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[kennetzel]

Hi All. I recently got the Gerry Anderson Supercar Box Set. I was watching an episode titled "The Lost City" which was about a mad scientist who had an army of robots. I thought they looked familiar. They were also used in a Fireball XL5 episode called "The Granitoid Tanks." They were known as the "Granitoids." But here is a vid cap from the Supercar episode.

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[steve]

Cool - I vaguely remember these guys after all these many years!!!

[Fineas J. Whoopie]

What year is this show from? There is something about the quality of photography that reminds me of the Diamond Planet box.
They both share a nuance that I associate with the early 1960's. The Gumby show had that feel too.

[kennetzel]

What year is this show from? There is something about the quality of photography that reminds me of the Diamond Planet box.
They both share a nuance that I associate with the early 1960's. The Gumby show had that feel too.

Supercar was made in 1960. Yeah, I know the feel you mean. Fireball XL5 was 1962 and has the same feel. Here is a pic of those robots from the Granitoid Tanks episode of XL5.

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Edited by kennetzel, 05 April 2009 - 11:15 PM.

[robothut]

Great find! I had never seen these robots before. Thanks for posting pictures.

[kennetzel]

I have Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet on DVD in the box sets. I just happened to come across the episodes with these bots in them. I just started watching Thunderbirds this week...I'll keep my eyes open for any robots in those shows.

[Sparkrobot]

Fantastic detective work Ken,,,,I knew about the Braiman Thunderbird robot but I really had completely forgot these Supercar / Fireball XL 5 robots,although I must have seen them before I used to watch all the episodes when they were originally out and was even in the Supercar club I was only about 6 years old though

Edited by Sparkrobot, 08 April 2009 - 07:20 PM.