UPDATED A 2 day Gerry Anderson convention will be held in Milton Keynes, UK on July 10-11 2004. A great array of guests (at least 15) are set to appear. Displays will include puppets, studio sets, and replica models.
A Canadian company, Imavision, will be releasing sets of Captain Scarlet and Joe 90 on DVD on May 25 2004. The sets will be NTSC Region 1 but will feature dialogue dubbed into French. Both sets are available for $69.96 CDN each. Neither set appears to have any new extras beyond the character profiles and photo gallery. (thanks to St
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Is it me or are all the Anderson show remakes getting a little scary? We have the just-get-it-over-with Thunderbirds movie, a tentative Stingray TV movie, a potentially interesting new Captain Scarlet show and now a movie based on Joe 90 from Disney! TV21 was sent a link to a brief and somewhat odd (what is a "Skein"?) article about the show as featured in the US film industry paper Variety. (thanks to Silvertip)
Last Friday a dutch newscast showed the dutch astronaut Andre Kuypers on board the Soyuz capsule. During his chit-chat, he showed a small matchbox Thunderbird 3 that he had taken along on the journey.
So it now goes to record that a Thunderbird 3 has actually gone into space to about 400 km height.
Update: A short video clip showing Thunderbird 3 in space is now available in the downloads section under "Video".
Here's something interesting: Booth Records has released an official (non-bootleg) vinyl LP containing original music from UFO! This is primarily aimed at club DJs who use the LPs in mixes. The contents is essentially a subset of the music already available on the Fanderson CD. Fanderson assisted in the production of the LP.
The LP has 18 tracks and has a running time of approximately 40 minutes. This will not be released on CD. This is a limited edition run of 500. So hurry!
If you liked the Thunderbirds CD released last year, you will be happy to know that a second CD is currently in the planning stage. Details are sketchy at the moment, but it is planned for release around the time of the Thunderbirds movie this summer.
Also, if you read Marc's article on this site and set your heart on obtaining the super-rare and VERY expensive "PINK BOOK" from Asahi Sonorama, you will be pleased to know that Asahi Sonorama has released a Thunderbirds only edition in paperback called "Thunderbirds Album" and it is very affordable at about $30 with postage.
If you want a copy, you can order it from Hobby Link Japan here, who also carry all the new Konami vehicles. Pick up a case of each while you're there!
Antonia Ellis, Lt. Joan Harrington in Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's UFO, will appear at the San Diego Comic Con International. The event takes place at the San Diego Convention Center, July 21st- 25th, 2004 San Diego, California.
Antonia will be greeting fans and signing autographs in the FAB Gear booth at designated times on Saturday and Sunday, July 24th and 25th. This will be Ellis's first convention appearance.
This is somewhat old news, but here it is anyway. The owner of the ITC library which includes all Gerry Anderson properties from Fireball XL5 to Space 1999 has announced a merger. The current owner is Carlton in the UK and the merger is with Granada.
Both companies will merge and be known as ITV. All three companies started life as regional TV stations and have subsequently expanded.
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Apparently,Thunderbirds (Classic Thunderbirds) is still very big in Japan. This comes as no surprise to any serious collector, as we have all been rampantly consuming the incredible Konami vehicles over the past year. The following information is from Carlton and shows the level of activity currently in Japan.
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