Product Details

• Actors: Gerry Anderson
• Format: Box set, Collector's Edition, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 12
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: A&E HOME VIDEO
• DVD Release Date: January 22, 2008
• Run Time: 1664 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000P6R5T8
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #15,957 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

Review

DVD Features: Production Stills Photo Galleries; Behind the Scenes Featurettes
Bonus Disc Features:The Brains Behind Thunderbirds; The Making of Thunderbirds; Pop-Up Episode Pit of Peril ; Gerry Speaks - An Inside Look at Anderson s 7 Favorite Series --A&E Home Video

Product Description

Blast off into classic sci-fi adventure with the daring International Rescue team! Made up of fearless former astronaut Jeff Tracy and his courageous sons, the team protects against disaster in the year 2065.

When danger arises, the team springs into action, rushing to the scene in their futuristic Thunderbirds vehicles and facing trouble head-on with their high-tech devices. Working together to pull off amazing rescues and astonishing heroic feats, the Thunderbirds are Earth's best defense against catastrophe and sabotage.

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38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What's new about this one?, January 18, 2008

By	SRFireside "ZOOM!" (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

For those of you who do not know what Thunderbirds is I will give you a quick rundown. It was an immensely popular science fiction show back in the 60's done almost entirely with marionettes and models. The show chronicled the adventures of an independent organization called International Rescue that used highly advanced vehicles and equipment to perform rescue operations all over the world (and even in space). The show was popular because it paid a great amount of attention to detail, which made those models, puppets, and story plots all the more real and exciting.

This show was previously released on DVD a few years ago, including a complete collection set. So what makes this 40th Anniversary Edition different from the previous release? The big answer is that this collection is digitally remastered and is now shown in its original VIDECOLOR format. Now the original disks shown some signs of remastering as well and the shows never looked better. I'm not sure how much of an improvement this edition will make on that achievement, but it is one of their big selling points.

Aside from the remastering you also get some additional features not included in the original release. Here's a breakdown of all the features:

Making of Featurette: this was in the original DVD set and it's a ten minutes long vintage documentary that mostly covers the innovative (for its time) special effects for the show. These effects were so innovative they were used in many of the James Bond films of the day.

Interview with Gerry Anderson: this is a 40 minute interview with the creator of Thunderbirds (as well many other popular sci-fi shows like UFO, Space 1999, and other puppet-driven thrillers). This in depth conversation also has Gerry talk about his seven favorite projects (he created a total of 15 television shows).

The Brains Behind the Thunderbirds: A documentary narrated by a character of the show: Brains. This hour long feature covers the various characters and their exploits in the series.

Pop Up Trivia - The two part episode "Pit of Peril" will include a pop up trivia track much like the ones they shown on TechTV's release of the show.

There are also lots of production photos and gallaries placed throughout the disks in this 12 disk collection (features are on disk 12). This collection has all 32 one-hour episodes included and is mastered in Dolby Stereo (just like the first release). Total run time is about 26 hours.

If you do not have the Thunderbirds in your collection now is a perfect time to get it. The list price is a good deal lower than the original list price for the first collection plus the packaging takes up a good deal less space (not to mention the remastering and extra features). If you have the original set then I suppose it's going to be a judgement call. I haven't heard any first hand accounts on how much an improvement the remastering will be compared to the original and I can't see how a couple of new featurettes would be enough to do a double dip.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love these puppets, September 15, 2008

By	Tin Tin "journalist" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

Everything is here, in slim DVD cases to boot. Easy to watch, classic series, fun for all ages.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thunderbirds are go, go go!!, December 12, 2008

By	A. Richards "the twins' dad" (CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This set was an introduction to Thunderbirds for 4 year olds. They still hold up after 40 years. My son likes the gadgets (spaceships, "the mole", etc). He also likes all the "boys" - especially Brains. My daughter likes Lady Penelope, her PINK Rolls-Royce, Parker, the plots, and the "duh-duh-duhhh!" music.

They both request "an episode" all the time.

And at the price for the entire set - it's a steal!