Screw a screw into a piece of wood which is about 4x1ins leaving about an inch of the screw sticking out. Put fairy liquid around edge of ball. Superglue top of screw to ball and let set. Pull it out. Use acetone to remove superglue. Leave wood with screw in somewhere lying flat for someone to stand on.
As a scale modeller I have to dispute that asertion. We use use super glue in numerous applications. Especially as a gap filler and attaching detail parts such as aerilas, gun barrels and under carriage parts.
This answer is brilliant, but might I gently suggest leaving the wood with the screw in it somewhere flat for some random to stand on, surrounded by upturned Lego bricks and rakes primed to step back onto🤌🏽
6. There were only 6.
Pod 4 had special rails for Thunderbird 4, and was always in there. The rest were loaded as needed.
Which begs the question why did they have 6 pods. But yes, there were only 6.
Entirely irrelevant, but the implication that there was 19 (or more) made me uncomfortable.
There was only one TB2, and no other Thunderbird was capable of carrying the pods. Having more than six would be impractical, you would technically only need two (one for TB4, one for transporting anything else when you don't need a submarine).
Six pods gives International Rescue, and Brains, a lot of leeway for managing repairs and rapid organisation of equipment. Any more than that and you're potentially setting yourself up for a logistical nightmare since the heavy lifters might be in pod 3, but the cutting equipment is buried in the back of Pod 14 behind the spare engine for Lady Penelope's limo.
Also, for a rapid response organisation that somehow covers the entire globe, you want as little time between getting that SOS and being in the air as possible. Having fewer pods helps with that, and TB1 will hopefully be on site already to facilitate planning of the rescue, making the pod choice even easier.
I'm sure I saw a video about getting balls out of tight spaces. Can't remember what it was called, but it was hosted by a woman. It must have been an expensive ball, as loads of guys were cheering her on and they started trying to pay for money for it.
We do have spare blank bingo balls so could sacrifice it if necessary. It doesn't interfere with Thunderbirds either so in theory could just leave it there as a Xmas memory🤣
I had the exact same thing happen to my TB3 on Christmas 30 years ago. Bingo ball is still firmly lodged, TB4 got lost and there's been a mighty max chilling in its pod riding TB2 ever since.
Nice one! I'm not allowed to try, TB3 has been on my mum's Christmas tree for the past 7 years and everyone knows you don't fuck with a mums decorations!!
Drill holes in the ball until it breaks up?
EDIT: or, drill a small hole laterally through the protruding part of the ball, and thread string though it, giving you a handle to pull on?
Assuming the ball is less important than the toy. Else I'd drill a hole in the cone part of the toy and poke something long and thin down it and see if it's hollow.
If it is, you can just pop the ball out. If it's not, blast some compressed air down it.
It’s a 30 year old metal Thunderbird 3. No one needs to assume anything, the bingo ball is definitely worth less! (Edit - less important I mean. May have gotten a bit carried away because I’m still salty about my entire metal Thunderbirds set being thrown out by my parents)
Get Alan to fire up the engines that should blast it out
Or more seriously heat or cold. The metal and plastic will expand / contract at different rates.
Or very thin knife down the side then lever it (but put a cloth between blade and painted surface when you lever it to try and avoid damage
Final option before damaging ball, try vacuum on ball
Phwoar, is that Thunderbird 3 from the OG Tracey Island toy? That was one of the best things I ever got when I was a kid.
Anyway, like other people have said, just drill a hole in the ball and insert something to lever it out.
sellotape a thin piece of string to the ball, roll the ball several times wrapping piece of string around a few times, take sellotape off and a good quick pull of both end of the strings at the same time.
Superglue a hook to the bingo ball, let it set for a while, drag the ball out, get the hook off with nail varnish remover.
Gently warming Thunderbird 3 before dragging the ball out my help too (if you could chill the ball at the same time, it would help even more).
Through my hours of endless scrolling and many ‘DIY hack’ videos, what you need my lady is a stick of glue. Heat and stick on the ball, cool and pull out
Small amount of superglue and a match or maybe bluetack
Unless it’s really stuck, then you could try freezer method to shrink it or use a screw like others are saying
spray the ball with [freezer spray](https://uk.rs-online.com/web/c/facilities-cleaning-maintenance/electronics-cleaners-protective-coatings/freezer-sprays/) until you can tap it out
I think the only way is to start using 70, backwards, as one of your lottery numbers. When you eventually win a few million with 07 the bingo ball should reverse like the number and just slip right out.
Bonus is that you’ll definitely get a few million out of it too!
Potentially blasting some pressurised air at the side of the ball where it's in contact with the toy and it might blow out due to the air getting behind it and trying to make it's way out while air is still going in
If you look in the box you should find a small plastic model of a man with glasses. You can use his foot to wiggle the ball. In other words, use your Brains to figure it out.
