World of Giants full-sized partner, Agent Bill Winters. Thompson set up the premise in the show's opening voiceover: "World of Giants" was produced by Ziv Television Programs, the company responsible for such hit TV series as "Highway Patrol", "Sea Hunt", and "Bat Masterson". Not a success, this series only lasted through its initial production order of 13 episodes. Thompson later went on to star in the (much more) successful CBS TV series "Daktari" (1966-1969). Nearly a decade later, in 1968, a similarly-themed Irwin Allen TV series, entitled "Land of the Giants", starring Gary Conway and Don Marshall, ran on ABC. Two years prior
Land of the Giants the series: "Land of the Giants" was the title of a diorama depicting a giant snake attacking characters Steve Burton, Betty Hamilton and Dan Erickson, who uses a giant safety-pin as a spear. The second kit was a model of the "Spindrift", released as "Land of the Giants Space Ship", instead of using the proper name for the vehicle. In 1975, Aurora re-issued the kit (now renamed "Rocket Transport Spindrift"), with new box art and photos of the assembled kit. It had a front top section which could be lifted off, revealing a full interior that had to be constructed