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Ohhh shit. Time killer ahoy! 
Chestnuts roasted by Eddie Lightning Frog @ 07/23/2006 11:29 AM EST
wow, i read the whole thing and then checked the blog to find out i'm getting a high comment.
very good, i used to have some giant base that was from a GI joe ripoff that was circular but you could spin it. kind of like the space needle but not as high and wider. that thing was freakin' awesome.
Chestnuts roasted by the modern day pirates @ 07/23/2006 11:55 AM EST
I had this when I was a kid and loved it more than any other toy. You are right about this being a great surprise christmas gift. I always got the lame second tier action figures but this was worth it all. My brother and I played with it so much that I broke most of the pieces. My mom still managed to sell it at a garage sail. I'm still kinda bitter about that.
Chestnuts roasted by JZ @ 07/23/2006 12:15 PM EST
Love the glove.
Chestnuts roasted by Ragnarok @ 07/23/2006 12:40 PM EST
I was pretty sure I hadn't heard about Sectaurs before, but then I saw the glove-bug and it all came...rushing isn't the right word. Maybe trickling slowly through the haze back to me? Anyways, I'll have to read the whole thing later, as my task master (or wife, if you will) wants me to upload some pictures of a wedding we went to yesterday. OK, gotta go.
Chestnuts roasted by Mad Cow @ 07/23/2006 12:55 PM EST
I loved the SECTAURS. Never owned one but plenty of kids at my Day Care did. Between that and never owning a BOGLIN, I feel incomplete. 
You must really be in love with it not to be a bit harsher on the inside of the Hyve. At least Greyskull had SOME working pieces within but fair enough.
Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 07/23/2006 01:00 PM EST
I kind of like the way it is inside. If I had my choice between an action figure auditorium and a battle arena, I'd go with the former. Besides, Castle Grayskull didn't have a fuzzy spider puppet.
Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 07/23/2006 01:02 PM EST
Hooray for Baleen Whales!
Chestnuts roasted by Ragnarok @ 07/23/2006 01:25 PM EST
One can't underestimate the power of a spider puppet. 
Call the Guiness Records people, I am the first person to ever write about SECTAURS while having the movie BRAZIL play in the background while taking a break from working on a PowerPoint about George Washington.
Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 07/23/2006 01:27 PM EST
My favorite part of this article? Knowing that Matt was swilling down some Arbor Mist while putting this monster together.
If only the Hyve came with a tinny bug shaped microphone thingy...
Awesome to get an article that feels a bit more oldschool XE. Thanks
Chestnuts roasted by WonKa @ 07/23/2006 01:44 PM EST
Great article! Ted Knight and Pink Floyd cracked me up.
On my way to the circus now...normally I'd have a bit of an ethical problem with it but the tickets were free.
Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 07/23/2006 01:46 PM EST
I would never invite Krang to a party at the Hyve. You know the fucker would drool and accidentaly spit on everything while telling you how much better the Technodrome is.
Fuck Krang, arrogant bastard.
Chestnuts roasted by WonKa @ 07/23/2006 01:55 PM EST
I like the use of the puppets for that set (and the toy line in gerneral). I've never really seen a playset with that feature before, but maybe I'm just out of the loop here.
I always loved getting the big ass gifts. Even if they were bad, at least they looked awesome displayed in your room.
Chestnuts roasted by Dr. Acula @ 07/23/2006 02:02 PM EST
"The picture above could only do it justice if your monitor spans 48 inches."
I have my PC hooked up to my 55 inch HDTV and I still think the picture is not doing any justice to the size of that thing.
Chestnuts roasted by The Boy @ 07/23/2006 02:35 PM EST
That hexagonal control panel on the bottom floor looked just like the control panel for the early TARDIS.
Chestnuts roasted by ROBRAM89 @ 07/23/2006 02:46 PM EST
Whoa... Seeing that thing makes me sad that Sectaurs was before my time. First real action figure I ever owned was Powermaster Optimus Prime... But hey, he was an action figure and playset in one.
Chestnuts roasted by DocDragon @ 07/23/2006 02:58 PM EST
Yeah, a TARDIS control console with testicles in it. We need to put together a list of toy lines that deserve a second chance. ToyFare did one time, and MOTU was one of the top picks. And, it did have a lamentably short revival. I would combine two different lines to make a bigger storyline. Secataurs and Wheeled Warriors, for instance. Can you imagine Spydrax and Saw Boss teaming up to create a bio-engineered galactic empire?
Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 07/23/2006 03:08 PM EST
Ha! The Boy is the only one of us that isn't poor, so far. 
I don't remember even hearing about Sectaurs. I guess my brother was just grown out of most of that stuff by then.
The hugeness of The Hyve reminded me of a toy my brother did have though, and I can't remember what it was from... I think it's name was Mezinga or something? He was this big robot looking thing that actually made noises and I think he even walked a little on his own, and you could shoot little missiles from his arm. I was scared to death of him. He reminded me of a Transformer.
Even though I completely hate bugs and insects and the like, your article made me want to come over and play.
Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 07/23/2006 03:25 PM EST
I gotta admit, I don't even remember the Sectaurs. But then, '84 was a bit early for me to be playing with action figures. I was only 2, so I was still watching Sesame Street.
Say, did anybody here watch Sesame Street? I still occasionally pick up a few Ernie toys. Ernie was my favorite because I'm so much like him, even though I look more like Bert. And they were NOT gay!!!
Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 07/23/2006 03:43 PM EST
Damn, I'm pissed I wasn't around for the Street Fighter II thread...I own 2 plug N play's already (the Pac-Mans) but I NEED this one- Street Fighter II is the only fighting game I am actually amazing at. (Blanka all the way)
I remember Sectaurs, but I had no idea this Hyve existed- it sounds impressive in the article, but I wish I could SEE it! Only the first picture in the article is working for me. Bummer.
Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 07/23/2006 03:48 PM EST
I actually like that the backdrop is just painted in. I love the cheesy "old video game future art" like that.
Chestnuts roasted by Kid Nicky @ 07/23/2006 04:01 PM EST
Ryane-the robot is called Mazinger Z.
Chestnuts roasted by Kid Nicky @ 07/23/2006 04:04 PM EST
I gotta say, for something that size, it's pretty lacking on special features.
There are what, 5 if you don't count the ladder?
Chestnuts roasted by Somethin' Funny @ 07/23/2006 04:06 PM EST
Holy crap! I remembered Sectaurs right away, but not the Hyve until I actually saw the picture. Then one by one I recognized it all. The spider puppet, the little worm dude, the boulder, the gate, the railing, the ladder. Wonder if I still have it. Yet another reason I need to dig through my garage. There's probably at least two or three remnants of lost toy lines buried under decades of junk out there.
Chestnuts roasted by GrrrArrgh @ 07/23/2006 04:11 PM EST
Nate: My son will soon be old enough to watch Sesame Street so I've been watching it here and there so I can refresh my memory. I see now that Elmo takes over half the show. Elmo is an asshole! I'm all about anything that has muppets involved so I can't wait to watch it with him.
I'm gonna get off the computer now, I swear I'm gonna get struck by lightning through my computer in a minute, but that hyve thing so so so cool!
Chestnuts roasted by IHAQ @ 07/23/2006 04:13 PM EST
Shogun Warriors Great Mazinga! I was just thinking how one of the big guys would look next to the Hyve. Or that Lion Force Voltron that held the action figures.
Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 07/23/2006 05:04 PM EST
great article, i had a couple of the secutaurs but not the hyve. has anyone watched any of the nightmares and dreamscapes on tnt, they got them on on demand now too. i just watched the one about the little green army men that attack the hitman that killed their maker. they had little helicopters and howitzers. good stuff
Chestnuts roasted by pdac @ 07/23/2006 05:17 PM EST
Dude! I so had the Hyve as a kid! A local tire (and bizarrely enough, toys) store had a TON. After Christmas, they blew em out at $13 BUCKS A POP! Seeing this in the newspaper, I freaked out and called Dad to haul me across town to get the huge playset. I point at it in the paper. Dad says "13 bucks huh? OK, sure we'll go get it." Man, I'm pumped! We head out there and my Dad is like "Woah, son. This thing is HUGE." And I'm all like "I can still get it right?" "Sure, sure we brought the truck." YESSS!!! I took it home, long story short, God it was awesome. PS to the story, and ultimate geekiness: Matt, take a photo closeup of the door to the Hyve (the graphic side, not plastic side). If you look closely, it has "Sectaurian" writing on it. Only a couple years ago did I realize the Sectaurs comic books provide a translation key to the language. THE DOOR REALLY SAYS SOMETHING iN CODE! That is freakin awesome. Once I learned this, I've been dying to know what it said! Post the pic, I'll translate for ya.
