2026 PCGG Day One: Thunderbirds Are GO!

Today’s second pick in The 2026 PopCult Gift Guide is a classic of children’s television and a landmark bit of adventure puppeteering,

Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Collectors Edition [Blu-ray]
Blu-Ray
$150
From Gerry Anderson.com

From the visionary minds of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, Thunderbirds revolutionised television sci-fi with its iconic Supermarionation style and thrilling tales of International Rescue. This 60th Anniversary Blu-Ray is the perfect gift for the Anglophile of a certain age, or for anybody who enjoys fun and exciting adventures with plenty of cool flying vehicles and only a few visible strings. It’s region-free, so it will play perfectly on all Blu-ray players in the United States.

This is the complete series, now available with the three 50th anniversary specials released together for the first time. With over eight hours of bonus content including a brand-new feature length documentary, a new mini Supermarionation adventure and all-new commentaries, alongside rare archive material, documentaries, audio dramas and vintage promos.

A 110-page episode guide booklet and six exclusive cutaway posters by artist Graham Bleathman complete this incredible package. Whether you’re a lifelong fan or discovering Tracy Island for the first time, this is the most complete and faithful presentation of Thunderbirds ever released.

This super deluxe set includes all 32 original episodes and the three anniversary episodes in an 11-disc Blu-ray collector’s set, with a 110-page episode guide and six posters, all tucked away in a rigid slipcase, for the discriminating collector.

The original episodes are restored in high definition from the film elements and presented in their original 4:3 framing. The set brings them together with Introducing Thunderbirds, The Abominable Snowman and The Stately Homes Robberies, the three anniversary episodes.

Over eight hours of new and archive bonus material explores the series’ production, people, music and continuing influence.

You can order this directly from GerryAnderson.com in the UK with free shipping to the United States, but it can also be found, usually at higher prices, from the usual online dealers in the US.