There were two types of wheels available for the Landram, caterpillar tracks and plain wheels, in the same style as the Scarab, it also came with two small warrior figures that sat inside the cockpit. It was was built to the same scale as the other ships and, as with the others, was available in both a non missile firing and a missile firing version. The Colonial Landram was released in 1979 and was the last of the Mattel ships to be released and then only in Canada. The Colonial Landram is probably the hardest Battlestar Galactica toy to find, with the exception of the Battlestar Galactica itself, of course. As with the Scarab there are two variations of this vehicle available, a grey version with firing missiles and a non firing version.Īrtwork on the box also contained a picture of an early prototype Colonial figure with white arms and a red body rather than the final all red version which was released. The nice part with this figure is that by interchanging the parts you could make up to eight different vehicles. The Stellar Probe, like the Scarab, had nothing to do with the show and consisted of the command module, main body, wing unit, tail, thrusters, adapter, nose cone, and lift-off assembly.
The instruction sheet also wrongly labeled the figure that came with these vehicles as a Cylon.Īnother vehicle released by Mattel that had nothing to do with the show was the Colonial Stellar Probe 30 which was based very loosely on the Colonial viper. It came in 3 main parts, the command module, drive section and rocket launcher. The Scarab was one of Mattel's "made up" vehicles and was never actually featured in the series. The Colonial Viper was one of the best models that Mattel released and looked exactly like it did in the show and came with a small 2" viper pilot figure. Initially each of these came with missiles that could be fired but after a child died from swallowing one they were replaced, so the earlier figures have become somewhat of a rarity. These were a Colonial Viper, Cylon Raider, Colonial Landram, Stellar Probe, and Scarab. Mattel also produced five Battlestar Galactica ships, three which were based on ships featured in the show, and two made up ones.
VINTAGE GALAXY FIGHTERS ACTION FIGURES SERIES
Later, in 1980, Mattel also introduced a limited edition mail away Gold Cylon offer, in which you had to send in four proofs of purchase from any of the four figures in the series to get. Was released in 1979 and included the original figures from series one as well as four new figures: Battlestar Galactica Action Figures Series 1 The second series of Battlestar Galactica action figures OF The first series of Battlestar Galactica action figures was sold in 6 and 4 figure gift sets as well as the regular individual blister packs. These figures weren’t up to the standard and quality of the Kenner Star Wars figures, however over the course of time, and particularly since the start of the new “re-imagined” series has resulted in a resurgence of interest in new Battlestar Galactica figures and merchandising as well as stimulating the market in the old vintage Mattel figures, which can still be found at very reasonable prices. Mattel’s original line of Battlestar Galactica action figures was released in 1978 and consisted of Starbuck, Adama, Daggit (the robot dog), two Cylons (silver and gold), Lucifer, Boltar, Boray (a pig headed creature), Ovion (a fly-like alien) and the Imperious Leader (a rather dull pink alien). Ace Duck Review added to TMNT Videos pageġst Jan Mattel’s Battlestar Galactica Action Figures
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