Supermarionation a puppet hand, suspended by wires, operating the controls of "Thunderbird 1". The term "Supermarionation" was not coined until during production of later episodes of "Supercar". As a result, "Four Feather Falls" is often omitted from lists of Supermarionation productions. Two feature films based upon "Thunderbirds" were also made with Supermarionation: "Thunderbirds Are Go" (1966) and "Thunderbird 6" (1968). Numerous episodes of "Thunderbirds", "Captain Scarlet", and other series were also edited together (sometimes with the addition of new narration) to form movie-length features for VHS release and TV syndication in the 1980s. "The Secret Service" was actually a hybrid of
Compati Hero Series without the need to reconcile their contrasting styles, settings, or sizes. The first game in the series, "SD Battle Ōzumō: Heisei Hero Basho" for the Famicom, which mixed franchises that were originally licensed to Popy, was developed as a congratulatory present to Yukimasa Sugiura when he was promoted to president of Banpresto at the time, which was soon followed by series of spin-offs and related games featuring the same cast of characters that developed into the Compati Hero Series. The series was successful with children thanks to the SD Gundam craze, but after the release of "Charinko Hero" for the