Star Fleet [X-Bomber] Intro HQ

[@pigger34]

Saturday mornings me and my brother...the 80's rocked

[@Dead-Ball-Situation]

Hands down THE best puppet show sci-fi series ever. The music was haunting and beautifully composed, i cannot understand why it fell under the radar.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

And it’s created by the man behind DevilMan, Cutie Honey and Mazinger Z.

[@jarilitmanen4596]

The studio with the puppets burned down unfortunately

[@minicle426]

I hear it did very poorly in Japan, and essentially faded into obscurity there. It only really found a cult status in the UK, mostly with the Anderson crowd who probably mistook it for one of his shows. 🤷‍♂️

[@DiscordantVice]

I loved this as a kid.

[@stevesgaming7475]

Captain Scarlet was better (the original)

[@afflulifestyle1784]

Oh my, the great memories of this show on Saturday mornings in the Uk in the 80's, when you were young. This is by far for me the best puppet series ever, I use to run downstairs when it came on. You just couldn't wait until Dai X joined together to fight Commander Makara. Its great that they released the box set, but I still prefer my old grainey Vhs ones I had originally recorded. Please no remakes leave this series be, it's a classic all by itself.

[@barrygibson1848]

if i recall, it was the last decent thing on saturday mornings, before all that grandstand wrestling shit came on. at that point, i walked up town to buy a mastertronic 1.99 game for my c16 while drinking a big can of top deck from the off licence :)

[@billcarson9565]

@@barrygibson1848 you bought the game :) i would back it up from a mate tape to tape, good times! my c16 eventually died as the port you plugged the tape player into lifted of the board and the tracks were damaged, in hindsight now if I had it I could have repaired it myself....

[@lonophonic117]

Agreed mate!

[@throttlebot]

Loved this program with a passion. Used to spend ages trying to make the ships out of lego.... I actually did a decent lego X Bomber to be fair. Used to literally wait patiently for the three ships to combine and make Dai X. Great times, the 80's, what a time to be a kid.

[@lexrax_tbd]

Amazon had this on Special Offer 6 months ago, So i had to buy it. Now i feel like i`m 12 years old. Oh them happy tv times from the 80`s

[@56postoffice]

Last time I watched this in the UK was on Sunday mornings back in 1984, when the show was still brand new. Oh my days, this is memories! I knew this wasn't Gerry Anderson as he had a show around that time called *"Terrahawks."*

[@creepingdread88]

It was first shown in 1982. Once my favourite ever programme, Star Fleet, had ended, they showed Terrahawks. I was not happy, Terrahwaks was weird and I hated it. My Mum asked me what was wrong, because I wasn't watching Saturday morning TV. I was just lying on the floor looking at the ceiling, trying to understand why anyone would stop showing Star Fleet and instead show crappy, weird Terrahawks! haha

[@GrahamPearson-oo4uy]

The Imperial Master in this series was an alien tyrant motivated by sheer megalomania and an unquenchable thirst for conquest whose plans are thwarted by the Starfleet crew.

[@killerbell2756]

I watched this show when I was 6, I never knew it's name, all I could remember was it was my favorite tape we had, I have been looking for the last 7 years and finally found it. THANK YOU KZbin!!!

[@cookieholiday2534]

Exactly the same!

[@martingoldfire]

I need to watch this again, even though it's "only" been 37 years :-P

[@SanFran51]

Fun fact. Queen's Brian May is a BIG FAN of this..... and was huge in the UK..... despite it originally bombed in Japan.

[@stevesrover]

SanFran51 He covered the end credits and put it out as an EP with Eddie Van Halen!

[@minicle426]

You mean X-Bombed. :P

[@AhDollar]

@@stevesrover I have the 2023 LP and it sounds significantly better than the original LP from 1983

[@Bfoxfield1]

I lived in Trinidad during the 80`s and we used to get Star Fleet on the TTT network. One of my favourite shows.

[@dionwalcott5827]

Brings back great memories when i was living st madaline in the early 80's TTT was a boss tv station 👍🇹🇹

[@DJAxeTheChampIsHere]

Yes indeed! Triniborn myself.

[@SavoxYT]

0:38 Ron Weasley really let himself go.

[@stormknightx]

I used to love this show as a child. I used to get up early on a saturday morning to go to swimming lessons, then run all the way home after to catch the start of this.

[@historyhunter9074]

Absolutely Fantastic Series, man! Makara has the honour of being one of my favourite villains in Fiction.

