Toy Bender

In order to spur some discussion around this joint and to avoid coming up with post material, I thought why not ask y’all what you thought about last week’s series finale of Battlestar Galactica. I figure that it’s been a few days so even the holdovers that had to wait saw it on their DVRs or even VCRs by now.

I’m not going to say how I felt here. Instead I’ll wait and put it in the comments after I get a few responses, because I want to know your unbiased opinion. Oh… I will say that Tigh yelling in the Strip club was perhaps the greatest moment in television history.

So did you like the end of Battlestar Galactica? Where you happy? Did you know what the frak was going on? Did you even see it?

Diamond Select has got a figure two pack coming out for Battlestar Galactica fans.

Battlestar Galactica is one messed up show. I used to love it, now I’m mostly compelled to watch it just so I know how the hell it ends. This Leoben and Starbuck two pack pretty much sums up everything I don’t like about the show. At first Leoben was a really great villain and then he just became an annoying and even more cryptic weirdo. The last time we saw these two together was on Earth and I think it went something like this:

Starbuck: “Oh my god, I have crazy visions and stuff and now it looks like I’m dead! WTF?!”

Leoben: “I’m freaking out!”

And then everyone moped around on the ship.

Thanks to: Toy News International

I know I haven’t written that much about the Battlestar Galactica toys, but frankly I was extremely underwhelmed in both the sculpting and articulation fronts. Combine that with the fact the show itself (or should I say the writers) let me down on several levels over the seasons, my appetite for anything Battlestar Galactica is not what it once was. Still, the new season is starting soon so I can’t help to get a little excited and a bit hopeful that it won’t completely suck. This Cylon from Diamond Select is a little more notable than the rest of the figures from the line, because he’s more in the style of the classic Cylon baddie (i.e. the awesome ones). If you happened to see the semi-decent Battlestar Galactica: Razor TV movie, you got the chance to see these more old school inspired Cylon warriors.

You can find the Cylon over on Big Bad Toy Store, one of the sponsers of the Joes for Tots contest.

In the super nerd catalog Previews and now on Toy News International there was some Battlestar figures of note for fans of the show:

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I don’t do a lot of coverage of expensive ass collectibles simply based on the fact that I can’t afford to buy any toy that costs more than a McDonald’s value meal. This however, is simply too cool to ignore. Sideshow announced that it will have a life sized Cylon from the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica. There’s no word on release date, availability. or cost yet, but you’ve got to expect low quantities and one hell of a price tag.

Two things: 1. This should have been the much shinier and cooler looking original Cylon Centurion. 2. The eye visor better have the red light that moves back and forth or else it’s completely worthless.

It is nice to see that Battlestar Galactica has generated enough of a following that warrants making such an expensive collectible. I’d never have imagined anything remotely high class coming from Battlestar Galactica before the re-imagined series hit the air.

If you haven’t gotten sick of the Titanium line yet with Hasbro’s constant repaints and diluting it with Marvel and Transformers characters, then you might be happy to see the old school Battlestar Galactica is coming out:

What’s nice about this one is that you can buy two and you’ll end up with an old school Pegasus. You know, the one with the non-Hitler like, non-lesbian Commander.

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It’s been awhile since I’ve covered anything Battlestar Galactica, but to be honest I haven’t liked a lot of the toy offerings. I’m not a big Minimates guy, and I’m not a huge fan of the highly non-posable figures due out from Diamond Select. I also feel that Battlestar Galactica as a series went completely off the rails during season three so I’m a little less than apt to report on BSG toy news. Who knows, maybe Razor will bring me back to the BSG fold. Anyway, I recently ran across an ad in Previews for these new figures that I found quite disturbing:

That Cylon in the middle looks great, but what the frak is up with Starbuck on the left?

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Hasbro’s got a treat for Star Wars Titanium collectors… MORE REPAINTS! Okay, maybe it isn’t such a treat, but a couple of the repaints are looking pretty sweet. My favorite just happens to be a black Colonial Viper from Battlestar Galactica.

I’ll always find it funny how a simple repaint will make my collector’s blood lust boil over in frothy nerdgasims. I must posses this. There is no other question about it.

You can check out the rest of the repainted Titanium vehicle action over at Rebelscum.com.

