Stargate SG-1 Horus Guard Helmet Desktop Replica, Digi Mart USA News: Stargate fans have had a long and uneven year. After more than a decade of inactivity, a revival led by series veteran Martin Gero was announced to much excitement a year ago.
Several months later that revival was canceled, and a new version was then greenlit, this time led by WandaVision and Agatha All Along creator Jac Schaeffer.
Despite the back-and-forth over announcements and cancellations, the fan community has been well served with collectibles. The latest is a release scheduled for next month, timed for Christmas.
The franchise began in 1994 with the film Stargate, written by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich, who also directed. The story follows a U.S.
military team led by Colonel Jack O’Neill (Kurt Russell) and eccentric scientist Dr. Daniel Jackson (James Spader), who use an ancient stargate to travel to an alien planet ruled by a self-proclaimed god over an enslaved human population.
The film was a hit and led to the television series Stargate SG-1, which ran for 10 seasons and more than 200 episodes. Two spinoffs, Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe, followed, but the franchise has largely been dormant since Universe ended in 2011.
Master Replicas, which has produced Stargate starship and prop replicas for several years, is now offering fans a piece of one of the franchise’s most recognizable designs: the helmet of the Horus Guard. The desktop replica is detailed to match the prop and is made of painted polyresin.
When placed on its display stand, it measures just under 6 inches tall.
The Horus Guard Helmet Desktop Replica retails for $69.99 USD and can be pre-ordered at MasterReplicas.com. It will be released in December.
The Horus Guards first appeared in Stargate (1994). They are the elite troops of Ra, a parasitic Goa’uld alien who occupies a human host and claims to be a living god.
Like the falcon-headed Egyptian god they are named after, the guards have a bird-like appearance with sharp beaks, created by their distinctive helmets. They are members of the Jaffa, a genetically engineered humanoid slave race with superhuman strength and endurance.
After Ra’s death at the hands of the SG-1 team, they served his mate, Hathor, and their son, Heru’ur.
The Stargate SG-1 Horus Guard Helmet from Master Replicas will be released in December.
