Richard Dixon with the "BRATZ" on the Haunted House Halloween Model Set for the BRATZ Magazine .

Image copywrite Richard Dixon TPD STUDIOS / TITAN PUBLISHING - MGA TOYS USA . All rights reserved to the copywrite holders .

"  SINBAD  GOLD  RAIDER  HEROES " - A Richard Dixon Supermation Photography Picture Book Adventure Photostory Production 2019 / 2020 .

" The treasure cave model set where the skeleton fight takes place was designed and created by Richard Dixon at TPD STUDIOS in Lancashire UK ".

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M.A.S.K. TOY RANGE  1987 - 1989 from Kenner Toys UK .....

A studio advertising shot created by Richard Dixon TPD STUDIOS UK  1988 .

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PRODUCTION  IMAGE  FROM  " SEASTAR  5  INVADERS FROM THE ABYSS - UNDERSEA EMPIRE " .

CREATED BY RICHARD DIXON 2021......

On board the new 'MantaStar SEAJET " a new flying sub type weapon system carried aboard the SEASTAR 5 super submarine which is featured in a new feature length photostory  adventure , " SEASTAR 5  INVADERS FROM THE ABYSS - UNDERSEA EMPIRE " , now in production in the UK  .

RICHARD  DIXON'S  TPD  STUDIOS.....

MY  PRODUCTION  STUDIO  HAS  BEEN  BASED  IN  LANCASHIRE  , ENGLAND  FOR  THE  LAST  FIFTY YEARS ,  WITH  MY  CREATIVE  WORK  AREA  COVERING  THE  WHOLE  OF  THE  UNITED  KINGDOM .....

THE  CREATION  WORK  FOR  MY  VISUAL   SUPERMATION  STYLE  IMAGERY  IS  A  BLENDING  OF  TECHNIQUES  OF  IMAGE  DESIGN  USING  PHOTOGRAPHY  ,  ARTWORK  , MINIATURE  SET  DESIGN  CREATION ,  SPECIAL  EFFECTS  PHOTOGRAPHY  ,  ANIMATION  TECHNIQUES  DESIGN.....

JOINING  IT  ALL  TOGETHER  TO  COMPLETE  A  FULLY  DESIGNED  FINAL  IMAGE  FOR  PRESENTATION  OR  PUBLICATION .

WELCOME  TO  THE  WORLD  OF  SUPERMATION  STUDIO  TOY  PHOTOGRAPHY  ........

Created  over  many  years by Richard Dixon at his TPD STUDIOS in the north of England .

My work has featured  in  many  advertisements  for  these  leading  products  including .....

ACTION MAN  - BRATZ  - LARA CROFT  TOMB RAIDER -  ZERO HOUR  - G I JOE  ACTION FORCE - MIGHTY MAX  - JOHNNY QUEST  - MEGA FORCE  - M.A.S.K -  TRANSFORMERS  - POWER RANGERS  - BUTT UGLY MARTIANS - JUNIPER JUNGLE - PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN - DANGER GIRLS - DIGIMON - POWER PUFF GIRLS  - QUAKE 2  - BETTY SPAGETTI  - WARNER BROS LOONEY TOONS  and lots more .

With Hasbro's Action Man Products I also created fifteen photostory comics adventures using Supermation photography techniques .

Selling over 700,000 copies of the Summer and Winter Specials for the Action Man Comic .

My studio also created over sixty cover shots for the monthly Comic  and over two hundred poster pictures of Action Man during the eight years I worked for Marvel Comics UK / Panini Comics UK / Hasbro Toys UK .

In the Greetings Card Industry I created seven very successful supermation style Action Man Birthday Cards designs for the UK based Company GEMMA CARDS .

My Exhibition Photography Media Advertising work has featured in the promotions for Gerry Anderson's "SPACE CITY EXHIBITION" and also BBC Television's "DR WHO EXHIBITION" in Blackpool , Lancashire , England in the nineteen seventies .

