Re: Artist for the UFO Dinky Boxes

On Tue, 15 Oct 2002 Marc Martin <[hidden email]> posted:

<< Just thought someone might be interested to know that I just got
an e-mail from someone named Jon Archer, who says that his dad,
Gordon Archer, did the artwork for the Dinky UFO Mobile and
Interceptor boxes! >>

It never ceases to amaze me how you have become the center of the
Gerry Anderson universe, Marc! Given that you have now heard from
A&E, Dinky, and even Ed Bishop himself, are there any remaining aspects
of UFO for which you lack a contact?

I am curious as to the date when Gordon Archer was actually commissioned
for the artwork. Was it before, during, or after UFO's release? As an
aside,
my own Dinkys came in plastic bubble packaging, and I have no recollection
of any artwork in the packaging. Are there any scans of Mr. Archer's work?

Jeff Kuzma

> It never ceases to amaze me how you have become the center of the
> Gerry Anderson universe, Marc! Given that you have now heard from
> A&E, Dinky, and even Ed Bishop himself, are there any remaining aspects
> of UFO for which you lack a contact?

So you have hard from Dinky, Marc?

> I am curious as to the date when Gordon Archer was actually commissioned
> for the artwork. Was it before, during, or after UFO's release? As an
> aside,
> my own Dinkys came in plastic bubble packaging, and I have no recollection
> of any artwork in the packaging. Are there any scans of Mr. Archer's work?

My toys were boxed and yes, the boxes did have the artwork on
their side. Also, around the same time as the toys were released,
a series of ads for the interceptor was run in Countdwon comic in
England. I wonder if the same chap did the artwork for these too?

Dave.

>It never ceases to amaze me how you have become the center of the
>Gerry Anderson universe, Marc! Given that you have now heard from
>A&E, Dinky, and even Ed Bishop himself, are there any remaining aspects
>of UFO for which you lack a contact?

Well, let's not overstate things -- I think the folks at Fanderson have
contacted far more people with ties to UFO than I have. And I wasn't
contacted by Dinky, but the son of the artist for the UFO toys.

>I am curious as to the date when Gordon Archer was actually commissioned
>for the artwork. Was it before, during, or after UFO's release? As an
>aside,
>my own Dinkys came in plastic bubble packaging, and I have no recollection
>of any artwork in the packaging. Are there any scans of Mr. Archer's work?

I suspect that this might be some of his work:

http://ufoseries.com/models/dinkyCarBox.jpg

I didn't get the impression that there were any details about when
the work was done. Although if we knew the release date of the Dinky
toys, I suspect the artwork was done about 3 months before...

Marc