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Thunderbirds Interactive Tracy Island Playset, Multicolored

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a b " Blue Peter to be shown on CBBC before BBC One". BBC News Online. 16 December 2011. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019 . Retrieved 2 February 2020.

For the first hangar, belonging to Thunderbird 2, Blue Peter recommends using a tissue box. I decided on a less conventional approach and used a box that had held four little beer cans (specifically Northern Monk's Uprising IPA - other beers are available). I don't recall if little beer cans came in boxes in 1992, but they do now. For the next step we move onto the papier mache section. Anthea gleefully informs viewers that they might have done it at school. I may well have done, but when I was at school it only had one computer - and no pupil was allowed to touch it under any circumstances. So it has been a while.

In early January 1993, presenter Anthea Turner showed excited children (and no doubt devastated parents) how to make their own Tracy Island out of what she called 'junk'. Using household rubbish like tissue boxes and toilet roll tubes you (or possibly your beleaguered mum) could make your own Tracy Island. Fordy, Tom (19 December 2015). "10 Toys Dads Should Buy 'For Their Kids' This Christmas". telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 December 2015 . Retrieved 26 February 2020. For Thunderbird One's hangar, Blue Peter again suggests a yoghurt pot - Anthea assures viewers she thinks 'a cream pot would be alright' as long as you make sure Thunderbird 1 fits inside. No longer having a Thunderbird 1 I decided to use the cold coffee cup mentioned above as it would probably be ok. The main feature of the island apart from its many secret hangers is the Tracy family mansion. The Blue Peter one is very elaborate - to the point it looks like the one off the TV show and the real toy parents were apparently fighting to the death in the Thunderdome over in the early 90s. First, you need to assemble your pile of 'junk'. Some of this stuff is a bit more ubiquitous than others. Empty loo roll tubes aren't hard to acquire for instance - pipe cleaners for a Tracy Island model less so.

Daly, Emma (13 September 2015). "Anthea Turner still has that Blue Peter Tracy Island". radiotimes.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018 . Retrieved 2 February 2020. a b Cope, Nigel (10 December 1992). "Toys rise above the recession: The unpredictable dictates of fashion can mean a nightmare for manufacturers and panic for parents". independent.co.uk. Independent Print. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014 . Retrieved 16 February 2020.

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MacDonald, Marianne (21 August 1995). " Thunderbirds Are Going, Going, Gone". independent.co.uk. Independent Print. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016 . Retrieved 16 February 2020. a b "The '90s". toyretailersassociation.co.uk. Toy Retailers Association. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012.

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