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Puzzle Tintin: The Submarine Shark with poster 50x67cm (Moulinsart 81548)
      500 pieces + Poster 50x67 cm
      €24.95Price
      Puzzle Tintin: The Submarine Shark with poster 50x67cm (Moulinsart 81548)
          €24.95Price
          Tintin Statue Resin: Tintin and Snowy in the Submarine Shark, 27 cm (Moulinsart 40029)Tintin Statue Resin: Tintin and Snowy in the Submarine Shark, 77 cm (Moulinsart 40029)
              Resin and ABS figurine from Moulinsart: Tintin and Snowy in the Submarine Shark. Comes with a numbered certificate of authenticity. Length: 77cm. Professor Calculus' iconic shark submarine from "Red Rackham's Treasure". This superb quality model is faithfully based on an illustration from page 33 of this story  Comes with a numbered certificate of authenticity. Length:...
              €1,495.00Price
              Tintin Statue Resin: Tintin and Snowy in the Submarine Shark, 27 cm (Moulinsart 40029)Tintin Statue Resin: Tintin and Snowy in the Submarine Shark, 77 cm (Moulinsart 40029)
                  Resin and ABS figurine from Moulinsart: Tintin and Snowy in the Submarine Shark. Comes with a numbered certificate of authenticity. Length: 77cm. Professor Calculus' iconic shark submarine from "Red Rackham's Treasure". This superb quality model is faithfully based on an illustration from page 33 of this story  Comes with a numbered certificate of authenticity. Length:...
                  €1,495.00Price
                  Tintin Statue Resin: Tintin and Snowy in the Submarine Shark, 26,5 cm (Moulinsart 46402)Tintin Statue Resin: Tintin and Snowy in the Submarine Shark, 26,5 cm (Moulinsart 46402)
                      Resin Statue Tintin and Snowy in the Submarine Shark. Professor Calculus' iconic shark submarine from "Red Rackham's Treasure". This superb quality model is faithfully based on an illustration from page 33 of this story  Comes with a numbered certificate of authenticity. Length: 26,5cm.
                      €187.00Price
                      Tintin Statue Resin: Tintin and Snowy in the Submarine Shark, 26,5 cm (Moulinsart 46402)Tintin Statue Resin: Tintin and Snowy in the Submarine Shark, 26,5 cm (Moulinsart 46402)
                          Resin Statue Tintin and Snowy in the Submarine Shark. Professor Calculus' iconic shark submarine from "Red Rackham's Treasure". This superb quality model is faithfully based on an illustration from page 33 of this story  Comes with a numbered certificate of authenticity. Length: 26,5cm.
                          €187.00Price
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                          Tintin Submarines
                          After the rocket, the Tintin shark submarine is certainly one of Hergé's most iconic creations. It is a key object in The Adventures of Tintin. It allowed the reunion of the heroes with Professor Calculus.

                          Contrary to his habit, Hergé did not really take reference points in the real world to imagine the submarine. However, he indicated that he was inspired by Auguste Piccard and his bathyscaphe to create the character of Calculus. But in fact, he was inspired more by the inventor himself than by his invention, because from a visual and functional point of view, the bathyscaphe is very different from Professor Calculus' machine. What the two vehicles have in common, however, is that they were designed exclusively for civilian use, which was exceptional at the time. During the Second World War, even if some engineers had begun studies of single or two-seater submarines, no prototype was produced and the idea of a "pocket submarine" for civilian use was not considered.

                          The choice of the shark for the cover of the famous submarine is explained by the geographical position of our heroes. According to the coordinates provided by Sir François Haddock (which must be calculated in relation to the Paris Meridian and not the Greenwich Meridian, as Tintin reminds us), the island and the wreck of The Unicorn can be located in the north-east of the Dominican Republic. As we know, these waters are home to a wide variety of sharks. The Professor's submarine was therefore very useful in blending in with the local marine fauna.