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In 1965 Gerry Anderson started his world famous serie "THE THUNDERBIRDS" . Based on the adventures of a worldwide operating organization : International Rescue. A lot of puppets and miniature vehicles were used in a serie of 32 episodes. All the characters used had their own personalities and habits. So by the next picture you can see all the major characters which were used.

From left to right you can see: Jeff Tracey (the father and leader of I.R.), Lady Penelope (the english 'mylady' agent), Brains (inventor of IR and inventor of all the vehicles and aircrafts), And then the 5 sons of Jeff : Gordon (tb4), John (tb5), Alan (tb3), Virgil (tb2) and Scott (tb1).

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In 1967 a new supermarionation serie called "Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons" started with 32 episodes in total. The adventures were set in 2068. A worldwide operating organisation called "Spectrum" has to keep the safety of the earth from their headquater called "cloudbase". From there all personnel is watching the earth and defending it against the mean aliens called "the Mysterons". Head of spectrum is Colonel White and he is assisted by a lot of others (captain Scarlet, captain Blue, Lieutenant Green, etc).

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