 The Andersons sold their intellectual and profit participation rights to Thunderbirds and their other productions in the 1970s . As a result , they had no developmental control over subsequent adaptations of their works . Thunderbirds was first remade for TV in the early 1980s as Thunderbirds 2086 . In this anime re @-@ imagining , set 20 years after the original , the vastly expanded IR is based within an arcology and operates 17 Thunderbird machines . It was inspired by Thunderhawks , an updated story concept by Gerry Anderson and Reg Hill that later served as the basis for Anderson 's Supermacromation series Terrahawks . 
 The Andersons sold their intellectual and profit participation rights to Thunderbirds and their other productions in the 1970s . As a result , they had no developmental control over subsequent adaptations of their works . Thunderbirds was first remade for TV in the early 1980s as Thunderbirds 2086 . In this anime <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>re</mark></a> @-@ imagining ,<a href='been_done' title='2'><mark></mark></a> set 20 years after the original , the vastly expanded IR is based within an arcology and <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>operates</mark></a> 17 Thunderbird machines . It was inspired by Thunderhawks , an updated story concept by Gerry Anderson and Reg Hill <a href='null_relcl' title='4'><mark>that</mark></a>later served as the basis for Anderson <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>Supermacromation series Terrahawks . 
The Andersons sold their intellectual and profit participation rights to Thunderbirds and their other productions in da 1970s . As a result , they had no developmental control over subsequent adaptations of their works . Thunderbirds was first remade for t.v in the early 1980s as Thunderbirds 2086 . In this anime red @-@ imagining , done set 20 years after the original , tdavastly expanded IR is based within an arcology and operate 17 Thunderbird machines . It was inspired by Thunderhawks , an updated story concept by Gerry Anderson and Reg Hill later served as the basis for Anderson  Supermacromation series Terrahawks .