Actually you need to check your information. The movie came out first then the tv series here in the US. I watched the original movie in the summer of 78 then the series premiered that fall on ABC. And the major reason the tv series was cut was the 1 million dollar price tag per episode because of the special effects. Season Two was called Battlestar Galactica 1980.

Decided to get in the Holiday spirt watching the original series. Just finished watching the Living Legend part 1 and 2 a few days ago, I am currently watching The Young Lords.... what a wonderful episode, possibly the best or one of the TOP ones. This show doesn't get old.. if I could ask Santa for a BSG collectable it would be so awesome to have a green costume like Baltar. Another great gift from the north pole would be to have a real life size walking and talking L series robot. Though I would choose Spectre with his attitude and cool robe instead of Luci. A BSG fan dream come true a life size Galactica or Pegasus museum would be awesome. I would be willing to buy a ticket to visit there instead of visiting any Disney theme park. Also, would love to see the bridge, landing bays, officers club, heck even that cool observation bubble on the rear by the engines. The one in the very last episode that had scenes of Nasa Moon Landing.

1:16 for those who didn't know Daggit was played by a chimp.

It breaks the heart.

I was around four or five when Star Wars merch was all the rage(with good reason). In ‘78 & ‘79 my Christmas wishlist was quite simple. It was two words. Star Wars. Toys, cloths, books, sleeping bag…didn’t care as long as it was Star Wars. Come Xmas morning and my drunk a$$ mom dragged herself to the tree so we could open our gifts…what did she get me? Effing Battlestar Galactica toys. A big Cyclon and the Colonial Viper. Fck.

You gave enough hints, YES, it is true, there is a "Cylon Sex Model" that was featured in the mag. Fast forward about 35 years and the Japanese now have sex androids. Given enough time, Sci-Fi becomes real.

I can see Robot Chicken doing a sketch recreating the photo shoot stage and image at a smoky strip joint…..have a lawyer come in to order the Cylon to self-destruct, ‘BUY YOUR COMMAND’, lawyer gives cylon a twenty then everything blows up….with the other model in the background

This reminds me of why Kirstie Alley never returned to Star Trek after TWOK. OK she allegedly made a stupid unprofessional mistake on set of ST2, but making such an insultingly low salary offer to ensure they could recast Saavik in ST3 was petty. Plus, if Nick Meyer had had his way and had the surprise villain in ST6 be SAAVIK (not the newly invented and thus predictably suss Valeris) then ST6 would have been even better than the epic movie it was.

April 1987 hint, hint

My friend “obtained” this issue. I remember seeing it. Never realized it caused so much trouble. What was the name of the model?

Literal nightmares

yes but what about where the Turbine Motorcycles went? LOL JK... BG1980 stuff not withstanding. I'm sure someone could produce a 3d printer mold for fitting in those slots to get the landing gear for those. Bet they would turn a tiny profit doing it too...

Hilarious. 🤣

TV was so low resolution I just thought they were ugly Also, watching humanity being destroyed by alien robots was a bigger deal to 7 6ear old me.

One of THE BEST EVER TV Shows. Too Bad it was only ONE Season. Long Live BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, So Say We All!!!⭐⭐⭐⭐🚀🛸🪐💫

Interesting! I had no idea the whole thing was shot with a hot cylon.

I remember watching this. There was absolutely nothing scary about these singers. @1:08 - Nightmares? Really? I call Bull💩X 2.

'byyourcommand', that's a find. Hope that suit got a good cleanup , the fit and finish looked a little rough round the edges,... on the Cylon suit, not the model!

The lawyers at Universal quickly issued a Cease and Desist Fapping Order.

I forgot how wild the 70's were...

That was freaky as hell.😳

I'm guessing that this channel didn't know that Gean Rodenberry had another show on TV about 70 or 71, maybe later. It starred John Saxon about a post-apocalyptic world with mutant survivors who had head ridges. I watched the show myself it didn't last long, but look it up.

