Daniel Craig has something to tell you!

I received an email the other day from a representative at Omaze in the US that I was not able to turn down even if it has nothing to with the James Bond books. It is simply just a very great cause.

Omaze is a company that arrange once in a lifetime experience's for the common people using celebrities. People like you and me are offered to donate money to charity with a chance to meet that famous person that we so much adore.

And for the second time they are using Daniel Craig since he is the United Nations advocate and helps them reach out with their work.

This time the profits will go to the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS). Their task is to work with affected states to reduce the threat and impact of landmines and other explosive hazards. UNMAS coordinates UN interventions to focus on areas of greatest need and to provide education and assistance to people caught up in conflicts. Currently UNMAS works in 18 countries and territories around the world to both save and rebuild lives.

If you donate money you will have a chance to meet Daniel Craig and and he will give you the keys to an Aston Martin Vantage GT Roadster. The more you donate the bigger will your chance to win become.

You can enter the contest here!

And below you can see the commercial that he made with Omaze for this contest.

PS. And to make it clear. I myself is 100% sure that Daniel Craig will be back as 007. As both the producer and actor of SPECTRE he received a bus load of cash. EON Productions and MGM knows how bankable Craig is and therefore they will give him a breather before the next film and yet another truckload of cash to come onboard again.

Best of luck in the contest. Get back to me if you win and lets make a blog post about it!
 

Added to my collection: Did you know that this is a James Bond car?

Most people on earth would say that the true James Bond car is the Aston Martin DB5. Dave Worrall even wrote a book about that car calling it The most famous car in the world. And I can agree that the Aston Martin is THE James Bond car to the world. But you must have read the books to learn that Ian Flemings James Bond drove a hole other car in the first novels. The first car he drew was not a car from the Quartermaster. It was his own car. And he used it for the first time in the first novel called Casino Royale while going to France.

So lets go to page 44 in the novel Casino Royale and see what it says:

"Bond's car was his only personal hobby. One of the last of the 4 1/2-litre Bentleys with the supercharger by Amherst Villiers, he had bought it almost new in 1933 and had kept it in careful storage through the war. It was still serviced every year and, in London, A former Bentley mechanic, who worked in a garage near Bond's Chelsea flat, tended it with jealous care. 
Bond drove it hard and well and with an almost sensual pleasure. It was a battleship-grey convertible coupé".

It seems like green was the main original colour for this car because when you Google the car only green cars appear. Maybe Bonds Battleship-grey was even offered at the time?

Since this is the first James Bond car I had to have it in my collection. Therefore I  bought the Franklin Mint version on Ebay and I paid £33 for it.
As you can see on the below pictures the Franklin Mint version is green as well. But maybe I will have it repainted in the future to be be more like Bond's car.

So what does a car like the Bentley 4 1/2 Litre with a supercharger cost today? Around 2 million pounds is the correct answer.

In 1987 Little Lead Soldiers produced The James Bond Bentley car set in a limited edition of a 1000. That car was green as well and seems to be some sort of miss mash of The Bentley from the books and the Bentley from the film From Russia With Love.

The book on the below pictures are a rare Swedish First edition of Casino Royale. The LIFE Magazine picture is Ian Fleming sitting in a Bentley 4 1/2 Litre Supercharger.

In the 2006 film version of Casino Royale James Bond drives an Aston Martin in a car chase borrowed from the novel with the same title. The bad guys in this seen drives a Bentley.

The Aston Martin DB5 we all want

If you are a James Bond fan I am quite sure you have a love affair with the Aston Martin DB5.

Now that car might just be the most released car in different formats mainly for young kids to play with. The first Corgi version from 1965 has been sold in millions and along the years many diffrent versions of the famous car has been issued.

But there is one collectable version I believe we all want but very few (if none) can actually afford since this version cost £28 000 (excl. VAT).

Look at the three short films below to get exited. One is about how the car was made. And the other is about the features and the finished look. I have also added a highly detailed photo of the interior.

This car is said to be a limited edition but no mentioning of a total number. My believe is that a car with this price tag is made to order.

Here you can order one (if you can afford it): Propshop at Pinewood Studios 01753656864.

Propshop at Pinewood Studios 01753656864.

For further information and to place your DB5 order, please contact the Propshop at Pinewood Studios 01753656864. - See more at: http://www.shop.007.com/exclusive#sthash.o4FcjF3a.dpuf

For further information and to place your DB5 order, please contact the Propshop at Pinewood Studios 01753656864. - See more at: http://www.shop.007.com/exclusive#sthash.o4FcjF3a.dpuf