As well as the teaser for the new 007 Classics set on the Rittenhouse website, the following information also seems to be circulating:


2016 James Bond 007 Classics (Rittenhouse)

2 Autograph Cards Per Box!

Plus randomly inserted BONUS RELIC Cards and SPECTRE Cards!

Autograph signers include:

Daniela Bianchi (Tatiana Romanova/From Russia With Love)
Ben Whishaw (Q/Skyfall)
Jeffrey Wright (Felix Leiter/Casino Royale)
Pierce Brosnan (James Bond/The World Is Not Enough)
Roger Moore (James Bond/The Man With The Golden Gun)
Naomie Harris (Moneypenny/Skyfall)
Samantha Bond (Moneypenny/The World Is Not Enough)
Sophie Marceau (Elektra King/The World Is Not Enough)
Bruce Glover (Mr. Wint/Diamonds Are Forever)
Maud Adams (Octopussy/Octopussy)
Mathieu Amalric (Dominic Greene/Quantum of Solace)
David Harbour (Greg Beam/Quantum of Solace)
Andy Bradford (009/Octopussy)
Diane Lee-Hsu (Loti/Licence To Kill)
Pavel Douglas (French Warship Captain/GoldenEye)
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Kwang/Licence To Kill)
and many more!

72-Card Base Set:
The World Is Not Enough (starring Pierce Brosnan), with more than 130 different photos, retelling the entire story of this classic 007 film, scene-by-scene.

BONUS "Throwback" sets include:
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (starring George Lazenby)
The Man With The Golden Gun (starring Roger Moore)
Licence To Kill (starring Timothy Dalton)

Each Throwback set also features full plot synopses, retold scene-by-scene. More than 100 different photos per movie/set!

Plus GOLD Parallel Sets for The World Is Not Enough and Licence To Kill, plus other randomly inserted BONUS CARDS!

6-Case Incentive:
Judi Dench (M) SILVER Signature Series Autograph Card

9-Case Incentive:
Daniel Craig (James Bond) GOLD Signature Series Autograph Card

18-Case Incentive:
007 CLASSICS Archive Box, including exclusive Honor Blackman (***** Galore/Goldfinger) Autograph Card

Looks like the same basic formula as James Bond Archives 2015.

And why are Throwback sets referred to as a bonus anyway? They are larger sets than the base set and each one could be considered it's own separate product.

Always nice to see new autographs at 2 per box. I would rather have that than heavily loaded relic cards, which are generally bits of clothes. SPECTRE cards sounds like another manufactured hit. The gold parallels are for someone I don't know.

Both Roger Moore and George Lazenby have signed quite a few autos for Rittenhouse over the years. And they seem to keep on coming !

I'm baffled why they want to reprint 'The World is not Enough' as the base set, when a brand new film has recently been released.

Only 6 new signers, but 3 MAJOR ones in Bianchi, Whishaw and Wright. I'm sure many will complain 'same old same old' but there will obviously be some nice new cards. I always think its good that collectors have more chances to get good cards from the bigger names.

I'm looking forward to what is hopefully a full-bleed for Brosnan, as I love The World Is Not Enough, a full-bleed of Marceau with a better pic than the last one, and the full-bleeds for Amalric and Glover.
I would be over the moon if Bianchi and Harris were in the Women of Bond style but I don't see that happening this set.

I'm in for the base set, and the Licence To Kill throwback set (and 1 parallel from each set).

Would like to know what other chase cards will be included, and if we will ever get Skyfall update chase cards for the 40th anniversary series.

No interest in the incentives... the gold sigs look to be aimed specifically at the 'specialist'/niche collector.

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Originally posted by David R:
Both Roger Moore and George Lazenby have signed quite a few autos for Rittenhouse over the years. And they seem to keep on coming !

I'm still waiting for a Lazenby full-bleed with an image I like, so hope he signs more!
I've always thought of Moore as the Leonard Nimoy of the Bond series. I think its great he signs so many for RA.

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Originally posted by WOMBLE:
I'm baffled why they want to reprint 'The World is not Enough' as the base set, when a brand new film has recently been released.

I really enjoyed SPECTRE and I would rather have seen it come first. Something to look forward to I guess.

Glad they finally got Wright.

I'll have to wait and see what the relics are like before I decide how much, if any, to order. I'm a Daniel Craig era collector so if it's all Spectre relics I'm in. But the vague way they wrote everything makes me think this is a more general Bond release, with Spectre specific stuff coming later. In any case I'm happy to chase the Craig era full bleeds that are hopefully coming out after years of waiting!

Looking forward to Ben Whishaw...if his card doesn't end up in the realms of the 'lottery winner' price range!
I still haven't decided on a Roger Moore card to own yet, so I don't mind seeing more of him to see more choices.

