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80's japanese kids series

psj3809psj3809
edited December 2006 in Chit chat
Someone surely will know here, sure i asked before but cant find the answer.

Back in the 80's as a kid there was this program, wasnt a cartoon it was puppets i think. Not any of the Gerry Anderson stuff.

I think it was originally japanese, it was set in space and the 'baddie' flew in an actual 'Ghost Ship'. There was a ton of action in it and as a kid i loved it.

I'm sure someone here will know the title, like i say its not any Gerry Anderson stuff or Ulysees 31 (cartoon).

It was puppets and set in space, any ideas ?
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  • milemile
    edited December 2006
    psj3809 wrote:
    Someone surely will know here, sure i asked before but cant find the answer.

    Back in the 80's as a kid there was this program, wasnt a cartoon it was puppets i think. Not any of the Gerry Anderson stuff.

    I think it was originally japanese, it was set in space and the 'baddie' flew in an actual 'Ghost Ship'. There was a ton of action in it and as a kid i loved it.

    I'm sure someone here will know the title, like i say its not any Gerry Anderson stuff or Ulysees 31 (cartoon).

    It was puppets and set in space, any ideas ?

    button moon.
  • liamenikufesinliamenikufesin
    edited December 2006
    mile wrote:
    button moon.

    LOL! :)

    but seriously, the only thing i can think of is Star Fleet.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Fleet

    (was know as X-bomber in Japan, you learn something new every day)

    Edit:
    cannot remember the ghost ship for the life of me, but sure enough, there it is in some of the fan pages.
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited December 2006
    Thanks fella !

    Yeah thats the one..

    http://www.sfxb.co.uk/ivs/stftgall.html

    Cheers
  • misguided_foolmisguided_fool
    edited December 2006
    I loved startfleet. It was bonkers - especially when they connected together to form that big robot thingy.

    Its reminded me of something that I've never known the answer to. I had a few plastic figures, that my mum bought for me one xmas - I thought they were great. I'd never seen them on TV, but I'm guessing they were somewhere in the world. They were a gang of space pirates - weird characters. The leader had an eye patch I think and a pirate hat, although he had a futuristic type suit. It was kinda Manga / Battle of the Planets looking. Im sure the main guy was called Captain something.

    Any ideas ? Or did I eat too many mushrooms from the garden as a kid ?
  • milemile
    edited December 2006
    misguided_fool wrote:
    I loved startfleet. It was bonkers - especially when they connected together to form that big robot thingy.

    Its reminded me of something that I've never known the answer to. I had a few plastic figures, that my mum bought for me one xmas - I thought they were great. I'd never seen them on TV, but I'm guessing they were somewhere in the world. They were a gang of space pirates - weird characters. The leader had an eye patch I think and a pirate hat, although he had a futuristic type suit. It was kinda Manga / Battle of the Planets looking. Im sure the main guy was called Captain something.

    Any ideas ? Or did I eat too many mushrooms from the garden as a kid ?

    that rings a bell with me, i had a little plastic figure, he had a pirate hat on, and looked futuristic, not sure but he may have had blue hair (or purple taking into account my color blindness) a long coat or a cape too.
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited December 2006
    They werent those toys (black and a white one) where each bodypart was held magnetically to hold it altogether ? Plus you could fire missles from the centre of its chest or its wrists ?

    For the original question, you were 'close' Miles with your great post of 'Button Moon' !
  • milemile
    edited December 2006
    psj3809 wrote:

    For the original question, you were 'close' Miles with your great post of 'Button Moon' !

    button moon was the tops. although i wouldn't go to space in a washing up liquid bottle piloted by a spoon.
  • milemile
    edited December 2006
    psj3809 wrote:
    They werent those toys (black and a white one) where each bodypart was held magnetically to hold it altogether ? Plus you could fire missles from the centre of its chest or its wrists ?

    !

    the one i had was moulded rubber.
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited December 2006
    mile wrote:
    the one i had was moulded rubber.