I bucked one, Star bucked two.

As a kid in the USA, I saw the Battlestar Galactica movie. I was so surprised and confused because I was expecting a new movie, and instead it was the same as the first few episodes of the TV show that I had already watched, with a few differences. But I still enjoyed watching it in the movie theater because I liked the show so much.

I remember this show was well Acted lot of new talent for some reason.Then it just didn't make it

My brother had a stolen Cylon costume back in 1986... It disappeared for a while, and when it reappeared around Christmas 1987, my Mom famously said, "Pew! WTF, Alan, were you cleaning fish in this thing?"

His knob got polished

Penthouse April 1987, Darkstar. Should take you right there.

George Lucas has better lawyers, and a P.R. firm. 😂

I just looked at this issue.(I found a site having the Magazine Pages scanned) I can't believe what a big deal this was. Also weird looking at the old Magazine, as a whole. (Lot's of cheesy cigarette ads)- Also alot of genuine articles, some being very 'Current Events' or 'Political' pieces. As a teenage boy, in 1987, if this issue made it into my Porn Stash, it probably would have been at the bottom of that cardboard box! (the pictorials were 'meh')

Talk about things I didn't know. But hey it does generate hype. So, eh. Sex sells I guess.

It is nice to see that the pictures are available on the Internet and all you have to do is a google search.

It looks horrible honestly. Messy details, messy paint work, the weathering is super primitive, I am surprised that isn't the bigger problem here.

Oh, Mission Galactica was a film I remember going to see for a lot of reasons; back then we had no telephone, and I got to the cinema (about a mile from my house) only to find it started about 45 minutes later than advertised. In those days you did your best to let your parents know where you were and how long you were going to be (that's how I was raised anyhow), and I couldn't raise our next door neighbour on her phone, so I ran (yes ran) all the way home to let mum know the film was late, then had to run all the way back to the cinema (I'd already bought my ticket) to see the film; made it just in time. Great film but when you watch the series you realise it was a mish-mash of different episodes.

Wtf..

I just never understood why white people always have some type of trauma with stuff on TV, like these singers and stuff like clowns. Bozo was a good clown and these chicks were from a sci Fi dressed in make up. And yes I saw the original airing of it and thought it was cool.

Those damn stands that Eaglemoss created were really bad. They charged premium prices for plastic models that fell off horrendous stands.

Can you imagine if Lucky Martin would actually build a viper with a three engine configuration be at smaller engines what that would fly like?

My Star Bird would destroy the Galactica.

Does anyone know if the eaglemoss ships still come with the little info booklet that explains the ship? I know when they reissued the original galactica, I bought one and it didn't include the booklet. I asked them about it and they stated that they would not be including the booklet with the galactica anymore. Wondering if it's that way with all the ships now.

I saw the first movie in the theater with my dad when I was a kid.

Lol, what the hell is the big deal?

I saw this at the movies!

I have some Cylon action figures by Diamond Select. I don't know how old they are one is a gold pilot with a gold gun, one is a silver centurion both are old models and one is a new soldier type with changeable hands. Are these valuable, they are still in the boxes?

Those alien singers are pretty hideous. I'm not surprised they were not popular.

I’m happy to see your channel steadily growing my man. Keep up the good work and thank you. 🍻

I saw Mission in UK theatres on a double bill with the Buck Rogers movie in 1980. I had no idea Galactica was a TV series at the time. I also saw Conquest of the Earth in the cinema, a year or so later. We eventually got the TV series a couple of years later.

I prefer to build my own. I find eglemoss to be inferior and overpriced plus it's much more fun building a kit and seeing my accomplishments.

How much are they? Love the channel. I've been a fan since day one. Have a decent amount of original toys I bought as a kid, plus some Burger King promo stuff and wallpaper that didn't make it to market. 35 years ago, I picked up a screen worn warrior uniform with some cubits. Look at me going on like a kid.

Universal was just stupid how they treated the series. It should be criminal what they did to it.