Diamond Select Battlestar Galactica 2004 action figures

In January 2007, Diamond Select Toys & Collectibles, LLC announced a licensing agreement with Universal Studios Consumer Products Group to manufacture action figures based on the reimagined *Battlestar Galactica* series. The majority of the show’s main characters have been included with three series released in total.

## **Summary**

Series 1 which was first displayed in prototype form at the 2007 New York Toy Fair consits of Lee “Apollo” Adama and Brendan “Hotdog” Costanza in their flight suit, Six in her dress, Caprica Six (Previews exclusive), Karl “Helo Agathon in his “Duty Blues” suit (Action Figure Express exclusive), Chief Tyrol in fatigues (DST exclusive), and “Resistance Fighter” Samuel Anders (FYE/Suncoast/BigBadToyStore.com exclusive). Series 2 was initially teased in 2008 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: Kara “Starbuck” Thrace and Louanne “Kat” Katrine in their flight suits, a silver Cylon Centurion, and Karl in his Raptor Gear (Previews Exclusive). Series 3 was based entirely on the Season 4 two-parter “Razor” with figures of William “Husker” Adama in his “First Cylon War” flight suit, Kendra Shaw in his “Pegasus Duty Blues” suit, a “Pilot” Guardian Cylon model, and Gina Inviere in her light blue lab coat with black top/pants (Previews Exclusive). Some figures were also released as exclusives for stores like Toys R Us (New Caprica Boomer, Samuel “Longshot” Anders) and comic conventions (mostly Cylon variants) while others came in two packs (Leoben, Dualla, Athena, Tigh) and some characters even had special editions bearing the actress of the actors who played them. Now here is where things get tragic.

## **Series 4**

The fourth wave was to feature various military and political leaders. Originally, the characters listed for preordering included Admiral Adama and Helena Cain in their Galactica Duty Blues uniforms, Laura Roslin and Adama in their presidential suits, and President Adama (Presidential suit). Cain was listed separately as a "Previews Exclusive" addition to this series and a mustached Admiral Adama was going to be released as a 'case topper' to promote retailers to buy in bulk (case = 6 figures/2 of each character + case topper), but was later added to the wave. In late November 2009, it was announced that Gaius Baltar would be replacing Roslin and Adama. The line was officially cancelled in early 2011 with the only surviving remnant being the moustacheless Admiral Adama that was released as a Toys R Us exclusive in 2010.  The only Baltar product that Diamond Select ever released was a vinyl bust bank. As it remains, the Admiral Roslin, President Adama, and Gaius Baltar figures by Diamond Select will remain: **LOST**. Though interstingly enough, their information page, despite being “sold out,” is still available on the Entertainment Earth.

## **Sources**

1. ↑ https://www.battlestarwiki.org/Action\_figures#Joyride\_Studios\_.282005.29
2. ↑ https://www.entertainmentearth.com/product/battlestar-galactica-series-4-action-figure-set/dc26124aa