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.
Join the virtual Thunderbirds race!
Ace Races is offering a range of licensed virtual races in which you’ll get an exclusive Thunderbirds medal on completion, plus the opportunity to buy other official merchandise.
Take part in this special race by choosing either 5km, 10km, half marathon (21km) or marathon (42km) to earn your collectors medal and pin badge in the post. You can complete the distance any way you choose such as walking, running, cycling, rowing, swimming and so much more meaning the whole family can take part! After submitting your results, Ace Races will send your exclusive medal and pin badge to you.
Click here to sign up for a race and see the associated merchandise.
We’re getting FAB Annual 2025 ready to mail to club members in Canada
Fanderson members in Canada will be aware that we chose not to mail their FAB Annuals in December along with everyone else, due to the effects of the postal strike there. Although the strike was resolved a while ago, we were advised to wait until the huge backlog of post had been cleared and services were back to normal. Canada Post suggested that we should steer clear of January, so we’ll start mailing again to Canada in the next few days, and catch up with FAB Annuals to those who are owed them as part of their club membership.
Thunderbirds are go for Corgi this spring.
Die-cast manufacturer Corgi has announced a new and updated range of Thunderbirds toys to supplement their Stingray, SPV and Angel Interceptor. The new range includes FAB 1, Thunderbirds 1, 2 (with 4) and 3, and Corgi are at pains to stress the work done to ensure these new toys better represent the vehicles as seen on-screen. Corgi’s blog includes comparison shots, showing the reprofiling done on TBs 1 and 3, plus the better paint job on TB2.
Sadly, though much of this work has been appreciated by fans, over-riding comments on social media have been less than complimentary, particularly citing the rather bulbous FAB 1 (resembling more the life-size car made to publicise Thunderbird 6 in 1967) rather than Lady Penelope’s sleek limousine. Attention has also been drawn to Scalextric’s (another Hornby Hobbies brand) FAB 1 last year that largely managed to get the car right!
The new models are available to pre-order now at Corgi’s website.
Finally! We can confirm that FAB Annual 2025 has been mailed to Fanderson members today!
Hopefully, this will give enough time for the majority of members to find their annual under the tree this Christmas – certainly those in the UK should and maybe those in parts of Europe too. Unfortunately, due to ongoing industrial action in Canada we’ve been advised not to mail to members there, but we’ll keep your FAB Annuals safe and post them as soon as the action is over and the backlog of mail has cleared.
Together with FAB Express 108, mailed recently, our winter mailing is complete and we can get on with welcoming all the new club members who have been waiting patiently for their membership packages!
Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s 1964 series Thunderbirds is returning to Talking Pictures TV (in the UK) on Sunday, 22nd September at 12:20 as Trapped In The Sky will be on UK television screens again.
Thankfully, this is not a one-off screening as with Terror In New York City recently, as the series continues and is joined by screenings on Thursdays at 5am.
Talking Pictures TV is available in the UK on Freeview/Youview 82, Freesat 306, Sky channel 328 and Virgin 445, with a streaming service at www.tptvencore.co.uk
Propstore has released details of lots in their upcoming Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction that will be of interest to fans of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s productions.
In the Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction: London 2024, running 14th to 17 November you’ll find:
See the full auction details and catalogue and register for online bidding here.
To celebrate the third in our series of exclusive soundtracks to the Super Space Theater compilation movies, we’ve got a special offer for the rest of October!
Buy all three SST movies and get our Super Space Theater book and art prints half-price!
OFFER TERMS AND CONDITIONS (in addition to our standing Ts&Cs)
In tribute to legendary Anderson voice artist David Graham, who died earlier today, Talking Pictures have re-released their mini-documentary about the actor.
Filmed by Fanderson member Jeff Smart, Talking Thunderbirds is a series of documentaries featuring interviews with people involved in making our favourite puppet TV show. In this episode, David Graham discusses his career, where the inspiration for Parker’s voice came from, being the voice of the Daleks, and other varieties of characters he’s voiced!
Encore is a free service – watch via the red button on internet-connected Freeview TVs, or register to gain access to a wealth of classic television and films.