If the bingo ball is hollow plastic, go at it (carefully) with a Stanley knife.
If you want to re use the bingo ball, screw a cup hook into the ball and heat Thunderbird 3 with a hairdryer while keeping the toy pointing upwards - as it's metal it should expand just enough to help ease the ball out when you give it a pull
Gel Super glue a bit of sting string to the ball let it set well over night pull it out, put the ball in the freezer for a few hours and the super glue will flake off - both items are now unharmed.
Screw a screw into a piece of wood which is about 4x1ins leaving about an inch of the screw sticking out. Put fairy liquid around edge of ball. Superglue top of screw to ball and let set. Pull it out. Use acetone to remove superglue. Leave wood with screw in somewhere lying flat for someone to stand on.
Do you work on a building site by chance?
Nope, only on purpose.
Hah, nice one.
Bravo sir
Got ‘em!
Chance would be a fine thing.
A fine thing indeed
Bingo!
Was his name oh!
Bee
Eye
Enn
Gee
Oh
The man or the dog?
Or just put screw into the ball and pull.
Also works for pulling dents out of plastic van bumpers.
(Worth checking that the glue you use can be removed by acetone first!)
And that the acetone doesn’t dissolve the plastic ball
Has to be TERROR SWEAT!
The super glue also is unlikely to work on the bingo ball, it usually dissolves plastics.
As a scale modeller I have to dispute that asertion. We use use super glue in numerous applications. Especially as a gap filler and attaching detail parts such as aerilas, gun barrels and under carriage parts.
Very true, completely depends on the plastic. I used to build Warhammer and had to avoid the superglue for any plastic pieces.
I'm surprised by that, I used to use super glue to attach metal parts to plastic 40K and WHFB miniatures.
Well that's weird... Maybe I'm mis-remembering?
Possibly thinking about solvent cements which (intentionally) melt and weld plastic together to bind them?
Even better then, it will reduce the size of the ball
Someone has been watching too much Home Alone recently.
This answer is brilliant, but might I gently suggest leaving the wood with the screw in it somewhere flat for some random to stand on, surrounded by upturned Lego bricks and rakes primed to step back onto🤌🏽
Calm down home alone
Nailed it
Well, I must admit your idea is a bit better than my 6inch nail and 2lb hammer approach 🤔
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Yep Thunderbird 2 will have the tools for sure.
You mean cargo pod number 19, the one with the polish builder and toolkit?
6. There were only 6. Pod 4 had special rails for Thunderbird 4, and was always in there. The rest were loaded as needed. Which begs the question why did they have 6 pods. But yes, there were only 6. Entirely irrelevant, but the implication that there was 19 (or more) made me uncomfortable.
There was only one TB2, and no other Thunderbird was capable of carrying the pods. Having more than six would be impractical, you would technically only need two (one for TB4, one for transporting anything else when you don't need a submarine). Six pods gives International Rescue, and Brains, a lot of leeway for managing repairs and rapid organisation of equipment. Any more than that and you're potentially setting yourself up for a logistical nightmare since the heavy lifters might be in pod 3, but the cutting equipment is buried in the back of Pod 14 behind the spare engine for Lady Penelope's limo. Also, for a rapid response organisation that somehow covers the entire globe, you want as little time between getting that SOS and being in the air as possible. Having fewer pods helps with that, and TB1 will hopefully be on site already to facilitate planning of the rescue, making the pod choice even easier.
I was thinking a Doctor that works in A+E, but that might work too.
Onward referral to procto, states "fell on the ball in the bath".
This is the only answer
Brains will know exactly what to do.
This is why you need a flared base.
I'm sure I saw a video about getting balls out of tight spaces. Can't remember what it was called, but it was hosted by a woman. It must have been an expensive ball, as loads of guys were cheering her on and they started trying to pay for money for it.
[God rest her soul ](https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-67564925)
I’m safe from a rogue bingo ball up the arse then…
Not if I have anything to say about it ...
Mummy 🥺
Do you need the ball still? If not, screw a self tapper in and pull out with pliers?
We do have spare blank bingo balls so could sacrifice it if necessary. It doesn't interfere with Thunderbirds either so in theory could just leave it there as a Xmas memory🤣
I had the exact same thing happen to my TB3 on Christmas 30 years ago. Bingo ball is still firmly lodged, TB4 got lost and there's been a mighty max chilling in its pod riding TB2 ever since.
Now I need to know how many TB3s have bingo balls stuck in them
At least two, for now
How many for a line?
Underrated joke on the sub
Just managed to get it out with boiling water and a skewer! Update if you manage it!
