The third issue of Thunderbirds comic has hit the newstand, with a quite respectable little model of TB3 on the cover. Kevin D snapped up a copy and sent us these two shots of the big red one in space and following his example, I hightailed it down to the supermarket and picked up a copy too, which interestingly had been released a day early! TB4 is due in January, with 5 following in February 2016 and presumably Fab 1 in March. After that, its anyones guess what will grace the cover, but hopefully the pod vehicles.
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| Lifting Off by Kev D |
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| Orbital Insertion by Kev D |
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| Lunar Excursion by Bill B |
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| Green Bird by Bill B |
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| Full Throttle by Bill B |
Probably the figures? Once they've run out of consecutive numbers corresponding with ships, figures would seem to be the way to go...a popular one first, Lady P or the Hood, then possibly a move to subscription once they've gauged the likely market for the lesser figures?
ReplyDeletecould be Hugh, if thats the case, i may have to reconsider forking out my £4 every month..
ReplyDeleteApropos issue dates, I seem to pick mine up a few days before the new issue is released, I got my 1 in week-three and my 2 last Wednesday?!!!
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The actual designer of these models was on the Fanderson forum a couple of months ago and mentioned that the agreed models for the magazine are TBs 1 to 5 and then TB-Shadow. No news on FAB1 yet - if DC Thompson decide to do one he may have trouble with wheels on such a model as they add to the manufacturing cost.
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Lovely photos Bill and Kev!
ReplyDeleteYes, I second Woodsy! It's always a treat seeing photos of toys in realistic settings.
ReplyDeleteThanks people!
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