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whistler162

(11,155 posts) Wed Dec 26, 2012, 01:30 PM Dec 2012

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"Thunderbirds are go" no more - Gerry Anderson has passed

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2253356/BREAKING-NEWS-Thunderbirds-creator-Gerry-Anderson-dies-aged-83.html

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"Thunderbirds are go" no more - Gerry Anderson has passed (Original Post) whistler162 Dec 2012 OP

More of my childhood, going the way of dust MrScorpio Dec 2012 #1

Stingray, Fireball XL5, Thunderbirds, all my childhood favorites. edbermac Dec 2012 #2

Okay Venus? Okay Steve. Right. Let's go! ThoughtCriminal Dec 2012 #3

MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)

1. More of my childhood, going the way of dust

Reply to whistler162 (Original post)

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 01:37 PM

Dec 2012

May he rest in power

edbermac

(15,940 posts)

2. Stingray, Fireball XL5, Thunderbirds, all my childhood favorites.

Reply to whistler162 (Original post)

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 04:20 PM

Dec 2012

Stingray intro, thought it was so cool those buildings going underground.

RIP Mr Anderson.

ThoughtCriminal

(14,047 posts)

3. Okay Venus? Okay Steve. Right. Let's go!

Reply to whistler162 (Original post)

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 06:19 PM

Dec 2012

The show was just good campy fun. At 54, I'm barely old enough to have memories of it - among them making XL-5 models with Tinker Toys.

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