The pilot episode of Captian Scarlet, The Mysterons, showed the MEV from the Zero X traversing [excuse the pun, travers-ing!] the Martian landscape before Captain Black starts hearing voices. Above you can see the initial few minutes courtesy of You Tube. Presumably Zero-X is the only vehicle that connects Thunderbirds and Scarlet not to mention Project SWORD.
I'm not an expert on Zero-X in Captain Scarlet but there must be sufficient difference for Aoshima to have issued it, as a die-cast model, separately to to the Thunderbirds one. So what are the differences? Does Zero-X's main body feature in Captain Scarlet on TV or in the comics? I'm assuming that the Century 21 SWORD OX toy is based on the Thunderbirds version? Anyone know for sure?
On Wikipedia there is mention of lifting bodies in the New Captain Scarlet series on TV but I can't find anything on this anywhere else online.
Is is likely that there are collectors who specialise in the Scarlet Zero-X rather than the Thunderbirds one?
The only difference in mev's is writing on the hull in Scarlet. No other bits in Scarlet, but I thought the lifting bodies might be seen in Joe 90 somewhere.
ReplyDeleteThe only other time I recall seeing the lifting bodies is for a specially photographed model shot on a TV21 front cover for a Fireball XL5 story. One of the lifting bodies is a drone missile chasing XL5. Mike Noble drew this story in the comic . Ironic as he was the first artist to draw the Zero-X strip too.
ReplyDeleteI know Captain Harlet, probably the most dedicated scarlet collector I know, was discerning enough to buy the Aoshima Zero-X twice, in order to ensure he got the Scarlet version. I bought the Thunderbirds version off him. I believe the other differences are the colouration and the abscence of a rock snake in the Scarlet pack.
ReplyDeleteI for one love this continuity connection between the series, but which occurs first - the Thunderbirds story or the Scarlet one ? Im being deliberately dense here to elicit a response!
The Thunderbirds Are Go film, then Scarlet. In Thunderbirds Are Go it's mentioned it's the first manned mission to Mars.
ReplyDeleteAlso the Thunderbirds Are Go film was made between the production of Thunderbirds (1964 and 1966), and Scarlet came after (1966-67, airing on TV in 1967. ;D
ReplyDeleteI don't think that the Zero-X was featured in the Scarlet strip, but it does feature in Captain Black's return to Earth in the "Front Page" strip in TV Century 21 issues 139 and 140, a rare occurrence of the Zero-X landing at Glenn Field as designed.
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