Monday 8 July 2024

Follow The (Imperious) Leader

Rappers, dump your bespoke Jesus-piece medallions and cop yourself a vintage 1978 Battlestar Galactica official merchandise pendent of Imperious Leader. Late 70s kids turning up to infant school with that thing around their necks must have felt like Slick Rick in 1988. The pendents were never released in the U.K, but we did get Mattel's Imperious Leader action figure after Battlestar Galactica mania hit Britain in the early 1980s. File it under 'action figures which looked like Colonel Gaddafi meets Purple Aki.'
In 1990 Mattel released the first ever The Simpsons figures including a Bart Simpson & skateboard figure which was the blueprint for Gucci Mane's amazing Bart Simpson chain. If Jeezy had his wits about him he'd have responded by getting a chain made modelled on Mattel's Nelson Muntz & trashcan figure, but with Bart's legs sticking out of the trashcan. Crazy visionz, BOOM:
Yeah, in the past year I've become one of those sad late 40-something blokes who use vintage toy figures as objet d'art ornaments for my desk and shelves. Holla @ ya host if you wanna sell me a Baron Greenback bully figure for around the £20 mark.

10 comments:

Yohan said...

The true meaning of 'fuck you' money.

I'm still as happy as a clam with my Mac Dre mug.

Spartan said...

Up there with that blinged out Freddy Krueger pendant, imo.

Even from a young age, Patrick Macnee's voice was always recognisable as the Imperious Leader.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Yohan, no finer cup to sip from.

Spart, Macnee as himself played another villain in Battlestar Galactica too. Creeped me the fook out as a kid when his eyes went red.

Spartan said...

Vaguely recollect Count Iblis.

What's permanently etched in my memory are the Space Angels.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

The stuff of nightmares indeed 😬

Paco said...

I hope not to be completely stoopid with this question, but i want to ask The Martorialist himself or the notorious film buff Dadadebaser, what they think of the Battlestar Galactica series of the 2000s. Is it also any good ?
I did not see any of the two series, but as a youngin, i get a bit scared when a show is more than 3 decades old.
I know i should not though.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

I've never seen the reboot. My best m8 absolutely loved it and still occasionally nags me to watch it.

L.A said...

I had the Imperious Leader figure too. He had no genitals under that smock lol.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

No arse either.

Spartan said...

Not seen the reboot, either.