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2025.05.21 | 16:57   Article »

Crash

Hi Doc!

The only place that I could find any real detail on it was here:
https://downthetubes.net/slough-museum-hosts-two-day-art-of-thunderbirds-event/

It's quite a long way for us to go. 😂

I came across this when I was searching for anything about the original 2003 Firestorm.
I just had a little re-watch of it.

2025.05.21 | 14:38   Article »

Dr. Ben

I believe this exhibit is a revival of one that took place in the Slough Museum last year around this time. Sadly, I was in London at the time but unable to attend. Hopefully this time I will be able to make it. 

2025.05.14 | 00:12   Article »

Crash

Yep, we have that one in our collection too. 😄
- Everything from the '80s and almost everything from the '70s

What made the stories memorable for me were the illustrations inside the cover that spanned two pages.
It was always whimsical flying machines and dragons and floating castles.
Or, if it wasn't that, it was desert islands and sea serpents and merboys and all sorts of things that you just never see anywhere else.

The whole Nutwood, picturesque, chocolate-box village, where everyone knows eachother is a really appealing idea as well.

2025.05.13 | 19:11   Article »

Suzy J

I read the 1980 Rupert Annual every Christmas Eve growing up.  It had a story called Rupert and the Flavours.  😀😀

2025.05.10 | 21:21   Article »

Crash

Thanks very much,
It's easily fixed once you know it's happening.

2025.05.09 | 15:37   Article »

Suzy J

Glad it's all sorted x

2025.03.28 | 15:06   Article »

Crash

I've been enjoying it a lot!
Substack is a great platform for it, because it updates you by email when there are changes.

I'm looking forward to seeing how the review series progresses as the story steps up towards the end. 😀

2025.03.27 | 16:41   Article »

Dr. Ben

Thanks for reading along! Glad to hear it's resonating with you. 

2025.03.14 | 11:32   Article »

Crash

This is very interesting detail around how the upscale was done!
I know that it cannot have been at-all an easy process.

People have tilted at the windmill of fan-remastering Star Fleet a number of times since the DVDs were released and all the little but important differences between versions: credit sequence lengths, PAL v NTSC etc, made it impossible before this. 😀

2025.03.14 | 11:21   Article »

Crash

Good find, I thought!
I thought people might appreciate them.

Matthew's site: www.matteline.com has even more on it.
I will add it to the links page. 😀

2025.03.14 | 09:13   Article »

Anonymous

These are brilliant xx

2025.03.13 | 15:24   Article »

Anonymous

After I got the upscaled episodes I took on the task of making a dual-audio version of X-Bomber. 
I got to episode 9 before my PC decided to die. As part of that project, I managed to reedit episode 8, mixing the upscaled episode with the relevant missing bits (mostly scenes of Monmon's being shot, probably considered too graphic for the time and target audience), as well as reediting a sequence at the backend of the episode where a couple of shots were switched to accommodate the edits. 
All this while also editing the Japanese audio into the episode and replacing the OP and ED sequences with the ones from X-Bomber. It took a bit of doing (added to the fact that my PC decided to die and all the edits I had done were lost, requiring a redo) Though the missing bits were not upscaled, a bit of fiddling with some filters managed to make them good enough to clear the bar. 
That someone went to the trouble of making a dual audio version is going to make the rest of the process much easier. 
All I'll have to do is replace the OP and ED sequences and restore the original Jikai, since the ones in the upscale use clips from the episodes while the originals had some unused bits and sightly different edits from the Star Fleet previews. 
And of course, I'll have to tackle the censored scene in episode 12, but that's basically adding about 10 seconds of Cap. Kuster/Carter just standing there after being shot, a much easier task than episode 8. 
Only other edit I had to do, was add a small clips of Gelma fighters flying over Pluto Base as it explodes, right at the end of the attack sequence. 
For some reason it cuts to black in the French DVD and ended up in the upscaled episode.

2024.12.08 | 15:07   Article »

8340954515

😂

2024.12.07 | 20:35   Article »

Crash

Hi Jack!
Thanks for your comment!

I remember that Ep.8 had a few cuts in the Western versions around the point where the mon-mons needed to be scared away from the ship.

I'm not sure that there are any non-Japanese releases that contain the full footage, and, even if there were, there would be no English dubbing to accompany it.

2024.12.07 | 05:03   Article »

Jack

Unfortunately the only downside is the fact that episodes 8 and 12 are still censored

2024.11.07 | 21:08   Article »

Crash

Hi Doc!
Thanks very much for that, It's great to hear from you.

I was a bit surprised that, when I googled "pumpkin zeroid", absolutely nothing came up.
I guess too much time has passed since the show aired.
Maybe some got made, long before the internet. 😁

My daughter was quite upset when it went soft and disappeared (got thrown out), so my only way out of that was to promise to doing another one next year.
Perhaps we'll do Dix-Huit. 😀

I want to make it so the gun hatch can be opened and we can stick a pen light in there for the gun or something.

