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Would the general consensus of a 007 licensed Creator Expert Vehicle be correct? I'm wondering whether it would come with a minifig or not. My dream of having a system scale Live & Let Die Speedboat Chase will probably have to stay in MOC-world though.
Because it does. And the World hasn't stopped turning. Amazing!
My hope is it's for a Speed Champions sub theme. Hopefully it's the start of a movie/tv show sub theme and we get many more. I wouldn't be surprised if it's only a Brickheadz figure, or how Funco Pop has the big head sticking out of a little car.
I think it might also be a "test the water" set, Bond 25 is out late next year, I can see a lot of potential with 007 as a theme. The flying car from 'The Man with the Golden Gun'? The Lotus Esprit (as already mentioned)? Pierce had some BMWs which could work, is it a light blue one in Goldeneye?
...and we've never had a space shuttle before so I think a Moonraker could be on the cards too ;-P
Personally, I'm hoping for six sets by next November!
*Official LEGO James Bond/s minifigure/s are bound to be popular... right?
I suppose you can slot comic book with Star Wars fantasy violence. James Bond very much exists in the 'real world'... with Indiana Jones.
As long as they don't drill or refine oil. We can't have licensing partnerships with oil companies!
the spaceship eater from YOLT is quite iconic I think, but not sure that would be the most exciting set. atlantis from TSWLM could be a good one. the ice palace too, if it wasn't one of the worst movies.
I think that was the living daylight?
oh and, Eiffel Tower, a view to a kill :D
However, what I’m interested in is seeing if this could be hinting at a new brand for the Speed Champions line. An Aston Martin DB5 would be a fantastic car to see, and the new Aston Martin Valkyrie would fit right in. The brand was/is a major motorsports competitor as well, so race cars, vintage or modern, wouldn’t be hard to find either. LEGO will need new brands for theme, and a supercar manufacturer with a racing pedigree is a perfect addition.
However, from the sillhoutte shown, I'm almost certain it's not a DB5, in fact I'd say it's more likely to be a DB9 vantage or a similar more modern incarnation of the Aston Martin... which makes the 007 reference a little more tenuous. Especially as the car is being pictured with the other creator expert vehicles.
Looks like a page from the Chinese August Lego Store Calendar.
Maybe a DBS or DB10, as Bond didn't drive the DB9?
I'm hoping the next film gets back to classic car chase standards. Even Tomorrow Never Dies' car park sequence in the BMW was great fun.
On that note, perhaps they are saving the DB5 for Speed Champions. Think about it, all of the vintage cars we’ve seen in Speed Champions so far are iconic cars, and the DB5 is definitely an iconic car. We got the ‘68 Mustang in dark green(sorta), so a DB5 that resembles the Goldfinger car isn’t out of the question.
Also, this Aston Martin would be perfect for the theme:
And as for motorsports:
As far as 007 tie ins go, I say go big or go home!
Sociopathic, sexually ambiguous, genital smashing, cyber hacking super villain minifigs or GTFO!
A Chris Walken fig would also be appreciated...
And yeah minifigs would be cool but I think we have never seen a minifig included in a Creator Expert car-set, so I think it is unlikely.
Of course, if they release a much larger line of Astons (or Bond vehicles) all these points become moot...