Roger Moore is such a great ambassador for the Bond films, it's great he signs so much. Not a fashionable thing to say these days but I enjoy him as Bond far more than Craig.

My favourite card of his was the The Man With The Golden Gun full-bleed from Bond Archives 2014. Classic image.

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Originally posted by X:
Roger Moore is such a great ambassador for the Bond films, it's great he signs so much. Not a fashionable thing to say these days but I enjoy him as Bond far more than Craig.

My favourite card of his was the The Man With The Golden Gun full-bleed from Bond Archives 2014. Classic image.

For me at the moment are the two cards from that set. The full-bleed one is a great image. And I half considered the gold signature incentive one from the same set. But I'll see what the new card is and decide then.
Golden Gun would be a nice choice movie either way as I have a Christopher Lee one and that would go nicely together.

If we could only get Timothy Dalton to sign at some point... I've been ridiculed for years for saying he was great as Bond...now years later, because of Penny Dreadful, it's fashionable to say it! Grrr. LOL

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Originally posted by Hedgehog Witch:

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Originally posted by X:
Roger Moore is such a great ambassador for the Bond films, it's great he signs so much. Not a fashionable thing to say these days but I enjoy him as Bond far more than Craig.

My favourite card of his was the The Man With The Golden Gun full-bleed from Bond Archives 2014. Classic image.

For me at the moment are the two cards from that set. The full-bleed one is a great image. And I half considered the gold signature incentive one from the same set. But I'll see what the new card is and decide then.
Golden Gun would be a nice choice movie either way as I have a Christopher Lee one and that would go nicely together.

If we could only get Timothy Dalton to sign at some point... I've been ridiculed for years for saying he was great as Bond...now years later, because of Penny Dreadful, it's fashionable to say it! Grrr. LOL

I wanted a Moore auto for years as there were so many being released but could not decide on one I liked. Was going to get the A View To A Kill full-bleed even though I wasn't keen on the image because I love that film (another unpopular opinion!), but am glad I waited, the Archives 2014 card is my favourite image of his Bond even if it is not one of my favourite Bond films.
The new Moore card in this set is listed as being another TMWTGG but we've had 2 full-bleeds from him for that film already (Dangerous Liaisons & Archives 2014). I think there is a solid chance that the new card will be 40th anniversary style.

I too would LOVE a Timothy Dalton autograph, even more than Connery - he is my second favourite Bond. He was fantastic in the role and it is a shame he only did 2 films.

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Originally posted by X:

I wanted a Moore auto for years as there were so many being released but could not decide on one I liked. Was going to get the A View To A Kill full-bleed even though I wasn't keen on the image because I love that film (another unpopular opinion!), but am glad I waited, the Archives 2014 card is my favourite image of his Bond even if it is not one of my favourite Bond films.
The new Moore card in this set is listed as being another TMWTGG but we've had 2 full-bleeds from him for that film already (Dangerous Liaisons & Archives 2014). I think there is a solid chance that the new card will be 40th anniversary style.

I too would LOVE a Timothy Dalton autograph, even more than Connery - he is my second favourite Bond. He was fantastic in the role and it is a shame he only did 2 films.

Thanks! I think you've helped me to choose my Moore card. If there's already been two full-bleeds that does sound like it could be a 40th Anniversary style one for the new set. I prefer vertical portrait to horizontal landscape style too. So the 2014 one would match my other 'special' Bond autos.
I also liked the A View to a Kill film. I didn't think it was as bad as everyone seems to say it was. But I do prefer the 2014 card image of the two mentioned.

And THANKYOU!!! Timothy Dalton is my joint-favourite Bond.
As nice as it would be, I'm not that fussed with Connery or even owning a Connery card. Especially as he seems to sort of distance himself from it all. I never really understand when an actor has been made famous by a role, then sticks their nose up and disowns it because they want to move on. The way I see it, Connery can only play one part = "Sean Connery". But having said that, I can see why Bond collectors would love to have his card to complete their sets.

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Originally posted by X:
Only 6 new signers, but 3 MAJOR ones in Bianchi, Whishaw and Wright........

I'm looking forward to what is hopefully a full-bleed for Brosnan, as I love The World Is Not Enough, a full-bleed of Marceau with a better pic than the last one.....

Rittenhouse have posted pictures of the autograph cards you have mentioned on their web-site.

