A pair of episodes released on UK PAL VHS in 1987 by Wynd-Up Records Ltd, an independent music and film distributor of the era. This release was likely available only by mail order.
Released by: Wynd-Up Records Ltd
Catalogue No: WYN1
Year of release: 1987
Running time: 45 minutes approx.
Episodes on this release
The Time Capsule
Lion-O discovers that the time capsule containing the history of Thundera is still intact somewhere on Third Earth, and sets off on a quest to find it. Encountering many obstacles in the path of this great prize, the ThunderCats may have set themselves too great a task.
The Fireballs of Plun-Darr
Despite a terrible threat to their own safety, the ThunderCats come to the rescue. The wicked Mutants choose the Warrior Maidens’ treetop kingdom as a target to test their terrible new machine, the firethrower. Will the ThunderCats escape the ferocious fireballs?
Notes of interest
- From what we can tell, Wynd-Up Records was an independent music and film distributor in the eighties. This release was likely available only by mail order, but concrete distribution info is scarce. If you have more info on this release, we would love to hear from you.
- Only one of the four images on the back cover actually relates to the episodes on this release.
- Peter Hill designed this cover, along with most of the other UK ThunderCats covers.
- According to the BBFC website, the episodes were rated separately. “The Time Capsule” was rated on 19 November 1987 and cut by 2 seconds. “The Fireballs of Plun-Darr” was rated on 11 November 1987 and passed without cuts.
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