A new article has been Chestnuts Roasted. I've talked about Sectaurs before, but not lately, and I never got to talk about one of my absolute favorite toys ever at length, because up until a few months ago, I never owned it. "The Hyve" was the one and only playset in the 80's Sectaurs line, seeming so immense, so cool and so rife with spider puppets in the commercials that it actually turned up in the sleepytime dreams of my youth. Now that I have it, I can confirm that it really is cool, really is immense, and really is rife with spider puppets. I love The Hyve, and you will too. You'd better, because I wrote almost 4,000 words about it.
EDIT: So, I'm going to try a little experiment soon -- X-Entertainment's August Megaparty. It's a big name for a small thing: I just want to update the blog with new content every day in August. No themes like the Halloween Countdown, no set lengths, nothing -- it's just a promise to update with something every day in August, and see where it goes. It could be as simple as picking out the first thing I see in my office and writing about it, or as EXTRAVAGANT as actually going out on the town to find white hot blazing content. I dunno, I guess I like my personal challenges manageable.
Posted by Matt on 07/23/2006. E-mail me!
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Once again, Matt, you took something I know nothing about and didn’t give a rat’s ass about, and made it into a kick ass-article.
Since the pics don’t really do justice to the size, do you think you could take some pics next to toys/playsets that people are more familiar with? Like the Technodrome or the Turtle Van or some G.I. Joe thing.
So what’s the biggest toy everyone had as a kid? I had the G.I. Joe Aircraft Carrier and the Space Shuttle thing. I really regret selling those in a garage sale a LONG time ago. Should have kept them.