Chestnuts roasted by Terror Claws Cole @ 07/23/2006 05:20 PM EST
Jesus Christ, I wish I had grown up in the 80s. I really hope soeone brings this back. If they brought back madballs, then why not Secataurs!
Anyway Matt, I have a question. Since you work at Nick, did they ever give any "official" expaination about why they cancelled some of their best shows (jimmy Neutron, Danny Phantom and Fairly Oddparents)even though they got fairly good ratings. IF you don't know that, do you know of any way I can reach the company so that I can start a letter-writing campaign?
Thanks!
Chestnuts roasted by TOM @ 07/23/2006 05:35 PM EST
IHAQ, I also suggest having him watch The Muppet Show and if you can find tapes of it, Muppet Babies, because those, not to mention the version of Sesame Street that wasn't retitled "The Elmo Show", were among the shows I grew up watching.
And this weekend was the San Diego Comic-Con and here I am, living on the other side of the country ><
Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 07/23/2006 05:55 PM EST
I hate to be the dick who posts this but at the top of the screen "A new article has been Chestnuts Roasted." or is it supposed to be like that?
Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 07/23/2006 06:01 PM EST
Wow, I missed on what looked like some good toys. I was really only into Transformers, GI Joe, Legos, and Robotix. To a lesser extent, I liked Robo-force and Star Wars. I missed out on some great stuff in the 80s.
The Boy-
I too have my computer hooked up to my big screen, although it's only a 50 inch. I wish I could figure out how to distort my computers video output somehow. If I use the widescreen mode on the tv, everything just looks all stretchy. For now, I just use the normal 4:3 mode, and I figure that translates to about a 40" computer monitor. This is of course not large enough to do justice to the Hyve.
Chestnuts roasted by spaz307 @ 07/23/2006 06:02 PM EST
Holy Shit people right after I send my last post a huge bolt of lightning flashed so bright that my hubby saw it while he was sleeping, and our smoke alarm went off. I think it hit the house crazy crazy stuff.
Yeah Sectaurs I think I'm remembering someone from my neighbourhood having it when I was a child? This is prolly the same kid that had a My Pet Monster,a Boglin, and a Gizmo. I always waned his toys!
Anyway, I really enjoyed this article, you can really tell Matt was having fun with this one.
Chestnuts roasted by IHAQ @ 07/23/2006 06:02 PM EST
IHAQ - Elmo's World also grieves my poor little heart. Where's Little Teeny Superguy when he's needed? Just pretend that Sesame Street is over after the first half-hour and pop in some other tape - I agree about Muppet Babies. My husband swears he's going to start our future kids on Robotech as soon as they can sit in front of the Tv.
I don't remember Sectaurs, but my husband had some and concurs with the consensus of awesomeness. The spider puppet made me think of Webster from that Nick show I was too old for - Eureka's Castle. Anyone ever had a sibling who got up early on Saturday morning to watch The Busy World of Richard Scarry? I hate that theme song.
Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 07/23/2006 06:04 PM EST
Jessica Marie and Norbert, Oh for sure he's gonna watch Muppet Babies and The Muppet show! Also gotta get some Fraggle Rock too.
I bought a CD with a bunch of songs from Sesame Street. Does anyone remember the Do the rubber duck song?
Chestnuts roasted by IHAQ @ 07/23/2006 06:09 PM EST
Jessica, I was the right age for Eureka's Castle (I'm currently 19, to make you feel old), and it wasn't until about last year or so when I found out it was nothing more than a 90's reincarnation of Pinwheel.
And The Busy World of Richard
Scarry was on weekday mornings too.
Speaking of which, all the early Nick Jr. stuff was classic (all the ones said already, Wienerville, Papa Beaver's Storytime, etc.), and kinda started to die down when Blue's Clues came along, even though it was pretty good at first, but like most children's tv shows, it's overstayed its welcome 5 years longer than it should have. And on that topic, I'm trying to find the SNT where I posted my 2 1/2 page rant on Kid's TV. Good chance it's the one that's inexplicably missing.
And form the last thread, thanks for the fundraising idea Matt. Everyone else, I'd still like to know good input.
Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 07/23/2006 06:13 PM EST
My sis who is now 20, lOVED Eureka's Castle, and, well, let's just say I'm still traumatized by Pinwheel and Today's Special..which caused me a life long leg injury...I tore ligaments while falling down trying to do a dance that the TOdays special guy was doing....traumatic for an 8 yr old
also my friend or bro had the insector fly glove dealy ma bob....That figure looks like something off Venture Brothers lol
Chestnuts roasted by mandy_Reeves @ 07/23/2006 07:05 PM EST
Great article, Matt! Bravo! But goddamn it something is really bugging me about the final figure party picture at the end. Behind the ladder, there's a robot dude that I recoginize but can't place. I'm pretty sure I had the toy as a kid, but I have no idea what line it was from (I had a Greedo figure that baffled me in the same way until I was in my late teens and figured it out). It kinda looks like the Lost In Space robot but it so isn't him. Of course he's behind the damn ladder so it's hard to spot him but he's there. Please someone help me out!
Chestnuts roasted by Antenna Villain @ 07/23/2006 07:31 PM EST
Looks like it's from Robo Force.
http://www.x-entertainment.com/messages/398.html
Chestnuts roasted by Chaomancer Omega @ 07/23/2006 07:47 PM EST
Invader -
I hardly consider Weinerville a classic! What about David the Gnome or something, Adventures of the Little Koala, even Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics...then again, I'm 25, so our definitions of classic probably differ. I have an episode of Weinerville kicking around on DVD somewhere (it came with cooler stuff, like Mr. Wizard's World and the Hulk Hogan animated series), and I'm telling you - it's bad.
Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 07/23/2006 08:10 PM EST
I can envision The Hyve being somewhere in the Advent Calendar this year. Couldn't you see Knacks and Kuse climbing around that thing?
Thank you, Kid Nicky and Kingklash for the correct spelling and stuff on Mazinga/Mazinger Z. I couldn't find it on the web before. I wonder if my brother still has his... I hope Mom 'n Dad didn't sell it, even if I was petrified of it.
Speaking of Sesame Street, does anyone remember the guy that always played piano and made up songs that already existed - for example, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, but he could never figure out what word to use (like "Star"
, and he would go absolutely nuts and start banging his head on the keys and stuff. I loved that muppet, but I never see him anymore. They probably took him off because of anger management issues, or some crap...
Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 07/23/2006 08:34 PM EST
I think that is awesome even though I don't see myself playing on it. Maybe if it had a rocket launcher on it or something. I second posting a picture of the wording around the door though, that would be sweet to have him translate.
Welp, I am back from Oaks Park, hot, very sweaty, and that was one of the most miserable times I tried to have fun but I just couldn't because I was a slimy sweaty miserable human being. I tried to just go on the sheltered rides, but I couldn't do that that often. I walked through this sprinkler thing, and I went back for some more soda from the company pinnic tables (they ran out of the palatable drinks, they only had pepsi, it was tolerable for me but for my friend he hates pepsi and so he choked it down)
Before the rides I slopped some potato salad, a nasty piece of chicken, some pork and beans, and the bowls for the potato salad were HUGE I have never seen bowls like that before!!! I think they had a tray with ice in it underneath. I didn't drink any beer, I don't enjoy the stuff and that is the worst thing to drink during the heat. My best friend though went on his first scary right ever today though!! It spun and almost went to a 90 degree angle really fast. I went on the spider and almost peed myself. Right in front of a coworker with her too little kids!! OMG that was bad but fuck it I was a fuckin scared little girl in that seat. The kids were probably 5 and 9 'rolls eyes' I told her I wasn't going to have her right a reccemendation letter for me cause she would put it on there I was a flaming pussy on the spider ride. BTW I am a girl. So I only went on three rides.
BTW I went on a louis and clark ride and they had a puppy with a collar drawn there with them by the campfire?? how did they make a collar in those days?? A bright red collar. A modern day collar. wtf...and they had a bear like omg a bear I'm so scared, and he was more like gettin' jiggy wit it then being scary, and an indian was doing the same jiggy wit it dance LOL. It was lame. Anyway here I go to write on my blog about this miserable day...
Chestnuts roasted by Goob @ 07/23/2006 08:39 PM EST
I wonder if Sectaurians puke alot wherever they go? Or maybe just when they eat.
Awesome freakin' article. I had no idea there were Sectaurians, I only knew (vaguely) of Centurions. Almost as cool as Dino-Riders!
