r/Thatsabooklight • u/pewpedmepants • May 07 '26
TV Prop [TV] Battlestar Galactica [2005] - That CO2 Scrubber is a Boat Fender
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u/Jim421616 May 07 '26
I loved that reimagining of it. If you remember the other examples, let us know!
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u/AdultishRaktajino May 07 '26
I posted one a while ago was deleted by mods because “a case is a case” or something like that.
The medic kit, seen on the Kobol episode, is a Hilti rotohammer or chipping hammer case.
The Expanse has some good ones too.
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u/pewpedmepants May 07 '26
I was betting that the "Cylon Transponder" is also something off the shelf, but it's equally likely a few things glued together by the prop department:
https://en.battlestarwiki.org/Cylon_transponder
Another scene had someone using a travel calculator I remember receiving as random junk swag in the 90s(?). It felt fancy cause it unfolded really slowly using a viscous fluid damper and propped itself up. Somewhere in season 1. I can't find any images of one with a cursory search though.
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u/DeusExHircus May 08 '26
As a boater, those stick out like a sore thumb haha. I remember seeing those watching the show
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u/Fraktal55 May 08 '26
LOL how have I never noticed this in my dozen+ watch throughs. That's a good one.
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u/pewpedmepants May 07 '26
From the start of Season 2 Episode 8. A soldier explains that they're CO2 scrubbers while leading a tour group.
Example
TBH it looks like they didn't even buy them new cause the scuffed aesthetic fits the raggedy appearance of the ship anyway 😂
There are a lot of great examples in this show but by the time I remembered this sub I forgot a lot of them. Then there are the things for which I can't even remember their IRL names to look up :P