Furniture!

In the upcoming auction we are offering two items of furniture from the BSG series.  The first is a memorable table from Galactica and the next is a bench from the Pegasus Brig.  Both the items are extremely recognizable as being “Battlestar-esque”.  Everything from the heavy metal, the shape, and of course, the classic blue/gray coloring are reminiscent of the series.  Mixing these pieces into the décor of your house, will guarantee you are recognized immediately as a Battlestar fan.   So go for it!  Bid on these items and add some sci-fi charm to your home:

Table and Stunt Leg from “Hero”

This is the table from Season Three, Episode 7 “Hero” Scene 49. A small pentagon table in Novacek’s quarters, oddly askew, missing one of its legs as Adama enters the room. Suddenly Novacek (aka “Bulldog”) blindsides Adama with the missing leg, right to his temple, dropping him to the floor. The table has a hardboard top with four steel legs and one foam stunt leg. The foam table leg is painted metallic blue/gray. Measures 36” x 38” x 29.25”. Leg measures 27.65” x 2.25”.

Bench From the Pegasus Brig

Bench seen in the brig aboard the Battlestar Pegasus during the run of the series.  The bench is composed of metal legs with a wood seat. Seat is made from 72″ lengths of wood glued together, routed, and shaped to form the curved bench seat. Legs are flat steel bent into a square bolted to the wood bench. It is painted metallic blue/gray and measures 72″ × 18″ × 17″.

Launch All Vipers!

Have you ever dreamed of launching a viper from your living room? If you have, then this gem will make your day. This is the actual Viper launch control board from the Hangar Bay set. It is an amazing piece. Set under a large trapezoidal window facing out to the Viper Launch tube this control panel has sent many a Viper barreling out to combat. It has also ejected a few of our favorite and not so favorite characters to their demise.

You might be wondering… “Where has this little gem been hiding?” Well, to be honest we just plain forgot we had it. It’s been stuffed under one of our many shelving racks waiting its turn to be offered to intrepid Battlestar collectors. Now that there is room to see everything in our warehouse we are rediscovering these awesome pieces.

In the following photo Damian is providing a little leg support so I could take a photo of the piece with my iphone.

This piece is heavy! It’s made from hardboard and plywood. So, if you intend to bid on it make sure to ready yourself when you get the shipping charges. All said and done it’s definitely a piece worth displaying in your “Man’s Room” to make your buddies jealous.

Colonial Raptor and Viper Mark VII

In this week’s eBay auctions, we are offering the Colonial Raptor and the Mark VII Viper full-size ships up for sale. These full-size pieces were used in filming of the show and are the only two pieces of their kind in existence. Each ship is made of wood, foam, and metal, and the instrumentation on them does work. (Ok, OK… they’ll light up anyway… they won’t fly the ship off the ground and into space, otherwise we’re sure NASA would like to take a look at them.)

Each ship comes with its own kit that allows the ships to be powered from a regular wall outlet and includes VGA hookups so that you can hook your computer to them and play back the DRADIS screens on the built in LCD monitors inside each ship. (The Viper has one LCD screen, the Raptor more than a few.) A disc including the static graphics will be included in each set.

A few pieces of technical information on each ship:

• The Mark VII Viper has a wingspan of 14′, measuring 30′ long by 13′6″ tall, with an approximate weight of 2,200 to 2,500 pounds. The wings on both the side and top are removable for easy transportation and storage, and the Viper’s main body is on casters allowing for easy movement.
• The Raptor is a considerably larger ship, measuring 10.8″ tall by 22′6″ wide by 30′ long, and weighing approximately 6,000 pounds. The pontoons and the wings on top are removable for easy storage. The Raptor itself is on casters that allow it to be moved relatively easily.

Each of these wonderful pieces of science fiction history include a full assembly manual for these ships with photographs.

Storage can be arranged for several months if needed through the NBC/Universal storage supplier, at the rate of $ 400 per ship per month.

Transportation needs to be by Tractor/Trailer and a 10’3” Air-Ride equipped version is needed.

Anyone who is interested should contact Alec Peters, Propworx CEO at 404-918-1701.

Pegasus CIC Console

As part of the first auction, we will be selling off one of the venerable consoles from Pegasus’s CIC. This console is one of the one-manned standing stations in front of the tactical plots, and consoles of its kind have been manned by Colonel Jack Fisk in “Razor“, Mei “Freaker” Firelli in “Pegasus” and “Resurrection Ship“, and even by Lieutenant Hoshi in Season 2’s “The Captain’s Hand“.

Later, this console makes a fleeting appearance in Valkyrie’s CIC in Season 3’s “Hero” during the flashback sequences when Commander William Adama (wearing Admiral’s pins, nonetheless!) is on his secret mission to the Armistice Line a year before the Fall of the Twelve Colonies.

In fact, since the appearance was so fleeting, you can see an exclusive never-before-seen photo of Valkyrie’s CIC.

The console consists of four pieces: a wireless multimedia keyboard, an LCD screen, a non-functioning dummy telephone, and a gimmicky speaker panel made from a severely economical phone answering machine. The console includes the VGA and power cable for the monitor, but not the wireless receiver for the keyboard.

