Space belongs to Bond
1979 saw the release of Moonraker, Roger Moore's fourth outing as secret agent 007. Hot on the heels of the success of Star Wars the Bond producers decided to make a 007 adventure that was quite literally 'out of this world'. This is perhaps one of my favourite films for the range of collectibles and memorabilia that was produced to tie-in with its release. Many of the items were aimed at a younger audience from gum cards, puzzles, space guns and even a sleeping bag from Canada. Here are just some of the items that were produced to promote the films release in 1979 and subsequently in the years since…
Moonraker Royal World Charity Premiere brochure from the event held on the 26th June 1979 at the Odeon Leicester Square (UK, 1979)
Moonraker promotional sugar packet (Movie Start Promotion, Switzerland, May 1979)
Moonraker fountain pen and eraser (Maker unknown, Netherlands, 1979)
James Bond Moonraker inspired bubble bath with Roger Moore shaped bottle (Noveltime Products Ltd., UK, 1979)
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)
Moonraker child's sleeping bag (Maker unknown, Canada, c.1979)
Moonraker inspired terrycloth beach towel (Gindi Company, US, 1981)
Shirley Bassey Moonraker theme single (United Artists Records, Japan, 1979)
Shirley Bassey Moonraker theme single (United Artists Records, Portugal, 1979)
Moonraker theme single performed by Flying Band (Polydors, Japan, 1979)
Moonraker and James Bond theme single performed by the Shunich Tokura Grand Orchestra (CBS Sony, Japan, 1979)
Moonraker soundtrack LP (United Artists Records, UK, 1979)
Moonraker soundtrack LP (United Artists Records, US, 1979)
All About James Bond 007 Superpak - original soundtrack recordings from all the Bond films up to and including Moonraker (United Artists Records, Japan, 1979)
Moonraker All About 007 (CBS Records, Japan, 1978)
Moonraker and Other James Bond Movie Hits (Music World, New Zealand, 1979)
Cinema magazine James Bond special with Moonraker cover and various articles (Kino Verlag, Germany, Nr.2, 1979)
Starburst magazine with Moonraker cover and article (Comag, UK, Vol.1 No.12, 1979)
The Official Movie Poster book of Moonraker magazine which folds out to form a large poster (Starlog Press, US, No.5, 1979)
Screen On! magazine with Moonraker cover and James Bond article (Danacel Ltd., UK, No.2, 1979)
Warren presents the Officially Authorized Magazine of Ian Fleming's Moonraker (Warren Publishing Co., US, 1979)
Starlog magazine with Moonraker cover and article (O'Quinn Studios Inc., US, No.22, May 1979)
TV Times magazine with Moonraker cover and article (Independent Television Publications Ltd., UK, Vol.95 No.26, 23rd June 1979)
2000AD comic magazine with Moonraker cover and article (IPC Magazines Ltd., UK, Prog. 119, 30th June 1979)
Look-in magazine with partial Moonraker/Roger Moore cover and article with pin-up poster (Independent Television Publications Ltd., UK, No.27, 30th June 1979)
Playboy magazine with James Bond girls cover and Moonraker articles (Playboy Enterprises Inc., US, July 1979)
Photoplay magazine with Moonraker cover and article (The Illustrated Publications Ltd., UK, July 1979)
Film Review magazine with Moonraker cover and article (EMI Cinemas Ltd., UK, July 1979)
Future Life magazine with Moonraker cover and article (Future Life Magazine Inc., US, No.12, August 1979)
People Weekly magazine with Moonraker cover and article (People Weekly, US, August 13th 1979)
Photo Film magazine with Moonraker cover, articles and small pull-out poster (F.M.D. Éditions, Belgium, October 1979)
Set of three large posters printed on tin - featured are Operation Tonnerre (Thunderball), Moonraker and On Ne Vit Que Deux Vois (You Only Live Twice) (Maker and date unknown, France)
James Bond 007 Moonraker Special (World Distributors Ltd., UK, 1979)
Moonraker paperback novelisation by Christopher Wood (Jove Publications Inc., US, 1979)
Moonraker paperback novelisation by Christopher Wood (Triad/Panther Books, UK, 1979)
Moonraker Spanish film tie-in paperback (Bruguera, Spain, 1979)
Moonraker German film tie-in paperback including photographs from the film (Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, Germany, 1979)
Moonraker official souvenir brochure available at cinemas in the UK (Fenited Publishing Corp., UK, 1979)
Moonraker souvenir brochure (Maker unknown, Japan, c.1979)
Small Moonraker Streng Geheim (Moonraker) brochure (Neuer Filmkurier, Austria, 1979)
Moonraker promotional folding flyer (United Artists, US, 1979)
Moonraker card game (Heraclio Fournier, Spain, 1979)
