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In 1967 following the
phenomenal success of the Aston Martin DB5 (reissued in a new
updated version in 1968), CORGI next issued the Toyota 2000GT featured in
You Only Live Twice (1967). Although the car is not driven by James
Bond in the film and has no gimmicks other than a TV screen and
communication device situated in the rear of the vehicle, the CORGI
edition included four firing missiles concealed in the boot. The CORGI
edition also featured two figures representing Aki (Akiko Wakabayashi) and
James Bond (Sean Connery), spoked wheels, twin-jewelled rear lights and
the obligatory ‘Secret Instructions’. Although not as successful as the
Aston Martin DB5, selling 768,000 during its two-year lifecycle, the CORGI
Toyota 2000GT became highly collectible in its own right, and is now very
difficult to find in mint condition. |
