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Thunderbirds International Rescue 2011 Animated Series 'Artwork'

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Thunderbirds International Rescue 2011 Animated Series  ' Artwork'  This article references my previous review, it might help to read this first here:   "Thunderbirds 2011 Production Bible'" Following the recent appearance of another of these production bibles selling through eBay, I have been taking another look at my copy, especially the artwork. The book has only one image of each of the characters, the same Tracy family pictures being repeated as required throughout and unfortunately some of the characters not represented at all. There is a cut-away of Tracy Island, home of International Rescue, but this has not been created for this book and is the uncredited work of Graham Bleathman. This has previously appeared in one of his books and he was interested to see its appearance here. The Thunderbird craft are individually depicted with their overviews and some nice colour artwork but again only one picture, apart from one other page.... At the beginning...

Thunderbirds International Rescue 2011 Animated Series Production Bible Review

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Thunderbirds-International Rescue 2011 Animated Series 'Production Bible' Review I picked this book up off eBay in 2020 having never seen the content before, the only animated Thunderbirds series I had previously heard of had been 'Thunderbirds 2086'. So far I have been unable to find any reference to another proposed Thunderbirds animated series online or through other fan contacts, so I am sharing my review here for your information and the possibility of new insights coming to light maybe even from those involved in its production. Information on the final page indicates it was produced by ITV studios and dated 2011, four years before the first episode of ‘Thunderbirds Are Go’ was aired in 2015. This ‘Bible’ sets out a series proposal, premise and designs for a fully animated series and has a few recognisable concepts that later appeared in the 2015 series. Those more informed in the 'TAG' series may see others I have missed. This is an interesting addition t...