Some may consider the Crablogger to be needlessly (or nonsensically) complex, but to me it sounds like exactly the sort of thing hundreds of millions of dollars would be sunk into, before the company responsible goes bust. History is full of needlessly complex systems, products, and machines - perfectly realistic! Great video as always.
@mikenine1962
10 ай бұрын
Could never get my toys to slow motion like this. :)
@Turbomgzt
8 ай бұрын
Please don't attend any of my parties.
@iandeeley9033
2 жыл бұрын
FAB FACT: The front section of the Crablogger also appeared in a 2020 episode of THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO!
@marshallhuffer4713
2 жыл бұрын
The episode is called "Firebreak."
@nikerailfanningttm9046
2 жыл бұрын
too bad they didn't include the rear half of the CRABLOGGER. It's like the crew just decoupled it and just left it somewhere else in the forest, but the rear half of the Crablogger housed its main fuel tanks, so the forward half of the Crablogger couldn't go far without running out of Superon.
@joanaguayoplanell4912
10 ай бұрын
@@nikerailfanningttm9046that's because it's supposed to be the same crablogger, and the abandoned dam the one that was almost blown up by it. The back half was left on the the top of the dam, while the front half plummeted to the place where it would be found in GO
@davidjgomm
2 жыл бұрын
It was always great fun to identify where parts of the large machines originated. The Crablogger's pulp production unit appears to be based on two Tiger Joe tank bodies (Topper Toys) which was not a small toy! The same toy was used as the basis of the road laying machine featured in another episode of Thunderbirds and I'm pretty sure the wheels and tracks were used as the chassis of the SHADO mobile. The land train in Terrahawks used the wheels and tyres from the Tamiya RC Wild Willy jeep kit.
@animeland4683
2 жыл бұрын
this is one of my second favorit episode of this series
@vaclavmacgregor2464
2 жыл бұрын
Im a Czech-american who grew up with it one of if not the best Anglo-American show
@TheEventHorizon909
2 ай бұрын
The fact that very similar machines that use robotic arms and saw blades to cut trees and process them actually exist now and that this was made in the 60’s is damn impressive
@captain_beef
2 жыл бұрын
Every time you see it you can kinda hear the soundtrack. Tututu tu tu
@cyberleaderandy1
2 жыл бұрын
This will be cool. Loved the mix of models and large scale effects they used on this.
@stormwulf117
2 жыл бұрын
Oh god! The Crab Logger is Peak Anderson! A huge monstrosity that gobbles up whole forests (and all the forest critters living in the branches) and sh*ts barrels out the back like Donkey Kong with Zero F*cks Given about the environment. It is to the Lorax what The Terminator is to Sarah Connor.
@stevesstuff1450
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah...this is so; however, back in 1965 when I was a kid, you didn't know about 'ecology' and all that stuff - it hadn't become important back then - so this episode, along with all the other episodes of Thunderbirds, was all about amazing machines doing amazing things...and they were nearly always nuclear powered...Wow!! The power source for the future! We knew no better back then, because this was all cutting-edge technology still back then, and the term and ideas of of 'global warming' didn't come about until later in the 1970s..... These programs fuelled the minds of kids back in the 60s.....visions of a new future; we'd be day-tripping on Mars, and so-on.... They had a similar effect as shows like Star Trek did back then; showing us visions of a future that we're still struggling to achieve.... 'Atomic', or nuclear power is something we should be embracing more.... the waste caused by nuclear power stations can be used in a secondary phase also, and also third phase, until all nuclear contaminants are removed - we have that capability, and so this should be looked into more deeply.... Gerry Anderson was a very forward thinking man with his ideas for these TV shows, exploiting the latest in technologies, many of which involved nuclear (or 'atomic') power, and as we move further into the 21st century, we should be developing more along those lines of power usage- along with the already established sustainable power that we now have - wind and solar. If we can use nuclear, and effectively re-use the spent cores again, a couple of times, that will eliminate need for radioactive waste, and eliminate the need for carbon burning fuel.
@KingofPotatoPeople
2 жыл бұрын
The Crablogger was also equipped with a special sieve to filter out mushed up wildlife
@stephenspackman5573
2 жыл бұрын
The later, improved, version emits emit them as pies, which are catapulted to waiting helicopters.
@pcarrierorange
10 ай бұрын
@@stephenspackman5573 What kind of pies?
