Hi all, I have a Matchbox Thunderbird 4 that’s a little scuffed up and was looking to restore it with a touch up. Does anyone know the name of the specific paint at all?

May I ask any Thunderbirds fans why there were no episodes involving gangsters (Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney et al for the original show and Cillian Murphy, Tom Hardy et al for the modern version) and I have a feeling that it would've been a good episode if you ask me

Howdy, I tried to Google but came up a little short. Can someone help me understand the history of the diecast model toolings, particularly how it relates to Thunderbird 2?

When I was a kid I had a Matchbox Thunderbird 2 (sometime between 1990-1995). My understanding is this is the older Dinky tooling.

I've seen the new Corgi Thunderbird 2 which seems to be identical to the Matchbox version. However I was under the impression that Matchbox merged with Mattel? How did the Thunderbird 2 tooling end up at Corgi?

As for the others, from what I've read on Corgi's blog, Thunderbird 1 and 3 are new toolings circa 2009-2010, but are very similar to the older Dinky/Matchbox toolings? And possibly even a similar size/"scale", as I read that they've attempted to make them compatible with the Tracy Island playset.

Any info appreciated. Thanks!

I remember it has some fun games on it and some cool artwork that I have never been able to find again

Hi everyone,

My dad Martin is turning 60 & retiring at the end of the month, and I want to do something special for him. He is a massive thunderbirds fan, but I don’t really have any idea where to start with presents! He’s got lots of models, so I’d be hesitant to get him one incase he already has it.

Does anyone have any ideas of any exclusive/special thunderbirds related things that I could get him. I have send Jamie Anderson’s company an email in the hopes they might have something rare I can buy, but that’s a stretch 🤣

Any help/ideas would be much appreciated 🙏

Barry Gray in my view proved himself as a force to be reckoned with his theme music was almost as influential as Anderson's ground breaking techniques and Medding's timeless explosions gray's musical prowess hit its peak during production of UFO I was curious as to everyone else's thoughts on his music and where it peaked I look forward to reading you opinions

-Cy

Along Aoyama-dori in Akasaka.

Tohokushinsha Film Corporation is the Japanese rights holder for “Thunderbirds Are Go!”

Fun to walk along the street and come across something Thunderbirds “in the wild”…

I made a Thunderbirds series last year, with an extended movie edit as well. Plan to make more of these for the 60th so look out and look up.

The series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyBJb0PSX6A7MzqYOtzjmQLjUVEkg309w&si=U3sNpO98UokTWFNz

The movie: https://youtu.be/ireeSJ-0DB4?si=8FOlZRukBlMLpksN

As title - can anyone in the UK confirm whether they’re able to access the original Thunderbirds series still on the ITVX platform (and Stingray and Captain Scarlet, come to think of it…) It looks like ITV have deleted all three series overnight - my son is devastated!!

Having just finished watching Ricochet with my son, something occurred to me that never did when I was a child.

We know that Scott and Alan rescued Loman and O'Shea in Thunderbird 3, and we know that Alan punched O'Shea in the face. Are we supposed to believe that Alan knocked O'Shea unconscious, and that Loman was unaware as a result of his ordeal in the airlock?

It's quite unusual for adult outsiders to experience a ride in one of the Thunderbirds vehicles. The only exception that comes to mind is Ned Cook and his cameraman, who could have been transferred to dry land in New York.

Did Loman and O'Shea ride the sofa down from Thunderbird 3, along the railway, and up into the Tracy lounge? Were they flown to the mainland in Jeff's private jet? Did they see every aspect of IR's operation?

I prefer to think that Thunderbird 3 landed at a spaceport elsewhere before returning to Tracy Island. It's a pity we never got to see that during the series.

I know everyone will say a different thunderbird but we all know that number 2 is the best.

Century 21 Films had the Anniversary Episodes on their YouTube channel. I was halfway through watching them, I was going to continue but they’ve been taken down.

We’ve all seen SPV’s “acquired” by Scarlet and Blue on multiple occasions in the past. They often showed up in a Saloon car. We can presume Saloon cars are spread around the world just like SPV’s.

The question is do they have the same security measures as SPV’s (very well hidden and locations can only be accessed by the likes of Colonel White) or are the security measures more relaxed?

Reminder than Spectrum Saloon cars are not ordinary cars but instead bulletproof and heavily resistant to multiple things such as explosives

Century 21 Films have dropped a wonderful Christmas present and made the three Thunderbirds Anniversary episodes available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3Sq0_mLFMU

FAB!