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Later toys & playsets (2000–2019)
Vivid Imaginations’ ranges for the 2000 revival, the 40th anniversary and Thunderbirds Are Go, plus Bandai’s toys for the 2004 film.
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On this shelf
- Vivid Imaginations Tracy Island (2000) The electronic Tracy Island that repeated the 1992 frenzy when the BBC showed the series again in 2000. Vintage
- Vivid Imaginations 40th-anniversary talking craft (2005) Thunderbird sets for the 40th anniversary with buttons that play recorded phrases from the original programmes. Vintage
- Bandai toys for the Thunderbirds film (2004) Tie-in toys for Jonathan Frakes’ live-action Thunderbirds film of 2004. Vintage
- Thunderbirds Are Go toy range (2015 onwards) Vehicles, playsets and figures for the 2015–2020 series, first from Vivid and later distributed in the UK by Bandai. Recent
Later toys & playsets (2000–2019)
Collector’s notes
Thunderbirds toys came back each time the series did. Vivid Imaginations made the range for the BBC’s 2000 repeats — when Tracy Island was again the toy everyone wanted — and for the 40th anniversary in 2005. Bandai produced the tie-ins for the 2004 live-action film. For Thunderbirds Are Go (2015–2020) Vivid signed as master toy partner for Europe, Australia and New Zealand; in 2019 ITV Studios named Hengxin Shambala Kids as master toy partner, with Bandai as UK distributor.
Many of these toys have electronic sound features: check the battery compartment for corrosion before buying.
Sources
Gerry Anderson’s Thunderbirds