Chestnuts roasted by Todd @ 07/23/2006 08:55 PM EST
That Muppet was Don Music click my name for a pic and bio of him.
Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 07/23/2006 08:58 PM EST
Ok click your name to see sorry about that!
Chestnuts roasted by IHAQ @ 07/23/2006 09:01 PM EST
Loved the article, Matt. The best you have written recently, IMO. Of course they are all great. Thanks for the memories!
Chestnuts roasted by chestercopperpot @ 07/23/2006 09:01 PM EST
Is it my imagination, or did Triclops swipe He-Man's vest? He shouldn't be allowed to get away with that crap.
Chestnuts roasted by Jeff @ 07/23/2006 09:05 PM EST
Damn, Matt, why you gotta be bustin' on my poor 17'' monitor like that? It's doing the best it can!
That being said, "Hyve Bags" sounds like something you get when you don't boil your water in a third world country.
Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 07/23/2006 09:11 PM EST
Anyone seen the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles's new teaser?
Looks xtreme.
Chestnuts roasted by Renaldo @ 07/23/2006 09:28 PM EST
Aww, thanks IHAQ! You're the best!
Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 07/23/2006 09:57 PM EST
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.
Chestnuts roasted by Cameron T. @ 07/23/2006 10:08 PM EST
I love puns, the more ridiculous the better, so I'm really enjoying this one. It's still funny, hours later.
White hot blazing content is super well and good...I'm kind of interested in whatever stream of consciousness you come up with though. Hooray for the Megaparty!
Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 07/23/2006 10:15 PM EST
I would like to give thanks for Mystie and her support yesterday when i was whining about my lack of nicotine. I had the strength to go on....
Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 07/23/2006 10:16 PM EST
I had the Voltron castle and Castle GreySkull of course. But I'm going to go with Fortress Maximus, because I know of it's allure these days.
It could be yours Matt, an original Fortress Maximus, for peanuts. No, seriously, a mystery peanut would secure your ownership.
Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 07/23/2006 10:31 PM EST
A Megaparty eh? That sounds pretty cool, it's prolly the only party I'll be invited to all summer. I'm excited! I'm excited about being excited!
Chestnuts roasted by IHAQ @ 07/23/2006 10:34 PM EST
Ryane, I think I remember the piano playing guy. It sounded familiar, and when I clicked your link I was like, "Yeah, I remember him!" My favorite Sesame Street stuff was Teeny Little Super Guy and the Pinball thing (1, 2, 3, 4, 5...6, 7, 8, 9, 10...11, 12)
Chestnuts roasted by LuLu @ 07/23/2006 10:44 PM EST
Hmmmm, will the MegaParty mean an extension of the summer so I don't have to go back to work???
Seriously, great idea. August is the worst month: it's hot, no holidays, back to school. Maybe the MegaParty will start the "augmenting of August" *shoots himself in the head*
Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 07/23/2006 10:53 PM EST
phunqsauce - All in a day's work, I suppose.
Hm. Pinwheel, Today's Special, Eureeka's Castle, Weinerville.... sounds like my kind of blog. Too bad it's my bedtime. I'm fucking tired... but I'll say this.... I have the Eureeka's Castle and Weinerville Halloween specials currently on my hard drive. They make me happy.
Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 07/23/2006 11:10 PM EST
I friggin loved the sectaurs, I had the one where you shoved your hand up a Spider with Mandibles? Ass. But our family was to poor to actually purchase any toys that weren't from Goodwill.
Ok Totally off subject here, But I need help. I need someone ANYONE to acknowledge that the Tigersharks exist. Not the fishes in the sea, but the cartoon. Did they ever have a toyline? Does anyone have a full lenght episode? Our did I make this whole thing up on a Crispy Critter sugar high?
Chestnuts roasted by Joker @ 07/23/2006 11:12 PM EST
*notices August Megaparty*
Woo!
Chestnuts roasted by Ragnarok @ 07/24/2006 12:03 AM EST
Awesome. I'm taking a paid week vacation starting Aug 19th, and my birthday is Aug 24th, so, double yay for the Megaparty!
Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 07/24/2006 12:18 AM EST
Click my name Joker,
"You've gotta tiger by the tail, hold on TIGERSHARKS" etc.
I've been posting too much
Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 07/24/2006 12:51 AM EST
THANK YOU MANIMAL!!!!
Finally someone that even friggin knows what I'm talking about!
