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This question comes up every now and then. What is there to collect in the Babylon 5 universe? Hopefully this will give you a start. This is not an exhaustive list, and intentionally leaves off the Cafe Press / Joe Store merchandise including scriptbooks and chronologies.
If you find other things to add, please do! This is for official merchandise only.
Books (Dell)
1 - Voices by John Vornholt
2 - Accusations by Lois Tilton
3 - Blood Oath by John Vornholt
4 - Clark's Law by Jim Mortimore
5 - The Touch of Your Shadow, the Whisper of Your Name by Neal Barrett Jr
6 - Betrayals by S. M. Stirling
7 - The Shadow Within by Jeanne Cavelos
8 - Personal Agendas by Al Sararntonio
9 - To Dream in the City of Sorrows by Kathryn M. Drennan
Books (Del Rey)
Psi Corps Trilogy by J. Gregory Keyes:
1 - Dark Genesis
2 - Deadly Relations
3 - Final Reckoning
Centauri by Peter David
1 - Long Night of Centauri Prime
2 - Armies of Light and Dark
3 - Out of the Darkness
Techno-Mage by Jeanne Cavelos
1 - Casting Shadows
2 - Summoning Light
3 - Invoking Darkness
In the Beginning by Peter David (novelization)
ThirdSpace by Peter David (novelization)
A Call to Arms by Robert Sheckley (novelization)
Short Stories - there were six total, three published in Amazing Stories, and three in the B5 magazine.
Amazing Stories all by JMS
Summer 99 - "The Shadow of His Thoughts"
Winter 2000 - "Genius Loci"
Summer 2000 - "Space, Time, and the Incurable Romantic"
Official B5 Magazine
May 2000 - "Hidden Agendas" by JMS
July 2000 - "True Seeker" by Fiona Avery
August 2000 - "The Nautilus Coil" by J. Gregory Keyes
Dining on Babylon 5 by Steve Smith
The Parliament of Dreams (essays about B5)
A to Z Guide to Babylon 5 by David Bassom - covers the first ~two years
Creating Babylon 5 by David Bassom
Babylon 5 Security Manual by Jim Mortimore
Complete Book of Scriptwriting by JMS, contains 1 of his B5 scripts
The Day of the Dead by Neil Gaiman - this is his original draft of the episode, with notes. Both Rebo and Zooty talk in this version.
Season by Season guides (one per season) by Jane Killick
several RPG books from Mongoose Press - only useful if you're playing the game, they don't give any new insight into the series.
Comics - all from DC Comics
1 through 11 - printed as individual issues
1 through 4, collected and printed in the UK as "Babylon 5"
5 through 8, collected and printed in the UK as "Shadows Past and Present."
1 through 4 and 11, collected and printed in the UK as "The Price of Peace."
9 and 10 have not been reprinted.
"In Valen's Name" - Three-issue comic series, later collected and reprinted under the "In Valen's Name" title.
Mini-comic - released with The Lost Tales at some Best Buy locations. Rather hard to find a copy of.
Babylon Park - a cross between South Park and Babylon 5, ultra low budget, released on two tapes back in the very early 2000s.
Games:
Roleplaying Games from various publishers, including Mongoose
Babylon 5 Wars - also released several (extremely) small miniture figures, about 1/2 inch to 1 inch tall each
CCG - there were several releases of Babylon 5 Collectible Card Game, including Premier, The Shadows, Deluxe (reissue of premiere with better printing), The Great War, Psi Corps, Severed Dreams, Wheel of Fire, and Crusade. Another release, Anla'Shock was planned and printed, but not released. Some cards from that release have surfaced but they are extremely rare.
Figures:
There have been three releases so far. First, there was a set of nine-inch figures with cloth costumes. Second, there was a set of six-inch figures released in four waves, a few at a time. Some were better than others, and they loved variants and reissues. For example, the Lochley is just the Ivanova figure with a new head. Third, Harlequin released miniture pewter (I think?) figurines, all about one inch tall, sometimes painted, in the UK. Sometimes used with the Babylon 5 Wars game.
Micro Machines released several packs of B5 ships. There were six releases with three ships in a pack (seen here), and a seventh one labeled "0" that was a slightly larger model of the space station.
There are model kits you can put together of the station and a Star Fury. There are also busts of G'Kar's head, the station and a Star Fury.
There are six pewter figures, each about 3 inches tall, very heavy ... Garibaldi, Delenn, Kosh, Sheridan, and I forget the other two.
There were two keychains, both pewter. One was a round disc with the B5 logo, the other was in the shape of a Centauri ship. Another keychain was in a square shape, with Shadow ships in space.
There were several cds with soundtracks on them. You can find the list by googling Sonic Images. In addition, several of the cast members have released their own music projects. Among them:
The Be Five - Five of the cast members (Mumy, Christian, Katsulas, Jurasik, and Furlan) recorded this in a variety of music genres. There are two big group numbers, and then each person sings two solo songs. The last big group number relates their typical day on the set of B5. Very hard to find these days.
Maggie Egan's cd is called "Out of This World" ... This was a cd of standards that had a space theme. Before each song, she appears in character as Jane, telling news from the cosmos or saying something about the song you're going to listen to.
Julie Caitlin Brown had 2 cds. Mira did one, and Claudia's done quite a few. Bill Mumy is ... prolific. However, as far as I can remember, none of them had any B5 connection except for the actor doing both projects.
