> This idea came up while I was posing a 1:2500 Gamelon ship model
> over an about-the-same-scale Space:1999 Moonbase Alpha model.
>
> Looking at the Gemelon and thinking of the Yamato, and Captain
> Harlock's Arcadia, and "It's all about the fins," I wondered if
> Leiji Matsumoto wasn't influenced by Gerry Anderson's earlier
> puppet shows with wildly finned vehicles: Supercar (1960-60),
> Stingray (1963), Thunderbirds (1964-66).
>
> I'm aware US cars of the time featured this styling, but did they
> make it over to Japan? Or was it the Supermarionation
> productions that made it so cool over there? I know the shows
> are popular in Japan, with models and toys produced, but when
> were...

> This idea came up while I was posing a 1:2500 Gamelon ship model
> over an about-the-same-scale Space:1999 Moonbase Alpha model.
>
> Looking at the Gemelon and thinking of the Yamato, and Captain
> Harlock's Arcadia, and "It's all about the fins," I wondered if
> Leiji Matsumoto wasn't influenced by Gerry Anderson's earlier
> puppet shows with wildly finned vehicles: Supercar (1960-60),
> Stingray (1963), Thunderbirds (1964-66).
>
> I'm aware US cars of the time featured this styling, but did they
> make it over to Japan? Or was it the Supermarionation
> productions that made it so cool over there? I know the shows
> are popular in Japan, with models and toys produced, but when
> were they brought over?
>

> This idea came up while I was posing a 1:2500 Gamelon ship model
> over an about-the-same-scale Space:1999 Moonbase Alpha model.
>
> Looking at the Gemelon and thinking of the Yamato, and Captain
> Harlock's Arcadia, and "It's all about the fins," I wondered if
> Leiji Matsumoto wasn't influenced by Gerry Anderson's earlier
> puppet shows with wildly finned vehicles: Supercar (1960-60),
> Stingray (1963), Thunderbirds (1964-66).
>
> I'm aware US cars of the time featured this styling, but did they
> make it over to Japan? Or was it the Supermarionation
> productions that made it so cool over there? I know the shows
> are popular in Japan, with models and toys produced, but when
> were...

> This idea came up while I was posing a 1:2500 Gamelon ship model
> over an about-the-same-scale Space:1999 Moonbase Alpha model.
>
> Looking at the Gemelon and thinking of the Yamato, and Captain
> Harlock's Arcadia, and "It's all about the fins," I wondered if
> Leiji Matsumoto wasn't influenced by Gerry Anderson's earlier
> puppet shows with wildly finned vehicles: Supercar (1960-60),
> Stingray (1963), Thunderbirds (1964-66).
>
> I'm aware US cars of the time featured this styling, but did they
> make it over to Japan? Or was it the Supermarionation
> productions that made it so cool over there? I know the shows
> are popular in Japan, with models and toys produced, but when
> were they brought over?

> In article 4ax.com>, Jack Bohn
> bright.net> wrote:
>

>> This idea came up while I was posing a 1:2500 Gamelon ship model
>> over an about-the-same-scale Space:1999 Moonbase Alpha model.
>>
>> Looking at the Gemelon and thinking of the Yamato, and Captain
>> Harlock's Arcadia, and "It's all about the fins," I wondered if
>> Leiji Matsumoto wasn't influenced by Gerry Anderson's earlier
>> puppet shows with wildly finned vehicles: Supercar (1960-60),
>> Stingray (1963), Thunderbirds (1964-66).
>>
>> I'm aware US cars of the time featured this styling, but did they
>> make it over to Japan? Or was it the Supermarionation
>> productions that made it so cool over there? I know the shows
>> are popular in Japan, with models and toys produced, but when
>> were they brought over?

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