Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea After the film was finished the sets were placed in storage. When Irwin Allen decided to make a "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" television series, all he had to do was pull the sets out of storage. This was done at a fraction of the cost that he might have had if he had begun from scratch. The film reduced the cost of setting up the show and was the template for the type of stories that were done. The studios, having made the film, helped make the television series easier to produce. The success of the television
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