Happy Friday, here is another one from the recently digitized archive, this is the revised for the Mattel Battlestar Galactica toy line that clearly states the missiles no longer fire. We all know why…. More frakking cool toys:
Superheroes and Sci-Fi
One section of any wish book that I love is the “other” action figure pages in the era of Star Wars. There is a lot of great stuff on this page! While my time with the Mego Superheroes decreased sharply in 1979, I still viewed them like old friends. I still kinda do….
Mattel Battlestar Galactica Viper Launcher Commercial
For some reason I’ve never uploaded this commercial to YouTube, yet I transferred it ages ago. A cleverly repurposing of their “Flying Aces” toys, the Viper Launch station was a really cool way to play Battlestar Galactica.
Battlestar Galactica: The Big One for 79/80?
This is an article from a UK toy industry magazine, I love stuff like this, nobody wanted to get caught with their pants down like they all did with Star Wars. As a result, Battlestar Galactica was taken very seriously by retailers, at least for a little while.
1979 GLJ Battlestar Galactica toy Catalog
In 1979, GLJ toys (one of my favourite obscure toy companies from the era) did what a lot of toy makers did and grabbed a piece of Battlestar Galactica in the hopes it was the next Star Wars. Their specialty was inflatable toys, even vehicles for the action figures which is just awesome. It wasn’t […]
Battlestar Galactica Inflatable Viper
I recently discovered this in a catalog for toymaker GLJ, who specialized in things like bop bags and inflatable Barbie Furniture. Turns out they had the Battlestar Galactica license and planned a number of things, including this inflatable Colonial Viper that would have fit the 12″ Mattel figures. While some GLJ BSG merchandise made it […]
Battlestar Shogun-lactica
As a kid, had I seen this page I would just torn it out and handed it to Santa…
Battlestar Galactica Stamp Set
It’s impossible to know just how many children this set inspired to become notaries/astronauts. Get our book on Rack Toys and other goodies at our online store
1979 Craftmaster Poster Art Catalog
Poster and marker sets were one of my favourite ways to spend an afternoon as a kid (cause that’s about how long the markers would last). I also recently have become invested in tracking down all the ones I had as a kid. Craftmaster had all the best licenses in the late 70s which included […]
Comic Ad: Battlestar Galactica Free Gold Cylon Promo
I was pretty bummed when I saw this as a kid, mostly because the packaging from my Battlestar Figures had been tossed a good three months before….
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