The TPD Studio's  TOY INDUSTRY work with my photography has appeared for the following Companies in Children's Comics......MARVEL COMICS UK , PANINI COMICS UK , TOONTASTIC COMICS , CARTOON NETWORK COMIC , WARNER BROS LOONEY TOONS COMICs , BUTT UGLY MARTIANS COMIC , TRANSFORMERS COMIC , NINJA TURTLES COMIC , LUCKY BAG COMIC and PEDIGREE BOOKS ACTION MAN ANNUAL , THE BRATZ MAGAZINE for TITAN Magazines....together with many more....

My miniature supermation imagery has appeared in three editions of Infinity Magazine in the UK which has also been seen in the magazine across the USA .

The American website "ANIMATION WORLD" web site in Hollywood USA has shown a selection of my Supermation Imagery on SEASTAR 5  to its viewers.

Other websites across England have featured multiple images for my Toy Photography including the following....

BBC Radio Lancashire - Moonbase Central / Projectswordtoys.blogspot.com - Small Scale World blog.com .

My own website on Deviant Art . com at "actionman2929" - richard dixon tpd studios.co.uk  has a small selection of my work on "SEASTAR 5" and some other sci-fi imagery showing on a regular basis .

In 2020 I entered the UK Film Industry for the first time to design and create the miniature spacecraft models for a new British Sci-Fi Feature Film being produced by Simon Cox called "Of Infinite Worlds".

This exciting movie currently being created in England will once again show my modelwork visual designs to a world wide audience .

On this web site you can find the Children's Photo Story Series " SEASTAR 5 INVADERS FROM THE ABYSS , with twelve episodes on view .

The sequel to the series is in development with a feature length story entitled " Undersea Empire "and images from this will be released to the web site over the next six months .

More images will also be appearing on the website from my work on current in development productions...Of Infinite Worlds for Producer Simon Cox , my own productions of Magnus Jones in the 25th Century and something new for 2022 in "Pirates of the Galaxy" .

Please keep checking in with our studio latest news on the Home Page which is updated monthly .

CONTACT  RICHARD  DIXON  TPD STUDIOS - LANCASHIRE UK .

Please get in touch with the studio if you would like help with Supermation Style Photo Images for your next Children's Book , Magazine Project , Toy Advertising Imagery , Visual Media Production or Film / TV Project with supermation sci-fi fantasy miniatures .......we would love to talk with you.....

Please contact Richard Dixon at the studio ....email / tpdnorthwest@outlook.com

The TPD STUDIOS Web  Site  has  now  received  over  139,000  viewers  since  the  site  was  created  in  December  2016 .

This  website  holds  a  showcase  of  my  work , bringing  together  my  previous  three  websites  into  one  super  sized  site  covering  everything  over  the  years  from  RICHARD  DIXON  PHOTOGRAPHY ,  TOY  PHOTO  DESIGN  STUDIO  and  TPD STUDIOS .

The  website  receives  over  2000  viewers  each  month  looking  in  on  my  latest  work  showing  on  the  site which  is  updated  every  month  with  new  imagery .

This month we continue with more images from the Gerry Anderson Exhibitions which were staged in Blackpool in the nineteen seventies and eighties where  I took some publicity pictures .

Archive images from Gerry Anderson Exhibitions in Blackpool from 1977 -1980 / EMI - ITC- Gerry Anderson Marketing .

Photography by Richard Dixon Photography Studio - Blackpool Lancashire 1970 - 1980 .

Back in the nineteen seventies and eighties I photographed both Gerry Anderson Exhibitions which were staged in Blackpool , Lancashire .

I took over sixty images during that time for publicity purposes for the exhibitions management .

Some of those images are shown here for the first time since those days .

INTERGALACTIC  RESCUE  CONTROL  ROOM  SET  -  JIFF  FRUITS  CINEMA  COMMERCIAL  -  RELEASED WITH  FEATURE  FILM  "STAR  WARS "  ON  ITS  FIRST  CINEMA  RUN  IN  THE  UK.....

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" INTERGALACTIC  RESCUE  -  CONTROL  ROOM  FEMALE  OFFICER " .

ORIGINAL  LADY  PENELOPE  PUPPET  FROM  TV  SERIES  " THUNDERBIRDS " .

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PARKER  ,  THE  BUTLER  OF  LADY  PENELOPE  IN  THINDERBIRDS .

