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

Space:1999 40th anniversary CD available to pre-order now!

Posted on 31st August 2014 by 1266 Nick Williams

Fanderson’s eagerly awaited Space:1999 40th anniversary Year One soundtrack CD is now available for club members to pre-order online. The CD will be launched on September 20th, and is a full update of the club’s 1998 double-CD release.

Back in March, Fanderson caused a surge of excitement among fans when we announced we would be releasing the most comprehensive soundtrack CDs ever of Thunderbirds and Space:1999 Year 1.

The new triple Space:1999 album runs for over three and a half hours and, across its 80 tracks, contains music from every Year One episode as well as the compilation films Alien Attack and Journey Through The Black Sun.

Additional remastering has been undertaken to further improve the quality of the recording, new library tracks and Barry Gray archive material has been identified and are included in this new edition. The whole package is completed with a full-colour booklet that is almost double the page count of that in the 1998 edition and a special 40th Anniversary slipcase.

The Space:1999 40th anniversary CD is limited to just 1,000 copies, and is available exclusively for Fanderson members.

Due to expected very high demand for this product, we will initially restrict orders to 2 copies per member (we’ll be checking!).

Approximate running time: 212 minutes

Pre-order your copy NOW!

Thunderbirds films sountracks to be released

Posted on 14th August 2014 by 1266 Nick Williams

The soundtrack to Thunderbirds are Go and Thunderbird Six is almost here!

Barry Gray’s rousing scores are presented for the first time in their most original and complete formats. The score for Thunderbirds Are Go! is the original score recording, while Thunderbird 6 is available for the first time in stereo.

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The CD is being released by LaLa Land Records and is limited to just 1,200 copies. It will start to ship from America from 15th August, priced $20 plus $10 shipping to Europe.

Produced by Ralph Titterton and Ford A. Thaxton, and restored, edited, assembled and mastered by Tim Mallett, the CD also features in-depth liner notes and – as you can see – beautiful cover artwork.

Details on how to order, full track listings and preview of some tracks are available at http://lalalandrecords.com/Site/ThunderbirdsAreGo.html

Gerry Anderson greetings cards released

Posted on 13th July 2014 by 1266 Nick Williams

Gerry Anderson greetings cards

We know our club members fans like to exchange gifts , so we thought it would be a good idea to produce some greetings cards featuring some of your favourite series and memories from the worlds of Gerry Anderson! Lovingly designed by Jonathan Baxter, the cards feature scenes from Joe 90 and Space:1999, as well as some of the famous TV21 covers from the past. The fourth card features a mock up of a certain B-movie that we hope will appeal to Thunderbirds fans!

The cards are sold as a pack of 4 and are blank inside. They can be used for any occasion – birthdays, christenings, Christmas – maybe your next reunion with an old friend at a Gerry Anderson convention!

This is the first time the club has produced a card since the follows on from the club’s ‘birthday’ card, which was given to members who attended the club’s 30th anniversary on the 20th August 2011.

Fanderson members can order their pack of Gerry Anderson greetings cards online!

Fanderson releases sweet cigarette cards books volume 2

Posted on 28th June 2014 by 1266 Nick Williams

Fanderson has released the second volume in its series of Sweet Cigarette Card books. The book covers the sweet cigarettes that were produced to tie in with the original marketing of The Secret Service, UFO and Space:1999 in the 1960s. The book features high resolution scans of the cards, with notes on variations and packaging. The first volume covered Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons.

Order your copy now!

Don’t forget: Fanderson merchandise is available exclusively to club members. Find out how to join

50 Shades of Anderson tribute to Barry Gray

Posted on 11th June 2014 by 1266 Nick Williams

50 Shades of Anderson A tribute to the music of Barry Gray has been included on a new album, ‘Me/Lp v1’, by drummer/producer Mike Ellis. Released by Hot Foot Productions Records, the album was released on June 2nd in CD format, and as a download from bandcamp.com.

Titled ‘50 Shades of Anderson‘, the 9-minute track mashes together all our greatly-loved themes into a mad musical fusion! The album also includes ‘Brains 90’, a remix of the original Joe 90 that was released on download in August 2013.

‘Me/Lp v.1’ can be heard, purchased and downloaded at: http://mikeellis.bandcamp.com/

New Terrahawks audioplays announced

Posted on 22nd April 2014 by 1266 Nick Williams

A series of 8 new Terrahawks audio episodes have been announced by Anderson Entertainment and Big Finish, featuring members of the original voice – Jeremy Hitchen (Ninestein, Hiro, It-Star), Robbie Stevens (101, Hawkeye, Yung-Star) and Denise Bryer (Zelda and Mary Falconer).

Jamie Anderson, Gerry’s son and Managing Director of Anderson Entertainment said: “We’ll be using stories planned for the unmade third TV season as well as developing new material, and hope to release the box set in spring 2015.”

Nicholas Briggs, executive producer of Big Finish Productions, added, “I’m a huge fan of Gerry Anderson’s great TV shows and, for quite some time, it’s been my personal ambition for Big Finish to produce a series based on the great man’s work.”

Terrahawks – Volume One is available for pre-order now at £25 on CD and £20 on download. The price will increase on release.

Release date set for Blu-Ray Thunderbirds films

Posted on 13th April 2014 by 1266 Nick Williams

Thunderbirds Are Go and Thunderbird 6 will receive their long-awaited release on Blu-Ray on May 13th.

The Thunderbird films will be available to purchase as a joint Blu-Ray release, courtesy of Twilight Time, and will be limited to just 3,000 copies.

Twilight Time’s director Nick Redman said: “As a huge fan of Thunderbirds – and having grown up on everything Anderson – I’m thrilled to be involved in making Thunderbirds Are Go and Thunderbird 6 available in HD on Blu-Ray discs for the very first time”.

You can order your copy from May 13th online at www.screenarchives.com

What the papers said about the films when they were first released…

“So who needs people? These handsome, stiff-necked, shiny-faced Thunderbirds puppets have broken spectacularly out of black-and-white TV and on to the cinema screen.”
– The Daily Mail

“Of course, the cast are all puppets, the sets, models, and the story unabashed nonsense. But it’s great all the same…awesome.”
– The Sunday Express

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