Battlestar Galactica Bridge Playset from Cardboard Agitprop!

[@castaway_toys]

Great job! Thanks Michael! Highlighting fan work is how we know it’s out there.

[@Necron-ez2cc]

I made a Galactica flight deck out of cardboard for my Viper back in the day. It had catwalks, an elevator, and a launch tube.

[@justinthomas7222]

I cant3 remember how many of my own playsets I made, using styrofoam & pulp cardboard that was used for packing electronics & small appliances... It was all good til I tried gluing & painting them... First Drug Experience! 😜

[@Necron-ez2cc]

@@justinthomas7222 Yeah... I used epoxy along with leftover balsa wood from building model planes and rockets... now I know why airplanes fly...

[@mikesmith2718]

Theres something about cardboard playsets they just scream nostalgia and I love them . I dont collect Battlestar Galactica but I can appreciate this playset and the efforts of the fans to make in scale accurate toys for collectors

[@AllysonA8281]

I really miss play sets like this...Papercuts and all. Thanks for the great review, Michael! ✌️

[@J-T-A]

Best part: no missiles to swallow!... or is that a negative thing? I think I need to taste test the cardboard just to make sure.

[@wolfy762]

"Positive shield now!" I am fairly sure the first thing I would have done with this playset as a kid was reenact the the Atlantia's bridge scene from the first episode. I am so glad the community is making things like this. Great video.

[@GermanNightmare1976]

Even when you curse, you are so fraking polite. ;) Enjoyed the video, thanks!

[@brianartillery]

The bridge of the 'USS Cygnus' from 'The Black Hole' would be cool.

[@cheddarcheese7928]

Oh Man that would be awesome!.I do think I saw pics of a prototype by mego a while back

[@surrealcereal603]

Amen to that! And a lot more figures to make it work than what they did with Battlestar Galactica.

[@latestred6510]

I just recently made one of the Black Hole themes my ring tone.

[@a_world_made_of_cardboard]

Very impressive. I always loved making playsets out of cardboard. This is just one more great addition.

[@Gappasaurus]

Nice showcasing of this awesome playset Michael! 😁 Seems to me the timing is perfect for Super7 to develop some ReAction figures to fill out the Galactica’s crew 🤔

[@cerethpainting6606]

So much battlestar galactica!!!! Love it. Please Hollywood....leave this property alone so we’ll always remember how good it was. Even the later series wasn’t bad!! Great video!!!

[@brycevo]

wow. all these play sets are really cool. they really did a good job

[@SaturnCanuck]

That is awesome Micheal, thanks. And a Battlestar Galactica bridge play set would not be complete without a figure of Rigel.

[@skookumtrooper8086]

I’m a big proponent of cardboard playsets. They offer lots of playability at a low cost.

[@ivane5110]

I personally liked the cardboard playsets better than the later plastic ones back in the day for the simple reason that, as a kid, later playsets were just things you either had or didn't have. But, the earlier ones were what made you realize that with just a little bit of cheap odds and ends (a healthy dose of creativity) you could create your own...and sometimes just as cool or cooler.

[@peter.24.7]

Exactly. My parents bought a desk and hutch for my room when I was very young. Playsets like this, saw that desk become a Star Wars convoy ship with landing bay, command room and multiple levels in the book hutch. Never did as much study as I did Empire fighting. And it was all done with boxes, packing inserts and coloured paper.

[@TheNightBadger]

The Clash of the Titans set they made was based on pictures from Toy Catalogues back in the day for a never released playset. I *wish* someone would make a repro of the cardboard Marvel World Playset...

[@cheddarcheese7928]

I was thinking that a few months ago..I would be all over a Marvel world!.I actually had one growing up.They had an incredible Planet of the Apes set too

[@TheNightBadger]

@@cheddarcheese7928 I'm surprised someone hasn't done it yet, it would be fairly easy for someone with the right skills!

[@1dbanner]

Galactica's bridge was a magnificent 70s hotel lobby.

[@ajclements4627]

Ok, kid me would have loved the heck outta that play set.

[@trapjaw7253]

Ok i think adult you wants this in your collection :)

[@ajclements4627]

@@trapjaw7253 Actually, yeah I would if I had the figures lol

[@kaaawasakiproductions]

I have been enjoying your videos. I appreciate the effort and comments. I learn something new every time. Keep up the great work! Aloha!!

[@TheNostalgicTimeTunnel]

I love this kit. I loved the original Battlestar Galactica 70 & 80s and collect anything I can get my hands on from it. I've had many figures over years, but have not yet found the posable, screen accurate representation of the characters I need. I'm hoping a company like NECA start making these figures soon.👍

[@jedipoodoo]

That is a thing of beauty, I'm impressed.

[@davephillips6733]

That theme just hits me every time

[@surrealcereal603]

Thanks for spotlighting this, Michael.

[@Chasing80sToys]

Such a cool playset. Great video 👍

[@Krommer1000]

Really been enjoying you participating in various Pod Casts lately. A very welcome voice in the current insanity.