It's awesome that someone else has head much less seen this cartoon. And somewhat disturbing.
Chestnuts roasted by Joker @ 07/24/2006 02:37 AM EST
Not only did Tri-Clops swipe He-Man's vest, he's wearing it upside-down to mock him!
Chestnuts roasted by BDK Mat @ 07/24/2006 02:57 AM EST
I take it Goob's another Portlander. It's miserably hot here right now, and an amusement park wouldn't be my first choice. I spent today in the theater. THAT makes SENSE, ya know....
Guess what? Mystie has Pinwheel on tape. But she won't let any of you have it. Maul her for it!
And now, the Teeny Little Super Guy.
Teeny Little Super Guy,
watch him dance before your eyes,
He's no bigger than your thumb,
"Snap your fingers, here I come!
Now stop me if you heard this one..."
Don't look in the sky, don't look in the sea,
he's inside of you and me...
"Did I ever tell you about the time...?"
Ya can't judge a hero by his size,
just like Teeny Little Super Guy.
Ohhhhh yeeeeaaaahhhh.
Sing it, cup.
Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 07/24/2006 03:14 AM EST
Go ahead and click my name to see some Mazinger Z opening credits,with the theme song interpreted by Animetal in their trademark style.
AFAIK,this anime never came out in the U.S. but Mattel(?) decided to buy a bunch of Japanese robot toys and put them out as one set called Shogun Warriors. Shogun Warriors also included Godzilla (who could launch his fist like a rocket) and I think Rodan. Marvel Comics put out a monthly comic for a short time about the Shogun Warriors,I have no idea how faithfull the characters were to the anime,I'm guessing not very.
Anyway,the one golden horned dude you're about to see explode (what's with all the fist launching?) is not usually golden,he's got a nice paintjob like everyone else,and he's one of the rarest action figures in the whole world. I don't mean like a mint condition Scorponok rare,I mean rare as in there's only like 3 confirmed to exist. He didn't come out as a U.S. Shogun Warriors toy,he was only realeased in Japan,and much like our horrible Batman/Spider-man toylines of today,the villians were ridiculously hard to find.
I really like the two headed blue robot guy,myself.
Chestnuts roasted by Kid Nicky @ 07/24/2006 04:32 AM EST
Saw Clerks 2. Fucking hysterical and sooooooooooo wrong at the same time...could've done without the drawn out go-kart montage though. that is my only gripe. YOU WON'T REGRET PAYING TO SEE THIS MOVIE!!!
Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 07/24/2006 05:13 AM EST
Matt...wasp the hell is up with all of the puns? They're millimpeding my enjoyment of the article!
...Okay, that was weak. I'll admit it. ;_;
Chestnuts roasted by Paul @ 07/24/2006 07:25 AM EST
Sectaurs, I kind of remember them. I know I didn't own The HYVE Playset, but I know I've seen it before. It is too early and too monday to be thinking this hard.
Chestnuts roasted by Geoffinsanity @ 07/24/2006 07:48 AM EST
I feel like all I'm doing on this thread is being contrary, but I thought Clerks II was the most wasted opportunity since Hitchhiker's. All he wanted to do was be offensive and have a bad romantic subplot. He hasn't matured as a filmmaker one bit. Aside from trying to be as offensive as possible, which is just so rad if you're however old K. Smith is, it was just a sad movie. I wish it had been more dialogue driven, like the first one, and I wish he would have focused on the Dante/Randall relationship. There were good parts, don't get me wrong. But I wouldn't waste money on anything more than a matinee.
Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 07/24/2006 08:21 AM EST
Tigersharks did INDEED have a toyline! I remember seeing them back in the day at TRU. As I recall, they were scarcely distributed (along with Street Frogs toys?) and have become quite quite scarce since. I don't know about loose toys, but carded examples of Tigersharks toys go QUITE high. Also, they were "Thundercats" scale, FYI.
Chestnuts roasted by Terror Claws Cole @ 07/24/2006 09:49 AM EST
Yo photochizzles in the house. Uhh... this toy is the sh*t...!!!11
Chestnuts roasted by Psycho69 @ 07/24/2006 10:31 AM EST
Ah, it's so cool to see the Sectaurs back on X-E! I had the most badass-looking coupling (it can't be biased if it's true) - Skulk and Trancula.
"Honey I Shrunk The Me" - . Any Oreo Cookies in the Hyve?