2024.11.07 | 08:51   Article »

Dr. Ben

This is absolutely brilliant! My friend Connor Flanagan has done some Zeroid jack-o-lantern art himself but never seen one carved like this!!! Well done 😁

2024.10.29 | 12:23   Article »

Crash

Hi Luis!
Thanks for this, I will give it a look this evening!
I liked the show quite a bit, but found it hard to get into, as I couldn't understand a word the characters were saying.  😁

I hope all's well on your end!

2024.10.28 | 17:31   Article »

Luis Cotovio

Episode 1 is here with subtitles and some upscaling done

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW7i_kbXFa0

2024.07.13 | 15:49   Article »

Crash

107 likes?
Somebody's been clicking the like button quite a bit for this 😀.
Well that's good, I take that as positive reinforcement.

2023.09.02 | 22:56   Article »

Crash

Hi Dan!
That's an interesting question...

I think this has been built in a Lego simulator, so there's probably been no real pieces used.
The software can normally export the project as an LXF file or similar so you can see how it was made.
I wonder whether the OP on Eurobricks might be able to let you have the file.

2023.09.02 | 14:56   Article »

Dan

Love this . Wonder if they would sell the instructions and parts 

2023.07.25 | 12:17   Article »

dym2005

Hi all, I'm so pleased that the link to my upscaled version found its way here and that it has been so well received. One day (time permitting) I hope to get round to doing a 1080P version using the improved audio by Bladez636 and maybe even at 50FPS. The original YouTube links on the OriginalTrilogy forum aren't working any more (the account got restricted due to copyright infringement), but I've uploaded a few videos to a Google Drive in case anyone is interested.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kl9eI9vqUeitUoqIplVwpbjHBOWNKgKm/view?usp=drive_link
This is the comparison between the UK DVD end credits and my first upscale attempt pieced together from the French DVDs. I later changed the drop shadow on the text and may have tweaked a couple of other bits.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uY-eLf8Q9A-aHbeHhNLq0kDp_bvvd6Ua/view?usp=drive_link
And this is a 50FPS version of the opening titles, but at the standard PAL resolution (no audio on this one unfortunately).

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_DjMhkSOtnNaw38pvWfagwxjhcXWjIDn/view?usp=drive_link
And finally a very short snippet at 720P and 100FPS, looking incredibly smooth 😀

2023.04.29 | 19:02   Article »

Crash

Hi Luis!
Thanks for that information,
I will have a look into that and expand the site's info accordingly ...

2023.04.28 | 20:29   Article »

Luis Cotovio

Given the size of the file, I believe this was done by (username) dym2005. He posted his progress at the originaltrilogy.com forums. He did indeed use the french release as the main source for the upscale, supplemented with the other releases where needed. It is indeed a stunning edition. Why official companies never went to this trouble is beyond me.

2023.03.29 | 20:39   Article »

Crash

Hi Dan! Great to see you,
I should think, whoever makes them could make a decent return on etsy or similar.
I would like a set for sure.
The flow of Star Fleet material has slowed up a good bit on twitter but I keep an eye out.

2023.03.29 | 20:16   Article »

Dan from SFFB

These are awesome , I would so like to purchase these . Take my money 💰 

2023.03.25 | 10:16   Article »

Crash

They're so cute and recognisable at the same time.
I think a Kirara would be good.
If I see any more, I'll let you know. 😀

2023.03.25 | 08:46   Article »

Dr. Ben

These are great!

2023.03.07 | 15:15   Article »

Crash

You're 100% right.  The details really do stand out much clearer and better.
I noticed a lot of things about the models of the ships for the first time when watching it, and I know that Gary Cass found it very useful for the reference work involved in creating 3D replicas.

I think, part of it comes down to the AI technology becoming widely available more recently than even the vaguely recent and slightly interestingly-conceived SD Blu-Ray.

I would say that this technology is likely to only get better over time, and that an ever sharper 1080p version might be possible, if someone made a project out of it, especially if the technology does mature further.

I will say that, for 720p, this release is remarkably good - even on a big screen.
I think it could be easily mistaken for 1080p.

2023.03.07 | 15:02   Article »

Crash

Hi Kirara!

This was very interesting to me too, since I had understood that effectively everything relating to the show had been destroyed in a fire at the studio and that this had taken place before the end of airing of Star Fleet on UK TV.

This was what I was told had meant that no second series was possible, when the UK distributors requested that a second series be made.

Perhaps there was a studio fire that did destroy too many sets and too much equipment to make a second season possible, and that X-Bomber and Dai-X were all that was left.