    Dont really need to know about that, i'm on about the kids toy
  • RefrenzRefrenz
    edited December 2006
    mile wrote:
    button moon was the tops. although i wouldn't go to space in a washing up liquid bottle piloted by a spoon.
    Call me Mr nitpicky, but Mr Spoon wasn't actually a spoon - he just had spoons for arms, and the space ship wasn't a washing up bottle, it was a baked bean tin with a funnel on top and tuna tin at the base. Having said that, I still wouldn't have gone into space either. :D
  • SkarpoSkarpo
    edited December 2006
    Refrenz wrote:
    Call me Mr nitpicky, but Mr Spoon wasn't actually a spoon - he just had spoons for arms, and the space ship wasn't a washing up bottle, it was a baked bean tin with a funnel on top and tuna tin at the base. Having said that, I still wouldn't have gone into space either. :D

    Maybe they knew something about travelling in space that we don't know. Perhaps it was safe after all.

    Man ... what a missed opportunity to see the stars :-(

    Skarpo
    :-)
  • VincentACVincentAC
    edited December 2006
    So tempting :-D
    Oh, no. Every time you turn up something monumental and terrible happens.
    I don’t think I have the stomach for it.
    --Raziel (Legend of Kain: Soul Reaver 2)

    https://www.youtube.com/user/VincentTSFP
  • murtcepsmurtceps
    edited December 2006
    misguided_fool wrote:
    I loved startfleet. It was bonkers - especially when they connected together to form that big robot thingy.

    Its reminded me of something that I've never known the answer to. I had a few plastic figures, that my mum bought for me one xmas - I thought they were great. I'd never seen them on TV, but I'm guessing they were somewhere in the world. They were a gang of space pirates - weird characters. The leader had an eye patch I think and a pirate hat, although he had a futuristic type suit. It was kinda Manga / Battle of the Planets looking. Im sure the main guy was called Captain something.

    Any ideas ? Or did I eat too many mushrooms from the garden as a kid ?


    They weren't Battle Beasts Were they :-


    http://www.toyarchive.com/BattleBeasts/Figures/Series1.html
  • milemile
    edited December 2006
    Refrenz wrote:
    Call me Mr nitpicky, but Mr Spoon wasn't actually a spoon - he just had spoons for arms, and the space ship wasn't a washing up bottle, it was a baked bean tin with a funnel on top and tuna tin at the base. Having said that, I still wouldn't have gone into space either. :D

    of course he was a spoon, he was called Mr Spoon. the law in kids shows clearly states that if you have a name relating to an inanimate object, you must be made out of it.

    (i knew i should have looked on wikipedia)

    :)
  • gasmangasman
    edited December 2006
    So how do you explain Basil Brush, the Soup Dragon, Timmy Mallett, Mark Curry, Charlie Chalk, Roobarb and Custard, Andy Crane, Bagpuss and Richard Bacon then?
  • liamenikufesinliamenikufesin
    edited December 2006
    so where does that leave Miner Willy?
  • milemile
    edited December 2006
    gasman wrote:
    So how do you explain Basil Brush, the Soup Dragon, Timmy Mallett, Mark Curry, Charlie Chalk, Roobarb and Custard, Andy Crane, Bagpuss and Richard Bacon then?

    fraudsters!
  • misguided_foolmisguided_fool
    edited December 2006
    I think I've found the chap I was talking about:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Harlock

    I'm 95% convinced thats him.

    Doing a Google on his name brings up some more info. I never saw any of the cartoons but it looks pretty good.

    I had a tantrum when my mum bought me the figures instead of something else that I wanted, like transformers or something - With hindsight, my mum chose well.

    Anyone seen any of the cartoons ?
  • milemile
    edited December 2006
    misguided_fool wrote:
    I think I've found the chap I was talking about:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Harlock

    I'm 95% convinced thats him.

    Doing a Google on his name brings up some more info. I never saw any of the cartoons but it looks pretty good.

    I had a tantrum when my mum bought me the figures instead of something else that I wanted, like transformers or something - With hindsight, my mum chose well.

    Anyone seen any of the cartoons ?

    oh wow that was the thing i was on about too, i certainly had the toy of the captain, can't really remeber seeing the 'toon. and thinking about it the toy might have been a hand-me-down from my older brother. the skull and bones and the yellow piping, brought the memories back
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