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"Starcruiser " The original studio model created by legendary model maker Martin Bower for a proposed TV Series that Gerry Anderson planned to make after the series SPACE 1999 .

The series was never made but the model design appeared in a children's model kit range from Airfix Construction Kits , together with three other proposed miniatures from the series .

" MOONBASE  ALPHA "  ORIGINAL  STUDIO  MODEL  SET  FROM  GERRY  ANDERSON'S  SPACE 1999  TV SERIES .

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FATHER  UNWIN  PUPPET  FROM  GERRY  ANDERSON'S ,  "  THE  SECRET  SERVICE  ".

This was the last of Gerry Anderson's supermarionation puppet series created for Lew Grade.....it ran for thirteen episodes and completed a very successful group of series for children's television programmes made by Gerry Anderson's Puppet Studio .

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THE  HAWK  SPACE  FIGHTER  ,  FROM  GERRY  ANDERSON'S  SPACE  1999 .

ORIGINAL  STUDIO  MINIATURE .

THIS  MINIATURE  DISPLAY  SET  DESIGNED  AND  BUILT  BY  RICHARD  DIXON  PHOTOGRAPHY .

MORE  GERRY  ANDERSON  IMAGERY  FROM  RICHARD  DIXON  PHOTOGRAPHY  COMING  VERY  SOON  TO  THIS  WEB  SITE......

PLEASE  KEEP  WATCHING  RICHARD  DIXON'S  STUDIO  NEWS  PAGE  ON  THIS  WEB  SITE.....

" IN  A  GALAXY  FAR , FAR  AWAY  "

THE  DISNEY +  TV  SERIES  " STAR  WARS - ANDOR ",  LIVE  ACTION  LOCATION  COMES  TO  CLEVELEYS  BEACH  IN  LANCASHIRE  ,  ENGLAND  IN  2021 .

EXPERIENCE  A  REAL  LIFE   STAR  WARS  LOCATION  IN  THE  UK....

....................WHY  NOT  VISIT  THIS  SUMMER  2021.....

" OF INFINITE WORLDS "

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THE  SPACE  SHUTTLE  CRAFT  " MONTANA "

ORIGINAL  CONCEPT  DESIGN  AND  MODEL  BUILD  BY  RICHARD  DIXON  TPD  STUDIOS  UK   2020 .

" OF INFINITE WORLDS"

THE  SPACE  SUPPLY  PLATFORM  SHIP " SARATOGA ''.

THE  STUDIO  SIZED  MINIATURE  CONCEPT  DESIGN  AND  MODEL  BUILD  BY  RICHARD  DIXON  TPD  STUDIOS  UK   2020 .

More  images  from  " OF  INFINITE  WORLDS " coming  soon.......

A   NEW   SCI-FI   CONCEPT   ADVENTURE  STORY  CREATED  BY  RICHARD  DIXON  IN  A  SUPERMATION  FORMAT  HAS  NOW  STARTED  PRODUCTION  WITH  IMAGES ARRIVING  OVER  THE NEXT  FEW  MONTHS  TO  THE  WEBSITE....

" PIRATES  OF  THE  GALAXY "......

A  SWASHBUCKLING  TALE  OF  PIRATE  ADVENTURE  IN  A  SCI-FI  SETTING  ARRIVES  IN  2022 .

THESE  IMAGES  SHOW  THE  FIRST  SUPERMATION  PIRATE  GIRL  FIGURE  ORIGINAL  CREATIONS  DESIGNED BY RICHARD  DIXON  FOR  " PIRATES  OF  THE   GALAXY  " .

......MORE  IMAGES  COMING  SOON .

IF  YOU  REQUIRE  MORE  INFORMATION  ON  " PIRATES  OF  THE  GALAXY  " .

PLEASE  CONTACT  RICHARD  DIXON  AT  TPD  STUDIOS  FOR  MORE  DETAILS .  

ILLUSTRATED  PROMOTIONAL   BROCHURE  IS  AVAILABLE  FOR  INDUSTRY  REPRESENTATIVES  FROM  OCTOBER  THIS  YEAR .

