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5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Thunderbirds are go! This week sees a new addition to our FAB collection of Thunderbird T-Shirts. This wicked tee, features some our favourite sci-fi puppets, from The Thunderbirds in a cool, beatles-eque album cover design. Inspired by the famous With The Beatles cover, this print features the faces of Brains, Parker, Lady Penelope, and Scott in a cool black and white photographic effect. A perfect addition to your collection of cool t-shirts!!

No collection of retro TV tees would be complete without at least one great Thunderbirds tee, so to celebrate the launch of this new design we thought we'd take you back a time when a shortage of Tracy Islands in the run up to Christmas saw a famous Childrens TV Show show you how to avoid the disappointment of not having a Tracy Island by making your very own.... My guide is made up from a mix of the Perfect Housewife Extrodinare Anthea Turner's Blue Peter show and the very helpful Bluepeter Fact Sheet.

Having heard stories of the build taking weeks if not months, due to collecting all the various bits and bobs, waiting for things to dry etc. Needless to say this isn't a project to take lightly or one that you can do in a week, it takes a lot of patience and determination but would be completely worth it at the end.

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Twenty-seven years ago today, a Jim Henson-directed fantasy movie called Labyrinth was released and... well, quickly became a bit of a box office disaster. This strange movie, about a girl (Jennifer Connelly) searching for her baby brother who's been kidnapped by a goblin king (David Bowie), was maybe a little too weird for mainstream audiences at the time.

But thankfully over the last 27 years whether it was due to the amazing creatures and sets or to Bowie’s extraordinary wig and lunchbox, it's really gathered a strong following and you only need to see the popularity of our Labyrinth T-Shirts to know this movie has definitely become a cult classic, and for good reason. Labyrinth is one of the last non-animated films of the pre-computer age. Yes, there is probably a few computer effects used in the film, but when you consider that 1986 was also the year that Pixar released Luxo Jr., marking the beginning of a computer animation revolution, Labyrinth's props-and-puppets approach to imaginative filmmaking feels like something of an to an era in film making.

To celebrate this fantastic mile-stone (yes, it makes me feel old too) I thought I'd give you 10 interesting facts surrounding Labyrinth, so enough gas-bagging as we only have 13 hours to reach Goblin City, after all….

1 - The screenplay went through 25 drafts, mostly to inject songs and more humour to ensure legendary pop star David Bowie would agree to star as antagonist Jareth the Goblin King.

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As you know, we love a good give-away here at Truffle Towers! Nothing beats the rush of entering a competition knowing you might well be the lucky winner of something super special. Oh what fun!

Well, to give you guys (and us) your next comping fix, we've decided to do something new and exciting via our favourite picture sharing app Instagram. If you haven't checked it out on your smartphone yet - well consider this the perfect excuse. Oh and while you're there, make sure you check out our profile, @Truffleshufflecom! *nudge* *nudge*

So What Can I Win?

We're giving you lucky lot the chance to WIN a cool £50 to spend at TruffleShuffle.com on ANYTHING you like....cool T-Shirts, retro gifts....whatever you can think of. Yep we'll pop the spending money into our lucky winners account ready for them to spend as and when they wish, on whatever they wish! Awesome right?

How Can I Enter?

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We love it when we get more music tees delivered to Truffle HQ. Our personal collections just keep growing and growing... way too much temptation!

If you love a good old band tee, you should check out our awesome range of retro music tees, perfect for the festival circuit, gigging and generally having fun in and proving to everyone how cool you are!

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Wowsers, we simply cannot believe it has been a whole 20 years since the very last episode of Saved By The Bell aired on US TV (how old do we feel...)

So, to proudly display your love of all things Bayside you might fancy treating yourself to some of these fine, retro Saved By The Bell t-shirts.

BUT, what ever became of Zack, Lisa, Kelly, AC Slater, Jessie and the lovely Screech?

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As fans of ours know, we love a competition here at Truffle Towers and so instead of our usual Funday Friday Competition we have decided to run a weekend long competition to celebrate Fraggle Rock's 30th Anniversary! :-)

It’s hard to believe that the adorable gang of furry underground cave-dwellers have been around since 1983, but unlike their fans who are now adults, the Fraggles remain forever young. Created by the one and only Jim Henson, the show centers on five principal Fraggles who live together in underground caves - plus, it boasts one of the most awesome theme songs in television history!

We will be offering not one, not two but three amazing prizes! Check out what you can win below!

The Prize

TOP PRIZE 1st PRIZE

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