Battlestar Galactica Cylon Raider
As a kid, Star Wars was the biggest movie to affect me, and it did. It solidified my love of Sci-Fi as my first genre love and I enjoy it far more than I do fantasy. You can see that on my gaming shelf. I GM and buy mostly Science Fiction Genres.
The TV movie that grabbed my attention a great deal as a kid was Battlestar Galactica, and its follow on with the Pegasus. The effects were great and overall are still very watchable today. They also had cool characters with great names, like Boomer, Starbuck, Apollo (not callsigns) the Cylons were campy but great villains. The Basestars and especially the Raiders.
The Show was campy, over the top, but it embraced it and I loved it. So when I had a chance to get a Cylon Raider, I jumped at it. I have collected Star Trek ships from Eaglemoss, but this was my first one that was larger in scale.
It comes in a decent sized box, and all held in place by the styrofoam protection.
Within is the model, the stand, and a small booklet that gives some information about the Raider and its design process.
The model itself is big and has a lot of weight to it. There is one visible screw which is located underneath and won’t be seen. So that was a good place to put it rather than on top.
The Detail overall is excellent. The pieces from the tank model kits are on here as they are on the original model. For 1978 it is a clever design and it has a lot of character. There are a lot of little things when looking at it that I didn’t notice when I saw them on the screen. If you love Battlestar Galactica this would look great on your shelf.
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Aaron, Adam, Cieran, Emily, Ken, Kelly, Louis Rebecca. Dream team extraordinaire.
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