Aston Martin DB5 used in both "Goldfinger" and "Thunderball". The owner (Jerry Lee, president/owner of WBEB Radio in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) originally bought the car from the Aston Martin company in 1969. At the auction, the DB5 was sold for £2.6 million. (£2.912m with commission) equates to $4.6m. Aston Martin announced in August 2018 that it plans to build 25 replicas of the DB5 as seen in "Goldfinger", including some of the gadgets seen in the film, each selling for about . With "Goldfinger", Corgi Toys began its decades-long relationship with the Bond franchise: they produced a toy of the car, which became the
Maco (toy company) of products and did not operate in other countries. Competitors included Hawk Model Company, Applause Inc, and Louis Marx and Company. In 1955, the New York City Council passed a bill to "ban the manufacture, sale or possession of imitation revolvers that resemble the real article too closely". In a debate about the measure, an Army .45 caliber automatic manufactured by Maco was used as an example of a toy gun which was similar enough to the real model to be used as a weapon in a robbery. Maco (toy company) Maco Toys, Inc., was the name of a popular