Some preview photos of the new vivid Thunderbirds are Go toys that came out this week.
The Thunderbird Shadow is around 15 cm long and is reasonably detailed for a toy.
It has a detachable drop down Shadow bike, and action sounds.
FAB 1 is slightly shorter at around 13 cm, and has some reasonable detail in the cockpit.
No missiles to fire at things on this model, that would presumably be a no-no from health and safety. Instead it has those daft flick out wings. This toy also has action sounds.
Super new toys those Scoop! Vivid are flying the flag. That FAB1 looks like a swing wing stablemate of Scout 2! Do you think these new designs and toys are better than those from the film from the early 2000's?
ReplyDeleteApart from Thunderbird 3 and Thunderbird 1's stubby wings, I think on the whole they are pretty good designs. The film versions had their merits too, but as I didn't buy many examples it would be hard for me to judge, Woodsy.
DeleteDifficult to get find FAB1 at the moment but TB-Shadow is at Argos. Sadly not impressed with TB-Shadow. The sleek jet has been bloated up to get the electronics inside and given a stocky blunt nose so the kiddies don't injure themselves. Nowhere near as good as their TB1,2 and 3 toys IMHO.
ReplyDeleteWhat surprised me is the Shadow's small size compared to the others. I would have preferred something a bit bigger. With a supersize Thunderbird 3 about to be released, I wonder if we'll see a larger Shadow toy from Vivid at some point.
DeleteDoubt it but you never know. They've also announced a TB5 at last and will be releasing the Takara pod maintenence set. Due around June.
ReplyDeleteThe Thunderbird 5 looks great.
DeleteTakara in Japan are bringing out an accureate TB-Shadow model kit. 1/72nd scale, 285 mm long. Wow!
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That is one model I've got to have!
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