Action figures

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Action figures of characters from the Reimagined and Original Battlestar Galactica Series have been produced by several companies at different times. This page is an overview with an emphasis upon the action figures currently in production for the Reimagined Series.

Contents 1 Original Series 1.1 Mattel (1978/79) 1.2 Trendmasters (1996/97) 1.3 Joyride Studios (2005) 2 Re-imagined Series 2.1 Series One (2007) 2.2 Series Two (2008) 2.3 Related Imagery 3 Note on Similar Products 4 References

Original Series

Action figures from the Original Series were produced by Mattel in the late 1970s, and by Joyride Studios in 2005.

Mattel (1978/79)

Action figures from the Original Series were produced by Mattel in the late 1970s.

Trendmasters (1996/97)

Action figures from the Original Series were produced by Trendmasters in the mid to late 1990s. These toys included figures and ships based around the Richard Hatch continuation novels.

Joyride Studios (2005)

Action figures from the Original Series were produced by Joyride Studios in 2005.

Re-imagined Series

Diamond Select Toys & Collectibles, LLC (DST) announced in January 2007 a licensing agreement with Universal Studios Consumer Products Group to manufacture action figures based on the reimagined Battlestar Galactica series.^[1]

Series One (2007)

The first wave of action figures on display in prototype form at the February 2007 Toy Fair trade show included: Number Six in her red dress, Lee "Apollo" Adama in flight suit with helmet, gloved and ungloved sets of hands, and Chief Tyrol in green fatigues.^[2] Also announced (but not shown) were a second version of the Chief (possibly in his orange jumpsuit) and Hotdog (expected to reuse the flight suit body created for the Lee Adama figure, but with Hotdog's head). Advance sketches shown in January 2007 at the UK ToyFair indicated that an alternate flight suit body was considered that would have featured an unzipped collar.^[3] Pending licensor approval, the first wave of figures will be in stores summer 2007 (and the Chief Tyrol variant will be available online exclusively from DST).

• Number Six (Red Dress)
• Lee "Apollo" Adama (Flight Suit)
• Chief Tyrol (Fatigues) (DST Store Exclusive)
• Hotdog (Flight Suit)
• Samuel Anders (BigBadToyStore.com Exclusive)^[4]
• Number Six (Caprica Six) (Previews Exclusive)
• Helo (Dress Blues) (Action Figure Xpress Exclusive)

Series Two (2008)

The second wave of action figures were initially teased as being "a Cylon, a drug runner, a Cylon-lover, a prophet, a wife, a witch, and a wingman", the latter three being retailer exclusives. Diamond subsequently identified the initial four characters in wave two as follows:^[5]

• Cylon Centurion
• Louanne "Kat" Katraine
• Helo (Flight Suit)
• Kara "Starbuck" Thrace

Related Imagery

Note on Similar Products

Similar products sometimes imprecisely referred to as action figures, but considered separate items by Universal Studios Consumer Products Group, include:

• 12" dolls: A license to produce 12" dolls was initially held by Majestic Studios.
• MiniMates are currently produced by Diamond Select Toys.

Each of the above items has their own wiki entry.

References