WELL  THAT'S  IT  FOR  SEPTEMBER  STUDIO  NEWS......SEE  YOU  AGAIN  NEXT  MONTH  WITH  MORE  AMAZING  IMAGES  FROM  RICHARD  DIXON'S  TPD  STUDIOS  UK....

RICHARD  DIXON'S  SEASTAR 5  INVADERS  FROM  THE  ABYSS.....

Adventures of a super submarine and her crew of Aquanauts in the undersea world of the 21st Century......Illustrated in Supermation Imagery.....the concept format is created using miniatures , stop motion photography techniques and photo CGI effects in an original Photostory format , written and designed by visual storyteller Richard Dixon .

The production of twelve episodes in a photo story format was created to show the visual story possibilities of a story idea that could be developed into a full style production in animation , picture book or a film format .

Its a fully illustrated script concept.....with miniatures all built and original character figures created.

The web project was created to show Richard Dixon's studios design and creative abilities on a large multi style project .

Twelve full episodes of the photo story concept from Series One of SEASTAR 5 can now be viewed on this web site....please check out the " site menu " at the bottom of this page to access the undersea adventures .

If you would like more information on this series please get in touch with us at the studio in England if you wish to talk about the production in more detail .

The production of  SEASTAR 5  INVADERS FROM THE ABYSS has now received over 139,000 viewers since the first completed episodes were released for public viewing in 2016 .

The first four episodes have now been released on the YouTube Channel in the mini - trailer format .

Please search "RICHARD DIXON TPD STUDIOS" to view on the channel.....

The Children's Photo Story Series has received two articles in UK Magazine "INFINITY".....

and also featured on the magazine's  web site.....

Its appeared on BBC Radio Lancashire web site together with over twenty other web sites including "ANIMATION WORLD " a leading web site in Hollywood USA .

A new photostory adventure for SEASTAR 5 has started preparations at my studio......" SEASTAR 5 INVADERS FROM THE ABYSS - UNDERSEA EMPIRE " .

A feature length sequel to the twelve episode original series will have preview images shown over the coming months on this "HomePage".

Please keep us on your radar for new images of the underwater world of the 21st Century arriving on here soon....

A   DESERT   ROCKY   WORLD   WHERE   DR  ANUBER'S   HYPER   WARPER   CRUISER   BRINGS   A   NEW   YORK   CITY   POLICE   OFFICER   ,  CAPTURED   IN  A   ROBBERY   TO   HIS   MOUNTAIN   FORTRESS   ON   THE   PLANET   DUNARIA  . 

MAGNUS  JONES  ARRIVES  ON  AN  ALIEN  WORLD  LIKE  NOTHING  HE  COULD  HAVE  IMAGINED .

ACROSS  SPACE  ON  THE  OTHER  SIDE  OF  THE  UNIVERSE.....

A  LAWMAN  FROM  EARTH  IN  A  STRANGE  LAND .

HE  WILL  LOOK  FOR   A  WAY  HOME  FROM  THIS  DISTANT  PLANET   .

THE  JOURNEY  WILL  NOT  BE  AN  EASY  ONE  TO  MAKE  .

A  MEGA  INTERGALACTIC  WAR  IS  HAPPENING  AROUND  THIS  GALAXY  ON  ALL  SIDES  .....

AND  THE  INHABITANTS  OF  DUNARIA  DO  NOT  LIKE  STRANGERS  IN  THEIR  WORLD .

THIS IS........   MAGNUS  JONES  AND  THE  STARJET  RANGERS

A  SCI-FI  SPACE  PHOTOSTORY  ADVENTURE  SERIES  ON  THE  PLANET  DUNARIA

WITH  A  FUTURE  LAWMAN'S  FANTASTIC  JOURNEY  ON  THE  OTHER  SIDE  OF  THE  UNIVERSE ....

....ARRIVES  IN  2022  WITH  THE  FIRST  COMPLETE  EPISODE  ON  THIS  WEBSITE....DON'T  MISS  IT !!!

A RICHARD DIXON PRODUCTION

TPD STUDIOS UK ....2021.

MAGNUS  JONES  AND  THE  STARJET  RANGERS  SLIDESHOW.....