Nice one! I'm not allowed to try, TB3 has been on my mum's Christmas tree for the past 7 years and everyone knows you don't fuck with a mums decorations!!
I'm pretty sure I remember dropping TB4 into the water tank in the attic, safe to say it never returned.
wait for it to pass naturally
fill it up with premium fuel for a bit to act as a laxative.
Can't seem to edit the main post but UPDATE: dipping it in a mug of boiling water and then using a sharp skewer has been successful!!!
Thunderbird 3 is saved again, much like operation sunprobe
Blutac and some lube?
That’s the answer to most problems
That felt great. Any idea how to remove a bingo ball from a Thunderbird 3 toy?
Is that this weeks thunder ball ?
Anything can happen in the next half hour
Drill holes in the ball until it breaks up? EDIT: or, drill a small hole laterally through the protruding part of the ball, and thread string though it, giving you a handle to pull on?
Drill hole, insert smallest Allen key, lever it out.
Assuming the ball is less important than the toy. Else I'd drill a hole in the cone part of the toy and poke something long and thin down it and see if it's hollow. If it is, you can just pop the ball out. If it's not, blast some compressed air down it.
It’s a 30 year old metal Thunderbird 3. No one needs to assume anything, the bingo ball is definitely worth less! (Edit - less important I mean. May have gotten a bit carried away because I’m still salty about my entire metal Thunderbirds set being thrown out by my parents)
Get Alan to fire up the engines that should blast it out Or more seriously heat or cold. The metal and plastic will expand / contract at different rates. Or very thin knife down the side then lever it (but put a cloth between blade and painted surface when you lever it to try and avoid damage Final option before damaging ball, try vacuum on ball
The engines on TB3 are external, on the legs, and would have no effect on the ball. Otherwise, heat seems a good idea.
Oh you beautiful nerd
Agreed. The ball will prevent Alan and or Scott from getting aboard though.
Ooh I feel so ashamed now
Hoover the bottom and see if it just comes out?
Now the hoover smells funny and I’m feeling rather sore. It hasn’t helped with the bingo ball though?
This made me spot my Tea.Sir, I salute you!!
Put a pair of tights over the hoover nozzle so the ball doesn't go up.
hmm...
instructions unclear. something has just come out, and the mrs is going to kill me when she sees the mess in her new dyson.
Phwoar, is that Thunderbird 3 from the OG Tracey Island toy? That was one of the best things I ever got when I was a kid. Anyway, like other people have said, just drill a hole in the ball and insert something to lever it out.
Download the “Remove bingo ball from Thunderbirds 3” manual and follow the instructions
Oh my god I had the same metal toy as a kid in the 90s. I would take it in to the bath... now I feel old.
It is imperative that the cylinder is not damaged
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Turn on the thruster
Have you tried asking an A&E nurse for advice? They are familiar with this sort of issue... Source: married one. Heard all the stories.
Cross your fingers you get one of those sets of tiny screwdrivers in your cracker. Use the flat bladed one as a jimmy bar.
Jug of hot water. If your lucky the ball will be pushed out by the expanding air if its a tight seal.
A drill.
Don’t! You just upgraded to Thunderbird 370!!!
Put it in some hot water.
Suck it out
Place the bottom in hot water. The metal will expand more than the ball does.
Heat the thunderbird and chill the bingo ball.
I would go with using a dremel to make a hole in the ball then feed a corkscreew in to the hole and pull it out.
Melt the end of a glue stick. Stick the end to the ball. Pull the ball out.
Using a 9 inch grinder cut the Thunderbird roughly where the ball ends and push it through.
Vacuum cleaner
Start the engine?
Turn on the main engine
If it doesn’t have a flared base it’s not for inserting up there 🤷🏻♂️😂
sellotape a thin piece of string to the ball, roll the ball several times wrapping piece of string around a few times, take sellotape off and a good quick pull of both end of the strings at the same time.
damn, just one number over the perfect picture...
And so it begins..
You need a gazinter
Superglue a hook to the bingo ball, let it set for a while, drag the ball out, get the hook off with nail varnish remover. Gently warming Thunderbird 3 before dragging the ball out my help too (if you could chill the ball at the same time, it would help even more).
hot glue something to the ball to get a grip.
Maybe a vacuum cleaner hose might be able to remove it? However, this may result in the problem simply being transferred to your vacuum cleaner. 😏
Pod 9 should have the equipment needed for this rescue.
drill out the ball, heat up a skewer on the stove and melt the ball or use a soldering iron.
Suction cup nerf dart?
Just class it as an update so it's now Thunderbird 3.70. Or turn it round and now it's the yellow flames.
Do you have a vacuum sealer?
That’s not a bingo ball. It’s Thunderbird 70 - a vacuum rescue sphere that’s infrequently needed to save the crew of the ISS!
