CAPE KENNEDY SET LENTICULAR POSTCARD

Hey Woodsy

Don't know if you've seen this? I found it on ebay. It is a 4 x 5 lenticular postcard from Japan, mid 60s. Very, very fine lens, extremely detailed. Thought you might get a kick out of it. Here it is side by side with Bob McCall's artwork. It looks like someone actually built a toy/model to stage the exact image in his painting. It could just be a very, very realistic painting, but it looks like a toy or maquette of some kind.

Cheers

Rob Godwin

Canada

Woodsy says: Amazing! is it really a model? For more of these lenticular cards then check out John Sisson's fab Dreams of Space blog.

New Thunderbird 1 in landing position.

Check out this screen grab showing Thunderbird 1 landed. Note that rear  engine swivel.

NEW THUNDERBIRD THEME HEARD ON RADIO 2

Sara Cox standing in for Chris Evans this morning on the UK  Radio 2 breakfast show  had a brief chat with David Graham and played the 'new' Thunderbirds theme. She dld talk over most of it, but from what I could hear it sounded a lot like a  pointless slight reworking of the original, complete with the Peter Dyneley countdown!

SOVIET SWORDBOMB

Soviet

SWORD

BOMB!

Reconnaissance 2's of course! Doh!

THUNDERBIRDS AT EASTER: EGGSCELLENT!

Thinking ahead to this Easter Saturday I am planning a table display for a family meal [if Missus Moonbase will let me! ha ha]. 

To celebrate the debut of the new Thunderbirds TV series and Easter I would like to combine them together in the display! Bunnybirds!

I don't recall any specific Thunderbirds Easter toys from my childhood so I will use what I have to hand. The old Matchbox Tracy Island toy springs to mind as it has three places where I could sit some Easter eggs!

Here's what I mean using some random rockets as eggstras.

I suppose the obvious places for eggs would be the Thunderbirds vehicles themselves: a pod egg in Thunderbird 2 and an sat snug in the middle of Thunderbird 5. And who could ignore the possibilities of Zero Eggs! [sounds like a boring holiday though! ha ha]

Has anyone else any ideas for a Thunderbirds - Easter table display?

AT THE BUS STOP ROUND THE CORNER FROM THE THUNDERBIRDS TV STUDIO

It was a cold Spring morning in Toy Town. At the Fisher Price Bus Stop a queue had formed. Captain Laser was at the front, then Weed, then Barbie, then a Weeble and finally Lady Penelope. The hot topic was the first episode of the new Thunderbirds TV show being shown this weekend.

Lady Penelope: How embarrassing! Me , a Lady with my own TV show this Saturday, having to catch a bus to the studio round the corner!

Weeble: weebles wobble but we don't fall down!

Barbie: Keep your hands off Ken Lady! He's mine, d'ya hear!

Weed: weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed!

Captain Laser: bodoiiiiiiiing!

Weed: weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed!

Barbie: How darn disgustin'! hey Lady, you related to Sindy?

Weeble: weebles wobble but we won't fall down!

Lady Penelope: Right, that's it. I need rescuing. Captain Laser, I'm pulling rank and demand that you carry me to the studio!

Penelope climbs into the Captain's hard plastic but rather rigid arms. Being an international agent of S.T.R.I.N.G.S she knows just how to press all the right buttons so she reaches over to the Cap's backpack.

Captain Laser: bodoiiiiiiiiiiig!

Lady Penelope: Fiddlesticks! It always works on Parker!

She gives the Captain a sip of the finest China tea from her thermos and pushes the button again.

Captain Laser: Yes, M'Lady!

Lady Penelope: Excellent! To the studio Laser!

As the pair walk off Barbie shouts: Hey Pen, you'd better keep your magic mitts off my Ken!

MORE THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO SCREEN GRABS

The New Zealand channel TVNZ has been heralding the new Thunderbirds series by broadcasting several features on its news channel.

Here's some screen grabs from their One News programme showing Thunderbird 3 taking off , which I have to say looks pretty good.  The other grab shows Lady P and a rather informally dressed Parker. I'm not intending  to pre judge but I think it'll be the CGI characters that I'll have most trouble accepting. The youngsters the show is aimed at shouldn't have that problem though as those characters wouldn't look out of place in your average video game.

TWO EDGED SWORD: PROJECT SWORD AND SPACEX ON ETSY

Just shows how extreme collecting can be. Look at these two listings on ETSY. Both are of interest to the Project SWORD and SpaceX collector but the price range is astronomical, excuse the pun. 

The small set of modernish Apollo Moon Exploring-style cake toppers, probably made in China, is a steal and a number of readers have bought sets like this in the past. 

On the other hand the SWORD Annual is so overpriced its untrue. You shouldn't have to pay more than £20 for a decent copy. Unless there is something uniquely rare about this annual its price is in the realms of fantasy.