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April 27, 2016 By Brian 3 Comments

V is for Viper Launch Station

Okay, I admit that the letter “V” had me stumped. Sure, I could have gone with something like “villains” or “vintage,” but those topics were too broad for my headache-challenged brain today, so I looked around the cave and found this…

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The Battlestar Galactica Viper Launch Station toy from Mattel! Isn’t this just the greatest box art you’ve ever seen? It really makes me wish I had the actual toy.

Yep, that’s right, I bought an empty box — and this wasn’t the first (or last) empty box I will ever buy. You see, I play the long game when it comes to collecting — I’ll buy an empty box with the thought that some day I will find the actual toy, probably for a much lower cost than it would be if it had its original box (which I just happen to have!). I’d buy a robot toy with a missing left arm for a song, and then spend the next ten years looking for a similar broken robot toy, with the left arm present. I’m not in any rush. I have faith that the Viper Launch Station toy will find its way to me someday, and I have just the place to put it!


The end is in sight for the Blogging from A-to-Z Challenge, and I am almost even keeping up! 

Filed Under: Collections, Toys Tagged With: A to Z Challenge, Battlestar Galactica

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  1. Charles Pechonick says

    April 27, 2016 at 7:57 pm

    I had that one as a kid and loved it. For such a simple toy I got a ton of enjoyment out of it.

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  2. George says

    April 27, 2016 at 9:49 pm

    What a cool set. Like you said, great artwork. And the toy itself could pass as a nice playset. I remember the foam vipers that came with it. Very cool.

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  3. raymond says

    April 10, 2017 at 12:06 am

    I have this toy

    Reply

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