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Thunderbirds 60 Years at Slough Museum

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Third great FREE Thunderbirds event opens 4th October

Following hot on the heels of their successful Thunderbirds Memories Weekend in 2024 and The Art Of Thunderbirds earlier this year, Slough Museum is staging its third free event for Thunderbirds fans.

Masterminded by Fanderson member Sam Denham, who has again worked with the staff and volunteers at the museum in the heart of the Slough Trading Estate, where Thunderbirds was produced. The Thunderbirds 60 Years exhibition will celebrate the series by looking at the production and design, models and puppets, and will take a peek behind the scenes. It opens on 4th/5th October (10:00-16:00 both days), then every Friday 11:00-1600 and Saturday 10:00-14:00 until 20th December 2025.

Full details are on the event flyer, here.

Slough Museum Trust was founded in 1982 by a group of local people who wanted to create a museum to share knowledge about local and general history, topography and archaeology of Slough and surrounding districts. Their mission today is to build a sense of pride in Slough. They develop imaginative and inclusive projects and displays and encourage people to share their stories and knowledge of Slough as a place of pioneers and innovators. It is the only organisation in Slough that has a remit to collect, conserve and communicate the town’s heritage. They explore and celebrate Slough’s past, present and future.

New pink chrome FAB 1 from Scalextric!

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To celebrate 60 years of Thunderbirds, Scalextric has given Lady Penelope’s iconic FAB 1 a dazzling new look. This special edition model comes in a striking chrome pink finish, making it a true collector’s piece.

Complete with all the classic details, from the six wheel design to Parker at the wheel, this FAB 1 is ready to take pride of place in any collection. Whether you’re a lifelong Thunderbirds fan or a Scalextric collector, this anniversary edition is a must have.

Great offers with new merchandise!

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We’ve got great offers with our two new merchandise items, available to pre-order today (stock expected 13th October)!

Buy the new Captain Scarlet Vs The Mysterons double-CD in the same transaction as Super Space Theater book and art prints, apply coupon code ScarletSST at checkout before paying, and get 30% off the book.

Buy Doppelgänger picture cards in the same transaction as both of our Space:1999 Year Two and The Future Is Fantastic! picture cards sets, apply coupon code DoppCARDS at checkout before paying, and get 30% off the the latter two sets.

Buy Doppelgänger picture cards in the same transaction as our Doppelgänger soundtrack album, apply coupon code DoppCD at checkout before paying, and get 10% off the soundtrack.

All offers close on 31st October 2025.

OFFER TERMS AND CONDITIONS (in addition to our standing Ts&Cs)

  • This offer is for Fanderson members only.
  • Members must buy both all items detailed in the same transaction.
  • Apply the coupon code(s) before you pay to get the discount. You can use more than one code in the same transaction
  • Members must apply the coupon code themselves to get the discount. It cannot be applied after you have paid, and we cannot apply it retroactively.
  • This is an online-only offer. It cannot be redeemed via the post.
  • Offer ends 31st October 2025

[UPDATED] Merchandise mailings to USA (World zone 3) restarted

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UPDATED 21/10/25

We are now able to resume the mailing of merchandise orders to the USA (postage zone World 3). Prices have been adjusted to reflect the additional Postal Delivery Duties Paid (PDDP) service now in place.

The Post Office recommends that orders are sent using the International Tracked/Signed option, so please add this to your basket before checkout.

We will not be able to claim compensation for any orders mailed not using this option that are not delivered, and so will not be able to replace any lost items.

UPDATED 10/9/25

We have had to suspend orders of our merchandise to the USA (postage option W3). As Royal Mail get to grips with the realities of posting items to the USA, they are having to frequently change the processes and prices they are charging. Therefore, until the matter settles down, we are suspended all postage option W3 orders.

Membership renewals are NOT AFFECTED, as we believe the situation will have stabilised by the time of our winter mailing.

World 3 price option now live for members in the USA

On 30th July 2025, the United States government announced an Executive Order which outlined significant changes to the customs requirements and processes for goods being imported into the USA from 29th August 2025. You can read more here.

A key element is the removal of duty-free for low value items. Previously, items valued at less than $800 could enter the USA without having to pay customs duties. Now, these import tariffs (duties) must be paid on top of the postage you already pay.

We had already planned to introduce a ‘World 3’ price structure for members in the USA from our winter mailing, but have no option than to bring this forward, to take into account this unforeseen new duty. With over 400 items in our online catalogue, it will take a little time for us to introduce World 3 to all products, so please bear with us.

With immediate effect, members in the USA must choose the W3 (World 3) option (where available) when ordering from us.

A Celebration of Sci-fi Toys and Collectibles at Museum Of Brands

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Childhood memories return in major exhibition of Thunderbirds and Space:1999 collectables

The Museum of Brands is proud to announce the opening of “Thunderbirds & Space:1999 – a Celebration of Sci-fi Toys and Collectibles“. This special exhibition marking the anniversaries of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s seminal shows Thunderbirds and Space:1999. The displays celebrate the enduring legacy of the Andersons’ iconic television shows through the toys, games, comics and memorabilia that captured the imagination of generations. The exhibition is co-curated by acclaimed designer, Thunderbirds superfan and Fanderson member Malcolm Garrett MBE, and the Museum of Brands.

“These weren’t just toys,” explains exhibition co-curator Alice Kain “For children of the 60s and 70s, these objects were the connectors to the Andersons’ futuristic worlds. Each figure, board game and annual represents hours of imaginative play where ordinary bedrooms could be transformed into International Rescue headquarters or Moonbase Alpha.”

The exhibition features over 400 carefully preserved items, many on public display for the first time. Objects have been loaned from the Robert Opie collection and several private collectors who have treasured these pieces for decades. The exhibition showcases an unprecedented display of Anderson collectables from major TV shows including Thunderbirds, Stingray, Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons, Supercar, Fireball XL5, UFO and Space:1999.

