Recent Merchandise Finds

[Lord Brett]

What lovely piece of Anderson merchandise has fallen into your lap recently? I'll start off with this lovely 1962 Supercar annual my FAB co-Editor Mike Jones found for me (he already has it) while we were out in Hitchen the other week.

It cost 60 pence! I'll repeat that...60 pence!

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[Picasso61]

What lovely piece of Anderson merchandise has fallen into your lap recently? I'll start off with this lovely 1962 Supercar annual my FAB co-Editor Mike Jones found for me (he already has it) while we were out in Hitchen the other week.

It cost 60 pence! I'll repeat that...60 pence!

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn53/Lord_Brett/scannual62l.jpgThat's a super book to have, Lord Brett. you got a real bargain there - wonder how much it's really worth? BTW that SUPER-R looks interesting!

[Chrisof]

That's a super book to have, Lord Brett. you got a real bargain there - wonder how much it's really worth? BTW that SUPER-R looks interesting!

It does look irriely remininisant of somthing...

Cool find though :)

[TonyB]

Good find, a real bargain you got there, you lucky so and so. Hey a pre-XL5 XL5 space ship. :)

[Silent Bob]

Here's my latest purchase, the stingray story book The Deadly Alliance.
I got it for £4.99 on ebay and its a cracking story with brilliant artwork. The story links well to all the continuity in TV Century 21 with bereznik forming an alliance with Titan.
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[Derek Eaton]

I bought a supersize mole from a car boot last week for 50p. I know its a bit modern but it looks quite good next to the Firefly.

[Achilles Messenger]

I've bought the attached on eBay, not sure if it's one of the better annuals or not but it's a welcome addition to my collection. I hope our friends at Royal Mail don't let this become a victim of the 20m+ backlog of post!

I also recently managed to get myself a complete set of the 1960's Thunderbirds postcards showing the main title cards of each character, but without any text. Only cost me a few pounds and they're in fantastic condition.

I think the next item I need to get is a money tree - anyone know where I can get one (cheap, haha)?

Rich

[Picasso61]

Some great items already appearing. Thanks for the Stingray upload, Silent Bob and the TV21 annual, Achilles Messenger.:)

[Lord Brett]

I gate to brag but I got that TV 21 annual for a quid about five years ago at Bingley market!

There is still gold to be had in jumble sales and on market stalls - more so than charity shops, many of whom aren't interested in sixties and seventies stuff any more.

[Silent Bob]

The one thing that puzzles me about TV Century 21 was that in later years the comic's quality deteriorated. But the annuals improved. These are the five annuals from the first series of TV21, there were other annuals into the 70s, but latter ones had no Anderson content.

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1965 ANNUAL

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1966 ANNUAL

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1967 ANNUAL

[Silent Bob]

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1968 ANNUAL

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1969 ANNUAL

[Virgil Tracy]

Thank for sharing Silent Bob, I like the look of them:D

[Derek Eaton]

Frank Bellamy did the Thunderbird 2 on that TV21 annual - one of my favourite covers.

[Picasso61]

Thank for sharing Silent Bob, I like the look of them:DDitto. Excellent uploads.:D

[TonyB]

Some good images of book covers etc being posted on here, thanks for posting them.

[miger]

How many of us bought the 1971 TV21 annual because it states on the cover it features JOE 90 , when in fact it contains none whatsoever????
------------------well, me for a start!:)

[Silent Bob]

Frank Bellamy did the Thunderbird 2 on that TV21 annual - one of my favourite covers.

Frank Bellamy was also the first choice of artist for Stingray when TV 21 started, but he wanted to see out his contract on the eagle comic.
Which is why the job went to Ron Embleton and we all know what he went on to do......>
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And after completing these fantasic paintings he went on to illustrate the first few Scarlet stories in TV21.

[Silent Bob]

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[Silent Bob]

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[Conrad Lefkon]

Hello, Silent Bob

Thank you so much for posting those fantastic end titles. :)

[Picasso61]

These are just superb images of the pictures used on the end credits of Captain Scarlet & The Mysterons, Silent Bob. Excellent.:D

[Silent Bob]

I had to reduce the size of the images to upload them. If any one wants a zip folder of full sized hi-res scans, please PM with your email address and i'll forward them to you.
The 10 images are approx 10meg each in size, please make sure your mail box has enough space before requesting them.

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[Silent Bob]

WoW!! On eBay last night someone posted the book 'Derek Meddings-21st Century Visions'. The thing is it had a Buy It Now price of £13.99 !!!! I snapped it up, seeing what they have gone for recently thats gotta be my bargin of the year.

:):):)

[Captaincubbio2009]

Hello there,

I always go around Car Boot Sales & Charity Shops.

About two month's ago I came across a huge find in our local Charity Shop it was a S.H.A.D.O Dinky Interceptor without the missle & it was in very good condition & at £1.25 who couldn't have it for there collection ? Well It was a bargain

I was down at Dorchester's Car Boot Sale about two weeks ago & I bought for £1 each the newer Vivid Imagination's on card Two Spectrum Persuit Vechiles brand new on card.

[kennetzel]

These are great pics. I admired them at then end of the shows...nice to see clean copies of them.

[kennetzel]

I was at the Chicago Toy Show this past spring and landed the Stingray Motorized Model Kit. It's all complete, everything is still in the plastic, and I only paid seven dollars for it. I was told by our group leader that day that it was the find of the show. By the way, I thought I posted this comment already, but it doesn't appear on my computer, so if this is a repeat, I apologize.