@jeroenbarbier3508
2 жыл бұрын
I always renember that dirty restaurant where the Crablogger crew ate XD
@Thunder0010
2 жыл бұрын
was one of the bests episodes
@permiek
2 жыл бұрын
Even as a kid I thought it was odd that we would need an atomic powered tree chipper
@andrewholdaway813
2 жыл бұрын
Now as an adult I want to know why an atomic powered vehicle needs constant refuelling with 'superon' fuel.
@ACtheLegend
2 жыл бұрын
@@andrewholdaway813 still runs on fuel like any other vehicle :)
@andrewholdaway813
2 жыл бұрын
@@ACtheLegend Oh; what are the atomic motors for then?
@ACtheLegend
2 жыл бұрын
@@andrewholdaway813 partly the drive system and internal workings, but just like a car needs petrol and oil for different reasons, the Atomic and Superon systems each do different things :)
@andrewholdaway813
2 жыл бұрын
@@ACtheLegend At eight gallons a minute that superon must be doing an awful lot.
@blackasp001
2 жыл бұрын
Or as I call it, a nuclear powered wood chipper with battleship armour 😁
@toby070
2 жыл бұрын
Like they say: There is no kill better than 'overkill'.
@leahpowell4581
2 жыл бұрын
i love that that is good
@minicle426
2 жыл бұрын
Imagine a face off between the Sidewinder and the Crablogger.
@GraemeBell9864
2 жыл бұрын
The Russians probably bought one and modified it.
@ACtheLegend
2 жыл бұрын
"I've been waitin' to get my claws into you!" "Funny, I was thinkin' the same thing..." *cue epic fight*
@calvinskye
2 жыл бұрын
Nice title drop! But WOW, did the Crablogger have SO many problems. No emergency stop button. No breaks! Control so complex not even BRAINS can understand them. And the fact that despite having a 'programmed' route, it STILL manages to go completely off course!
@ACtheLegend
2 жыл бұрын
I always figured the programmed route was like using Sat Nav. You'll get there if you follow the route shown, but the driver is still in control.
@pierrelahaie6359
2 жыл бұрын
(Just can't resist) ...Another reason not to use Windows to run a vehicule?
@ADAPTATION7
2 жыл бұрын
@@pierrelahaie6359 Ha! I knew someone was going to bring that up.
@Makeyourselfbig
2 жыл бұрын
Thunderbirds went in for gigantism a lot. The Crab logger, the Sidewinder, the giant road layer, Fire Flash air liner. etc. Every week some giant machine fell down a hole along with it's four man crew. Here we are in the 21st Century. I doubt such giant machines would ever be considered today even if we could build them. Environmental concerns would simply rule them out.
@mistie710
2 жыл бұрын
I suspect that was the reason behind Jeff's bit about planting trees to replace the ones being cut by the Crablogger early in this episode. It has been a while wince I last watch the original episode but I don't recall any mention of ecological considerations there. However I always thought that the whole control design of the Crablogger was overcomplicated for what it was. Why did it need a route program for an onboard computer? Why was the shutdown sequence so complex? Why did it need 3 minutes to complete? Why did the control module of the machine require that the exit was so difficult to open? If control was so vital, why didn't the pilot and co-pilot exercise the same sort of meal setup that aircraft pilots do? If the engine were atomic then what was the Superon powering? And, most importantly, WHY DID THEY EAT THAT AWFUL CHILLI?!?
@ACtheLegend
2 жыл бұрын
Despite the fact that they plant a tree for every one harvested?
@irongiant6112
7 ай бұрын
there is a case for gigantism in transport, massive ships, super long trains, mining haul trucks moving 300+ tons at once.
@snifrbelin
Ай бұрын
Thunderbirds had very much a theme of “man vs nature”.
@MrNas42
2 жыл бұрын
Not one of the more eco-friendly machines... That's the way we rolled in the 2060's, but look at the consequences for us now in 2121!
@whya2ndaccount
2 жыл бұрын
Combining nuclear power and deforestation into the one device, very popular!
@theworldaccordingto4555
Жыл бұрын
Jair Bolsonaro apparently saw this episode and tried to order a fleet of Crabloggers to clear some trees in Brazil. To make room for cattle grazing for the American meat markets and make room for more cocaine growing etc.
