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
Toy train trains made of tinplate weren't scale at all, made to unrealistic, whimsical proportions similar in length to modern HO scale, but anywhere from one and a half to two times as wide and tall. Some adult fans of toy trains operate their trains, while others only collect. Some toy train layouts are accessorized with scale models in an attempt to be as realistic as possible, while others are accessorized with toy buildings, cars, and figures. Some hobbyists will only buy accessories that were manufactured by the same company who made their trains. This practice is most common among fans of