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GILBERT
A RARE GILBERT ROAD RACE SET COMPRISING: A BLUE PLASTIC ASTON MARTIN DB5 (WITH REAR SHIELD), A RED HARDTOP FORD MUSTANG, SIX 'SNAP-TOGETHER' MOULDED LANDSCAPED TRACK SECTIONS, TWO MOULDED MOUNTAIN SECTIONS, ONE ELEVATED ROAD SECTION, A POWER PACK, VARIOUS TRACKSIDE ACCESSORIES, TWO SPEED CONTROLS AND FOUR ASSEMBLY AND RUNNING INSTRUCTION SHEETS, IN ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATED CORRUGATED CARD BOX, BOX -- 17¾X24½IN. (45.1X62.2CM.), (F-G, BOX F-G)

出版

WORRAL, DAVE THE MOST FAMOUS CAR IN THE WORLD, CHRISTCHURCH: SOLO PUBLISHING, 1994, PP.135 (ILLUS.) & 136

展覽

LEEDS, THE ROYAL ARMOURIES MUSEUM, 1997

PORTSMOUTH, THE DOCKYARD MUSEUM, 1997-8

GLASGOW, THE MCLALLAN GALLERIES, 1998

拍品專文

IN 1965, THE GILBERT ROAD RACE SET WAS APPARENTLY ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE AND ELABORATE 007 TOYS TO BE MADE. ACCORDING TO BOND AUTHORITY DAVE WORRALL THE JAMES BOND ROAD RACE SET (CAT. NO. 19741), WHICH WAS ALSO KNOWN AS A 'JAMES BOND TILE RACE SET' WAS A SCALEXTRIC-STYLE TOY WHICH EMPLOYED A SIMILAR DESIGN TO THAT OF ITS U.K. COUNTERPART; THE CARS RAN ON SLOTTED TRACKS AND WERE CONTROLLED BY HAND-HELD THROTTLES. RETAILING (IN 1965) AT $50.00, THIS SET CAME IN LARGE PRE-MOULDED SECTIONS (TILES) WHICH FEATURED BOTH THE TRACK AND ITS SURROUNDING SCENERY. ACCOMPANIED BY A HOST OF ACCESSORIES AND TWO CARS...IT WAS AN INSTANT SUCCESS WITH THE CHILDREN OF AMERICA HOWEVER IT SOON HAD THE REPUTATION OF BEING EXTREMELY UNRELIABLE. THIS PARTICULAR SET HAS NEVER BEEN TRIED OUT.