The Model Stash

Hi, Everyone! In 1978, the year after the original Star Wars became a successful worldwide phenomenon, Glen A. Larson and Universal Studios began production on a planned series of Buck Rogers TV movies for NBC.  During that same year, the pilot for Battlestar Galactica was re-edited into a theatrical movie which ran in some countries and in key locations in North America.  That film did well at the box office, so Universal decided to release the first Buck Rogers TV movie in theaters as well.  The box office returns were good which led NBC to commission a weekly TV series instead of more television movies.  Thus Buck Rogers In The 25th Century began on September 20, 1979. Given the subject matter, the show was decidedly campy with production values that easily date the episodes with 1970s futurism.  However, the two seasons of Buck Rogers gave viewers a few iconic goodies including the suave and charming Captain William "Buck" Rogers, the oftentimes Sp...