of America had never seen one of these contraptions in 1977.
While everything else in the movie was fluff and fiction. But when people learned that the jet-ski was an ACTUAL WORKING PRODUCT, sales of the item boomed. Kawasaki had only JUST started mass producing the jet-ski in 1976. The movie almost single handedly launched the entire personal water craft industry!
Erik, You have to research your comments. Its a DBS not a DB5 http://www.astonmartin.com/ENG/thecompany/news?a=93e7cb17-0939-4ca9-a004-aa169fa13f4f
Although "Little Nellie" will always be high on my list, it's the little gadgets I enjoyed the most, from the micro-breathing apparatus in Thunderball to the pen bomb in Goldeneye; talk about hard to keep track of whether the thing was armed or not with Boris clicking away compulsively!
Ahem, I mean DB5 not DBS. Where is the delete button on this thing.
Your picture of a PPK is NOT a PPK. It is a Beretta. The PPK is a much nicer weapon.
Yes, that is a PPK in the picture, just with a silencer. The PPK is a small, stubby ugly little gun, where as the Baretta you mention is closer in form to the Colt 1911 .45.
Ya Eh !!! It is a DB5 Aston Martin.
Unfortunatly the real car was stolen from its owner in Boca Raton, FL.. Unknown if it was ever recovered. But we have never seen Mr. Bonds personal gadget ?
That is not a PPK, It is a FN 32. And the beretta that was talked about in the books was a very small 25 acp jetfire, not one the size of a 1911
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What, no 'Golden Gun'?
The magnetic wristwatch in Live and Let Die deflects a bullet… at long range and also unzips Italian operative’s dresses and one of only 3 movies that Q is not in, the others are Dr. No and Casino Royal.
Those are so cool...too bad all unaffordable(except for the Sony Ericsson)..but still very cool...and yeah, wheres the golden gun? Thats a classic
I am surprised it was not mentioned that "Little Nellie" made the front page of Popular Science as a very cool gadget back in it's day. There was an interview with the designer, more photos, and also an admission that the "quick assembly" sequence seen in the film was not characteristic of the real flying machine.
It is not a Glock you mental reject, and its not a PPK, look up a pic on the web and you will find that the PPK grips are flat at the top, not rounded like this FN, ( or Spanish copy). I also liked the " Golden Gun" very cool
Really, not the invisible car in Die Another Day w/ spike that come out of the wheels for traction? Come on! That is even more realistic than the sub/car. I would also like to point out the Golden gun. What kind of genius thinks to create a gun out of a pen, cigarette case, and a single bullet. A Christopher Lee character, that's who! Imagine if that technology got in the hands of the terrorists...
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What were the items used to make the "GG" Lighter, cig case, cufflink and pen ? I think that was it, anyone?
Tough call!
Between the DB5 or the briefcase
... Need to factor in the TIME of the Gagdets!
I give IT to: ... the Aston Martin DB5!
Maybe!, cause I still the 'Corgi' car.
though I don't understand, why Corgi made it Gold & not Silver, like the BD5 in the 'movie'
Here's verification that the bond pistol pictured is an FN/Browning weapon. Compare the logo on the grips! Nice job J Pike...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Browning_1910_-_PE.jpg/250px-Browning_1910_-_PE.jpg
Fine.. try this one...
http://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Browning_1910_-_PE.jpg
The Lotus from Spy Who Loved Me will always be my favorite.
you are all nerds with your "ppk" shit
How did you ever decide on just 15. So many other great ones, but a cool list all the same.
You definately need some of the BMWs with all their rockets and stuff
The Submersible car was actually made into a working prototype, making it not a fictional vehicle but a real car.
Actually it is not a Walter PPK. It is a Browning 1910 automatic that for some reason was used in the DR NO sequence when Bond confronts the Prof Dent.
Also, Prof. Dent does not use s Smith & Wesson, but a Colt 1911.
My favorite gadget were the Aston Martins including the new DBS. The 2 Lotus. Little Neally. Pop dart wrist in Moonraker. Wissill Key ring blower from the Living Daylights.
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The sun glasses in Goldeneye were wicked! So was Objobs hat (surelt that was a gadget)???!!!
what happend to the Q boat it actually had the movie rewritten for a trick it could perform
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Most of these are pretty good, but what about the Aston Martin V12 Vanquish, or as Q calls it, the Vanish.
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For the debate between Erik & Michael Gray - The Aston Martin DB5 was the car featured in "Goldfinger" (my personal favorite), and the Aston Martin DBS was the car featured in "Casino Royale"(The new one).
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It was not a jet ski in a Spy Who Loves Me, it was a wet bike. Two totally different things.
You guys are really ruining the gun and the list and confusing the heck out of anyone that is trying to know about the list of gear mentioned....What is it a PPK??? or a Barretta??? or what?!?!? Stop changing the gadgets around and get the idea and we don't need all that info!!!
first thing is the pen gun. back in 1993 at a local auction i accidently purchassed a box of what i thought were just old razors for shaving. well come to find out in a fairly plain box with writing on the inside talking about the cold war was a pen with a single 32 caliber bullet poking out the end like an erasor. wait i take it back it wasn't a pen it was a mechanical pencil. my only regret was never firing it. i paid 20 bucks for the box. the firing mechanism was so simple. small lever spring loaded you pulled back and moved it over to the side. then you just slid it over and let the lever go. i sold it to a guy at our local swap meet for 100 bucks a set of fenders and a carter carburator. he had another very simalar gun but it was more like a transformer that you folded from a pen, into something that resembled a gun. his had serial numbers mine didn't, no brand nothing.
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Why is the Aston Martin Vanquish (dubbed Vanish by John Cleese) not in there? It has active camouflage.
I liked the under wrist rocket gun from Moonraker.
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Dude your list is so wrong. The Lotus? over Little Nelly? No way...
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I think Sony give the best gadgets for movies.
A watch that unzips ladies dresses - now that's a gadget!
Q should work with KITT - now that would be a great Bond car!
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The greatest gadget of all time was the leather/hooped belt that held Ursula Andress' bikini bottom up. If she ever undid the belt, Bond would have had a heart attack.