[@daverage4729]

The sound of my Saturday mornings as a kid. After this Space 1999 was on, then UFO in the afternoons....ah good times. :)

[@Kraliezec]

What a lovely nostalgic memory from this gem of a show.

[@Tuberuser187]

X-Bomber is one of the coolest sci-fi ships ever.

[@DJAxeTheChampIsHere]

Facts!!!

[@legrandgougoulilumine6940]

Far better than Thunderbirds.. I LOVED Bomber X(french title) and wish they'd still do stuff like that.

[@damianbroderick3913]

I attempted to make it out of LEGO!!

[@minicle426]

​@@legrandgougoulilumine6940 Thunderbirds was actually a big inspiration on this show.

[@Mickparrysstepdad]

One of my favourite shows as a kid.

[@BdR76]

I vaguely remember the story going on and on about the end of the 30th century. But mostly I remember this show for its excessive use of fire works xD awesome

[@montygill2835]

❤️😊😘I use to watch Star Fleet in the early 1980's 😍🌟🤗

[@ShelLuser]

Awesome show, extremely good voice acting (anyone recall Cmd. Makara spit out "you heard me; reTREAT!" after Jupiter base got destroyed by Dai-X ?) and most of all an awesome sound score. Got the full series on DVD (all but 3 episodes also recorded on two old VHS tapes) and its awesome. No cgi special effects (apart from the laserbeams), this is top notch movie making!

[@stephennewton5697]

Great memories of watching this. Enjoyed watching it when I was younger and now have it on DVD 😊

[@stetion]

the music is fantastic!

[@IanLanc]

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[@latexmonkeys]

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[@johndeanrichards4067]

Brian May and Eddie Van Halen did a cover of it

[@legrandgougoulilumine6940]

French version is way better.

[@mephistoxarses8585]

This whole series was just pure class after watching Thunderbirds!

[@SlapstickGenius23]

After all, The man behind Harenchi Gakuen, Devilman, Cutie Honey, Enma and Mazinger Z made Star Fleet after all the previous five were done years before. Another fun fact is that Go Nagai himself made a Sarutobi Sasuke manga as well.

[@minicle426]

Thunderbirds was very big in Japan. Gerry Anderson's influence on Toku/Anime cannot be understated.

[@robertpaterson9115]

Nostalgia is unreal from this. Loved it growing up and still have the full series on tape

[@1701Starfish]

Fantastic show. Great visuals and a quality soundtrack. It didn't patronise its audience, and we loved it. "Orion! re-TREAT!!!"

[@kazer4]

I remember discovering this for the first time I was like 5 in 2000 and home bargains was selling this it was a quid and mate sooo good and I'm glad I found it again x

[@AJM01]

At last I remember I loved watching this as a child and could not remember the name; all I could recall is a giant red robot thing that was very powerful!

[@TalkHero]

I totally loved this show!

[@CrualBirab]

Being turned into a kid and sent back to the 80's to watch all my favorite shows like this, wouldn't be too bad a thing, I guess I'll just have to get it from Amazon instead

[@NexusFounder]

wonderful stuff. :) happy memories of stumbling across this on the telly when i was a child.

[@orange_light_pictures]

O.M.G I’ve not seen this, in a very, very long time. It’s really strange, this particular programme has been a recurring thought. Which I’ve never (until now) been able to remember the title of, to find. Until today, when it randomly popped up in a search, that (and they weren’t even searching for anything remotely the same) another person who was on KZbin at the time was doing. Brilliant, such a cool show, with great Music; Thunderbirds in Space (well, all in space, as a pose to No5 and No3)

[@duncanstubbs9165]

Loved this show as a kid it really kicked ass.Di-X was bloody brutal.

[@D1CKYM1NT]

@ Lord Axalon - I got the full series on DVD Boxset - after all these years of waiting to see it again - It has not disappointed....!!!

[@brucestar4770]

Watched this when I was 6. I remember crying when Uncle Ben died. Great show!!

[@Diddds79]

who's uncle Ben ?

[@Wubslin]

+Brucestar SPOILERS FFS Nah jk.

[@BeautifulAngry]

think he does something with rice

[@Shazam1414]

BeautifulAngry or Spider-Man

[@adamchatwin2038]

I loved this as a kid

[@Fiddlewheel]

this show was, awesome! i had only one episode of it on VHS, but it still was awesome!

[@markmullins1967]

Loved this show as a kid god I miss the 80’s

[@romannoellocsin9950]

I loved this show, and I was very surprised to find out this was the work of Go Nagai, the same guy behind many Super Robot anime like Mazinger Z and Getter Robo.

