Rare Aston Martin pedal car for Die Another Day
wakscorpio
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This thing is awesome...It was a 7 UP promotion for Die Another Day--I heard only 2 were made per state and given away, not sure if that is true or not. I have been trying to look for info on it and can't seem to find it. I even checked ebay and there is none like it on there either.
We're still debating on whether or not to sell it--though we are James Bond fans, we have a need to downsize our collections and this thing is pretty big--We would like to know more about it first though:)
Email me to discuss: wakscorpio@yahoo.com
We're still debating on whether or not to sell it--though we are James Bond fans, we have a need to downsize our collections and this thing is pretty big--We would like to know more about it first though:)
Email me to discuss: wakscorpio@yahoo.com
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It is a great piece for any collection, but our problem is we HAVE 2 boys under 7 that drive us crazy wanting to play with it, which we don't allow--seems too neato and like a collectable piece to let them put wear on it. Hence the reason we are debating on whether to sell it. I have no idea where to even start a bid at on ebay or something. My husband is more attached to this thing than me, though we're both JB fans and have a shelf devoted to such---I'd like to find a huge action figure to put behind the wheel, but have had no luck--LOL.
wak
It came from an employee of 7-UP's ad agency at the time; I've gotten two different stories regarding these differences: One, the agency originally planned for the cars to be more detailed but ultimately dropped the, uh, "optional extras" (maybe for reasons of cost) and two, enhanced versions were made available just to agency staff and 7-UP execs.
ThermTech (the company which made the cars) knew nothing about the added features so, at a minimum, they were added outside of the factory.
In the months following the opening of DAD, I saw standard units going for as much as US$ 1,200. Lately, though, I've seen them fail to sell on eBay at US$ 100.
One other thing I tried to learn from ThermTech but couldn't was just how many Vanquishes they produced. Whatever the number, tt seems like every one of them wound-up on eBay at some point! This is one of those items where "rare" doesn't necessarily correlate with "desirable;" that is, there may not be that many of them and they're certainly novel, but they're also huge, tough to ship, diffcult to display, etc. I think one of the reasons the market for these cooled is that over time, they're really only both appealing and practical to a handful of collectors.