@ommtodaybykwv9986
2 жыл бұрын
I love the Tech Talks! However, given there is a not-inconsiderable Gerry Anderson fan base here in the US, I would think you could get a bigger "bang" with your premiere events if you held them at a mutually-convenient UK/US time. Here in New York City, the premiere occurred at 5:30 AM Eastern Time. That means it premiered at 4:30 AM Central Time, 3:30 AM Mountain Time, and 2:30 AM Pacific Time. There is ***a lot*** of effort put into the Tech Talks. and they serve to entertain existing fans and introduce new ones to the "Andersonverse," so please consider a later time as a means of maximizing the viewing opportunities for your premieres. Keep up the fantastic work!
@ACtheLegend
2 жыл бұрын
I'll take that into consideration, thanks! :)
@dominicliner1609
2 жыл бұрын
I Am looking forward to this video.
@Matt571
2 жыл бұрын
The Crablogger only went out of control because of Sancho's special. Jim Lucas wouldn't have even been needed if the drivers hasn't chosen the "special"
@scotty87able
11 ай бұрын
Well they had no menu but they could have had the same as jansen
@LearnAboutFlow
2 жыл бұрын
Ah, back when deforesting the Amazon was way cool.
@benscott8042
Жыл бұрын
A Remote Override System does sound quite the safety feature in the later Crabloggers. That certainly saves a repeat of what happened to Crablogger 1.
@vaclavmacgregor2464
2 жыл бұрын
FANTASTIC
@HFamilyDad
4 ай бұрын
How silly, love it!
@RRVCrinale
3 ай бұрын
We need to find someone on that Crablogger who _didn't_ have fish for dinner!
@misterlyle.
Жыл бұрын
That must have been Ferngully, the last rainforest, where the Crablogger went berserk.
@tomedy_official
Жыл бұрын
Forgot to mention that the crew passed out from food poisoning, which they got from the meal they had the previous night.
@scotty87able
6 ай бұрын
Sanchos special
@trevormillar1576
2 жыл бұрын
This machine must be the stuff of Greta Thunberg's worst nightmares!
@Dave5400
2 жыл бұрын
Lol, more like Greta Thunderbird.
@derekjohnston2780
2 жыл бұрын
Good
@weldonwin
Жыл бұрын
It's exactly the kind of thing a Captain Planet villain would be rolling around in
@Cosmo_raptor
Жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure it was nightmare fuel for me as a kid too, mainly because I couldn't fathom something that big and destructive lol
@ryanstephenkristoferkearns1319
2 жыл бұрын
I remember music from Stingray the big gun in the episode Path of Destruction where the Crablogger was seen in I know some some the models of that episode such as the superon tankers was seen in Captain Scarlet as one of them was used as the yellow fox and I did saw one of them in Seek and Destroy and in Thunderbird 6, Crablogger base control was revamped as a ambulance where it took Captain Scarlet to hospital at the end of the episode Winged Assassin and Treble Cross again fantastic tech talk video FAB.
@sebalutz
2 жыл бұрын
Obviously these ideas were from a time when deforestation was no real issue
@derstrohmann7450
2 жыл бұрын
is that at 2:55 a tank hull or atleast the upper side of one on the side of the Crablogger beneath the keep away sign? Man those were times worth watching tv.
@scotty87able
2 жыл бұрын
the "processing plant" used the base and wheels of 2 tiger joe tanks
@stephenpochly7003
2 жыл бұрын
Morning all hope you are all well nice to have info on a slightly minor craft
@Bagster321
2 жыл бұрын
1960s “Bigger is better!” runs into 2020s ecological hindsight. Out of all the vehicles in Thunderbirds, the Crablogger is one of few that have aged the worst in terms of its functions. I love its design visually but a nuclear-powered massive tree-logging vehicle with no regard for habitat destruction? You’d be mad to want that in today’s world.
@AcapulKero
2 жыл бұрын
brilliant!
@thesodorengines
2 жыл бұрын
Doesn't this count as a Sidewinder Mark 2
@keithmartland6463
2 жыл бұрын
I think the size and weight of the Crablogger would cause it to sink into the ground? But brill model making
@linfordhewittshaw5335
9 ай бұрын
Crablogger is the a machine vehicle to cut down trees in South American Forest but the two cruise pass out with food poisoning❤
@toby070
2 жыл бұрын
Hi, I don't know if you are the right guys to ask, but I have a big question: What is Environmentalism?
@ACtheLegend
2 жыл бұрын
Dunno, but you can't spell it without 'mental', so...
