Club members invited to vote in advance of AGM

Posted on 21st February 2015 by 1266 Nick Williams

Club members are invited to vote now on matters to be discussed at Fanderson’s Annual General Meeting on 21st March. Members will need to give their unique security code (supplied with their copy of FAB 79) along with other personal information to verify they are eligible to vote. There are just two matters to be voted on, which are available at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/V6HY6JS.

Voting closes at midnight GMT on 20th March 2015, so that the results can be added to voting by members in attendance at the AGM itself.

Please note: Unfortunately due to technical reasons we are unable to provide a replacement should you have lost the original code sent to you with FAB .

Thunderbirds 50th anniversary coins revealed

Posted on 19th February 2015 by 1266 Nick Williams

Thunderbirds coins New Zealand Mint is releasing a limited edition coin series to celebrate the 50^th anniversary of Thunderbirds.

The coins are scheduled to coincide with the launch of ITV’s eagerly anticipated new series, Thunderbirds Are Go. The first coin is a 1 oz silver coin that features a gold-plated Thunderbirds 50th Anniversary logo. It comes packaged in a smart Thunderbirds-themed coin case. Surely the perfect gift for anyone looking to celebrate the big 5-0!

“Our design team has really enjoyed the challenge of working with these icons of 1960s entertainment and translating the classic Thunderbirds designs onto silver coins. We believe that Thunderbirds fans and collectors will be thrilled to see the coin series revealed over the next few months” said New Zealand Mint Chief Executive, Simon Harding.

The first coin release is now available at www.nzmint.com, and is priced at NZ$112.00. The coin has a limited mintage of only 5,000 coins worldwide.

The coins will be issued as legal tender of the South Pacific island nation of Niue, and feature the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the year-date and the monetary denomination on the obverse.

Many thanks to Robert Hill, who provided the these gorgeous pictures of the first coin!

Thunderbirds 50th anniversary soundtrack CD now on sale!

Posted on 14th February 2015 by 1266 Nick Williams

Fanderson is proud to present this spectacular quadruple CD set of enhanced and remastered soundtrack music from the Thunderbirds TV series.

The most comprehensive set of recordings from this iconic show ever released, the set comprises four discs, each containing over 70 minutes of Barry Gray’s unforgettable music. The whole package comes complete with a 40-page booklet and is presented in a special anniversary slip case.

Produced to mark the series’s 50th anniversary, this release is limited to just 1000 copies and is exclusive to Fanderson members.

Approximate timings: *

* Please note that these were approximate timings from a month before launch, while editing was still in progress. However, it gives you a sense of the structure of the discs, if not the order of the suites!

Prices

The following prices include postage and packing:

UK: £39.75
Europe: £43.50
Rest of the World: £46.75

Please note: Demand is expected to be high so orders are limited to two copies per member. Pre-orders are now being taken, with an expected release date of late March.

Fanderson members, pre-order your CDs (max. 2) online here!

If you are not a Fanderson member, but would like to join and qualify to buy our sales items, click here

David Graham, Mike Noble and Terry Adlam to attend Fanderson convention

Posted on 10th February 2015 by 1266 Nick Williams

Three more guests have been confirmed for The Future is Fantastic!, Fanderson’s upcoming Gerry Anderson convention in October.

David Graham, Mike Noble and Terry Adlam have all agreed to take part in the event, and will be very welcome additions to our schedule of interviews taking place over the weekend. You might even get the chance to talk to them in the bar if you buy them a drink!

David Graham
The man of a thousand Supermarionation voices, David Graham will once again be re-united with fellow voice artists Shane Rimmer and Matt Zimmerman. The ‘FAB 3’ will be in high demand as always, in this, the 50th anniversary of the original Thunderbirds series. Of course, we’ll also be asking David about what it was like to play Parker for the second time around!

Mike Noble
Much-loved and respected, comic artist and illustrator Mike Noble was responsible for some of the most beautiful TV Century 21 strips of the 1960s, starting with Fireball XL5. He later contributed to Alan Fennell’s revival of the TV Century 21 strips in the 1990s.

Terry Adlam
Comedy writer Terry Adlam wrote and directed the gag-a-second Dick Spanner, Gerry Anderson’s cult animated series in the 1980s. Perhaps we should expect some fun and games on stage…maybe even some impromptu performances!

This news follows hot on the heels of the first guest announcements, bringing the total number to 13!

The Future is Fantastic! will be Fanderson’s first full weekend convention in five years. It takes place over the weekend of 2nd to the 4th October 2015 at the Holiday Inn Maidenhead.

Find out more about The Future is Fantastic and book your tickets here!

New video shows the amazing world of Thunderbirds Are Go!

Posted on 6th February 2015 by 1266 Nick Williams

ITV has unveiled the first jaw-dropping shots of the new Thunderbirds world on the series’s Youtube channel.

Titled ‘Thunderbirds Are Go! | Introducing the World’, the video runs to one and half minutes and shows footage of the Thunderbird craft launch bays, the interior of Tracy Island lounge, aerial shots of the island, and what appears to be locations in Japan and an extra-terrestrial mining facility…

Teasingly, the video does not contain any footage of the character. But now the stage is set! Stay tuned for more exciting reveals in the weeks ahead.

The video follows on from a series of ‘blink-and-miss-it’ teaser trailer that commenced over Christmas.

Space:1999 CD wins award for Best Archival Release for 2014

Posted on 4th February 2015 by 1266 Nick Williams

Space1999 Sountrack CD Pack Shot

Fanderson’s 40th anniversary Space:1999 soundtrack CD has won an award for best Archival Release for 2014.

Reel Music announced that the triple-CD set had beaten these other great titles to first place:

Crash (1996) (Howard Shore) (Howe Records)
Dragon (2013) (Tim Phillips) (Eyeball Music)
The Pioneers of Movie Music: Sounds of the American Silent Cinema (1912-1928) (Various composers) (New World Records)
Predator 2 (1990) (Alan Silvestri) (Varese Sarabande CD Club)

Reel Music’s Alan Rogers called the Space:1999 release a ‘lovingly presented set’ and that ‘Barry Gray’s iconic scores have never sounded so good.’

Club members clearly agree, as the CDs have been flying off the shelves at Fanderson Towers since the set was released back in August last year.

The only down note for Alan was that ‘unfortunately, this release is limited to Fanderson club members.’

Well, with the club’s eagerly-awaited 50th anniversary Thunderbirds soundrack CD just around the corner, there’s certainly never been a better time to join Fanderson!

Check out our other soundtrack CDs