Shout! Factory to release Gerry Anderson series on DVD

Posted on 21st December 2014 by 1266 Nick Williams

Shout! Factory has revealed that they will be re-releasing the complete series of Fireball XL5, Stingray and Captain Scarlet for the US and Canadian market in early 2015. Scheduled for release between January and March next year, each series can be pre-ordered at a discount from the Shout! website:

Stringray - The Complete Series The series can also be pre-ordered on Amazon.com, which states the extras that have so far been confirmed for each release:

Fireball XL5

Commentary with director Alan Patillo and voice artist David Graham
Documentary The Noble Art of Fireball XL5

Stringray

Audio Commentary on select episodes
Gerry Anderson Biography
Making of Featurette: The Thing About Stingray…

Captain Scarlet - The Complete Series

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

Audio Commentary on “The Mysterons” and “Attack on Cloudbase”
Gerry Anderson Biography and Filmography

New Century 21 FX set from Alan Shubrook and Mike Trim

Posted on 6th December 2014 by 1266 Nick Williams

A set of limited edition memorabilia that follows on from Alan Shubrook’s popular book, Century 21 FX – Unseen Untold, has been released in time for Christmas.

The set contains a 36-page brochure featuring new and exclusive stories and photos, including a look at Alan Shubrook’s recent visit to the old Century 21 Studios in Slough, where the special effects pits are still clearly visible.

The set also features 3 brand new, exclusive limited edition prints from Mike Trim depicting some of the vehicles he designed during his time at Century 21. Pictured here is the Domo, from Thunderbirds.

Priced £42.99, the set has been strictly limited to 1,000 copies in order to preserve the exclusivity of the collection. Uk -based fans should order their copy before Tuesday 16 December to guarantee their package is sent out before the final Christmas posting day.

You can order your copy by visiting www.century21fxexclusive.com

Gerry Anderson toy auction before Christmas

Posted on 6th December 2014 by 1266 Nick Williams

A mouthwatering range of Gerry Anderson toys will go under the hammer at Aston’s Auctioneers and Valuers next week in Dudley, West Midlands. If you’d love to get your hands on a rare Dinky model of an Eagle Transporter or a Maximum Security Vehicle, then this event is for you!

The auction starts at 10am on Thursday 11th and Friday 12th, with viewings take place on Wednesday 10am – 6pm and on sale days from 8am (all day).

For enquiries and condition reports call 01384 931 001 Or email info@astonsauctioneers.co.uk

New Gerry Anderson books from Egmont

Posted on 2nd November 2014 by 1266 Nick Williams

Gerry Anderson the comic collection Inside the worlds of Gerry Anderson

Fanderson club members will be excited to know that Egmont are planning to release two hard cover books in time for Christmas.

Running to a sumptuous 288 pages, The Gerry Anderson Comic Collection (£17.00) features a selection of strips originally published in TV21, including Thunderbirds, Stingray, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Zero-X and Fireball XL5.

Inside the Worlds of Gerry Anderson (£12.59) is a compilation of Graham Bleathman’s stunning cutaways published by Fleetway Comics in the 1990s.

Both titles will be released on November 6th. Get saving those pennies for Christmas!

…2…! The last of our online Thunderbirds competitions

Posted on 31st October 2014 by 1266 Nick Williams

Thanks to our friends at ITV Studios, club members can win a Thunderbirds Are Go! promotional bag, in the last in our series of online competitions!

Produced specially for Brand Licensing Europe, the black bag carries the series title along with the green silhouette of Thunderbird 2. Inside the bag is an A5 flyer and a costume patch, sealed in silver foil.

To be in with a chance to win this special prize that money can’t buy, just answer this simple question:

Captain Scarlet voice artist Francis Matthews worked with Thunderbirds voice artist Peter Dyneley in which episode of The Saint? (clue: the answer’s in FAB 78)

Send your answer to query@fanderson.org.uk along with your full name and club membership number by 23:59 BST Friday 14th November 2014

The winner will be drawn at random from all valid entries on Saturday 15th November, whilst two runners-up will be sent the Thunderbirds Are Go! flyer.

FAB 79 will give all members the chance to win the TB1 bag, and is due to be mailed in early November.

You can see the other bags in the set below:

Shane Rimmer’s new novel Long Shot: available to download

Posted on 29th October 2014 by 1266 Nick Williams

Shane Rimmer's latest novel - Long Shot Shane Rimmer’s debut thriller novel, Long Shot, is now available as a Kindle download via Amazon.

Set in the world of international golf in the 1980s, Long Shot draws on Shane’s love of the sport, which he first wrote about when scripting the 1969 Secret Service episode Hole in One. Shane and long-time Gerry Anderson scriptwriter Tony Barwick shared a love of golf, which led to Shane writing The Secret Service script and to the establishment of a Tony Barwick golf tournament upon the writer’s death in 1993.

Following on the success of his first book, a wry and refreshingly frank autobiography From Thunderbirds to Pterodactyls, (published by Signum in 2010 and recently re-issued as a paperback), Long Shot marks Shane’s first foray into fiction on the printed page.

Long Shot features Gene Tucker, once a highly promising young golfer now reduced to running a driving range after a devastating car crash. Out of the blue, Tucker is asked to manage the opening tournament at a lavish new golf course, Camps Ciela, in Northern Spain, owned by a Washington political lobbyist.

