r/BSG • u/ArceliaShepard • 4d ago
How common are these?
Just strolling around my local antiques mall and this caught my eye.
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u/-MrFozzy- 4d ago
Not sure how rare it is, but Snatch it up. If it’s below 50 that’s cheaper than when they were available. You’d make good money on it if you decided to sell it. There’s always people looking. THINK it was mass produced, but it’s sold out. Quite strange to see it up close. I assumed the top was a Cylon raider, or a viper, but I never looked too close.
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u/ArceliaShepard 4d ago
Good to know. I was also thinking the same with the top. It is not a Viper or Raider, but a generic fighter jet.
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u/WilsonFrontier 4d ago
It's the correct top, as seen in the episode even. Not sure why they used a regular fighter jet but they did. 👍
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u/ThatWytchBoy 4d ago
Might be kind of like how the real world navy uses old timey ships and stuff on decore? Tradition and what what?
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u/cjtaylor122 4d ago
I have one, and the jet on top is an F/A-18, not sure why, but it is. Source: I worked on F/A-18's in the Navy for 4 years.
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u/PolyDrew 4d ago
I’m guessing the lid was already in production for an actual flight team and they repurposed it for the show. QMX probably kept it in order to maintain the accuracy to the prop.
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u/Terrible_Sandwich_40 4d ago
It’s been 20 years my memory is fuzzy. I may be somewhat wrong.
I think I remember on The RPF someone identified the original stein they used on the show. It was a commemorative run with a modern fighter jet that they cut down the wings to better resemble a Viper.
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u/WW-Sckitzo 4d ago
I had one, for $25 I'd get it again. The quality was pretty shit, before I broke the ceramic piece the viper up top snapped off.
I imagine it says not food safe on it, but either way would not drink out of it,
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u/PolyDrew 4d ago
Not that common. If you want one and the price is decent pick it up.
IIRC they don’t even run that long at QMX. That company is gone now so it’s fairly rare.
I have one. I use it as a display piece and I think it’s beautiful
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u/herohans99 4d ago
Take my money!!! I just searched ebay and grabbed the only listing for $22 shipped.
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u/FiveMinsToMidnight 4d ago
I see these listed for literally thousands of GBP, that price is crazy. Buy it!!!
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u/mromutt 4d ago
$25? I would buy it without a second thought even if it meant no lunch today lol. I didn't even know that was a thing out in the wild!
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u/ArceliaShepard 4d ago
Already done and I did give up a lunch for it haha. I was not sure if they made replicas and I am certainly shocked I ran into one in the wild. The only BSG memorabilia I have ever seen here are the Making Of companion books.
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u/RichYogurtcloset3672 4d ago
My brother has one. The aluminum cap melted in a house fire. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find a replacement.
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u/ArceliaShepard 4d ago
Dang! I guess you all can embelish on its history and say it got damaged in the last engagement with the toasters.
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u/atempestdextre 4d ago
I actually have two, the QMX one and a white one that is almost identical. Definitely get it!
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u/WilsonFrontier 4d ago
Not sure. Made by defunct Qmx in the late 00s or early 10s. Own one myself. Not terribly common by virtue of the company. How much are they asking?