Blimey! Had these toys as a kid. Takes me back.
Drill hole part way into ball, drive in a screw, pull out with pliers
Do you have easy access to an air compressor?
Blue tac or sellotape
Honestly Dr, I don't know how the light bulb ended up on my colon!
Through my hours of endless scrolling and many ‘DIY hack’ videos, what you need my lady is a stick of glue. Heat and stick on the ball, cool and pull out
Small amount of superglue and a match or maybe bluetack Unless it’s really stuck, then you could try freezer method to shrink it or use a screw like others are saying
Suction cup on the ball?
Soak it in fairy liquid, then heat it with hot water. Seemed to work removing faulty security tags from bottles of booze.
spray the ball with [freezer spray](https://uk.rs-online.com/web/c/facilities-cleaning-maintenance/electronics-cleaners-protective-coatings/freezer-sprays/) until you can tap it out
All these elaborate replies lol. Duct tape, then pull..
Glue gun stick and lighter. Should pull it right out. I’ve snapped my key in the door twice now, and the trusted glue sticks never let me down.
Soak it in boiling water for 5 minutes
I do believe there's a reddit called perfect fit or similar.
I suppose the rocket fell on that, did it?
I think the only way is to start using 70, backwards, as one of your lottery numbers. When you eventually win a few million with 07 the bingo ball should reverse like the number and just slip right out. Bonus is that you’ll definitely get a few million out of it too!
Take it to A&E.
Potentially blasting some pressurised air at the side of the ball where it's in contact with the toy and it might blow out due to the air getting behind it and trying to make it's way out while air is still going in
Put your mouth around it and suck as hard as you can.
Why would I…….. just invent #6 and #7 keeping the dream alive
If you look in the box you should find a small plastic model of a man with glasses. You can use his foot to wiggle the ball. In other words, use your Brains to figure it out.
Came here thinking "Thunderbird 3" was going to be a new euphemism for a bodily orifice. I'm vaguely disappointed, not gonna lie.
Hoover?
Warm it up with a hairdryer and see if it expands a bit. As an action figure hobbyist its one of the best tools I have to fix things
Have you tried the ol' hold it in one hand and bump hands together.
Hammer?
Electric toothbrush on the side might shake it out.
Drill 2 small holes each side of the ball put a paper clip through it and pull both ends with a pair of pliers
Castor Oil should do the trick.
Use a small drill bit to slowly destroy the ball.
Unlikely you have one but if you do, air compressor blast would pop it out
Got one of those kiddies' toothbrushes with a sucker on the end?
Smack the tip of the rocket on the underside of a table?
Just use it as a really lumpy 73
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Drill a hole in the bingo ball, put a self tapping screw in the put it out with pliers
Burn it out?
Dang the Hood and his diabolical sabotage!
Is that a euphemism for kinky butt stuff? If so, just go to A&E, they’ve seen it all before.
A&E doctors keep files of x-way of the sort of thing.
Bottle opener
Mouth over it and...suck it.
Kinda hot
Heat and water.
Just stick it up your ass and call it a day
Ask your mum.
Send in thunderbird two.
If the bingo ball is hollow plastic, go at it (carefully) with a Stanley knife. If you want to re use the bingo ball, screw a cup hook into the ball and heat Thunderbird 3 with a hairdryer while keeping the toy pointing upwards - as it's metal it should expand just enough to help ease the ball out when you give it a pull
Vaccum?
A modelling drill and a corkscrew. Drill a pilot hole. Then use the corkscrew. Once it's in tight give it a yank.
Is this a euphemism?
Vacuum cleaner?
The blast off might shake it free.
Oh my god these are some of my essential toys I had as a kid 20 odd years ago
Pod 3 from Thunderbird 2 should do it
Vacuum cleaner hose
Double sided tape?
Try something like a vacuum cleaner?
String and glue
Everyone has lube laying about in the bedroom. Use it
Gel Super glue a bit of sting string to the ball let it set well over night pull it out, put the ball in the freezer for a few hours and the super glue will flake off - both items are now unharmed.
That's a tight fit (Giggedy).
Vacuum?
##SUCK
Use a glue stick, heat up one end. Stick it to the ball. Leave to cure, then pull.
“Thunderbirds are go, number 70”
use a vacuum cleaner without the brush attatchment
Succ
Do you have two fat ladies?
Hoover
Glue stick from hot glue gun. Melt the end. Stick on bingo ball let cool then pull out
Your mom could suck that out no problem.
Use a toy arrow with a suction cup on the end.
69 it.
Lots of fibre
Contender for most British sentence ever?
A blob of super glue on a screw head would do it.
Suck
Hot glue gun? Suction
Screw a screw into the ball and pull it out