Thunderbirds Tracy Island & Rescue Pack - Matchbox Toys
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- Опубликовано: 2 дек 2024
- A retro toy review of the Matchbox Thunderbirds Tracy Island and Matchbox Thunderbirds Rescue Pack. These toys were part of the revival of the Thunderbirds TV series when it was released on DVD in the 1990's. Overall these toys are stunning, any Thunderbirds fan would be happy with these toys which exhibit amazing playability with sound effects which ties directly into the Thunderbirds TV series from the 1960's. Thunderbirds Are Go.
This Matchbox Tracy Island toy has a curious history of being extremely short supplied to the consumer. A BBC TV series Blue Peter did a episode on how to make your own Tracy Island. It's a excellent project and the link to the build info PDF is here.
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I also show my rare Matchbox Gold Plated Thunderbirds Box Set compromising of 6 unique pieces including the International Rescue badge. Sadly these collectables are showing some signs of corrosion even though they have never been out of their display box. Has me wondering if this problem exists with other collectors who have this set.
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I had this as a kid. Im still mad about Thunderbirds now. Love it to bits.
This video gives me so much nostalgic and I’m pretty sure I’m the only American Thunderbird fan out there
Had both of these! I was one of those lucky enough to get Tracy Island for Christmas in 92.
Classics never die. You got that right.👍🏻
I've never watched Thunderbirds before, but I might have to now. Seems like a great series!
All the original episodes are on RUclips.
@Nick Id recommend the 1966 version
Then the remake
Then the 2004 film
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Difficult to really say, but the first one Trapped in the sky is one I never tire of.
Air Terrainean's Lieutenant Meddings is named after Thunderbirds visual effects supervisor Derek Meddings. Fireflash is the only non-International Rescue vehicle to appear in the series' end titles
classic from beginning to end.
WOW. WHAT A BLAST FROM THE PAST. I had this thing when I was a kid!! I don't know what ever happened to it.
haha i get that nostalgic feeling when i'm seeing this :) spent lots of hours playing with this!
Thank you for uploading this, it brought back so many great memory's of when it I was a kid, I got Tracy Island for Christmas one year, I played with it literally all day!
Tin-Tin is the daughter of Kyrano, an old friend of Jeff Tracy and joins the International Rescue team shortly after they begin operating. Ironically, Tin-Tin becomes involved in their first rescue mission when she is onboard Fireflash which due to sabotage by her half uncle The Hood has to be rescued by International Rescue.
Yep Tin Tin was certainly in Thunderbirds
My childhood neighbour from across the street back then used to have this exact set, We had so much fun playing with it lol. Oh the memories
ive just bought this very same set today from one of my local charity shops, it’s a little beaten up but it still looks great, what a find
The fact they are diecast metal really rocked!!!
since the early 90's when they were on sale in the shops....they sold out REAL fast
love how you made the music yourself like a kid would lol :)
once you know that one start looking for other association gems in the series..
Brings back some great memories :) Thanks!
I have never seen such a brilliant review.
Very very nice.. Even though today.. it will never go out of date. Gerry Anderson is great.... thanks for sharing..
I had one of these when I was younger. Damn it was incredible. I miss it ngl
Loved that show! Best toy ever!
It was also a toy which was under supplied and sold out super fast, and sure that when Blue Peter came to the rescue
This man has a passion for Thunderbirds. Good on ya!
Lets hope Matchbox are looking at the comments here, yep Thunderbirds is a absolute timeless classic
I remember the episode of Blue Peter where they showed how to make Tracy Island. Those were the days.
Used to own on of those Tracey island it was one of my best childhood toys
I'VE GOT THIS SET!!!!!!, i got it from a friend so i didn't know what it was, but now id do!! thanks :D
OMG i had that as a kid! Loved it to bits!
I loved that toy when I was little I had Thunderbird 2 and 4 and I miss it alot :( Thunderbirds are go!
I like Captain Scarlet as well, but it was not shown on TV as much as Thunderbirds, here in Sydney Oz every morning at 6am on channel 9 Thunderbirds was on. As a kid I never tired of the show
I do like UFO, it's a clever series and having a secret HQ hidden away at a film studio was a cheeky idea indeed
I would have loved this as a kid...
I had this set. Loved it. Still have the Thunderbirds and the pink car and the figures.
nice choice, it's a very tidy machine
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Thunderbirds will never die. Fact. Even today, nearly 50 years on, this makes modern TV shows look old and dated.
