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
Tin Toy he kept alive with annual investment. The film was officially a test of the PhotoRealistic RenderMan software, and proved new challenges to the animation team, namely the difficult task of realistically animating Billy. "Tin Toy" later gained attention from Disney, who sealed an agreement to create "Toy Story" starring Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, which was primarily inspired by elements from "Tin Toy". The short premiered in a partially completed edit at the SIGGRAPH convention in August 1988 to a standing ovation from scientists and engineers. "Tin Toy" went on to claim Pixar's first Oscar with the 1988 Academy Award