[@jern75]

I loved this show as a kid. Best puppet show ever 😊

[@MrTractorboy78]

bloody hell- this is a real blast from the past exellent.

[@ouch1978]

for so bloody long ,I thought this show was the Terrahawks ,love it when i was a kid thank you for the post Fro0lik

[@minicle426]

America got Voltron. The UK got X Bomber. I'd say the UK got the best deal. :P

[@Sinclair_Research]

@HammerLex77 Yes! i think you are referring to a praying mantis style that got onboard the xbomber and attacked dr ben.. :( he thought he got away with a scratch but it was laced with poison and kill him.... i remember feeling real sad at the time as a child and upset me.. it was the 1st time i had seen a death in a childrens tv show.. even though "HEEEE's A PUPPETTTT! ahhh memories

[@johndrake2729]

Man, this takes me back!

[@JMC77]

Barry Hercules is now my role model

[@daverage4729]

The most awesome chin in sci-fi. Lol! Barry was a legend.

[@minicle426]

One of the best names ever.

[@reduxmod9178]

I was about 5 when I first saw this on telly. I've forgotten alot of important shit in the following 38 years, but this stuck with me. Lol

[@refusenik1]

@JojoChampion Actually I don't think he was involved as such - he just did a cover version of the end credit song off his own bat because he loved this show so much.

[@leethomas2155]

🎶Star Fleet... Star Fleet🎶

[@Randolph_]

Chucky was once a noble space pilot. That was until he went full Psycho on everyone

[@mattl7668]

Loved this programme 🙌👍✨

[@jamesfield1674]

This looks amazing

[@eamonnca1]

I watched this in the UK where we had the Brian May theme tune

[@miger1824]

Paul Bliss' actually

[@melina001a]

This just demands a remake

[@SouthernInvasion]

Nah, this is pretty perfect as is. :D

[@hoisin75]

Voltron reminds me of this classic show

[@Muck006]

Do NOT ask for that now because SJWs have infiltrated every kind of entertainment (Hollywood, comics, cartoons, ...) and fill remakes with their ideology. Just look at the She-Ra version and other such nonsense ... and even Apu from the Simpsons has been declared to be racist.

[@dionwalcott5827]

Na leave it as it is😎

[@superplushtiman7ti075]

I doubt that it will happen, from what I can tell X Bomber was somewhat of a flop that Dynamic Productions wants to forget about, the dub was more successful but not enough to drive a reboot.

[@DakariKingMykan]

Thank goodness for DVDs

[@Andyc515]

Was this 85-86 ? Loved it 😊

[@Auberne]

I loved this show. They don't make em like this anymore =

[@Tweekend27]

I remember watching this as a kid. Only one or two scenes from this intro ring a bell though.

[@Tyldenfilm]

Oh wow. Not seen this in about 40 years. Only had one episode on VHS. Remember I though it was a bit scary. :)

[@timbothegreat7767]

the first programme I ever cried at as a kid....sob

[@Supreme-Emperor-Mittens]

THE MOST KICK ASS SHOW OF MY CHILDHOOD

[@silversidewinder2025]

Need a remake or a live action movie but must include Brian may’s theme. 🥂

[@creepingdread88]

Brian May didn't write the theme. He just made a cover of the original. The original was much better.

[@silversidewinder2025]

@@creepingdread88 yes I’m aware that it’s a cover. I watched Star Fleet and Yes, the original was great for its time, but it would not work as is (most likely) in a modern remake. Especially live action. Brian’s version would be more exciting. Just saying.

[@creepingdread88]

@@silversidewinder2025 The original had lyrics, both the intro and end theme. I have the 12" single of the Brian May version, he can't sing very well.

[@silversidewinder2025]

@@creepingdread88 idk. There’s no lyrics on this version of the intro. I’ll have to look into this further. I happen to like Brian May’s voice but then that’s what opinions are for.

[@silversidewinder2025]

@@creepingdread88 haha okay, I got a listen from the end credits. It’s pretty awesome. Buuuut like Lion on the Transformers theme they’re two versions and both are awesome. The original for the television programs and the rock remakes for the bigger projects.

[@Andyc515]

Awesome loved it as a young un 👍

[@dazsherryful]

Wow totally blast from the past.

[@danielclarke8080]

That's brilliant dude. Have been trying to figure out the name of this show for years. I'm going to watch it now

[@dazsherryful]

There's only me and u that watched it .