Wow. I remember this. An old friend of mine had this ser and the figures as well
Omg i bought this at a market when i was little thx for the video i'm gonna get it now
I never really saw thunderbirds but you are right on about classics never dying. Star Trek is another marvelous example of that I've been to those conventions and are to this day astonished at how unified and devoted those die hard Star Trek/Star Wars or Marvel Comics whatever fans really are. I am not saying I am die hard to any one series. I never did have one true favorite. But to be honest I think having that opened minded approach to a hobby is alright.
Thunderbird 5 must be in the space to see what's going on.
I bought the rescue pack (two actually-one was a Christmas present for a friend who greatly appreciated it) when it was available at the department store where I was working at the time. They also had a Tracy Island, but while I considered buying it, I ultimately decided not to.
I've regretted it ever since.
Thunderbird 2 that entrance was amazing
Thank you so much on the Thunderbirds toys because i'm a hugh fan of the series including show, movie, video games and the awesome toys.
Can you pleases do more Thunderbirds reviews.
I used to have a newer electronic version of this. Made by a company called vivid imaginations I think. I loved Thunderbirds so mch when I was younger, still have a lot of the stuff!
keep that a secret, this review will blow your mind...it's basically mad bomber ep 2
wow, thanks...
I always used the cover for the Thunderbird 3 launch bay as Thunderbird 5!! It really works!! Another cool review Leo
It's only the hardcore fans know about this, there are quite a few other little secrets about this show....Wait till we get to the secret about Parker and Lady P...!
I used to have this set, given to me by a boy across the street in Cottesloe but when we moved overseas, we had to leave it behind, I kept all the vehicles though !
i'm a teen now and i love watching thunderbirds here on youtube. what's your favorite episode leo?
I was a great fan of the show as a child, we were pretty poor, so no money for sets like this, but it's wonderful to see them even so. I loved everything about the show EXCEPT when they showed Thunderbird 3 heading to space and showed flames shooting out behind it. As a huge NASA nerd I knew that wasn't right, and I hated it, but otherwise it was a great show
I had these as a kid that were great
I never got one of these, but i remember my best friend having 1 of them good times :}
i love your sound effects, they are great :)
that thunderbird 1 trick was awsome
OH MY GOD I REMEMBER HAVING TRACY ISLAND!!!! :D wow im buying one now :D haha loved it so much before it broke :'(
People went nuts for this toy in the UK, and even more so when on "Blue Peter" they showed you how to make your own version.
I now have 2 TB2's, though only the second is in condition to talk about. The other, my first one broke up a week or two after purchase, likely due to metal fatigue. The second is still workable as a crash prop though...
I hope that doesn't spoil any elements of my future projects...
How about Geff Tracy having a liking for Lady P.... that's where the action is.
Hi leokim, I've actally got this toy and I think yu did a very good review on it!
OMG I LOVED TB'S TB2 IS AND ALLWAYS WILL BE MY FAVOURITE
Great set!
I remember seeing the ad when i was young and thinking how much i would love that even though i had never watched an episode of the Thunderbirds.
Looks like i need to watch some Thunderbirds then.
I'm afraid to say my Dirty Teenage mind kicked in at 7:36 :P
I had the rescue pack, but never the official Tracy island -- my Mum helped me make an Anthea Turner style paper maché version, which turned out fairly well in the end, but of course that deteriorated some years ago.
OMG OMG OMG, had these when i was a kid :D
Same
Only rescue pack
I have a suggestion for the corrosion which is get some acetone on a q tip and gently swab it until gon
It looks like a cool set
the wings do pop out..not sure about the colour
I always wondered whty so many 2nd hand Matchbox Thunderbird 1 and Thunderbird 3's were missing the rubber nose tips. Seeing how you have to launch them from Tracy Island, it all makes sense
you must have a very tolerant wife
jontibloom he has no wife
KC'S Toy Review he does
Harry Foley yeah we don’t see her to much but we do hear her in a couple videos
I love Thunderbirds
I fucking love TB2, it’s awesome
I used to own quite afew of these models when I was younger but i never did have Tracey Island or Thunderbird 5. I recall seeing packs of extra pods for Thunderbird 2 with the mole in one of them.
As for corrosion, I know that Takara's Transformers Masterpiece Megatron gets it quite badly on it's feet.
I actually had this set when I was a kid......sadly my parents gave it away a relative
3:08- Thunderbird 1 Launch
2:47- Thunderbird 2 Launch
4:42- Thunderbird 3 Launch
This video was soooo Cooool Thanks!!!!