@ewaf88
Жыл бұрын
I had one of the worst Indian meals ever in the New Forest. Therefore I should have put a warning sign outside the restaurant. Attention: The food is not Crablogger crew friendly. Imagine the local council's dismay to find a new road straight through the centre of their beautiful forest
@kalsikherensk8440
Жыл бұрын
435 tons seems a bit light for such a machine. If compared to say, a big rig truck, I'd expect such a larger scale vehicle to weigh maybe 3000 tons, 4000 tops, especially with a reactor, shielding and processing plant on board.
@ronforsdyke3830
2 жыл бұрын
Crablogger and Sidewinder, same theme, not played here, pity, brilliant.
@ACtheLegend
2 жыл бұрын
Didn't wanna reuse any themes from previous tech talks :)
@heroicvictory
2 жыл бұрын
Yes. I do hope we get a tech talk on the little robotic mouse that the Hood obtained, IIRC that mouse had its own theme
@ACtheLegend
2 жыл бұрын
@@heroicvictory and very catchy it was too!
@ronforsdyke3830
2 жыл бұрын
@@heroicvictory The mighty atom episode.
@lawrencemanning
2 жыл бұрын
In the future even your lawn mower will be nuclear powered.
@Setebos
2 жыл бұрын
Don't laugh but, in 1968, Parker Pen produced a designed for a "radioactive pen" which was described as using a tiny packet of isotopes to heat the ink. No production models were obviously made, but you can see the pen floating about in "2001: A Space Odyssey".
@lewis7515
2 жыл бұрын
Lol, this whole thing is absolutely insane. Not one part of it makes a lick of sense - from the base vehicle that has a marble floor; to the nuclear-powered autonomous robotic planet-killer that also gets through over 300 gallons of fuel, every hour, and that doesn't have a failsafe. It's the work of complete, tinpot, lunatics - fun must ensue!
@commandbrawler9348
2 жыл бұрын
and again why the mix with imperial and metric measurments, please use consistency and go for metric only
@ACtheLegend
2 жыл бұрын
Thunderbirds uses Neo Imperial so that's what we use :)
@commandbrawler9348
2 жыл бұрын
@@ACtheLegend it still is stupid
@ACtheLegend
2 жыл бұрын
@@commandbrawler9348 why? It's consistant with in-universe lore, which is the whole point of the video.
@commandbrawler9348
2 жыл бұрын
@@ACtheLegend ehm, it is stupid becuz imperial measurments are made by drunk idiots. the rest of the world uses metric becuz its more accurate and more convienient. am i clear enough now
@ACtheLegend
2 жыл бұрын
@@commandbrawler9348 it's not exactly hard to convert them if it bothers you so much :)
@ghost307
2 жыл бұрын
I could never figure out why the crablogger had both a nuclear reactor and liquid fuel.
@ACtheLegend
2 жыл бұрын
Same reason as your car has petrol and oil, they serve different purposes, there's a lot going on inside :)
@ghost307
2 жыл бұрын
@@ACtheLegend There is also engine coolant and windshield wiper fluid...but why would the crablogger require 2 power sources? Is it like a hybrid car where you have batteries and also a normal petrol engine because the batteries don't really work as a reliable power source?
@ACtheLegend
2 жыл бұрын
@@ghost307 atomic drive system but pulping gear uses fuel-powered equipment ☺
@ghost307
2 жыл бұрын
@@ACtheLegend That makes sense. If the pulping equipment was already standard technology for the time it would use standard fuel. The nuclear powered cutting unit in front was designed new from the ground up. It wouldn't be worthwhile to convert the entire trailer-mounted pulping plant from superon fuel to use the electric power from the reactor. Thanks...that's been puzzling to me since the first time I saw that episode.
@ACtheLegend
2 жыл бұрын
@@ghost307 no problemo, I should have made that more clear in the video :) I think we can all agree that either way it's one heck of a gas guzzler!
@Bartok_J
2 жыл бұрын
Obviously, the concept of a "dead man's handle" never occurred to the designers of Crablogger. Health and safety precautions seem to have taken a downturn by the 2060's. Even Otis's "safety" that prevents elevators plummeting if the cable breaks (a 19th century invention) seems to have been forgotten. ;-)
@rbdaviesTB3
2 жыл бұрын
Next thing you know, the Crablogger's been taken over by a pollution spirit voiced by Tim Curry...
