This is the sort of Thunderbirds set I would have had as a kid but I just don't recall, dammit.
Gummed Papercraft, which I saw on auction so saved the images a while back.
The thought of cutting out gummed pictures of Thunderbird 2 and sticking them down in a scrapbook is even now supremely appealing. You even got scissors and a sponge!
Did you have this set?
There can't be many around intact.
I remember plastic scissors like those- they may have been safe, but they were useless!
ReplyDeleteha ha. Weren't red for left-handers or was it blue?
DeleteNonetheless, I hope you didn't run with them!
ReplyDeleteClassroom order MUST be maintained!
DeleteI do recall having this back in the days when they came out and if memory serves there was also a UFO version and possibly a Capt Scarlet and Stingray version. The great appeal for me back then was seeing the ships etc in colour because we only had BW telly at the time. Any chance of a gander at interior pages please?
ReplyDeleteHi Bill, I don't own this but you can see the other sheets here on Worthpoint https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/thunderbirds-gummed-papercraft-308279197
DeleteDunno why my comments are coming up as "unknown" but It's Bill Storie here btw.
ReplyDeleteHi Bill!
DeleteI had the U.S. release of this set, sans scissors, in the late 1960s. For whatever reason, the U.S. release had all of the gummed pieces perforated, so you didn't have to cut them out, just pop them out and paste them onto the illustrated scenes. Released by Whitman if I recall. They were fun, but the perfectionist in me was horrified at the liberties the artist took with the Thunderbirds craft!
ReplyDeleteReally Zigg! Wow! I hadnt realised there were Thunderbirds toys in the US back in the 60's. I bet that Whitman set is one scarce set. How fantastic that you remember having it. I wonder who the artist was? It'd be fun to try to find pictures of this US set to post here. I'll have a gander. Or do you have pics?
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