[@tonyrobles1198]

The fans are doing the best work

[@MonkeyboysToys]

Yet another great video presentation from RB. Gotta love the quality of the content. All hail RetroBlasting!😎

[@sneakyquick]

I never had any Galactica toys, but I watched a ton of it back in the day. By your command.

[@TitularHeroine]

Awesome. I love old, new, and custom playsets whatever the manufacture. Thanks!

[@billpagan3070]

Wow, love this!👍😁. Thanks for sharing Michael.👍

[@kennylong653]

I think the Battlestar Galactica line was akin to the Raiders of the Lost Ark line. After a year Battlestar Galactica was cancelled and when they had toys for Raiders of the Lost Ark the movie was out of theatres and kids moved on to other things. Great video Michael! The fans are doing the best work! :-)

[@georgeaitken2719]

It’s beginning to look like a world made of cardboard great self contained playsets

[@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860]

I like it. Looks very well made.

[@treyjohnson82]

same kind of thing with mork and mindy,loved to have seen cora,mindy's dad, np playset like the music shop ot her apartment with the attic door,mearth would have been nice too

[@brianw94]

Thank You for bringing this to our attention!

[@camcordernonsense5264]

I cant say its for me but it definitely fits the time period. very cool.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

Cheers to Agitprop!!!!

[@WyldstaarStudios]

This is great, and along the lines of a project I've started working on myself. I'm nowhere near ready to make a video for it yet, though. BTW Michael, I'm stealing your line, "It’s about time, not complexity." It's going to be a tutorial, and I'm often dismayed at how easily people can be discouraged at the notion of making something themselves. Even the most inexperienced person is capable of handling a large project as long as they realize that it's mostly about taking your time and following the steps in order.

[@gregorymoore2877]

Large projects are also less overwhelming if you break them up into smaller projects.

[@mysterion]

This is so so so rad. I have the set and made customs to fill the void. I MUST have this

[@MartinFutter70]

Frackin awesome 👍🤘👌

[@brandonknight3527]

Pretty neat looking set for a display. I'll never understand why Apollo, and Col Tighe were not right up front in the line back then and made into figures...especially Apollo....just weird on Mattel's part.

[@reccesam7799]

Michael, love this review, your channel, and your message. Keep making video content. 👍🤘

[@seeyouatthemovies2561]

Awesome playset & great vid! Would love to see more playsets from Battlestar Galactica, like the Ovion mines for example... :-)

[@destinycaptain247]

This is glorious.

[@gjbeaudry1484]

I remember one of my FAVORITE toys was a cardboard cockpit of the Battlestar Gallactica Fighter... Can you guys figure out what it was??? Thanks for your channel!!!

[@TitularHeroine]

Cereal box cutout??

[@Brian_is_Not_Sus]

So cool. I found a Vintage flea market Lucifer figure moc for $1. Yes, $1. Never forget that.

[@eltenda]

Great playset!!

[@digipeeper]

They where beautifully sculpted action figures and it is one of the first time Mattel made something that small. They had more characters that should have been produce Ex. Boxey, Boomer, Jolley and Apollo.

[@AL-ws5yi]

That looks cool.

[@impossiblepie]

Nice playset

[@imperialpresence3331]

i'v thought for a time...a magazine filled with assorted generic stickers so a person could source their own cardboard and make custom playsets/dioramas...print it in a few different scales...sell it as a monthly magzine

[@seanchevalier2029]

This is just another example of fans doing it for the fans!

[@michaelpytel3280]

I pretended Starbuck was Bruce Banner or Lon Chaney and would turn into the Hulk or the Wolfman ( or Snaggletooth ).

[@markkamphausen43]

Thanks

[@falleneldor]

Wish it was decals, that way we could affix them to heavy cardboard or foam core, or even plastic or thick vynal for durability. I would love to see a stansolo BSG wave to complete the vintage Mattel line. I tried mold making a few times by hand making and replicating a more traditionalists articulated Cylon, but i lack the skill and experience of making anything other then a pile of failed trash.

[@gregorymoore2877]

Since there's already a shortage of Galactica figures, would it be out of place to add a Dwight Schrute action figure to the bridge of the Galactica?

[@TitularHeroine]

ASSISSTANT [to the] FLIGHT CAPTAIN or something.

[@andrebarbosa224]

Gen X and simulation; a love story

[@ebwarg]

Holy felgercarb!

[@shavanzar]

Looks cool. Wish this line would have done better myself. Awesome video, from a follower from Canada.

[@50TBRD]

You could always use the cardboard as a template, cut it out of plastic sheet and scan the original to use as stickers.

[@obadel5092]

And dont forget the band aid not all of us are that coordinated anymore😅

[@blazerocker1734]

Frak'n A right!

