The Ten Coolest Battlestar Galactica Collectibles

Posted by Jason Dorough (jason@fandomania.com) on June 25, 2008

With Season 4 of “Battlestar Galactica” in the midst of an unnecessarily huge break, you might find yourself missing your fix of Cylons, battlestars, and Colonial politicians. Not to fear, though! Here’s a list of some of the coolest “Battlestar Galactica” collectibles you can bring home and enjoy while you wait for the resolution of that WTF of a cliffhanger.

1. Battlestar Galactica Action Figures
Diamond Select Toys has the BSG license, and they’ve been putting out a good range of characters as 7″ scale action figures. As with their Buffy line, they’ve also been releasing a number of secondary characters and variants, including toys of Hot Dog and Kat.

2. Battlestar Galactica Minimates
It’s hard not to love any toy in the Minimates line. There are Minimates of characters from Marvel and DC comics, as well as Street Fighter, Star Trek, Rocky, Back to the Future, and loads of other properties. It’s only natural that there would be a BSG line, and it’s only natural that they’d rule in the same awesomely cute way that LEGOs are awesome. Having already made most of the main characters, the line now is putting out some fantastic supports such as Doc Cottle and D’Anna Biers.

3. Battlestar Galactica Statue

Diamond Select Toys doesn’t stop with the action figures; they’re also producing a line of statues of the main ships from the series. One of the coolest is a 15″ long resin replica of Galactica herself, created from the original production files used for the show. The Galactica statue was limited to 2,003 pieces, in honor of the year the new series debuted.

4. 12″ Scale Cylon Centurion
Made by Majestic Studios as the inaugural piece for what was going to be an ongoing series of 12″ scale BSG action figures, this Cylon Centurion is a must-have for Galactica collectors. The line didn’t go forward after this one piece was released, so he’s become a little hard to find lately. He comes with a heavy round display base that shows the series logo and even features removable arm cannons and swappable hands.

5. Titanium Series Collectibles
If you’re into collecting the ships but don’t want to drop the cash for the big resin statues, Hasbro has a more affordable alternative in their great Titanium line. They make highly detailed small-scale ships from various sci-fi series, and Battlestar Galactica is one of the highlights of the line.

6. Battlestar Galactica Busts
Diamond Select Toys’ BSG license also allows them to produce resin busts of the characters from the series, and they’ve been putting out some really neat pieces. The first couple of characters released were Six and Baltar, and they’ve since released a Cylon Centurion. Admiral Adama is next on the release list, and I’ve also seen concept sketches of Helo and Athena / Boomer in the works.

7. Propaganda Posters
Quantum Mechanix really made a name for themselves with the release of their How To Spot A Cylon Poster. Now they’ve moved on to even more fantastic creations with the release of a line of BSG Propaganda Posters, all styled like WWII sheets.

8. Trading Cards
Rittenhouse is known for their high quality trading card releases, and they added Battlestar Galactica to the ranks of their licenses in 2005. Since then they have been releasing card sets based on not only the current BSG series but also the classic Lorne Greene one. And these cards don’t just have pretty pictures of the cast and ships; they also feature randomly inserted pieces of costumes and autographs.

9. Comic Books
Since the revival of Battlestar Galactica, there’s been a surge of new comic book adaptations and spinoff series. Some of them are pretty interesting reads, and some of them are downright ridiculous. If you’re needing a visual fanfic fix, Dynamite Entertainment has the BSG license now, and it looks like they’ll continue putting out at least a couple of new Galactica comics every month for a while now.

10. Life Size Cylon Centurion
If collecting small-scale replicas, comics, and cards isn’t enough for your fix, you can own your very own life-size Cylon Centurion. Sure, it’ll set you back nearly eight grand, but what’s a fandom if you aren’t willing to make a few sacrifices for it, right? Life-size Number Sixes haven’t been officially licensed. You’ll have to resort to customizing your Real Dolls for that one. And I shudder.

Collectibles I Wish Existed
Those are ten of the coolest BSG collectibles on the market, but there are quite a few unproduced pieces that I’d love to see make it into an actual toy or statue line. Take, for example, this fan art by Grant Gould, showing a fake toy line called Galactica Battlebuddies. I’d love to have some of those lined up on my shelf. Check out Grant’s website for more awesome art, and he also runs the definitive BSG blog on LiveJournal.

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