Shane Rimmer at Preston Comicon, October 2014

He takes on the contract and with it a brimful of murder, Spanish nobility intrigue, a die-hard group of Basque dissidents whose aim is to protect the ancient rights of their land, and a young Basque renegade, Ramos, who is bent on wiping out the future of Campos Ciela and Gene Tucker as well…

Download your copy of Long Shot from Amazon now

Andersonic issue 18 is here!

Posted on 22nd October 2014 by 1266 Nick Williams

The latest issue of Andersonic – the absolutely excellent Gerry Anderson fanzine – is now available to purchase online! Issue 18 includes:

David Elliott interview – a new interview with APF’s editor and director who worked on the early puppet series up to Stingray and Thunderbirds.

Alan Perry Interview – Alan talks of his time working at APF/Century 21 on series such as Stingray and Thunderbirds and directing episodes of Captain Scarlet and UFO.

UFO/Computer Affair – Someone’s in lurve yet Ed Straker needs a computer to see it. We take a look at an overlooked episode.

Thunderbirds/ Invisible TV – Fred McNamara looks at the reasons why Thunderbirds is often overlooked in academic writing about television.

Joe 90/ Most Special Agent – two writers take opposing views of this series opener. Is it any good? One of them thinks so..

How do you watch your fave series? – Our writers reveal their little foibles when doing a bit of Anderson viewing.

Strip Story – we look at an individual comic strip story to see what makes it tick. This issue – Countdown’s Stingray story ‘Model Mission’ drawn by Brian Lewis.

… plus The Overseers of Psychon, Alpha Log Reports, event reviews and other stuff. The issue also has new art by Nigel Parkinson and a cover image by Martin Bower.

You can purchase the latest issue today from the Andersonic website!

Win a Thunderbird 4 bag!

Posted on 14th October 2014 by 1266 Nick Williams

The countdown continues…

Thanks to our friends at ITV Studios, club members can win a Thunderbirds Are Go! promotional bag, in the second in our series of competitions!

Produced specially for Brand Licensing Europe, the black bag carries the new series title along with the silhouette of Thunderbird 4. Inside the bag is an A5 flyer and a costume patch, sealed in silver foil.

To be in with a chance to win this special Thunderbird 4 bag that money can’t buy, just answer this simple question:

What was Sylvia Anderson’s advice to Nick Tate on being “too Australian” in Space:1999? (clue: the answer’s in FAB 78)

Send your answer to query@fanderson.org.uk along with your full name and club membership number by 23:59 BST next Monday, 20th October 2014.

The winner will be drawn at random from all valid entries on Tuesday 21st October, when we’ll have another competition for you! Two runners-up will be send the Thunderbirds Are Go! flyer.

Thunderbirds Are Go! at Brand Licensing Europe

Posted on 7th October 2014 by 1266 Nick Williams

Thunderbirds are Go! Tracy brothers The Countdown Is On!

Visitors to London’s Brand Licensing Europe exhibition today got their best look yet at Thunderbirds Are Go! as they were treated to tantalising glimpses of ITV Studios’ new series for 2015.

A 7 foot tall model Thunderbird 1 welcomed visitors, flanked by screens showing some of the amazing model work that’s been created for the new series by Weta Workshop in New Zealand. Posters tease us with the backs of the Tracy brothers, and an interactive “Thunderbird 5 Hub” hints at the interactive experiences that ITV are planning to support their new show. Viewers will be able to upload their own Thunderbird designs, play games, solve puzzles and much, much more in order to gain points which move them through the ranks of International Rescue. There will also be augmented reality displays in shops that give viewers in-depth information on the toy they (or their parents) are about to buy.

BLE runs at London’s Olympia Exhibition Centre until 9th October.

COMPETITION!
Thanks to our friends at ITV Studios, club members can win a Thunderbirds promotional bag!

Produced specially for BLE, the black bag carries the series title along with the silhouette of Thunderbird 5. Inside the bag is an A5 flyer and a costume patch, sealed in silver foil.

To be in with a chance to win this special prize that money can’t buy, just answer this simple question:

In its Kepler orbit, Thunderbird 5 can only ‘see’ part of the Earth. How many sister satellites are needed so that International Rescue has total global coverage? (Clue: The answer’s in FAB 78)

Send your answer to query@fanderson.org.uk along with your full name and club membership number by 23:59 BST next Monday, 13th October 2014

The winner will be drawn at random from all valid entries on Tuesday 14th October, when we’ll have another competition for you! Two runners-up will be send the Thunderbirds Are Go! flyer.

ITV grants Anderson Entertainment rights for Gerry Anderson Collectables

Posted on 9th September 2014 by 1266 Nick Williams

Anderson Entertainment has announced the signing of a licensing agreement with ITV to produce a range of special Limited Edition collectibles over the next three years.

The first releases will include a Limited Edition 50th Anniversary Stingray lapel badge and a pair of digitally painted Space: 1999 posters by Eric Chu (Battlestar Gallactica, Beetlejuice) featuring the full main cast of Seasons 1 & 2 of the iconic 1970s science fiction series.

Future items will include a range of special Limited Edition Thunderbirds collectibles that will be released for the classic show’s 50th anniversary next year, with more details to be announced in the coming months.

For further information about the upcoming collectables, visit www.gerryanderson.co.uk