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Holiday Gift Guide: A Cylon To Call Your Own

Posted by Alex Zalben
Excuse me while I nerd out on you for a little bit, but Battlestar Galactica is one of the best TV shows ever, and I think pretty much anyone who watches it will agree. In fact, I don’t think anyone who’s actually watched the series would think otherwise.

Do you have that friend, though, who’s taken their love of the show to the next level? Have they started saying “frak” instead of cursing? Did you find them absently mindedly humming “All Along the Watchtower?” Were they also really disappointed in Bionic Woman, but kept watching it to play “Catch which BSG actor they’re using this week?”

Then why not help them take their addiction to the next level, with a life-size Cylon from Sideshow Collectibles?

Yes, you can outfit their apartment with fine-art, books, or, you know, furniture. Or, they could have a seven foot tall statue of an evil murderous robot, that will scare the crap out of them at three in the morning when they stumble home from the local Sci-Fi Convention*.

And if that wasn’t enough, the LEDs in the Cylon’s visor work, so there will always be a sneaking suspicion that Sideshow is actually making Cylons, and just waiting for the right moment to activate them for their world-wide takeover.

You can pick one up for your “friend” for $7900. Or, a cheaper option ($5-$20), check out Hasbro’s line of Battlestar standees, perfect for cubicles, and slightly less likely to kill. (Sideshow Collectibles) (Hasbro)

*”Battlestar isn’t Science Fiction, it’s Science Speculation. GOD!”

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Emily Farris writes about culture and food for numerous publications and websites you've probably never heard of, including her own blog eefers. Her first cookbook will be published in fall 2008. Emily lives in Greenpoint, Brooklyn with her cat, but just one . . . so far.

Brian Fairbanks is a filmmaker living in the wilds of Brooklyn. He previously wrote for the Hartford Courant and Gawker. He won the Williamsburg Spelling Bee once. He loves cats, women with guns, and burning books.

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