Product Enterprise Die-cast Classic Model Gerry Anderson SHADO UFO Skydiver The year is 1980. Earth is under threat from an Alien Race intent on using human organs to replenish their sterile dying race S.H.A.D.O. (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organization) Secretly operating from beneath a working film studio and led by Commander Ed Striker leads the battle against the Alien menace. Skydiver Submarine - Patrolling the oceans of Earth, Skydiver can launch into action should a UFO manage to evade the Moonbase interceptors. Able to deploy it's fighter jet from beneath the water, SKY 1 is able to engage the Alien threat in aeriel combat. Actual size is approximately 10" in length Wingspan approximately 5" Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson were the British husband and wife production team behind several futuristic children's television shows involving specially modified marionettes, a process called "supermarionation". Their most famous production is Thunderbirds, which was produced by their production company, originally known as AP Films and later renamed Century 21 Productions in collaboration with partners Reg Hill and John Read. The couple married in 1960 and were divorced in 1980. Their creative, and marital partnership concluded during the production of Space: 1999 in the mid-1970s. |