[Chrisof]

I was at the Chicago Toy Show this past spring and landed the Stingray Motorized Model Kit. It's all complete, everything is still in the plastic, and I only paid seven dollars for it. I was told by our group leader that day that it was the find of the show. By the way, I thought I posted this comment already, but it doesn't appear on my computer, so if this is a repeat, I apologize.

That looks like a cool kit:)
And exelently modeled by the owner :D

[Silent Bob]

My good lady has just won this on eBay for my birthday. A press kit for ITCs Super Space Theatre Stingray releases.
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:)

[Silent Bob]

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[Achilles Messenger]

Congratulations Silent Bob. I was watching these to see how much they'd go for!

[Picasso61]

Congrats from Picasso as well. What superb items to have.:D

[TonyB]

That looks to be a nice Stingray item. Well done on getting it.

[Smudge]

The SCARLET caption cards on this thread reminded me that my last piece of Anderson merchandise (and by no means as recent as this thread requires!) were a full set of caption cards along with their film frame equivalents.

I really ought to get around to having the film elements properly mounted for display...

[Silent Bob]

As soon as i recieve the Stingray items, i will post scans of the brochures and artwork.

[TonyB]

That would be great, looking forward to seeing those.

[roose1982]

Wow Silent Bob - what a birthday present!

I'm doing some research into SST releases, so looking forward to seeing the scans.

Ross :o)

[Deep Joy]

Not a recent find exactly, but probably one of the most unusual things I've got off eBay is a resin cast of the head of the Father Unwin puppet. I know it's an odd purchase because my partner looks at it quizzically, looks at me quizzically, then shakes her head and walks away.

They seem to come up on eBay every couple of years or so, but I've never really found out what they're for - whether they were from the studios or whether they were just cast by an enthusiastic amateur. Any clues?

[roose1982]

I couldn't believe my luck today - walking past Oxfam in Lincoln at lunchtime, and a colourful Thunderbirds book caught my eye in the window. On closer inspection, i realised it was an original 1967 annual (printed in 1966).

For a fiver!

The Frank Bellemy cover is fantastic, and the contents are superb. Not too keen on the comic artwork used in all the annuals, but the other content - specifications, profiles, launch procedures etc, are all excellent.

They dont make 'em like that anymore!

[TonyB]

They dont make 'em like that anymore!

Now that is an understatement, and its a damn shame too.

There are the odd bargains to be had if you visit enough Charity shops, Car Boot sales and Flea Markets, unfortunately apart for the aforementioned Charity shop bargains, the other sellers tend to know that the annuals are worth something, even the sellers on the car boot sales.

[Silent Bob]

The B & W set of Thunderbirds cards are available to download from the link below. The folder also contains the rarer second set of colour cards. Again these scans are all the product of the hard working scanners at Project 21.

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http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=ae639843bf6220d02fb2ca15d7ea42d95547eded 22b2aa63d6e38d13f15c3e80

[roose1982]

Is that Sun Probe on top of the Mole's tractor base?

[Silent Bob]

Yes thats the Sunprobe model on the Mole tractor unit. It was a publicity photo taken by Doug Luke probably for TV Century 21, but it was never used in the comic.

[roose1982]

Four Feather Falls - Sylvia Thamm, first edition on Oxfam website

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/shop/second-hand-books/108893

[Simon Morris]

Four Feather Falls - Sylvia Thamm, first edition on Oxfam website

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/shop/second-hand-books/108893

250 quid! :eek:

Best of luck with that, Oxfam.....

[TonyB]

I have seen mentioned before that Oxfam do not have normal charity shop prices on a lot of stuff they stock.

I saw a program recently on the BBC where a couple of long standing local bookshops were forced to close because of Oxfam. They were selling all their books at just below normal high street prices, the difference being was that all their stock was donated by the public. Some of those interviewed after donating books were rather dismayed to see that Oxfam had caused local business' to close and local people to lose their jobs.

The other thing is that Oxfam is run as a business not a charity, and the senior staff are pulling huge annual salaries, much the same as any other large corporation, if you want the best then you have to pay for it was the theme running through the senior company staff interviewed.

Not much charity going on there then, especially if you are near the top......

[Simon Morris]

I think pretty much all big charities in the UK are now run as (rather profitable) businesses, with highly paid executives and posh offices. Take a look at the oppulence that is the RSPCA - they're happy to take your money (and then keep sending begging letters for ever more, while circulating your details to other 'charities'....) but you just try getting them to attend when animals are in trouble. Unless a film crew happens to be nearby of course.

But to get this back on topic (sort of), clearly someone in Oxfam has recognised that this book by Gerry Anderson's ex-wife might be worth something to a dedicated collector.

Although I don't care how dedicated a Gerry Anderson collector might be, they'd have to be out of their mind to spend 250 quid on - of all things - a Four Feather Falls book!

[shadokp]

I can't even remember the last time I bought something Gerry Anderson related other than like a newer release like the PE Eagle and such. I recently did complete my collection on FAB magazine by getting a few earlier issues.

I would have loved to be at that auction held earlier this year that had lots of GA stuff from his office. I noticed much of the leftovers showed up on Ebay and I believe only one item sold from like 60 - 70 items. Probably because the prices were so high, much higher than what the going rates were at the auction.

KP

[Achilles Messenger]

I finally managed to aquire a completed Captain Scarlet Merlin sticker album on ebay.

An absolute steal, I think you'll agree, at £2.49 (including postage!!)