ENTER  OUR  NEW  PRODUCTION  TO  SEE  THE  LATEST  IMAGES .....

ALL  CREATED  BY  PRODUCTION  MINIATURE  SPECIALIST  DESIGNER  RICHARD  DIXON ......

PLEASE  RE-VISIT  MY  WEB  SITE  OVER  THE  COMING  MONTHS  TO  SEE  MORE  IMAGES  FROM  THIS  NEW  SERIALIZED  DIGITAL  SCI-FI  SUPERMATION  PHOTOSTORY  SERIES....

THANK  YOU  FOR  LOOKING  IN  ON  MY  LATEST  PROJECT.....

Richard Dixon / TPD STUDIOS / Lancashire / England .

From the archives of Richard Dixon Photography and  Toy Photo Design Studio - Richard Dixon TPD STUDIOS 

ALL  OF  THE  FOLLOWING  PRODUCTS  HAVE  FOUND  THEIR  WAY  THROUGH  MY  STUDIO  DOORS ON  TO  MINIATURE  MODEL  SETS  WITH  PHOTOGRAPHY  AND  SET  DESIGN  BY  MYSELF......

I  HOPE  YOU  LIKE  THESE  VIEWS  THROUGH  MY  ARCHIVES  OF  CREATIVE  WORK .

WORKING  WITH  THE  ACTION  MAN  RANGE

RICHARD  DIXON  CREATED  OVER  SIXTY  COVER  IMAGES  FOR  ACTION  MAN  COMIC  AND  FIFTEEN PHOTOSTORY  ADVENTURES  FOR  ACTION  MAN  OVER  AN  EIGHT  YEAR  PERIOD  WITH  MARVEL COMICS  UK  /  PANINI  COMICS  UK .

MY  WORK  WITH  ACTION  MAN  TOY  RANGE  FOR  HASBRO  TOYS  ALSO  INCLUDED  ANNUAL COVERS  FOR  PEDIGREE  BOOKS  AND  A  SEVEN  CARD  RANGE  OF  GREETINGS  CARDS  FOR  GEMMA CARDS  DURING  MY  TIME  WORKING  ON  THE  PRODUCT .

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE.....MER-MAN.....A RARE SIGHT FROM THE ACTION FIGURE RANGE......

SINBAD GOLD RAIDER HEROES.....

A Photo Story Book of the Adventures of Sinbad has been created using our supermation style of presentation for 2021....please contact the studio for more information .

SINBAD GOLD RAIDER HEROES....A RICHARD DIXON PRODUCTION .

Produced and Created by Richard Dixon in Supermation Digital Photography....

Design and Animation by Richard Dixon....

Special Digital Photo - Effects by Paul Bradley - BLACKPOOL  LANCASHIRE .

Flying Reptile Creature Stop Motion Model by Peter Montgomery - Helensburgh Scotland .

Sinbad Gold Raider Heroes Produced at TPD STUDIOS LANCASHIRE UK .

On Location Photography Glen Finnan Valley Scotland .

I  HOPE  YOU  HAVE  ENJOYED  YOUR  VISIT  TO  THIS  HOME  PAGE  AND  THE  PREVIEWS  OF  MY  WORK  ON  THE  WEBSITE .

IF  YOU  HAVE  MORE  TIME  PLEASE  VISIT  THE  OTHER  SECTIONS  OF  THE  SITE  TO  SEE  MORE  OF  MY  IMAGINATION  AT  WORK.....

                                                   THANK  YOU  FOR  YOUR  VISIT  TO  MY  SITE....

                                        " YOU  ARE  ONLY  AS  GOOD  AS  YOUR  NEXT  CREATION.....

                                              MY  NEXT  IDEAS  COMING  ALONG  WILL  BE  BETTER .

                                            I  MAY  LOOK  BACK  TO  MY  ROOTS  FOR  INSPIRATION ,

                                                           BUT  MY  HEAD  TURNS  TO  THE  FUTURE , 

                                                             THATS  WHERE  I'M  GOING  NOW......"

RICHARD DIXON

TPD STUDIOS

LANCASHIRE 

ENGLAND .

EMAIL  ADDRESS  FOR  CONTACT ....tpdnorthwest@outlook.com