Wow.From the lack of any specific mention of Battlestar: Galactica (not to mention the lack of any copyright disclaimer...ahem...), this was clearly someone trying to glom onto the red-hot public fever for BSG merchandise with unauthorized knock-offs.
Which is weird, because this is more than a year after the much disdained Galactica 1980 was canceled, pretty much disproving any wide-spread public desire for BSG.
So really, these guys were willing to risk a lawsuit from Universal to market their "space jackets" as worn by "some of your favorite T.V. characters?" In 1980? After Galactica 1980?!? Someone obviously had a very full warehouse of jackets after betting (wrongly) on the revival of Galactica fever.
Then again, these guys weren't to up-to-date in their other references, either, touting "adventures from the disco" more than a year after Funkytown, disco's last gasp. As if trendy discotheques were ever where nerds went to show their cosplay creds...
Still, what do I know? Maybe in late 1981, there were hordes of be-jacketed Colonial Warrior wannabes flooding the floors of still-quietly-thriving discos across the nation.
Oh, that's a bunch of felgercarb....
I always thought that 1980 was still the '70s. Kind of like how 1970 was still the '60s. Actually, I'm not sure when the heck the '60s ended--1974? When Nixon ran scared, uh, I mean "resigned in triumph."
ReplyDeleteGod, I miss Watergate, Patty Hearst, and the Falcon as Cap's partner.
The thing I remember about the early 80s was learning that 500 years in the future aliens would look remarkably retro-- like 70s disco queens thanks to Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.
ReplyDeleteI was a bit too young to get into BSG, I only vaguely remember the reruns because I did watch the A-Team and initially I couldn't figure out what Face was doing in space.
"Which is weird, because this is more than a year after the much disdained Galactica 1980 was canceled, pretty much disproving any wide-spread public desire for BSG."
ReplyDeleteWell, it is Vampirella we're talking about. That's not exactly People Magazine.
"New Warrior's Battle Jacket"? Oddly, I could see Speedball, Nova, and Justice wearing those. And thinking they were awesome.
ReplyDeleteI want one.
ReplyDeleteWhat? I'm a fan of the old show and wouldn't give the recent pretender the time of day.
Warrior's Battle Jacketi had this
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