A View To A Thrill

It's 1985 and Roger Moore returns as 007 for one final mission, his seventh and last Bond adventure A View To A Kill. This is often classed as one of the weaker films, mainly in part to Sir Roger's advancing age, but it's still a fantastic romp and I really enjoy it. It also gave us some great Bond collectibles from toy guns to Smiths Crisps promo posters and what has been elusive to me so far, Wrights A View To A Kill promo soap, which I will get one day! Below are just some of the items produced at the time of the films release and since. So 'dance into my collection' and have a look…

A View To A Kill Crunch 'n Munch box with sweepstakes competition to win a car (American Home Foods, US, 1984)

A View To A Kill Smiths Big D Salted Peanuts competition shop display (Nabisco, UK, 1985)

A View To A Kill Smiths Big D Salted Peanuts packet (Nabisco, UK, 1985)

A View To A Kill Smiths Crispy Tubes packet (Nabisco, UK, 1985). This is a promotion packet where you could collect tokens to receive up to three special A View To A Kill posters, which can be seen here.

Set of four promotional glasses - the set features The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only and A View To A Kill (Pepsi Co., US, c.1985)

A View To A Kill promotional packet of Wrights Original Coal Tar Soap (Wright, Layman & Umney Ltd., UK, 1985)

A View To A Kill Fashion Ring with the title of the film forming the ring shape (Maker unknown, Japan, c.1985)

A View To A Kill metal pencil case (Movic, Japan, 1985)

James Bond Diary 1986 packed with images of Roger Moore as 007 (Argus Communications, UK, 1985)

Counter display carton of 50 James Bond Bic lighters - there are 12 different lighters included - Dr No, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds Are Forever, Live And Let Die, The Man With The Golden Gun, Moonraker, A View To A Kill, Licence To Kill, GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies and The World Is Not Enough (Bic, France, 1999)

Special edition collectors set of 12 Bic James Bond lighters in case (Bic, France, 1999)

A View To A Kill sheet music (Tritec Music/Big 3, UK, 1985)

Duran Duran A View To A Kill theme single (Parlophone, UK, 1985) - also available as a fold-out sleeve version, see below

Duran Duran A View To A Kill theme single in fold-out sleeve with special white record (Parlophone, UK, 1985) - also available as a standard sleeve version, see above. This version is kindly signed by John Glen, director of five James Bond films from For Your Eyes Only to Licence To Kill.

Duran Duran A View To A Kill theme single (EMI, Japan, 1985)

Duran Duran Panorama Parar Matar (A View To A Kill) theme single (EMI, Spain, 1985)

Duran Duran Im Angesicht Des Todes (A View To A Kill) theme single (EMI, Germany, 1985)

Duran Duran Dangereusement Votre (A View To A Kill) theme single (EMI, France, 1985)

A View To A Kill soundtrack LP (Parlophone/EMI Records Ltd., UK, 1985)

Dangereusement Vôtre (A View To A Kill) soundtrack LP (Parlophone/EMI Records Ltd., France, 1985)

A View To A Kill original motion picture soundtrack (EMI/Capitol Records, EU, 2003). This is the remastered version.

The Official A View To A Kill Movie Magazine (Comics World Corp., US, 1985)

Im Angesicht Des Todes (A View To A Kill) movie magazine special (Bastei Lübbe, Germany, 1985)

Tintin magazine with A View To A Kill cover and article (Le Lombard, France/Belgium, No.39, 1985)

Starlog magazine with A View To A Kill cover and article (Jacobs publications/Starlog Group, US, No.95, June 1985)

Cinema magazine with Im Angesicht Des Todes (A View To A Kill) cover and article (IPV Inland, Germany, Nr.8-85, August 1985)

A View To A Kill Philip's promotional poster to advertise their products use in the film (Philip's, Netherlands, 1985)

A View To A Kill Smith's Crisps promotional poster, part of a series of three. This one shows 'James Bond being chased by a helicopter of the Russian Security Forces in Siberia' (Smith's Crisps, UK, 1985)

A View To A Kill Smith's Crisps promotional poster, part of a series of three. This one shows 'Roger Moore as James Bond chases a villainous assassin up the Eiffel Tower in Paris' (Smith's Crisps, UK, 1985)

A View To A Kill Smith's Crisps promotional poster, part of a series of three. This one shows 'Roger Moore as James Bond and Tanya Roberts as Stacey Sutton in the Mainstrike Mine beneath Silicon Valley, California' (Smith's Crisps, UK, 1985)

A View To A Kill Renault promotional poster to advertise their products use in the film (Renault, France, 1985)

The James Bond storybook of the movie A View To A Kill (Grosset & Dunlap, US, 1985)

A View To A Kill Royal Charity Premiere brochure from the event held on the 12th June 1985 at the Odeon Leicester Square (UK, 1985)

A View To A Kill exhibitor's campaign book (United International Pictures, UK, 1985)

A View To A Kill souvenir brochure (Maker unknown, Japan, 1985)

A View To A Kill Sharper Image Catalog (Sharper Image, US, June/July 1985)

A View To A Kill Renault competition flyer (Renault, UK, 1985)

Im Angesicht Des Todes (A View To A Kill) Duran Duran promotional flyer (MGM/UA Entertainment Co., Germany, 1985)

CBS Fox Video advert for their A View To A Kill sweepstakes to win a set of James Bond videos (CBS Fox Video, US, c.1986)

Counter display standee for Philips to promote their products use in A View To A Kill (Philips, 1985)

Counter display standee to promote the release of A View To A Kill on VHS (Warner Home Video, Australia, 1986)

A View To A Kill Spectrum 48K computer game (Domark, UK, 1985)

Computer & Video Games magazine with A View To A Kill cover and article (EMAP National Publications Ltd., UK, July 1985)

A View To A Kill Wicke computer game promotional poster that came inside the July 1985 issue of Computer & Video Games magazine shown above (EMAP National Publications Ltd./Domark Ltd., UK, 1985)

A View To A Kill bullet hole stickers (Odeon/Rank cinemas, UK, 1985)

Set of A View To A Kill stickers in packet (Movic, Japan, 1985)

A View To A Kill Rolls Royce Silver Cloud II (Matchbox, UK, 1985)

A View To A Kill Renault 11 taxi (Matchbox, UK, 1985)

A View To A Kill taxi chase scene 204 piece puzzle (Hestair, UK, 1985) - one of a set of two

A View To A Kill judo scene 204 piece puzzle (Hestair, UK, 1985) - one of a set of two

A View To A Kill gun and holster set (Wicke/Lone Star, UK, 1985)

May Day gun from A View To A Kill (Wicke/Lone Star, UK, 1985)

Blister pack carded version of the May Day gun from A View To A Kill (Wicke/Lone Star, UK, 1985)

The closest we got to A View To A Kill film tie-in cover was this version of For Your Eyes Only with a special printed band across the cover advertisting the 1985 film (Berkley, US, 1985)

Promotional Im Angesicht Des Todes (A View To A Kill) plastic carrier bag (Hertie, Germany, 1985)