Not much UFO for sale in England right now (sigh)

I just got home from spending a few days overseas and wanted to share
my attempts at shopping in London. Simply put - NO UFO FOR SALE! What
a disappointment. There were tons of Captain Scarlet items (bought the
DVD set) and some Thunderbirds, but the only UFO items I saw were a
few scattered VHS tapes. Even stores like "Forbidden Planet" failed
me. I guess I'll just have to keep waiting for the DVD release (sigh).

The documentary on the Captain Scarlet set was interesting, but Ed's
voice has changed noticeably, much more so than the actor who played
Scarlet. It was still fun to see him talk about the series. The most
interesting part was where he mentioned how he and the other actors
would quickly flip through the scripts at each recording session to
make sure their character wasn't being killed off.

Off topic question: Are there sets of Thunderbirds and The Prisoner on
DVD in the UK? I couldn't find them if there were.

Bill

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Sure, give me a few days and I'll upload a sample.

Bill

--- In SHADO@y..., BedsitterOne@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 10/27/01 6:18:42 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> bcotter@s... writes:
>
> << The documentary on the Captain Scarlet set was interesting, but
Ed's
> voice has changed noticeably, much more so than the actor who
played
> Scarlet. It was still fun to see him talk about the series >>
>
>
> Anyone going to put an sound file in the FILES section so us poor
peasants
> who don't own DVD players can hear this change in Mr. Bishop's
voice?
>
> Amelia (batting her eyelashes prettily while hiding the board with
the nails
> in it behind her back)
>
> btw that bananarama video actually has an credit for Ed as v.o.
artist. I was
> truly amazed.

--- "Bill Cotter" wrote:
>
> Off topic question: Are there sets of Thunderbirds and
> The Prisoner on DVD in the UK? I couldn't find them if there were.

Hi Bill!

I checked www.amazon.co.uk were the two sets are available. See:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=dvd-
uk&field-keywords=thunderbirds&bq=1/ref=sr_aps_alld_5_4/026-2969624-
8450025

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/026-2969624-
8450025

Hope that's of help for you.

Best wishes!
CU Christian

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"That thing in the crater, it controls
minds but its power is limited."
THE BEAST WITH A MILLION EYES (1955)
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--- I wrote:

> I checked www.amazon.co.uk were the two sets are available. See:
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=dvd-
> uk&field-keywords=thunderbirds&bq=1/ref=sr_aps_alld_5_4/026-2969624-
> 8450025
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/026-2969624-
> 8450025

Oops! Sorry, Bill!
I've just seen that the links don't work properly, so please go to
www.amazon.co.uk and type in your wishes. That should do it as well.

CU Christian

=============================================
"Didn't you see - his head, it was torn off."
THE CRAWLING EYE (1958)
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>Off topic question: Are there sets of Thunderbirds and The Prisoner on
>DVD in the UK? I couldn't find them if there were.

My most preferred source for stuff like that is BlackStar
(www.blackstar.co.uk).
They have both items.

PB

Hello Bill,

Sorry for responding to this so late - been out of town for a
few days.

> I just got home from spending a few days overseas and wanted to share
> my attempts at shopping in London. Simply put - NO UFO FOR SALE! What
> a disappointment. There were tons of Captain Scarlet items (bought the
> DVD set) and some Thunderbirds, but the only UFO items I saw were a
> few scattered VHS tapes. Even stores like "Forbidden Planet" failed
> me. I guess I'll just have to keep waiting for the DVD release (sigh).
>

You're right about UFO, the VHS tapes have been deleted now and
the DVDs aren't out yet, of course! And it was never a big hit
with kids (generally speaking) so there aren't any spin-off
models available unfortunately.

> The documentary on the Captain Scarlet set was interesting, but Ed's
> voice has changed noticeably, much more so than the actor who played
> Scarlet. It was still fun to see him talk about the series. The most
> interesting part was where he mentioned how he and the other actors
> would quickly flip through the scripts at each recording session to
> make sure their character wasn't being killed off.
>

I agree about Ed's voice - it was a bit sad, in a way to see the two
Captains in the documentary. Captain Scarlet sounded exactly the same,
but Captain Blue seemed to have an old man's voice.

> Off topic question: Are there sets of Thunderbirds and The Prisoner on
> DVD in the UK? I couldn't find them if there were.
>

Yep, there are, including boxed sets - Tower records and Virgin
are good places to look for these. Hope you had a good time
here in London anyway!

Cheers all
Slim Jim

UFO again on Canal Jimmy for all November.
Here some scratch from the italiam magazine SATELLITE.

http://www.ufotv.it/Tempor/jimmi1.JPG
http://www.ufotv.it/Tempor/jimmi2.JPG
http://www.ufotv.it/Tempor/jimmi3.JPG

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Angelo Finamore
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