[@xntrick]

+Darren Sherry i also watched the show when i was 5 or 6 years old.i found the complete series on the net. and it's still cool to watch.

[@sunny130y]

2018 finally i found it. watch it during when im ? years old

[@nathanthomas7810]

Memory unlocked

[@krrrimmi8343]

Watching this every Sunday mornings in 1995. :))

[@tinkahal7029]

Needs to be made into a movie.

[@snardycadette2233]

One of the best puppet shows of the 1980's they should make a live action version.

[@superplushtiman7ti075]

Doubt it, X-Bomber was kinda a flop

[@kasamago]

Incredible puppet show

[@stevemem1]

Just awesome!

[@Karagianis]

Remarkable how much this looked like a Gerry Anderson show without actually being one! LOL I actually thought it was one of his when I was growing up.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

It’s actually a Go Nagai show too! No wonder why it’s more popular outside of its native Japan than inside it.

[@minicle426]

Well it was made by people who were big fans of his stuff. An entire generation of Japanese grew up on Anderson shows.

[@38tonystarks]

I remember watching this back when I was living in Trinidad.

[@arthurthavictor6519]

i was looking for this for two days just cant remember the name all i can remember is the Robot

[@thadtuiol1717]

I used to crack one off whenever Makara appeared, the kinky S&M minx.

[@Revcharge]

anybody here because of Thunderbolt Fantasy? cuz THIS SHOW brought me to Thunderbolt Fantasy.

[@johnm.withersiv4352]

Thunderbolt Fantasy is great, but that Pili glove puppetry is slightly different than X-Bomber. Still, a good puppet show is a good puppet show. You might want to check out the South African Interster if you have not already. X-Bomber does need a remake--but keep the puppets.

[@moniquedeuning2712]

His reminds me thunder birds back in the late sixtys early 70s.

[@meekrob]

Oh. My. This is pure nightmare fuel.

[@zeriul09]

when i watched through this in its entirety i cant believe my parents let me see this when i was a kid.

[@grahampearson5670]

The Imperial Master in this series is an evil ruthless alien tyrant motivated by sheer megalomania and an unquenchable thirst for conquest. Two of his known missionaries Commander Makara and Captain Orion committed genocide and plotted the destruction of X-Bomber but the protagonists thwarted their plans meaning at some point they would stop getting squeezes off him and would be taken down the conduct code. Makara and Orion were killed as capital punishment and retaliation for the death of Doctor Benn by a fellow member of the X-Bomber team.

[@rjs1138]

Thanks for the memories! Why do i remember the giant gundam robot being called "Die-X" 🤔

[@TonyMontanaDS]

Ca't believe I used to watch this.

[@Mr.1.i]

how could they not make a second series

[@leegend3004]

So this is where i had seen the night kings rise pose from, Dai X was doing it 1:01 before GOT was even inked lol.

[@LordAxalon]

well she has gone now but i still have Starfleet! lol

[@avenginglettuce]

I love that you came back to update us all, hahaha. Hope the next one is a fan. ;)

[@瀧川和典-j3p]

人形劇と特撮を融合させた作品だな。ビッグダイエックスはもう完全な着ぐるみだからな。

[@SuperSliq]

oh good times...

[@earthguardian2]

Year's ago we had this translated in my country

[@1flinns]

That's the ship i couldn't find with its x beam laser.

[@julioelcoyote8983]

Thanks!!! 😀🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@battywattywoo]

I think the prettiest blonde puppet I've ever seen is probably Sue Ellen, a waitress from Terrahawks; brunette, Princess Lamia; redhead, Princess Keeli (closely followed by Commander Makara).

[@alcockell]

+SardaukarPrime, is this possibly one reason why it was so well received over here?

[@muhammedsalahuddin5730]

Classic. Ultimate. I think this was on Sunday lunchtime??

[@readyforlifenow]

It was the Dai-xshizzle

[@LordAxalon]

is it wrong that when i saw the whole series on DVD in HMV i sacrificed my g/f birthday present and bought this instead? o.O.......for the record she got her birthday present the next payday! hehe!

[@DJAxeTheChampIsHere]

Priorities in the right place,Sir

[@corseverin8585]

wauwwww nostalgie

[@tinkahal7029]

Great show..just need to make a film.

[@wildmanfisher]

I just nostalgasmed

[@readyforlifenow]

G/f's will come and go but Star Fleets EDF needs YOU!

[@capitancondor4401]

en los 80 aqui en la argentina tambien la dieron.

[@benmcguinness7718]

They used a Roland Jupiter 8 for the music