I'm Bringin' Sectaur Back

Remember the Sectaurs?


These guys were Caleco's answer to the pseudo-science-fiction slash barbarian-warlords toys of the eighties - a Masters of the Universe type insect-human hybrid world of giant bugs and guys with antenna growing from their foreheads!


I had a few of these guys when they came out but they didn't survive in my collection to adulthood. I found Prince Dargon here at the local swap meet a couple weeks ago.

When I had my original Dargon, he came with a giant Dragonfly steed with movable wings. Another cool gimmick Sectaurs incorporated into their steeds was the fact that they were actually puppets - their legs were gloves that your fingers fit into (and I think you could also manipulate the creature's jaws.)

Another awesome part of the Sectaurs toyline was that each figure had a "pet" insect, and where Masters of the Universe figures each had a different action feature, for Sectaurs it was their bugs that had the mad skills!

I found this bug at the same swap meet, from the same seller, a week later. He wasn't Prince Dargon's bug, but buggers can't be choosers. His name is Toxcid and he belonged to the evil Skito. Toxcid's "action feature" is that he can squirt water. That's a pretty cool action feature for a toy bug!

Someday I'd like to get some complete and well conditioned Sectaurs again, but in the meantime I'm glad to have these fine specimin skittering about.