Here’s a peek at some of the low-res digitized sketches and construction plans for this console. Note that these sketches will not be included in the first auction.

War Room chalkboard

Accompanying the map in the large lightbox written about yesterday, we focus on the pilot chalkboard adorning the wall of Galactica’s war room.

As you can see, there are five squadrons listed on the board: Primus, Vigilantes, Demons, Prowlers and Raptors. The first four are Viper squadrons on Galactica, while the last squadron—as would be expected—are Raptors. Under each squadron, you will see the tail number of the craft assigned to the squadron in question, as well as its pilot. Raptors, on the other hand, list both the Raptor’s pilot and ECO.

War Room lightbox map from “The Hand of God”

In the war room during the Battle for the Tylium Asteroid in Season 1’s “The Hand of God“, the large light box contains a star map for System J23R7. Not only does it sport a mandala-like item—which, coincidentally has no bearing on Starbuck’s whole “destiny” thing, since that was essentially concocted for “The Eye of Jupiter“, “Rapture” and “Maelstrom“—but it’s also big: 54″ by 48″.

Here’s the actual artwork for this item in crisp, clear detail.

CIC – During the Strike

As I promised, here are the photos that I’ve taken two of the days that they’ve been striking the CIC set. As you can see, most of the set pieces that are going into the auction from this set were removed, with exception of the navigation plot (at least on the first day they were dismantling the set).

CIC: Before the Strike

Yes, it’s true. CIC has been struck. Fortunately, our premier photographer, Josef Philipp, took great pictures of the CIC before it was struck. Many of the consoles featured here, such as the helms, the tables, and even Gaeta’s and Dee’s stations, will be available for the future auction (and will be featured as blog posts in the future).

Tomorrow, we will show you some behind-the-scenes photos from the strike. Stay tuned.

Raptor concept designs

Since you’ve seen the Raptor in yesterday’s post on the Cylon basestar interior, we may as well continue on that tangent.

With the Raptor being the mainstay military transport and support vehicle available to Galactica and, later, Pegasus, the ship is modeled after real world military helicopters, namely the Apache.

These designs show a more complicated model of Raptor, however it is very close to the final product that we get to see on screen both in CGI and the physical, full-scale models used on the show.

These are pencil drawn and shaded designs by Ken Rahebl (familiar with that name yet, folks?) on vellum, and said originals will be available in the auction.

And the final product, that you get to see in every episode…

The Blackbird

The Blackbird is a one-of-a-kind, prototype stealth ship built by Galen Tyrol and various Galactica crew members. It is introduced in Season 2, and is destroyed three episodes after its introduction.

Series appearances

The Blackbird makes its appearance in the Season 2 episode “Flight of the Phoenix“, where Galen Tyrol decides to build a ship to offset Galactica’s losses in terms of fighter craft. Initially conceived as a replacement Viper, Tyrol draws up plans for this ship and begins building it, despite the doubts of his fellow crew mates. However, the project ends up boosting morale amidst the deteriorating conditions, and the ship becomes something completely different than just another Viper replacement: a stealth ship. After a suspenseful test-fight by Kara Thrace, the ship is christened the Laura in honor of Laura Roslin.

It is pivotal to the Pegasus and resurrection ship arc in the middle of the second season.

After the introduction of a second, surviving battlestar named Pegasus, Peter Laird—the engineer who built the DDG-62 engines and survivor of the Fall of the Twelve Colonies forcibly pressed into service by Admiral Cain—inspects the Blackbird, declaring it the ugliest thing he’d ever seen.

After Admiral Cain and Commander Adama agree to attack a then-unknown ship in the Cylon fleet trailing Galactica’s Fleet, Kara Thrace uses the Blackbird and, equipped with a surveillance package, is able to take stunning recon photos of the resurrection ship. Upon returning from this mission in “Resurrection Ship, Part I“, she discovers that the Viper squadrons from both battlestars are nearly ready to wipe the other out. Discovering that things have nearly gone to hell between Cain and Adama over Galen Tyrol and Karl “Helo” Agathon, who assaulted—and killed—Alastair Thorne as he was raping Sharon Agathon neé Valerii as an “interrogation” technique. As Thorne was a Pegasus crewmember, Cain exercised her authority and sought to execute Tyrol and Helo, itself placed on hold after Thrace transmits pictures from her recon mission to Pegasus.

After both sides agree to a truce, the two battlestars lead an offensive against the pursuing Cylon fleet in “Resurrection Ship, Part II“. During this battle, Lee “Apollo” Adama pilots the Blackbird—armed with a missile—and is able to take out the resurrection ship’s FTL drive, thereby allowing the Vipers to destroy the resurrection ship with near impunity. However, Apollo himself is unable to participate further in the battle as the Blackbird collides with a Raptor. Apollo is able to eject, but his flight suit is punctured by debris, leading to his near death—he is rescued by a SAR bird after the battle and resuscitated. (The effects of Lee Adama’s close call with death during this operation manifest themselves in “Black Market“.)

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