Chestnuts roasted by Candle Snuff Fungus @ 07/24/2006 10:46 AM EST
This article rocks for several reasons, but the main one being a coworker and I were walkin to lunch last week talking about old school toys and your typical He-Man, GI Joe, Centurions, Transformers, MASK, etc all came up and then I was like remeber Sectors! The ones where you stick your hand up the bugs ass and fly him around?! pefect timing!
Chestnuts roasted by Double G @ 07/24/2006 11:23 AM EST
I gave my cousin one of those flying spider puppett things for his birthday or something, but he was one of those little brats who played with toys for 10 minutes then lost or broke them and never appreciated that they had a story or anything. Then he would go back to breaking bottles on the basketball court. Oh well he's in prison now, and I'm fairly well adjusted.
Chestnuts roasted by keepontruckin @ 07/24/2006 12:04 PM EST
Kid Nicky You are right about the Marvel comic. I have the 20 issue series and it has absolutely nothing to do with the separate Japanese stories for the Robots, just their names. As I recall, they are all stationed together in Manhatten.
I think the mystique of Garada G7 was spoiled by the two reproductions and then finding one over the popcorn machine at the Popy museum.
Chestnuts roasted by keepontruckin @ 07/24/2006 12:12 PM EST
I was a cartoon junky when I was young and saw comercials for all the toys that have been written about here. Except this one. The article did not bring it back to me either. Aw well.
*very excited about august megaparty*
Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 07/24/2006 12:13 PM EST
ThunderCats lead to SilverHawks, which led to TigerSharks. Would it have all eventually led to BoloneyPonies?
Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 07/24/2006 12:33 PM EST
How delicious.
Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 07/24/2006 12:39 PM EST
wow, I actually had a large number of sectaur figures as a kid. mostly the basic ones that squirted water and such but I also had that dragonflyer guy. thanks for causing me to dig up yet another burried memory.
Chestnuts roasted by Gene @ 07/24/2006 02:30 PM EST
Let me get this straight though... you ARE still doing a Halloween Countdown right?
Chestnuts roasted by Vanbilderass @ 07/24/2006 03:52 PM EST
Awesome article! But I can't believe you deny Event Horizon. That's an awesome movie because of how it ended.
Chestnuts roasted by D @ 07/24/2006 04:36 PM EST
Luckily my boyfriend went to Vulgarthon with his brother, so he saw Clerks II months ago, and he didn't pester me to see it. His name is in the credits, along with a whole bunch of other Kevin Smith website geeks.
This August Megaparty is going to be awesome!! I'm getting my hopes up now so I can be in a full mouth-foaming frenzy by August.
Chestnuts roasted by Welsh Rabbit @ 07/24/2006 06:38 PM EST
Okay, I know that July isn't quite over yet, but I feel confident in predicting that August will be the best month named for a Roman emperor this year.
Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 07/24/2006 07:04 PM EST
I've looked at this quite a few times in a quiet horror/awe. Personally I feel it still pales to the G.I.Joe Terror Drome.
BUT!
It's a damn fine coffee table.
Chestnuts roasted by Kell @ 07/24/2006 07:12 PM EST
Clerks II was so amazing I can hardly stand it. Very emo, very awesome. Jeff Anderson deserves an oscar nod and I am NOT FRICKIN KIDDING. I Love you Randal (in a totally heterosexual way)!!!!
If it wasn't for V for Vendetta, I'd say it was movie of the year. Aug 1st, V on DVD, btw!!!!!!!
Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 07/24/2006 09:55 PM EST
That was amazing; an article that made my evening shoot par instead of bogeying like Phil Mickleson when he's playing mini-golf at $1-a-hole.
Although my curiousity has been stimulated. Does anyone know how much the Hyve was sold for back when it infested the shelves of retail stores?
Chestnuts roasted by Warx @ 07/24/2006 10:08 PM EST
Wow, I've never heard of that toy series before, and I'm a doctor! I would have loved to play with that, fill it with Masters of the Universe (as you did) but also with M.U.S.C.L.E. Men first because they're so small the place would be HORRIFICALLY large, second because Monster In My Pocket was not around yet.
I also had my action figures ignore who was meant to be hero or bad guy. Sy-Clone and Web-Stor were the best of freinds and would have loved Hyve.
Oh and, "adults viewed toys much in the same way we view different brands of grapes"..... What?
