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COLLECTING 007 – UK CORGI Toys Gift Sets
WRITTEN &
COMPILED BY KEVIN HARPER |
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In addition to their
original standalone release CORGI's James Bond toys were also issued as
part of Gift Sets. Listed below are all the Gift Sets released by CORGI
from 1966-1980. As these were usually given to children as birthday or
Christmas presents, very few have survived with their original packaging.
The Gift Sets are consequently very hard to find on the collectors market
and realise some of the highest prices for Bond toys when sold in auction.
The first issue of the CORGI Toys ‘All Winners’ Gift Set in October 1966
(#46) originally included an E-Type Jaguar and four other sports and
racing cars. Due to the instant popularity of the Aston Martin DB5, CORGI
replaced the E-Type with Bond's gadget-laden car in a revised edition
released two months later. The set included the ‘Secret Instructions’
accessories released with the standalone version of the DB5, and also 16
plastic bollards and a choice of self-adhesive numbers for the racing
cars. The version of the set containing the Aston Martin was only
available for a short time and around 9,000 units were sold. The original
edition of the Gift Set No. 46 remained in production until its withdrawal
in 1969. |
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CORGI
Toys ‘All Winners’ Gift Set No. 45 (1966) |
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Husky
‘Crime Busters’ Gift Set E3008 (1967) |
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CORGI
Juniors ‘Crime Busters’ Gift Set E3008 (1968) |
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CORGI
Juniors James Bond 007 Gift Set E3004 (1970) |
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CORGI
Rockets James Bond 007 Gift Set D978 (1970) |
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CORGI
Juniors ‘Crimefighters Gift Set’ E3021 (1978) |
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CORGI
Juniors E3030 James Bond 'Spy Who Loved Me' Gift Set (1978) |
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CORGI
Gift Set No. 22 (1980) |
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CORGI
Juniors ‘Crime Fighters’ Gift Set E3116* (1980) |
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*This set was issued
twice with the same catalogue number but containing different toys. The
Lotus Esprit appears in both sets, but the Aston Martin is only found in
the later issue. Other toys in the sets included the Spiderbike,
Starship Enterprise from Star Trek, a Buick police car, Magnum's
Ferrari and Buck Rogers Starfighter spacecraft. |
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CORGI
James Bond Gift Set E3082 (1981) |
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CORGI Special Editions &
Prototypes (1993 to date) |
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