Top 10 Gadgets From James Bond Movies

It does not matter which actor you like the best in the Bond films. Whether it is Barry Nelson, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Sean Connery, David Niven, (The original Casino Royal) Pierce Brosnan or Daniel Craig, you have to admit that the gadgets that Bond uses during his missions are just about the coolest part of the movies. (Next to the Bond girls, that is) Bond would be dead many times over if not for Q and the many ingenious weapons he provided. This is especially true of the bad-ass cars that were "fully loaded" by Q and M16. Choosing the top ten out of so many great gadgets is tough work so let's dive right in. If you do not see your favorites here in the list, leave a comment about which device you thought was the coolest as i'm sure many will disagree with these ones.

One of the silliest but most memorable vehicles seen in a Bond film, 007 (Sean Connery) flies this single-seat autogiro during a recon mission in Japan. The sequence turns into an action-packed aerial pursuit, where Little Nellie's weapons — including machine guns, rocket launchers, flame throwers and smoke-screen — eliminate the pesky SPECTRE pilots hindering Bond's mission.

Other Uses: It makes great curly fires! Just stand underneath and toss potatoes into the air.

Bond is not the only one with cool toys. In Thunderball, if you fail in whatever devious, underhanded, terrorist plot you were assigned with, it might be a good idea not to attend the next henchmen's meeting. For those incompetent lackeys who were dumb enough to go to the meeting, Blofeld would make an example of them with the push of a button.
The thug's chair would turn into an executioner's chair, frying whoever was unfortunate enough to be sitting there. The chair then flips upside and dumps the smoking corpse out of sight. The chair comes back clean as a whistle.

Other Uses: You can also strap a chicken to the chair and make fried chicken without getting up from the table. How is that for fast food and service?

You only live twice, unless of course you get on Bonds bad side and ask for a light. How cool would it be to have a cigarette that launches a mini rocket with the strength of a hand grenade? It is very cool, as long as you do not forget and accidentally blow up your lover after a roll in the hay, not to mention your own lips.

Other Uses: It makes a really powerful deterrent for anyone who has tried unsuccessfully to quit smoking.

Talk about a song that goes to number one with a bullet, this portable radio could play it with a rocket. A ghetto blaster with a built in rocket launcher is something that you would not want to see on the streets. I wonder if it plays Elton John's Rocket Man when you arm the rocket. I know it would scare The Living Daylights out of me.

Other Uses: You can set it to self-destruct when someone plays rap music too loud.

This cool creation looks like an ordinary tube of toothpaste but it dispenses plastic explosives and teeth cleaning paste. Your smile will have a License to Kill. All you have to do is slip it into the bad guys bathroom and get safely away. The trigger is in a pack of cigarettes so you can detonate it from a distance and still enjoy a smoke. Talk about an explosive smile!

Other Uses: Mother-in law dearest. I bought you some new toothpaste that is supposed to taste great. Why don't you try it while I go out for a smoke?

Designed by a secret branch of Ericson, this little phone is way ahead of its time. Tomorrow never dies when you can pick any fingerprint encoded lock and run the prints of any bad guy you encounter. In fact, the antenna allows you to pick just about any lock. The built in stun gun is bound to get you out of a jam or two as well.

Other Uses: The next time that annoying co-worker asks to borrow your phone will be the last when you accidentally stun him back into his mother's womb.

Not For Your Eyes Only, this car actually survived the mission intact. Fully loaded, the fast moving vehicle had some of the coolest gadgets around, like the ability to go into submarine mode with the flip of a switch. Can you say TORPEDO! The Lotus Esprit with torpedoes is a real shark in the water. When on land, he would just use the everyday, ordinary surface to air missiles. (So much for rush hour traffic) He also had machine guns behind the headlights and could drop landmines in or out of the water. I have to get me one of those!

Other Uses: If you do not like the movie at the Drive-in Theater, you could just blow up the screen.

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The world is not enough if you are trying to buy the glasses that can see through clothing. Imagine knowing exactly how much money someone has in their wallet before you ask to borrow some. James Bond always had the upper hand when he wore these bad-ass glasses because he knew exactly what kind of weapons you were carrying and where you were hiding them.

Other Uses: Every beach is a nude beach when you have these glasses.

Diamonds are forever, but Bond's bank account is not. It takes quite a bankroll to operate off the radar and without orders, as Bond often does. So how does our smooth operator finance his activities when flying under the sectioned radar? Q gave him a pretty cool gadget that helps with that cause. Controlled by a ring like a remote control, this handy little device insures a jackpot on any slot machine.

James does not use it on the quarter slots because as a spy, you cannot afford to jingle while you sneak up on bad guys.

Other Uses: Given James' reputation with the ladies, Q made sure it works on condom machines as well.

These deluxe watches were worn by Pierce Brosnan in three films. In Goldeneye, Bond's Omega Seamaster is equipped with a laser beam cutter that helps him and Bond girl Natalya escape from the villainous 006's ICBM train. Later, Bond's watch allows him to arm and disarm magnetic mines in 006's lair. In Tomorrow Never Dies, Bond's new Omega watch was used as a remote detonator; in The World is not Enough, Bond's Omega watch is also equipped with a grappling hook and micro filament cable.

If you are old school, Diamonds Are Forever but jewels, style, and elegance are not the only thing that works with the ladies. Flashing a Rolex is a great way to cut the tension at the bar and if that does not work, that is okay. The watch has a built in laser that will cut through anything, including her cold demeanor and any doors that might be locked. Oh, and it will also cut through handcuffs and slice and dice bad guys.

Other Uses: If Bond gets hungry for a snack, he can use the laser to slice and dice a few potatoes as well. All he has to do then is put them on that electrified chair.

In Goldfinger, Q is not the only one who can modify a watch. Goldfinger sported a Rolex that could cut through steel, and did. Fort Knox had a steel vault door that melted like cheese under the powerful Rolex Submariner wristwatch. The laser was so strong that you could put a red dot on the moon. Why you would want to, I will never know. Goldfinger tried to kill James Bond with it as well but missed, fortunately for the ladies.

Other Uses: It does come in handy when you need a quick snack and have to slice cheese for a grilled cheese sandwich.

Of course, in Dr. No the Rolex Submariner wristwatch was one of the first gadgets introduced into the James Bond series. The early version did not have as many functions as its newer counterparts it was still a pretty cool. This particular watch had an alligator band.

Other Uses: Well, it tells time. That's a function Q almost forgot to add.

Live and Let Die: Moneypenny handed this version of the Submariner to Bond after Q made some really cool upgrades. The watch had an extremely powerful electro-magnet that could actually draw a bullet that is fired at the wearer. This baby could suck the fillings out of a charging Rhino's mouth at ten paces.

Other Uses: Makes a great jar opener, as long as you do not plan to put the top back on. I knew a guy that had one of these. We were at the beach one day and he was showing me how the magnet was so strong that you could use it for a metal detector. The powerful magnet would suck small pieces of metal right out of the ground. Unfortunately for him, there was a naval research vessel a couple of miles offshore and he was sucked into the water, never to been seen again. I heard somewhere that he became the king of a tribe of pigmies somewhere on an uncharted island off the coast of Africa.