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Tuesday, 8 November 2022

DID THE DINKY OR JR21 FAB1 APPEAR IN THUNDERBIRDS?

My query yesterday about the size of the Thunderbird front-end 2 prop used by Century 21 got me thinking about the size of FAB1's used in Thunderbirds.

Specifically I've been wondering if they ever used the toy versions of FAB1 in the show? - For distance shots maybe and namely the Dinky and JR21 FAB1's, both available from 1966 onwards I think.

There's no mention of them in Marc J. Fratassio's resume of the models used in Thunderbirds

http://www.lestersdomain.org/superm/tech/sfx/tbirds/models2.html

or his gallery of die-casts used in the show

http://www.lestersdomain.org/superm/tbirds/diecasts-gallery.html and http://www.lestersdomain.org/superm/tbirds/diecasts.html

so its probably a non-starter.

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5 comments:

  1. Yorkie11/09/2022 9:18 am

    I'm sure someone would have noticed if they had. The only times I am aware of where Anderson toys pop up in their own programmes are Airfix Eagle Transporter leg pods being part of the buildings in the Space 1999 episode 'Devil's Planet' and the Bandai Hawkwing being used in the Terrahawks episode 'Top Ten Pop'.

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  2. KevinD11/09/2022 9:29 am

    Don't some of the Jr21 toys crop up as Thunderbirds toys in Thunderbirds?

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    1. Yorkie11/09/2022 1:55 pm

      Doh! Of course. How could I forget the toys in Give or Take a Million!

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  3. SCOOP11/09/2022 10:32 am

    No JR21 FAB 1, but, as most Thunderbird fans will know, some of the JR21 Thunderbird toys appear in the episode Give or Take a Million.
    A 1/18 scale Aime FAB 1 resin model was used in the much more recent Kickstarter funded Thunderbirds 1965 films.

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