Moonraker 12½ James Bond figure (Mego Corp., US, 1979)
Moonraker 12½ Hugo Drax figure (Mego Corp., US, 1979)
Moonraker 12½ Holly Goodhead figure (Mego Corp., US, 1979)
Richard Kiel as Jaws figure from Moonraker (Sidehsow Toys, US, 2002)
Moonraker 1:144 scale space shuttle kit (Airfix, UK, 1979)
Moonraker 1:144 scale space shuttle kit (Revell, US, 1979)
Moonraker 1:144 scale space shuttle and booster rockets kit (Revell, US, 1979)
Moonraker space shuttle kit (Doyusha, Japan, 1995)
Moonraker spy briefcase full of weapons and decoding devices (Nomura Toys, Japan, 1979)
Set of four Moonraker reflective metal badges (Paw Factors, UK, 1979)
Drax Jet Ranger from Moonraker - model no. Junior 73 (Corgi, UK, 1979)
Space Shuttle from Moonraker - model no. Junior 41 (Corgi, UK, 1979)
James Bond Lotus Esprit and Aston Martin DB5 in Moonraker packaging, although neither featured in the film - model no. Junior 2521 (Corgi, UK, 1979)
Drax Jet Ranger and Shuttle in Moonraker packaging model no. Junior 2521 (Corgi, UK, 1979)
Space Shuttle from Moonraker - model no. 649 (Corgi, UK, 1979)
Corgi catalogue from 1979 showing the range of James Bond related vehicles they were producing (Corgi, UK, 1979)
James Bond 007 Micro Machines Collection 2 - Moonraker (Galoob, US, 1995)
James Bond Collection 007 Corgi Classics Moonraker Shuttle and Hugo Drax figure set - model no. 65401 (Corgi, UK, 1997)
Set of seven cars produced as a promotion by Walmart at the time of the release of Die Another Day on DVD. The set included the Hispano-Suiza from Moonraker, the Toyota 2000GT from You Only Live Twice, the AMC Hornet from The Man With The Golden Gun, the Lotus Esprit from For Your Eyes Only, the Aston Martin V12 Vanquish from Die Another Day, the Sunbeam Tiger from Dr no and a limited edition version of the Lotus Esprit from The Spy Who Loved Me (Johnny Lightning, US, 2002)
Moonraker 1000 piece puzzle (MB, France, 1979)
Moonraker Space Gun (Lone Star, UK, 1979)
Moonraker trading stickers counter display box (Vanderhout Internationale Uitgaven (Viu), Netherlands, 1979)
Moonraker trading stickers album for the stickers shown above (Vanderhout Internationale Uitgaven (Viu), Netherlands, 1979)
Moonraker bubble gum sell sheet (Topps, US, 1979)
Moonraker bubble gum card packet (Topps, US, 1979)
Moonraker bubble gum card wrappers - notice the different adverts down the left hand side from the wrapper shown above. There were three different wrappers in the US featuring adverts for Pop Bottle Candy, Ring Pop and Bazooka Smooth 'n Juicy bubble gum (Topps, US, 1979)
Moonraker bubble gum card wrapper - notice the different manufacturer down the left hand side from the wrappers shown above. In the US the Moonraker gum was produced by Topps but in Canada it was produced by O-Pee-Chee Co. Ltd. The text is also shown in both English and French. (O-Pee-Chee Co. Ltd., Canada, 1979)
Set of 22 stickers that came in the Moonraker bubble gum card packets (Topps, US, 1979)
Moonraker bubble gum card full counter display box (Topps, US, 1979)
Moonraker bubble gum card packaging box sent out to stores with the counter display boxes shown above in (Topps, US, 1979)
Moonraker sweet cigarette and trading card counter display box (Alma, UK, 1980)
Moonraker sweet cigarette packet (Alma, UK, 1980)
Part set of Moonraker sweet cigarette cards - numbers 10, 20, 26, 32, 37 and 40 from the set of 48 cards (Alma, UK, 1980)
Moonraker original motion picture soundtrack (EMI/Capitol Records, EU, 2003). This is the remastered version.
Reproduction set of nine Moonraker lobby cards in 50th anniversary packaging (Pyramid International, UK, 2012)
Large Moonraker promotional sticker (United Artists, US, 1979)
Small Moonraker promotional sticker given away in copies of Joepie magazine (Joepie, Belgium, c.1979)
A5 Seiko Moonraker competition folding flyer (Seiko/Odeon, UK, 1979)
Moonraker two sided synposis sheet (United Artists, France, c.1979)
Moonraker View-Master picture reels (GAF, US, 1979)
Drax Jet Ranger helicopter from Moonraker - model no. 930 with firing missiles (Corgi, UK, 1979)
Moonraker sheet music (United Artists Music Ltd., UK, 1979)
Small Canon cameras Moonraker promotional sticker (Canon, Switzerland, 1979)
Mad magazine with Moonraker parody cover and comic (Suron International Publications, UK, No.216, April 1980)
MI6 Confidential Special Publication 07 - Moonraker: science fiction or science fact (mi6confidential.com, UK, December 2023)
James Bond's Moonraker to colour, cut out and fly! colouring and model book (Price/Stern/Sloan, US, 1979)