Have any of these Bond girls ever signed for Rittenhouse sets ? I don't think so


Claudine Auger (Thunderball)
Mie Hama (You Only Live Twice)
Akiko Wakabayashi (You Only Live Twice)
Carole Bouquet (For Your Eyes Only)
Talisa Soto (Licence to Kill)

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Originally posted by Tommy C:
Have any of these Bond girls ever signed for Rittenhouse sets ? I don't think so


Claudine Auger (Thunderball)
Mie Hama (You Only Live Twice)
Akiko Wakabayashi (You Only Live Twice)
Carole Bouquet (For Your Eyes Only)
Talisa Soto (Licence to Kill)

Mie Hama is WA13 in Women of Bond in Motion.

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Originally posted by WOMBLE:

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Originally posted by X:
Only 6 new signers, but 3 MAJOR ones in Bianchi, Whishaw and Wright........

I'm looking forward to what is hopefully a full-bleed for Brosnan, as I love The World Is Not Enough, a full-bleed of Marceau with a better pic than the last one.....

Rittenhouse have posted pictures of the autograph cards you have mentioned on their web-site.

Thanks for the heads up WOMBLE, I hadn't seen the updated page.

...well the full-bleed collectors should be happy! All the cards shown have nice striking images, especially the Bianchi card: nice signature and classic image. The Brosnan card uses a nice image and I might try for it, but after seeing the new Marceau, I much prefer the older one I wasn't so keen on. Saves me having to swap it out. Looking forward to trying to get the Jeffrey Wright card so long as it's not daft money. I hope a Mathieu Amalric full-bleed is still coming even though it is not on the list.

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Originally posted by Hedgehog Witch:

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Originally posted by X:

I wanted a Moore auto for years as there were so many being released but could not decide on one I liked. Was going to get the A View To A Kill full-bleed even though I wasn't keen on the image because I love that film (another unpopular opinion!), but am glad I waited, the Archives 2014 card is my favourite image of his Bond even if it is not one of my favourite Bond films.
The new Moore card in this set is listed as being another TMWTGG but we've had 2 full-bleeds from him for that film already (Dangerous Liaisons & Archives 2014). I think there is a solid chance that the new card will be 40th anniversary style.

I too would LOVE a Timothy Dalton autograph, even more than Connery - he is my second favourite Bond. He was fantastic in the role and it is a shame he only did 2 films.

Thanks! I think you've helped me to choose my Moore card. If there's already been two full-bleeds that does sound like it could be a 40th Anniversary style one for the new set. I prefer vertical portrait to horizontal landscape style too. So the 2014 one would match my other 'special' Bond autos.
I also liked the A View to a Kill film. I didn't think it was as bad as everyone seems to say it was. But I do prefer the 2014 card image of the two mentioned.

And THANKYOU!!! Timothy Dalton is my joint-favourite Bond.
As nice as it would be, I'm not that fussed with Connery or even owning a Connery card. Especially as he seems to sort of distance himself from it all. I never really understand when an actor has been made famous by a role, then sticks their nose up and disowns it because they want to move on. The way I see it, Connery can only play one part = "Sean Connery". But having said that, I can see why Bond collectors would love to have his card to complete their sets.

Seeing as all the cards now shown (so far) are full-bleed, please don't blame me if RA release a 3rd Moore TMWTGG full-bleed card with an image you prefer!

Don't get me wrong, I would LOVE a full-bleed Connery card with him in his white tux from Goldfinger, but I don't think it's gonna happen. It is disappointing he has disowned the role that made him a global superstar. I'd much prefer a Dalton Licence To Kill full-bleed (one of my top 5 Bond films).

I absolutely love the pics chosen for Bianchi and Harris
will need those
amd I wouldn't mind pulling that Brosnan

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Originally posted by X:


Seeing as all the cards now shown (so far) are full-bleed, please don't blame me if RA release a 3rd Moore TMWTGG full-bleed card with an image you prefer!

Don't get me wrong, I would LOVE a full-bleed Connery card with him in his white tux from Goldfinger, but I don't think it's gonna happen. It is disappointing he has disowned the role that made him a global superstar. I'd much prefer a Dalton Licence To Kill full-bleed (one of my top 5 Bond films).

LOL No worries about that. I'm actually going to wait anyway, because cards from previous sets might reduce in favour of moving the newer cards. Or it might end up being a nicer card in the new set and I might get it cheap in an auction. I'm in no rush, but it's narrowed down my choice if I don't like the new card. Roger is on my "to acquire list".

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Originally posted by X:

...Would like to know what other chase cards will be included, and if we will ever get Skyfall update chase cards for the 40th anniversary series...

Ten SPECTRE Metal trading cards (1:144 packs, numbered to 150 each), eight 007 Double-Sided (Hero/Villain) Mirror cards (1:144 packs) and ten James Bond Relic cards (1:96 packs, numbered to 200 each).

The SPECTRE cards look nice, but at (1:144 packs) they are pointless.

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