[@Teletran35]

That's fackin sweet

[@inthetoyroom4life]

It's okay, the new crew of the Galactica after an interdimensonal/universal transfer/internship will be Chuckles, Starbuck,Reaction Figure Ghostface,Hasbro Goro, and of course Morgan Freeman ( the Azeem figure from Kenner's RHPoT toy line) And by golly if they won't make the finest crew the universe has ever seen Watchs out, Cylons!

[@shoestringscifi]

This is impressive! And to think it is made from felgercardboard. :-)

[@obadel5092]

Who asked for the holidays a luke Skywalker figure and they bring you the Adama figure and a bunch of tonka trucks to put the adama in...

[@EricOSullivan]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻gratitude🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@renegadebiker24]

Cool Mike. I am currently collecting Battlestar Galactica, as you will see on my channel under the playlist of "Battlestar Galactica Collection", but recently I have run into a problem with one of the Cylon Centurion, and you will see it in the description box of my Battlestar Galactica Cylon Warrior, but the figure fell apart in my hands when reviewing it, and I have another one coming to me, but I was wondering if you could fix it for me. I would greatly appreciate it. The figure has a problem with the shoulder joints staying on due to poorly made plastic from the factory of Diamond Select Toys.

[@shoestringscifi]

If you check out some of RetroBlasting and Toy Polloi's toy restoration videos, you might find inspiration for how to fix those figures yourself. It would be a satisfying feeling!

[@richardharleman]

So many characters a good modeler like Stan Solo or someone could do to round out the complete BSG collection. Apollo, Boomer, Serina, Sheba, Jolly, Greenbean, Bojay, Tigh, Athena, Rigel, Omega, Cassiopeia, Boxey, Commander Cain, Count Iblis, Tucana Sisters...

[@dannyd464]

Someone should try and 3D print this play set.

[@obadel5092]

A yes when they took you to toy store and you wanted this play set they only buyed you a dumb hotwheels

[@SecretOfMonkeyIsland784]

Whats a exacto knife ... i have heard of a scalpel or cutting knife / box cutter before

[@bobafett1849]

Is google broken in your home?

[@SecretOfMonkeyIsland784]

@@bobafett1849 Its sarcasm

[@treyjohnson82]

someone should make an A team van to fit the 6inch figures

[@Track_Tension]

Does me wanting to pre order a $450 Thundertank make me a Hasbros?

[@jonathangarcia7028]

Bears. Beat. Battlestar Galactica

[@gregorymoore2877]

Oh, that's funny. Michael!!!

[@JDtheBlackPhoenix]

I know this is a year old, but do you know what happened to cardboard agitprop? I want some of the things they make, can't get ahold of them.

[@saturdaymorningfan3123]

Clicked on the facebook link but it's not working. With that sad that looks great!

[@retroblasting]

Link fixed: facebook.com/Cardboard-Agitprop-101469361697874

[@saturdaymorningfan3123]

Thanks. That clash of the titans playset does look great!

[@DoctorSinister1]

Sweatquity.

[@soras7183]

Hey retro blasting I know you only collect things from the past but I think I might’ve found a blast from the past in an unlikely place dollar tree is currently selling a toyline called final faction it’s about a war vs aliens trying to steal Human Resources the show has one episode out currently and the shows kinda garbage but the toyline has the 80’s written all over it. There 3.75 inches tall there’s 5 good guys so far and 3 bad guys and 6 weapons sets 3 good guys weapon sets and 3 bad guys weapon sets the next wave will include more of everything I just describe and vehicles!!! I hope you at least check out the toyline I think it’s right up your alley Michel! In my opinion final faction knocks anything hasbro is doing completely out of the water!

[@soras7183]

@@timothyward8695 that’s fantastic thanks for the heads up!!

[@soras7183]

@@timothyward8695 anyway to get the episode and time stamp?

[@soras7183]

@@timothyward8695 thanks for the heads up bro

[@leebush4053]

The most anti-climatic toy line ever. Whilst other lines had disappointments they had redeeming features. This toy line was under invested and must have been rushed to shops to counter star wars. No vehicles for the figures. Not enough produced. Cylons useless. Couldn't point a gun. Not themed around the episodes. The Western themed episode had lots of opportunity for figures. Mattel messed it up.

[@brianartillery]

Yup, I agree. I had all the figures - and the only one I liked, was the Ovion. Starbuck and Adama might as well have had blank faces, the sculpts were so soft, that they could have been anyone. The Cylons couldn't even hold their guns in a threatening manner, and hardly stood. Imperious Leader was a purple and pink nothing with an afro. Daggit was fine, but out of scale. Where were Baltar, Athena, Boomer, and Apollo? There's a British word for this line, and that word is 'Shite'.

[@justfrank3135]

It really looks flimsy to me, would prefer plastic instead of cardboard. Went for 50 bucks on Ebay (already sold out) and that's a lot of money for cardboard without the tools to cut them. Also the lack of proper figures to place on the bridge doesn't make this desirable. Where are Tigh and Athena? Oh right: you will need custom figures. Starbuck needs to be on board of a Viper, not behind any desk on the bridge...