It also had a self-destruct mode and
stinger missiles in the headlights, but they were not used. The second edition
to Bond’s BMW collection was his fully armed and armored BMW 750IL in the
“Tomorrow Never Dies”. (BMW USA www.bmwusa.com) This car had spikes hidden
inside the rear bumper, missiles in the sunroof, bulletproof glass, wire cutter
in the BMW emblem. To top all of this off, Bond had the luxury of leather and
wood grain in the interior to put the final touches of this popular automobile.
Currently in the movie “The World is not enough,” Bond sports the new BMW Z8
roadster that is about to be released as a production car in the U.S. in the
upcoming month. (BMW USA www.bmwusa.com) Secondly, if you are a top class secret
agent you need to dress like one too. That is why you do not see just anything
on 5 Patel Bond’s wrist, only the best. One famous watch was Bond’s Rolex that
was modified by the Q Branch. It contained a very powerful magnet that could
deflect a bullet and also had a bezel that spun around very fast, so it could be
used as saw. (The Ultimate James Bond Page http://jmsbond.tripod.com) In later
missions, the Q Branch began to cut back in fine equipment, because of one
reason. Bond never brought the item back in one piece! His second watch was a
Seiko. It was able to receive messages and printed out on a small thin piece of
paper. Bond’s second Seiko watch had a plastic explosive built right inside of
it, so that it could be easily used when things got desperate. Then all of a
sudden, the Q Branch started to use top class equipment. It was as if they had
won the lotto. In the movie “Goldeneye”, Bond received an Omega watch that is
just loaded with dozens of toys. It could detonate mines, contained a cutting
laser, and a tiny explosive that could be used to break windows or other glass
items. The best thing about this watch was that Bond actually brought it back,
and it was still on his wrist. One unique thing about a group of Bond’s
equipment is that they are simple and are completely ingenious. Some examples
from this group was a manta ray cover that could be used under water so that he
wouldn’t be detected by radar. Another gadget Q produced, were two cast like
mechanisms that could be lethal 6 Patel weapon when used.
One was a cast of a
leg that was a rocket, and a cast of an arm the split in half, smashing anything
on the side of it. Finally, a classic gadget was the alligator submarine. This
full size alligator transported Bond across rivers during the movie
“Octo*censored*”. Now many people believe that the army and other organizations
of the U.S. also have these spy gadgets like Bond, but that may not be
completely true. Currently, most of the top equipment of the army are compact
night vision glasses that are being produced for missions in the night. As you
can see, Bond is way passed the stage of night vision. He has gadgets ranging
from a rifle in a ski pole to an X-Ray safe cracker. For example, plastic
explosives can come in many forms, but in a tube of Dentonite toothpaste and is
detonated by a pack of cigarettes. Of course like Q said, “Use Sparingly,” this
toothpaste will blow the teeth out of anyone who gets in its way. No one else
would like to take pictures than James Bond with his new Hasselblad wide format
camera/sniper rifle. The viewfinder was used as a scope and the barrel was
attached to the lens that guaranteed a Kodak moment every time. For all writers,
a nice Parker pen that was also a class three grenade, guaranteed to give that
person a writers block for a long time. All it took was three simple clicks to
arm and another two to 7 Patel disarm. Just don’t catch yourself writing without
an arm! For those times Bond has been captive, nothing has been better than a
Mont Blanc fine writing instrument. People always get angry when ink squirts out
of fountain pens, but what if it is a highly corrosive acid? Finally, for those
daring escapes, Bond is equipped with a rappelling belt that has a special high
tech wire that is no thinner that a piece of yarn and can hold the weight of two
people. As time passes so does technology, and in a world we live in today
technology changes everyday. As more Bond films are made the better equipment
there will be also. If you compared the gadgets from the first movie “Goldfinger”,
to the newest “The World is not enough” you can see a major step in technology,
but one thing will never change.
