Mattel Battlestar Galactica Cylon toy commercial 1979

[JENDALL714]

Strange the kids didn't make any pew, pew, pew sounds! I use to make those sounds all the time when I would pretend to shoot my laser pistol. .

[plastique45]

WTF They didn't look like the show's characters at all! I had the small action figures and ships. The small ships were really cool!

[hypermite01]

And what kid wouldn't be thrilled to get a creepy old man action figure!

[VoiceEncoder]

Why didn't they use an EMS Vocoder 2000 for this commercial?

[FiendsInRedSatin1]

Odd how they didn't make the colonial warrior look like anyone from the TV show (Adama, Starbuck, Apollo, Boomer, etc.) and made the Cylon look strange.

[WhyTheHorseface]

I REMEMBER THE VIPER GOT RECALLED OR CANCELLED OR SOMETHING BECAUSE IT FIRED A SPRING LOADED MISSILE THAT TOOK OUT A KIDS EYE. THOSE WERE THE DAYS!

[BricktownBubba]

@WhyTheHorseface I think it was a kid choked on the missile, but good times.

[badATchaos]

I have my Cylon action figure somewhere.

[mikedeceptacon]

No Starbuck?!?!

[Pucamann]

LOL. I still have my Cylon sitting on a basement shelf next to some old cans of nails and screws. Makes me chuckle every time I walk by him.

[durhay]

That's the "Now is the Time" era WDW Carousel of Progress narrator.

[BENTLEYQUEMP]

wow!...i would`nt have any of those even if they were given to me....serious crap!

[KoreanMeatball]

i want a cylon now

[getback9691]

Bears beat Battlestar Galactica

[WhyTheHorseface]

@getback9691 DUDE IT'S BEARS. BEETS. BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. A FOR EFFORT THOUGH! :) LOVE ME SOME DWIGHT K SHRUTE!

[wolf2323]

ive still got both of these figures from my childhood..could never through anything away. Grat post..never seen this ad before.

[ThoughtTraveler]

Why does the Colonial Warrior look like Glen Beck?

[ThoughtTraveler]

TAKE ME BACK TO 1978!!!

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I have HAD it with the 21st Century.

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It sucks...

[ZachariasClub]

@ThoughtTraveler YESYESYESYESYES! I AGREE!

[Dantallus99]

i still have my Cylon Warrior

[JDB73]

Had the Cylon. Loved it. Had him standing on my shelf with all my Star Wars 12" action figures. Along with my Buck Rogers 12" and my Kiss 12". I never did get the Colonial Warrior. He always reminded me of Mr. Spock for some reason. Also he didn't look anything like Starbuck, Apollo, or Boomer. Maybe they didn't have the rights to the actor's likenesses at that time. Great times back then

[ThoughtTraveler]

@JDB73

I had the Viper and the Cylon Warship. They both came with a pilot.

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I agree with you. The colonial warrior looked NOTHING like the TV show.

[stoningtonj]

Anyone remember the toy lazer gun they made? i believe it was BSG... It was black with a red trigger that was uber hard to pull...and it had like 5 or 6 different setting...i miss that thing.

[360whiplash]

I got the Colonial Warrior on ebay a couple of years ago but without the weapon.

[JPGR66]

i had a cylon as a kid.

[ParanormalSupply]

As kids we thought the Cylon was okay even though his gun looked like a crikle cut french fry. The Colonial Warrior sucked. Doesn't even have the suede jacket with the buckles which is the least they could have done if they didn't want to pay for the likenesses of the actors.

[kinggodard]

craptacular

[Jshaw71]

niiice, classic, thanks for the upload, battlestar was a great show, overlooked it seems, but the new one was stupid imo...

[warszawianka]

By your command.

[linearskater]

Both of these toys where re-treads of Captain Lazer from the Major matt mason line of the late sixties.

[pilgrimomega]

Hey, great share!

I remember this commercial and thinking: "What the hell? That's not Starbuck or Apollo..."

not to mention what they did to the Cylons...lol