To learn more about the cast music, check this page (not updated for some time)
There are also a variety of posters, a few other trading card sets, and of course, the DVDs ... which have been released and re-released in new packaging over and over again.
If you find other things to add, please do! This is for official merchandise only.
Books (Dell)
1 - Voices by John Vornholt
2 - Accusations by Lois Tilton
3 - Blood Oath by John Vornholt
4 - Clark's Law by Jim Mortimore
5 - The Touch of Your Shadow, the Whisper of Your Name by Neal Barrett Jr
6 - Betrayals by S. M. Stirling
7 - The Shadow Within by Jeanne Cavelos
8 - Personal Agendas by Al Sararntonio
9 - To Dream in the City of Sorrows by Kathryn M. Drennan
Books (Del Rey)
Psi Corps Trilogy by J. Gregory Keyes:
1 - Dark Genesis
2 - Deadly Relations
3 - Final Reckoning
Centauri by Peter David
1 - Long Night of Centauri Prime
2 - Armies of Light and Dark
3 - Out of the Darkness
Techno-Mage by Jeanne Cavelos
1 - Casting Shadows
2 - Summoning Light
3 - Invoking Darkness
In the Beginning by Peter David (novelization)
ThirdSpace by Peter David (novelization)
A Call to Arms by Robert Sheckley (novelization)
Short Stories - there were six total, three published in Amazing Stories, and three in the B5 magazine.
Amazing Stories all by JMS
Summer 99 - "The Shadow of His Thoughts"
Winter 2000 - "Genius Loci"
Summer 2000 - "Space, Time, and the Incurable Romantic"
Official B5 Magazine
May 2000 - "Hidden Agendas" by JMS
July 2000 - "True Seeker" by Fiona Avery
August 2000 - "The Nautilus Coil" by J. Gregory Keyes
Dining on Babylon 5 by Steve Smith
The Parliament of Dreams (essays about B5)
A to Z Guide to Babylon 5 by David Bassom - covers the first ~two years
Creating Babylon 5 by David Bassom
Babylon 5 Security Manual by Jim Mortimore
Complete Book of Scriptwriting by JMS, contains 1 of his B5 scripts
The Day of the Dead by Neil Gaiman - this is his original draft of the episode, with notes. Both Rebo and Zooty talk in this version.
Season by Season guides (one per season) by Jane Killick
several RPG books from Mongoose Press - only useful if you're playing the game, they don't give any new insight into the series.
Comics - all from DC Comics
1 through 11 - printed as individual issues
1 through 4, collected and printed in the UK as "Babylon 5"
5 through 8, collected and printed in the UK as "Shadows Past and Present."
1 through 4 and 11, collected and printed in the UK as "The Price of Peace."
9 and 10 have not been reprinted.
"In Valen's Name" - Three-issue comic series, later collected and reprinted under the "In Valen's Name" title.
Mini-comic - released with The Lost Tales at some Best Buy locations. Rather hard to find a copy of.
Babylon Park - a cross between South Park and Babylon 5, ultra low budget, released on two tapes back in the very early 2000s.
Games:
Roleplaying Games from various publishers, including Mongoose
Babylon 5 Wars - also released several (extremely) small miniture figures, about 1/2 inch to 1 inch tall each
CCG - there were several releases of Babylon 5 Collectible Card Game, including Premier, The Shadows, Deluxe (reissue of premiere with better printing), The Great War, Psi Corps, Severed Dreams, Wheel of Fire, and Crusade. Another release, Anla'Shock was planned and printed, but not released. Some cards from that release have surfaced but they are extremely rare.
Figures:
There have been three releases so far. First, there was a set of nine-inch figures with cloth costumes. Second, there was a set of six-inch figures released in four waves, a few at a time. Some were better than others, and they loved variants and reissues. For example, the Lochley is just the Ivanova figure with a new head. Third, Harlequin released miniture pewter (I think?) figurines, all about one inch tall, sometimes painted, in the UK. Sometimes used with the Babylon 5 Wars game.
Micro Machines released several packs of B5 ships. There were six releases with three ships in a pack (seen here), and a seventh one labeled "0" that was a slightly larger model of the space station.
There are model kits you can put together of the station and a Star Fury. There are also busts of G'Kar's head, the station and a Star Fury.
There are six pewter figures, each about 3 inches tall, very heavy ... Garibaldi, Delenn, Kosh, Sheridan, and I forget the other two.
There were two keychains, both pewter. One was a round disc with the B5 logo, the other was in the shape of a Centauri ship. Another keychain was in a square shape, with Shadow ships in space.
There were several cds with soundtracks on them. You can find the list by googling Sonic Images. In addition, several of the cast members have released their own music projects. Among them:
The Be Five - Five of the cast members (Mumy, Christian, Katsulas, Jurasik, and Furlan) recorded this in a variety of music genres. There are two big group numbers, and then each person sings two solo songs. The last big group number relates their typical day on the set of B5. Very hard to find these days.
Maggie Egan's cd is called "Out of This World" ... This was a cd of standards that had a space theme. Before each song, she appears in character as Jane, telling news from the cosmos or saying something about the song you're going to listen to.
Julie Caitlin Brown had 2 cds. Mira did one, and Claudia's done quite a few. Bill Mumy is ... prolific. However, as far as I can remember, none of them had any B5 connection except for the actor doing both projects.
To learn more about the cast music, check this page (not updated for some time)
There are also a variety of posters, a few other trading card sets, and of course, the DVDs ... which have been released and re-released in new packaging over and over again.
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