Perhaps they were damaged, explaining why they had to be modified, (as shown).


The other impression that I always got was that middling popularity (and also that the series wrapped itself up with a proper ending anyway) was the initial reason for them not producing a follow-up series, but that doesn't seem like a reason why Enoki would be unable to make a second season, upon request from the UK.


But certainly, it seems that these items 'survived', if you can call that what they did with them. 😅
Another explanation could be that these models were returned to a studio prop warehouse after late 1983 (which is when the UK distributors could have been enquiring about making a second series) and a fire took place there.


I certainly think that we could benefit from interviews with the original Japanese show makers, off the back of the recent expo in Japan, to understand better why no second season could have been made, when it looks as though these models could have been restored (or maybe even used as-is).

It looks as though something was lost in communication between the UK distributors and the Japanese rights-holders back then, or was perhaps slightly misremembered.

Equally, I would be very keen to know what the storyline, plot and details were of the write-up that the UK distributors had created for the second season that they sent to Japan, with a view to having it produced.

I've never come across any detail at all about what their plans were for the second series.

2023.03.07 | 10:30   Article »

Kirara

It is more the "Dai-Y" than the "Dai-X"! 😄
This pictures are Amazing! I would never have suspected that The X-Bomber and Dai-x had a second life after the show! It looks like that the props didn't all burn in the fire... I wonder what happened to this red X-bomber and the Dai-Y after that...

2023.03.07 | 10:25   Article »

Kirara

Many thanks to him, and to you for sharing his work!
This generous benefactor offered a great gift for all Star Fleet's fans!  I would never expected to see Star Fleet in such good quality, we can see all the details on the models used in the serie. It's crazy that fans do for free a better job than the editors...
It would have been interesting if some fans did the same treatment using the french DVD (considered to have the best image quality), the quality could have been insane ! But it should be a hard job to replace the french audio with the English one...

2023.03.06 | 12:05   Article »

Crash

Hi Kirara!
Thanks very much for letting me know,

I wish I knew who had run the AI upscale on the DVD footage, so I could pass the feedback along.
I vaguely remember discussion that it was a Star Fleet fan in Spain that had generated it.

2023.03.06 | 11:42   Article »

Crash

Hi Kirara,
Thanks for commenting!
That is interesting information.

I will give the 720p upscale of the show a little watch again tonight and see if I can spot this guy in the background.
Thanks very much for the pointer!

2023.03.05 | 23:18   Article »

Kirara

In fact, this character appears in the first episode, walking in the background of EDF Headquarters in the beginning of the episode.

2023.03.05 | 22:41   Article »

Kirara

Wow! Fantastic quality! Thank you so much for this wonderful present!

2023.03.01 | 21:31   Article »

Crash

Hi, Km
Thanks very much for commenting!

Totally agreed, mine arrived to the UK within a few days at most and it was well packaged.
I think people would overlook a lot of the work that went into reconstructing the exhibits for the expo and that many of the items weren't 'just' replicas, without having a leaf through it.

It wasn't super inexpensive, but was well worth it.
It seems to be the next best thing to having seen the expo in-person.

I plan to scan/photograph a few pages, to give people an impression of the contents, for the site, while not affecting the commercial potential for the expo organisers. 😀

2023.03.01 | 21:07   Article »

Km

This is a must for any fan of Starfleet.  Goes into detail about how the puppets were restored and original photos from filming.  Quickly dispatched from Japan and arrived well packed. 

2022.11.30 | 20:18   Article »

Crash

Hi Dan!
Thanks for commenting,

Resolution of the files is 1280x720p. The entire series is about 13GB.
It looks really very good.
If you skip mega's payment plan options, you have a green "Continue Download" button at the bottom of the screen, which skips to their web-based download manager.

2022.11.27 | 12:47   Article »

Dan

Hi, so whats the scale on the dvds please? also ive tried to download but looks like you have to pay ? 

2022.11.23 | 20:33   Article »

Crash

Test comment

2022.08.12 | 14:53   Article »

Crash

Surprising how difficult it was to find a mini SD card these days,
Threw some music onto it,
This was the 3rd track that the handheld decided to play.

2022.07.28 | 23:10   Article »

Crash

Yup, seems to work

2015.02.09 | 23:00   Article »

Crash

My mistake, sorry, I misinterpreted something that one of our fellow forumites said in one of their emails. :D

2015.02.07 | 10:25   Article »

Bladez636

Good to know
Err, My birthday is May 5th.

2015.02.05 | 22:46   Article »

Crash

It's nice to browse and come back to. So we're working on it.

We're a long way to getting it running again but it'll be better when it is.

Happy Birthday by the way!

2015.02.04 | 23:59   Article »

Bladez636

I'm glad to know it's not just me. Although I may not post there all the time, I still check it practically daily.

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