In the 1990s he created and produced the lavish live-action series Space Precinct, before returning to children’s entertainment with the enchanting Lavender Castle. In contrast, producers of Terrahawks made use of latex muppet-style hand puppets to animate the characters, in a process Ander…
The names of the shows he produced during this era are familiar to millions, and continue to entertain audiences today. During the 1960s Gerry used puppetry to realise epic science fiction scenarios that would have been impossible to achieve in anything other than miniature scale. The power nucleus of this Zeroid is a unique Iranium crystal from the planet Jupiter. “I really love the Bandai Terrahawks toy line but was always disappointed that the figures were a bit one-sided. Space Sergeant 101, above right, is the leader of the Spacehawks compliment of 100 zeroids. The Terrahawks, an elite fighting force set up in response to a previous alien attack in 2017 stands ready to oppose the terrible alien threat, operating out of Hawknest in South America. Zelda’s cubes were missing from the original toyline, so Toy Polloi have set out to redress the balance, and we think they’ve done a pretty fantastic job! [CDATA[*/ (function () { var scriptURL = 'https://sdks.shopifycdn.com/buy-button/latest/buy-button-storefront.min.js'; if (window.ShopifyBuy) { if (window.ShopifyBuy.UI) { ShopifyBuyInit(); } else { loadScript(); } } else { loadScript(); } function loadScript() { var script = document.createElement('script'); script.async = true; script.src = scriptURL; (document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(script); script.onload = ShopifyBuyInit; } function ShopifyBuyInit() { var client = ShopifyBuy.buildClient({ domain: 'gerry-anderson-official.myshopify.com', storefrontAccessToken: 'eddf3c318fa6c9047ce050e0ac5201ed', }); ShopifyBuy.UI.onReady(client).then(function (ui) { ui.createComponent('collection', { id: '22564291', node: document.getElementById('collection-component-1571992498037'), moneyFormat: '%C2%A3%7B%7Bamount%7D%7D', options: { "product": { "styles": { "product": { "@media (min-width: 601px)": { "max-width": "calc(25% - 20px)", "margin-left": "20px", "margin-bottom": "50px", "width": "calc(25% - 20px)" }, "img": { "height": "calc(100% - 15px)", "position": "absolute", "left": "0", "right": "0", "top": "0" }, "imgWrapper": { "padding-top": "calc(75% + 15px)", "position": "relative", "height": "0" } }, "title": { "font-weight": "normal" }, "button": { "font-size": "16px", "padding-top": "16px", "padding-bottom": "16px", ":hover": { "background-color": "#dc7817" }, "background-color": "#f4851a", ":focus": { "background-color": "#dc7817" } }, "quantityInput": { "font-size": "16px", "padding-top": "16px", "padding-bottom": "16px" } }, "text": { "button": "Add to cart" } }, "productSet": { "styles": { "products": { "@media (min-width: 601px)": { "margin-left": "-20px" } } } }, "modalProduct": { "contents": { "img": false, "imgWithCarousel": true, "button": false, "buttonWithQuantity": true }, "styles": { "product": { "@media (min-width: 601px)": { "max-width": "100%", "margin-left": "0px", "margin-bottom": "0px" } }, "button": { "font-size": "16px", "padding-top": "16px", "padding-bottom": "16px", ":hover": { "background-color": "#dc7817" }, "background-color": "#f4851a", ":focus": { "background-color": "#dc7817" } }, "quantityInput": { "font-size": "16px", "padding-top": "16px", "padding-bottom": "16px" }, "title": { "font-weight": "normal" } }, "text": { "button": "Add to cart" } }, "cart": { "styles": { "button": { "font-size": "16px", "padding-top": "16px", "padding-bottom": "16px", ":hover": { "background-color": "#dc7817" }, "background-color": "#f4851a", ":focus": { "background-color": "#dc7817" } } }, "text": { "total": "Subtotal", "button": "Checkout" } }, "toggle": { "styles": { "toggle": { "background-color": "#f4851a", ":hover": { "background-color": "#dc7817" }, ":focus": { "background-color": "#dc7817" } }, "count": { "font-size": "16px" } } } }, }); }); } })(); /*]]>*/ /* ]]> */, First Action Bureau is coming!
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