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This rarely happens, but I had two successful finds in one week. While not as spectacular as finding the much craved for Boba Fett which I’m still on the prowl for …. I had been looking for this Cylon Raider for some time. Now I’ve got it to match my other Battlestar Galactica finds so I can appear even more geeky than I do now at work.

The Raider is a nifty representation of the classic flying disc/wing look established in the 70s series. The only feature it has is to look bad ass, which it does quite well. With this one down, the hunt is still out for the Battlestar Pegasus. To quote a line from the epic film Wayne’s World, “It will be mine. Oh yes. It will be mine.”

Crap, now I have that awful version of Ball Room Blitz sung by Tia Carrere stuck in my head.

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Way back when I first started writing for Toy Bender I had posted a most wanted list for Battlestar Galactica figures and vehicles (Part 1 Here and Part 2 Here). Mainly, it was my way of begging for Battlestar toys. Well, Diamond Select looks like the company that will answer my challenge.

Here’s the meat of their announcement:

We are proud to announce a partnership with Universal Studios Consumer Products Group to manufacture action figures and ships based on the SCI FI hit original series, Battlestar Galactica!

DST plans to release the first action figure assortment this summer. The debut series will feature several key characters from the smash-hit series, including the seductive Six herself! Specific product announcements, as well as timetables for their release dates, will be featured in future Diamond Select Toys communications and at next month’s American International Toy Fair.

So it looks like Six is one of the figures and we don’t have any ideas what kind of scale we are looking at. Still, Battlestar Galactica fans that want plastic effigies from their favorite show now have something to be happy about. As Commander Adama says, “Rock on!”

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Toy News International has posted pics of the new Battlestar Galactica Titanium Die-Cast vehicles. (You can see the whole Battlestar Galactica Titanium Series here).

Good luck hunting these down, since the Batlestar Galactica series ships seem to go pretty quick. Personally, I’ve seen Scar in a couple of places, but I haven’t had much luck with the other two. I’ve got to get my hands on that old school Cylon Raider. The Pegasus is also a must have for fans of the re-imagined series. Too bad this means you’re going to have to keep digging through peg hooks full of dozens of unsold and useless Transformer Titanium figures if you want them.

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Yeah, I realize that it’s not Tuesday. I won’t say anything if you don’t. Anyway, for this installment of Toy Ads That Time Forgot we look towards the original Battlestar Galactica and a pimp ass Cylon.

This is what we in the toy blog business (the whole two of us out there) like to call a money shot. Just look at that Golden Cylon, how can you not want one? He’s here to let everyone know that not all golden robots are gay, or at least some of them are very butch like himself.

To make this ad even more tantalizing for the late seventies kid there’s a gigantic beacon promising that this golden robot of evil is 100% free. 100% free, that is, if you send in proofs of purchase for four other figures.

This ad makes me wish I had a time machine so I could go back to late 70s and purchase all the needed figures to get this guy. Yeah, I suppose I could just go on eBay and get this guy, but I wouldn’t have an excuse to wear ultra short shorts and a Charlie’s Angels ringer t-shirt.

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For the very delayed final part of my Battlestar Galactica toy want list (you can find Part One here and Part Two here, I’d like to focus a bit on possible vehicles and playsets that would be great for the toy series that solely exists in my head like the Abe Lincoln that lives in my pants.

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Part one of my top ten Battlestar Galactica wish list (click on the link to get to the other half of the list) had some figures that I might be able to live without. Part two contains what I think are the must haves if they ever released a product line like this. As before, we’ll go backwards to number one. Who could it be?! (Hint: It’s not Galactus. Battlestar Galactica has nothing to do with Galactus, otherwise known as the eater of worlds.)

Also, please note that I’ve been unable to watch most of the third season episodes, so please refrain from spoilers in your comments. I’ll have to slap you across the face with a trout if you don’t.

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With Hasbro currently testing the waters for Battlestar Galactica toys mixed in with some of their Star Wars toys, I can only pray to the gods of Kobol that they’ll start releasing a toy line similar to the Star Wars classic figure scale line. We all know that this would never happen, because the series is way too adult orientated to support a toy line of this magnitude, but a man can dream can’t he? In this multi-part super spectacular update, I’ll list my top ten figure wanted list. At the end, I’ll list my thoughts on possible playsets and vehicles. Yes, I know. I do have too much time on my hands. So without further ado, here are my bottom five must haves.

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