Chestnuts roasted by RedLightBulbs @ 07/24/2006 10:34 PM EST
I had the USS Flagg. I loved it especially since there was a cablehook for the Skystriker X-14. Loved playing with that I also had the Rattler (the A-10 Thunderbolt II [commonly called the Warthog]). I loved the Rattler and decided to have the Joes steal it from Cobra so that the Joes could have a couple of big planes to use on the Flagg.
Anyway on with the story... my grandmother lived next door and could not stand that "monstrosity" taking up all the room in the playroom. Nevermind that my brother and I were the only ones to use the room. One day I came home from school and find that she has torn it apart, while attempting to "clean the room." She broke the supports for the deck and the broke the bridge as well. My days as a admiral were finished no more epic battles with the COBRA Moray Hydrofoil and Water Moccasin. Oh the humanity!
Click on my name to go to yojoe.com and look at all the Joe gear I just mentioned
Chestnuts roasted by HammerofNight @ 07/25/2006 09:20 AM EST
The best part about the Hyve is the dark red shag carpeting on the ground floor.
Chestnuts roasted by Michael @ 07/25/2006 01:46 PM EST
I had the black glove dragonfly flappy wing thing. I totally forgot I owned such a thing until I read this article. Not being a part of the more major toy groups (He-man, Transformers, etc) it probably met an untimely demise. The toys that didn't fit in usually "died" a bit harder during play-battles... I'm thinking this one would have been good to drop out of a tree.
Chestnuts roasted by Megatron78 @ 07/25/2006 04:40 PM EST
The one regret of my adolescence was letting my brother lend our taped off the TV copy of the He-Man Christmas Special. Not only was it fucking amazing, but the special ran the entire 26 "episode" series of Sectaurs. I didn't know a single person who had them, but the epic storyline made me want them very badly. In fact, I still want them.
Chestnuts roasted by GiantSpoon @ 07/25/2006 11:25 PM EST
Matt-Read it and loved it My brother used to have some of those and i never did know what they were till i by chance did a fly by your website and saw the pics and went "O my God! That's what Nathanial used to have!...What is it?!" So i got throughly educated and now know more then my brother about toys HE used to play with. I enjoy that. *wicked laugh* lol-always looking for a one up on him. It's just cause I'm jealous that he's taller then me-lol. So Matt, you played with dismembered toys? Then I don't feel alone. My mom used to call me a freak cause i never did throw away my dismembered dolls and toys and used to give explanation about why they were "crippled"-like one was missing a leg and i said she had been in a bus accident...ok, so maybe mom was right and i was(...is...hmmm) a freak. LOL. Look forward to the constant updates in August. And by the way is that Snakes on Airplanes poster for real? What the crap?! I think if it is then this is the point were people should get concerned for the entertainment industry-
Chestnuts roasted by Natasha @ 07/26/2006 09:55 AM EST
i had no idea what the sectaurs were until i saw the pics. i had that main dude action figure with the bug/glove. that was awesome.
Chestnuts roasted by Mikey @ 07/26/2006 02:35 PM EST
I hope I wasn't the only kid who never recieved a mega playset for Christmas. I mean, I had friends who had the Turtle Sewer, the Ghostbuster firehouse, Batman's batcave and even the Crash Test Dummies lab or whatever... but I never had anything like that. Instead I had a sandbox (perfect for crashed GI Joe helicoptor in the desert fun, complete with cat turds) or stuff I made out of cardboard boxes and toilet paper tubes.
Krang and that mechaturtle joining the party are a nice touch.
Chestnuts roasted by Ronald MacKinnon @ 07/26/2006 11:37 PM EST
I have to say that I actually owned both of the toys in the article! I remember getting The Hyve and the Dragonflyer at the same time for Christmas one year. Thanks for writing about this...now people don't think I'm crazy when I talk about The Hyve and how freakin' huge that thing was.
Now if you did an article on the Chuck Norris and Rambo toy lines in the 80's, if they still exist, would be sweet...
Chestnuts roasted by Ray @ 07/28/2006 11:43 PM EST
ive been spending alot of time reading old articles...
http://www.x-entertainment.com/messages/323.html
basically, matt, you could just redo old acticles and no one would know the difference. (no one but me, and about three others who do not sleep, but rather read old articles)
Chestnuts roasted by kevin. @ 07/30/2006 04:52 AM EST
