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. The series began airing on TVOKids in Canada on 3 June 2019.

Premise

The show features four colourful human-like creatures called The Team Tinpo, who fix problems with creative solutions.

Characters

* Tinpo: a blue member of Team Tinpo. He’s the leader. A dreamer and a doer. He is voiced by Ross Grant. * Dougpo: a yellow member of Team Tinpo. She boldly acts on gut and instinct. She is voiced by Lizzie Waterworth-Santo. * Logipo: a reddish-orange member of Team Tinpo. He’s cautious and by the book. He is voiced by

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. * Hackpo: a purple member of Team Tinpo. She heads up communication and invents gadgets. She is voiced by

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. * Herman: the pet hamster of Tinpo. He has his own hamster ball and bag. * Finn: the pet fish of Logipo. She has her own fish ball. other in 2007 * Frek: a blueish po. He has a number one on his back. who has ideas. He can fix thing and make things. * Duxx: a orange po. She has a number two on her back. who is up to something and she is shut a genius. * Sync: a blackish po. He is a child-like. He has a number three on his back and he is not a boss. * Seeb: a greenish po. He has a number four on his back and he is a elf-like and he is clumsy. * Trey: a red po. She has a number five on her back and she don't have a mouth and she cannot talk.

Production

The shorts were produced by American Greetings Entertainment (now Cloudco Entertainment). The TV series was produced for CBeebies by Cloudco Entertainment in association with Dentsu, Sprite Entertainment, OLM Digital, and TV Tokyo. Lemonsky Studios provided additional outsourced service on the animation.

References

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