This one I had, it is very cool.
3:39 OMG in all my years I never realised that
That small secret around-the-back cave was intended to emergency launch Thunderbird 4. Although in the episode 'Terror in New York City' TB4's emergency launch was it cruising down TB2's launch runway and the overhang dropping into the sea as TB4 approached it. Episode 'Terror in New York City' is the only episode which you see TB4 emergency launch.
Yes I did mean Tin Tin.
congrats...your also first
I was born in 2004. I remember ads on TV advertising this set but my parents wouldn't let me get it ;(
Cool James sad :( I'm born in 2006 and I have the old Carlton Tracy Island and thunderbirds the Carlton super size thunderbird 1 & 2 , the 2015 super size tb2 , the 2015 Tracy Island and thunderbirds toys from 2015
the round shape is a library and resemble thunderbird 5,these was the insperation that gave the idear for t5 as the nolage inside and shape
Really fast. I remember asking the island as a kid but my parents couldn't find it ANYWHERE. Happy I got the vehicules tho.
With the gold corrosion on the gold plated vehicles, they're suffering from Gold Plastic Syndrome, or GPS for short. Something that happens to old Transformers toys (which is how I know about it) and before you ask, no I do not know how to fix it. Lastly, did you hear about the Revoltech Thunderbirds vehicles coming out? Revoltech is a toyline that has done non-transforming transformers and other highly articulated robots and characters from different ranges and was interested that they were doing Thunderbirds as well.
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Back in the days when toys were made to last
My dad watched thunderbirds 1965 and 1966 TV show when he was little
best sets ever
I never knew they made a toy of this TV show
I would paint the Tracey Island model to look more photo-realistic. The model looks different from the photo on the box......
nice sets i used to watch that show when i was little and they were puppets also i have the human movie
I remember getting this Tracy Island for Christmas in the very early 90's. It was mind blowing. Wow, so many years worth of play from those.
I never realised that about the Round House. Even now, still learning about this classic. Though where did you get that TB5? I didn't think one was ever released in the 90's, I had to make do with a cup topper from Pizza Hut.
FAB1 was scaled to be the same size as other matchbox cars. Any smaller and it wouldn't have matched. Personally, I think they did it right, as FAB1 rarely interacted with the actual TB craft.
Thanks for this blast of nostalgia.
MegabyteUnleashed Not many people know about the TB3 round house and the connection to TB5. Thunderbirds is pretty deep and I'm still learning things from other fans. I do have some good books on the subject, they always go pretty deep into the relationships between the craft. There is scenes where FAB1 was driving near TB2 or in the pod.
I remember FAB1 driving near TB1 a couple of times, but never inside a pod. Though it has been ages since I saw the show completely. I still think it was a good call for them to make FAB1 the size of other matchbox cars. Though I can understand why you would want it smaller. Just a shame they never did little packs of pod vehicles small enough to fit in the pod.
MegabyteUnleashed ii u have any fdz
Hey leokimvideo
Me and my sons are massive thunderbirds fans and really enjoy your vids. The boys got this particular Tracey Island model, second hand, for Xmas. The toy is in great condition but the launching mechanism for thunderbirds 1 and 3 doesn’t work anymore. Any tips for fixing it ? Many thanks in advance
Sam
Uk
I remember this, I had it as a kid
my two favorite are danger at ocean deep ( with the ocean pioneers) and operation crash dive (with fireflash). also I know Alan Tracy loves Tintin Kyrano, which is evident in the episode end of the road. What do you think?
that awsome ime uploading a video that features the thunder birds
Hey here's a secret...I never grew up...but hey don't tell anyone.
I threw away a set like this a few month ago. And I regret it every moment!
Therese Gustafsson So do you like the OLD or NEW thunderbirds
I've still got my Tracey Island!
Same here.
Not a dog show I know..! Maybe Thunderbirds needed a dog..!!
I have the Carlton version of the Thunderbirds toys & Tracy Island
I had this set when I was a kid
Same I still have it
I'm an adult collector and collect many retro 70s 80s 90s stuff mainly star wars and know many other big collectors but the sound effect noises and silly incidental music was something I've never seen nor heard since I was 6 or 7 in the late 70s plus you're the 1st adult collector who does that as a adult lol it made me laugh and made me remember lining the rebels up in the 80s winter snow with the AT AT and snow speeders saying PEW PEW PEW PEW PPPPHHKKKSSHHH PKKKKKK Ahh the childlike sounds and music during play nomatter what we was playing with lol