Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site shark.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!twitch!hocad!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!orca!shark!hutch From: hutch@shark.UUCP (Stephen Hutchison) Newsgroups: net.tv Subject: Re: Marionette Shows Message-ID: <1096@shark.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Oct-84 01:09:47 EDT Article-I.D.: shark.1096 Posted: Tue Oct 16 01:09:47 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Oct-84 07:19:28 EDT References: <1400@qubix.UUCP> Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 18 { I wish I was a Spaceman, the fastest man alive, I'd roam around the Universe, in Fireball XL-5 } The technique used in these is called "Supermarionation" tm, Apparently they got quite sophisticated with the synchronizing mechanisms. According to an article in one of the sfx fan rags, they never actually used micros, it was all done with a huge switch board similar to a theatrical light panel. The UFO tv show used several of the Thunderbirds ships. The whole reason (according to a magazine interview with the special effects designer for UFO and its followup Space:1999) was that they had a whole bunnch of these models which they wanted to get rid of so they could use the storage space for more important things... Hutch