Order your TB5 and TB4 die-cast models!
The latest additions to Corgi’s Thunderbirds range can now be pre-ordered from Corgi’s website, and you can read much more about their development here.
Thunderbird 5 – £39.99, expected winter 2025
Order your TB5 and TB4 die-cast models!
The latest additions to Corgi’s Thunderbirds range can now be pre-ordered from Corgi’s website, and you can read much more about their development here.
Thunderbird 5 – £39.99, expected winter 2025
Avert disaster with some FAB magazines in this month’s special offer
Thanks to our monthly offers, more members are discovering the club’s FAB magazine and telling us “It’s an amazing magazine” or “I never knew how much there is in each issue”. Although a large number of members have been with Fanderson for years, and so may have received FAB as part of their membership package, there’s a significant number who have joined since.
To encourage that latter group to take a punt on ordering some copies, our monthly series of discounts are focussed on a specific series. For September, it’s the turn of magazines featuring Thunderbirds. Since we started these monthly offers in January, quite a few issues have sold out. Get your order in now as stock on many issues is quite low – don’t miss out!
Buy any five or more issues of FAB magazine that contain Thunderbirds content (conveniently, you can see them all by clicking here) in one transaction, apply the coupon code FAB-SEPT-THUNDERBIRDS at checkout, and you’ll get a whopping 50% off those issues.
Celebrate anniversaries with a cuppa, then finish the washing up with these exclusive tea towels!
We’re celebrating Thunderbirds‘ 60th, UFO‘s 55th and Space:1999‘s 50th anniversaries with something a little different, and very British – our new range of tea towels!
Choose from Jonathan Baxter’s Thunderbirds montage, Steve Kyte’s classic UFO artwork, or Graham Bleathman’s Moonbase Alpha – from just £12.50 each (UK). Put all three in your basket at the same time and save 15% by applying coupon code TIME-FOR-TEA at checkout. Offer ends 1st October 2026.
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Thunderbirds 50p coins launched
The Westminster Collection, a leading UK distributor of collectable stamps and coins, has launched a series of Thunderbirds 50p coins. Illustrated by acclaimed comic book artist Lee Sullivan, these brand-new coins have been officially approved by Buckingham Palace to mark the 60th anniversary of Thunderbirds — making them the world’s first 50p coins to feature the legendary vehicles of International Rescue.
The range starts with uncirculated 5-coin set for £37.50, to a painted set of the coins for £75, or a painted Thunderbird 2 in presentation box for £75 too. Or, if you have £375 to spare, you can choose to have your painted set of coins in a presentation box!
Dee Anderson is embarking on a tour of the UK, sharing her memories of ‘growing up with Thunderbirds‘
As the daughter of Sylvia and Gerry Anderson, Dee Anderson, lived and breathed the magic of Thunderbirds and all the other Supermarionation programmes as a child. In this show, Dee presents a heartfelt tribute to the boundless imagination and thrilling adventures that defined a generation.
Gerry and Sylvia’s extraordinary legacy comes to life on stage like never before, inviting you into the world of a child who grew up with Thunderbirds. In her words “It was simply FAB!”
Dates/venues being added as confirmed and tickets become available:
Lucky for some – our 13th FAB Book Of… comes with its own free gift – a reproduction Captain Scarlet file from TV21!
The FAB Book Of… series has been incredibly popular since the book of Dinky toys started it way back in 2010.
Now, we’re delighted that the 13th book is being added to the series – the FAB Book Of… Free Gifts And Promotions. This new 60-page book takes a look at all the wonderful gifts that were given away in comics such as TV21, Lady Penelope and Countdown. For many of us, this will be our only chance to see some of these items – as giveaways, many weren’t designed to last for long, or were simply thrown away after a short while. This book features not just the gifts themselves but also the comics they were offered in, as well as advertising in other publications.
Our new book comes with a free gift of its own – a reproduction of the Captain Scarlet file originally given away with TV21 issue 155.
Click here to order your copy now!
Don’t forget, although Sweet Cigarette Cards Volume 2 has sold out, we still have 11 other titles in the series available. Buy any three or more in the same transaction (excluding FAB Book Of Free Gift And Promotions) and you’ll get 20% off! And we still have stock of FAB Books binders to keep your books safely in.
Free weekend celebrating the art and design of Thunderbirds
As a follow-up to last year’s very successful Thunderbirds Memories Weekend, Slough Museum is staging another free weekend for fans of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s landmark series, filmed just up the road on the Slough Trading Estate. The Art Of Thunderbirds will feature artwork, models and puppets showcasing the groundbreaking visual design created for the series.
The Art Of Thunderbirds will be open 10:00-16:00 at Slough Museum, 72 Buckingham Avenue, Slough, SL1 4PN on 7th and 8th June 2025. For more information please contact info@sloughmuseum.co.uk
Accompanying issue 124 Of Electronic Sound magazine is a 7″ vinyl disc of Barry Gray Music
Captain Scarlet’s on the cover and inside the magazine there’s a deep dive into the music of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s sci-fi TV shows, much of it the work of cult British composer Barry Gray. Gerry and Sylvia produced some of the most exciting children’s television of the 1960s and 1970s, and Barry Gray’s music, which was initially orchestral but later increasingly electronic, was crucial to the success of them all. The former RAF pilot was responsible for the sonic magic of both the Andersons’ puppet shows and their live action dramas like UFO and Space:1999.
Accompanying the magazine is a cool white vinyl EP featuring six musical excerpts from three of the Andersons’ shows:
See more and order your magazine and/or disc here.
Corgi have announced an addition to their Thunderbirds die-cast toy fleet of TB1, TB2 (with TB4), TB3 and FAB 1. Coming later this year will be a brand new 15cm long version of Thunderbird 4!
Read more on Corgi’s blog post here, including new computer-aided design renders of the new toy.
Get your fill of Thunderbirds by the beach this summer!
For the fourth year running, Fanderson is the proud sponsor of the Anderson On Film presentations as part of the Southend Film Festival, enabling fans to enjoy Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s work together this summer!
In this digital world it’s easy to watch programmes on your phone, to stream, or even to watch from DVD or Blu-ray Disc. But this summer Anderson fans can share that collective experience of watching programmes (in their original aspect ratio, with original soundtrack) with fellow fans, thanks to the Southend Film Festival!
All programmes are being screened in their original aspect ratios and with the original soundtracks. Event organiser and Fanderson member Mark Joseph is bound to pop a few unexpected surprises into the programmes too!
The popular Southend Film Festival has been running for sixteen years in venues around Southend, Essex. The festival’s patrons are actors Ray Winstone, Vicki Michelle, Phil Davis and Tony Denham, and you can see all about it at www.southendfilmfestival.com.
Fanderson is delighted to be able to support fan-organised events such as this. If you need help or support with your Anderson event, please drop us a line at fanderson.org.uk@outlook.com.