Atom Man vs Martian Invaders (MPC Fireball XL5 Toy)

A fun amateur film made by Don Glut in 1967. Don used an MPC Fireball XL5 toy for the spaceship. He cut the middle part out & customised it a little. You can see more of the ship towards the end of the movie.

Check out his website & buy his DVD which has all his amateur films on it. It's ace...

http://www.donaldfglut.com/movies.html

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Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• FIREBALL
• XL5
• DON
• GLUT
• DONALD
• GERRY
• ANDERSON
• THUNDERBIRDS
• ROCKETEER
• COMANDO
• CODY
• KING
• OF
• THE
• ROCKET
• MEN
• MAN

[Philosphyfanatic]

You know Don Glut sure had some great imagination!

[orange12v]

fantastic more please!

[Remembermylai]

@hughbreidenbach

Yeah, I doubt anybody will remember "Firefly" and "Battlestar galactica " decades from now.

[AuggieDogProduction]

great stuff. the effects are not that cheesey compared to the effects done in the actual serials. As they were running in the cave I wondered if they would be hit by the Batmobile, or run into the robot monster, or the blood beast, or....

Good job.

[hughes55311]

Hey that's my mom (seriously), be nice!

[roaringrockets]

The Martian princess has a fine set on her, but needs acting and elocution lessons.

[ITherealMarcomanI]

Hey it´s a Rocketman/ King of the Rocket Men hommage.

[PotRoast24]

Cool, I like how Don Glut used everything he had lying around to make a pretty decent film.

[rarpslf]

As a Republic Serial fan I loved the homage to their Rocketmen Characters as well as the in-gag of naming the Rail Yard after the Lydecker Brothers (who did the special effects including the Flying Sequences) for Republic. I also loved the use of the Flying Dutchman Overture (which was the theme music used for the Flash Gordan Serials).

[astrofist]

nice.