SPACEX THUNDERBIRDS POD VEHICLES BY PAUL VREEDE

Hi Woodsy, light had gone pretty much by the time I could get round to these, but not too bad. The TBs are 90's Matchbox of course, but the size of the large one goes well with Spacex!

Best,

Paul V

DARTH VADER DRIVES A SCOUT 3: SWORDBOMB!

In the Star wars universe this red ship is called the Errant Venture. Do they think its April Fools Day? Doh! Obviously its a Project SWORD Scout 3 with a handle! Bombed!

KEV D'S THUNDERBIRD 2 SPACEX POD VEHICLE FLEET

Hi, as requested! done a bit rapidly, but they give the idea. Take care, Kevin D

THUNDERBIRDS AND SPACEX ANYONE?

Would Triang's SpaceX toy fleet have made good Pod vehicles for the JR21 Thunderbird 2? It's likely that they were in the same toy piles back in 1970 so maybe, kids being kids, the MEV2 or the Hawk went in the pod?

I don't own a JR21 Thunderbird 2 anymore but of you have one and some SpaceX knocking around then why not take a few snaps of different pod SpaceX for a laugh.

I suppose in Gerry's show, all the pod vehicles had very specific functions concerning rescues. Now I think about it, how many of the SpaceX fleet actually had a definite function like that? Neither has project SWORD for that matter.

Is their another toy line made up of single-function vehicles that would be a good stand in for the Thunderbirds pod fleet?

What do you think readers?

TV SERIES BASED ON TV21 COMIC STRIP PROPOSED?

It seems TV executives impressed by the incredible interest in the upcoming new Thunderbirds are Go series are looking to option more of Gerry’s creations, as well as surprisingly, a proposed Catch or Kill CGI series.

When building up reference for the new Thunderbirds series, many of the researchers drew on material from Gerry Anderson's City Magazine publications from the mid sixties,and in particular TV21.

Most of the researchers weren't born when the original Thunderbirds was shown and thought that the TV21 Catch or Kill adventure strip was based on a forgotten puppet show that Gerry had produced.

Producers soon discovered that Catch or Kill was just a stand-alone comic strip drawn by John Burns, but were impressed by the character of futuristic adventurer Crag Gorton and his interplanetary zoo on the island of Locus.

For those unfamiliar with the character, Crag Gorton and his assistant, Kipper are employed to catch or kill any wild creature in the universe, and those creatures are usually big ,deadly and lizard-like.  His adventures began in issue 90 of TV21 and proved popular with readers.

As the strip featured alien Dinosaur type creatures, and what with current CGI technology able to recreate believable effects, producers imagine that this could be a case of Gerry Anderson meets Jurassic Park!

Understandably very few details about the proposed series have been released apart from a working title of' 'Locus'

TARHEEL NUCLEAR STARSHIPS: WAREHOUSE FIND!

Joe K, a reader in the United States, has emailed to say that he has found a huge old warehouse box of hitherto unknown Nuclear Ferry Starships by Tarheel, in a field in Starboro near his home. There were fifty Ferries inside, although the box indicated one hundred items. The loss of fifty units is most likely the result of nuclear half-life suggests Mr. K, a lecturer in atomic decay in plastics.

The finder, Mr. Joe Kerr, has kindly sent in these pictures of both the old warehouse box and the Tarheel box art. I am sure that you will agree with me readers that they are simply unbelievable!

MAJOR MATILDA MASON?

Just thinking aloud really, was there a female member of Mattel's Major Matt Mason toy line? For some reason I thought there was but I might be dreaming!

If not, wonder why Mattel didn't go for it?

Where/ are there any female astronaut toys?

SPACEX PHOTONIC PROPULSION SPACE STATION: SCRATCHBIULDING FOR DUMMIES [LIKE ME!]

Six years ago I made this mock-up of the mythical SpaceX Photonic Propulsion Space Station, part of Triang's SpaceX II range. 

As its the Easter holidays and I'm relaxing before the Easter Bunny and the family hop round, I thought I'd have another go. To get into the swing of actually sticking things together again I've begun with a test shot before I start proper. 

Like last time I was keen to use only things lying around the house; pens, straws, plastic bottle tops and friends, to create as plastic a look as possible. I also can't ignore my singular lack of modelling and painting skills either, so instant toyness is what I'm after! 

So after super-gluing my fingers together and nearly skewering my thigh, here are the fruits if my labours, my initial test shot space station.

What do you think readers? Next stop, version Mark II.