Highlights include die-cast Dinky Toys vehicles (still with their packaging), rare promotional items from confectionery tie-ins, original sets of cherished annuals and comics, vintage jigsaws and board games that brought the shows into family homes.

Malcolm Garrett, curator of The Malcolm Garrett Collection, said: “My earliest memory of Gerry Anderson’s remarkable TV shows is watching Supercar when I was just five or six years old. My first toy was a red plastic Supercar with clear roof and yellow pullout wings, which I played with endlessly. I was an avid follower of all things Anderson from then on, subscribing to TV21 comic when it was launched in 1965, just ahead of Thunderbirds first broadcast, and demanding my parents bought all the Dinky toys for me. It was perhaps inevitable that much later I began to collect all those toys, annuals and books that I had either owned as a child, or wished I had. To be able to loan them now to this very special exhibition is something I couldn’t have dreamed of.”

The Museum Of Brands is at 111 – 117 Lancaster Road, Notting Hill, London W11 1QT.

Stingray Blu-ray Disc boxset from Via Vision

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Via Vision’s BD boxset includes new book

Hot on the heels of their impending Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons release, Via Vision’s new Stingray boxset adds several new commentaries to those previously on Network’s superb 2022 release, a 150-page hardcover book, and the Super Space Theatre movies The Incredible Voyage Of Stingray and Invaders From The Deep – all in one of their legendary hard boxes!

Due for release on 26th November, see full details and order here.

44 FAB Years – are you a winner?

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Are you a winner in our 44 FAB Years celebrations?

Thanks to everyone who took part in our 44 FAB Years celebrations of the world’s only Official Gerry And Sylvia Anderson Appreciation Society! From 1st to 20th August we ran a series of daily auctions and/or raffles to raise funds for charity. Plus, everyone who had bid in one of the auction and/or bought a raffle ticket was entered into a lucky dip draw for one of ten 1992 Fanderson Junior birthday cards.

Are you one of our winners?

Auctions

  • Barry Gray mini album proof – Michael Vincent
  • Captain Scarlet art prints – Keith Jones and Eleftherios Sarris
  • Century 21 Diary – Eleftherios Sarris
  • Countdown To Disaster convention brochure – Lyndsay Jones
  • Danger Zone Script Book – Keith Campbell
  • Design File 2 – Keith Campbell
  • Space Precinct stationery – Stephen Bushell
  • The Investigator DVD – Will Squires
  • Thunderbirds stationery – Lyndsay Jones
  • FAB 6 – Will Squires
  • FAB 7 – Paul Spearman
  • FAB 8 – Sam Townend
  • FAB 9 – Will Squires
  • FAB 10 – Sam Townend
  • FAB 11 – Lyndsay Jones
  • FAB 12 – Ian Haworth
  • FAB 13 – Paul Spearman
  • FAB 15 – Paul Meads
  • FAB 16 – Ian Burgess
  • FAB 18 – Sam Townend
  • FAB 19 – Lyndsay Jones
  • FAB 20 – Sam Townsend
  • FAB 21 – Sam Townend
  • FAB 23 – Lyndsay Jones
  • FAB 24 – Lyndsay Jones
  • FAB 27 – Lyndsay Jones
  • FAB 29 – Sam Townend
  • FAB 31 – Mark Wrighton
  • FAB 33 – Lyndsay Jones

Raffles

  • Captain Scarlet And The Power Of The Mysterons mini-album CD – Mark Wrighton
  • Captain Scarlet art prints (unsigned) – Mark Wrighton
  • FAB Yearbook #1 – Mark Wrighton
  • Stingray colouring book – Keith Jones
  • UFO Script Book – Mark Wrighton

Our Lucky Dip winners of a Fanderson Junior birthday card are: Eleftherios Sarris, Ian Haworth, Keith Campbell, Lyndsay Jones, Mark Wrighton, Paul Meads, Paul Spearman, Sam Townsend, Stephen Bushell and Will Squires.

We’ll be in touch with all our winners in next few days to arrange payment, then the prizes/auction lots will be mailed as soon as possible.

Thanks to Najmie Allette, Stephen Brown, Catherine Ford, Sally Ground, Maggy Harris, Simon Harris, Lynn Simpson and Tom Wingate for their generous donations. If you have something that you’d like to donate for our future fundraising efforts, please get in touch at fanderson.org.uk@outlook.com with details.

Fanderson members have an amazing track record for raising money for good causes. You’ve dug deep and over £60,000 has been donated to a variety of good causes, including Actors’ Benevolent Fund, Alzheimers Society, Baby Lifeline, Children In Need, Diabetes UK, The Film And TV Charity, Guide Dogs, Hearing Dogs For Deaf People, Macmillan Cancer Support, Orchid, The Silver Line, Terrence Higgins Trust, Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Appeal and many more.

We’ll be finalizing the amount we’ll be donating to Demelza at the end of November. In the meantime, you can add to the total by buying one of our charity donation items.

Finally, there’s still time to nominate a charity that you’d like us to support in 2025/6.

We’re changing to Royal Mail’s world postal zones

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Ensure you’re paying the right postage

With the summer mailing, we’ve started aligning ourselves with Royal Mail’s world postal zones to ensure you’re paying the right postage.

We’re updating our Fanderson Sales product pages over the coming months, so that they’ll reflect this structure by the time of the winter mailing. Until this process is complete, if you see seven postage options for a product, choose the right one for where you live. If you only see our old UK/Europe/Rest of the World options, use the one that you’ve been using for years.

You can always check which zone you’re in by clicking here, or log in to your Fanderson account and check your recent membership renewal.