Tintin Figure Collection : Professor Calculus

The Eccentric Professor - Man behind the rocket

In the Tintin album, he was described by Herge as a genius Professor and an eccentric inventor at the same time who is often calculated to make the strange invention except his most spectacular and most normally works. It was a rocket which capable of flying to the Moon.

Professor Calcullus is described using a green shirt and an interference hearing and vision disturbances.

As a peculiarity of the Professor who is always using his eccentric genius brain, he is also relying on a Pendulum to determine the direction, this is according to Herge depicts the back-off behavior of Professor Calculus.

With the figures of Professor Calculus, the story revolving colorfull. In French version this eksentrik Professor called Professeur Tryphon Tournesol.