@ACtheLegend
2 жыл бұрын
Oh wow! Thanks for the nostalgia boost! Loved Ferngully when I was a kid! 😁
@stephenhill8790
2 жыл бұрын
And now we see real Tree Harvesters I often wonder if this was the inspiration
@vaclavmacgregor2464
2 жыл бұрын
Theme from stingray march of the clams
@ACtheLegend
2 жыл бұрын
Or Oysters :)
@TheOneTrueDragonKing
2 жыл бұрын
What episode was this?
@ACtheLegend
2 жыл бұрын
Path of Destruction
@Silvertardis
2 жыл бұрын
3:51 I should hope so!
@colincampbell3679
2 жыл бұрын
The 1st machine So fantastic it could not be shut dow remotely? That would have been the 1st feature and machine should have if it was like that one!
@ADAPTATION7
2 жыл бұрын
There's something wrong here. It is stated in the beginning that the Crablogger is nuclear and yet, it requires refueling every three hours to avoid interruption of operations. Also, there's no way in hell that thing can travel at 40 mph while doing logging. I mean c'mon man.
@ACtheLegend
2 жыл бұрын
Many things that run on atomic power still need conventional fuel for others aspects of the operation, it doesn't all come from the reactor.
@MistahBryan
2 жыл бұрын
Why didn't Scott use Thunderbird 1 to pull the Crablogger away the city? A couple of magnetic grapples and Thunderbird 1's thrust would have easily steered the massive machine away from the city and the dam.
@ACtheLegend
2 жыл бұрын
Because classic Thunderbirds doesn't play it fast and loose with physics the way TAG does 😉
@MistahBryan
2 жыл бұрын
@@ACtheLegend True, plus it's a LOT more dramatic the way they did it :)
@ACtheLegend
2 жыл бұрын
@@MistahBryan haha yes true. I'm always slightly heartbroken when I see that lovely model being trashed though...
@user-ve8dx3wl5p
2 жыл бұрын
Maybe the machine is already built?
@GreatTurnabout
2 жыл бұрын
What's the likelihood the second guy to pass out faced disciplinary action for not shutting the vehicle down when he was told?
@GraemeBell9864
2 жыл бұрын
They passed out due to food poisoning (?????)
@brianartillery
2 жыл бұрын
@@GraemeBell9864 - Correct. Due to some beef cooked in a 'very special way' in a restaurant kitchen that resembles a really disgusting toilet.(with real mice/rats scurrying about) The 'meal' when served up, looks like viciously smoking slurry. It's disgusting and hilarious. No wonder those guys were sick.
@GraemeBell9864
2 жыл бұрын
@@brianartillery You have a well developed way with words
@scotty87able
2 жыл бұрын
@@brianartillery yes very special ill stick with my usual thick and rare and juicy
@astrocitizen
3 ай бұрын
No mention of the Mexican restaurant 00 the one from a food inspector's nightmares -- that caused the whole mess to begin with? I guess C21 decided a video celebrating a machine devoted to deforestation was politically incorrect enough as it is.
@davidbailey3554
Жыл бұрын
If it was nuclear powered, why did they need to drain fuel from it?
@ACtheLegend
Жыл бұрын
Many things that run on atomic power still need conventional fuel for others aspects of the operation, it doesn't all come from the reactor. It's like saying "Why does a car need oil and water when it runs on diesel?"
@jimdunn8132
2 жыл бұрын
I would think that the sidewinders and crabloggers names should have been reversed
@ACtheLegend
2 жыл бұрын
The Sidewinder is a weapon with deadly firepower that operates in the desert. The Crablogger is a logging machine that grabs logs with crab claws and eats them.
@darrensmith6999
2 жыл бұрын
Supperon Fuel got to be better than E10 !!!!!
@deanseawa
Жыл бұрын
I can't watch this episode without my head racking through all of the absolutely awful design flaws this machine had and, should it have actually existed, how many lawsuits and deaths would have ensued from it. For goodness sake, couldn't they have at least added a "power down" button?
@ACtheLegend
Жыл бұрын
Closing down mid-21st Century mobile atomic reactor is slightly more involved than flicking a single switch :P
@GraemeBell9864
2 жыл бұрын
At the end of that episode Lucas claims to have heard a female voice in the middle of the night. (Lady P). His wife is NOT amused.
@carmatic
11 ай бұрын
and this is why the concept of a Dead Man's Switch exists en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_man%27s_switch
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