Nacelle Sectaurs

Aw shit. Nacelle called my bluff.

I'd once said Sectaurs wouldn't get a second look from me until they did hand puppet mount bugs, and...

Frikkin' hand puppet mount bugs!




Time for that second look.

Nacelle kind of put you over a barrel on this one, didn't they.

Yep, I want these. I'm glad they are doing Spidrax too. I'm definitely in for the 2 bug mounts and Spidrax.

Nice, these are toys my brother and I had as kid, but we no longer have them. Heh, I've always had a weird feeling buying these second hand because of the furry body and the glove. I can't imagine you could easily clean them plus the wings tend to be broken or missing, so that leaves you having to splurge on a MIB. It's been tough to allocate the funds for them when there's a constant flow of modern toys, but I have been keeping an eye on eBay sales.
I bought two of the figures a few months ago from Wal-Mart while they were on clearance. I thought they were nicely made, smooth joints, and plastic quality felt good. I didn't think we'd see these.

I really wish Nacelle had made Sectaurs with modern articulation. Adding only a couple of joints does scream modern to me.

That said, these mounts are tempting. Loved them as a kid. Haven’t compared these new ones to the originals but something seems off about the dragonfly one. Like it’s all head. Maybe future pics will do it better justice.

But it also just makes me lament the lack of a truly modern Sectaurs line. Imagine if the figures had Marvel Legends style articulation and these rides were also articulated.

Yeah, I would have liked a modern-style line as well. I bought a few of the 4" figures when those came out way back when, and I liked them well enough (and I still have them). I think even at the time I didn't really invest heavily in the line mostly because I didn't see it going very far. And it didn't.
As for this line; I just don't know who it's aimed at. Are there enough fans out there specifically of the vintage figures that just re-making them, as well as a few unreleased figures, is worth doing? I guess it must be, but it's definitely surprising.

I don't think the modern vintage style redo figures are really catching on as an alternative to spending money on the original toys. I went all in on the M.A.S.K. at BBTS, but the only retro style figures to catch my attention have been Mattel Origins and their crossovers. I thought McFarlane's Superpowers would get me, eh, not really after the first few waves, and those figures had a nice price point and were small enough not to take up too much space.

I found my old post here from when I found Sectaurs on clearance, "Odd choice of them designing a figure that is about 95% old school and then adding double jointed knees that are reminiscent of an import design."

The Origins figures are real improvements on the vintage figures, at least articulation wise. I think that kind of approach is the best. Just dusting off old molds and re-releasing them holds no water with me. Or like the Nacelle Sectaurs, just adding a couple joints, just doesn't cut it. I knew what to expect with Dargon, and I was still disappointed when I got it in hand. It's just odd that Nacelle seems to be going for modern-style articulation with other properties, like Star Trek and Biker Mice, but poor old Sectaurs kinda just got no real improvements. I think they now own the IP too, so I don't think we're ever really going to see nice modern-style figures.

The concept of bug-men could really work with toys. Plenty of opportunities to really jazz up the designs and offer some cool products for a new audience. Just a shame that wasn't the approach. Guess some other toy company could make bug-people toys.

Yeah, the fact that Nacelle is making super-articulated Biker Mice, which are actually very nice figures, makes this choice all the more bizarre.

Am I seeing this right. Are the Bugs only $39.99? That's not bad at all. I honestly thought they might be a bit more.

Besides the big bugs being a better price than I expected, they also lowered the price of the wave 2 figure.
Speaking of prices, the Biker Mice and Robo seem like a tough sell even at $8. I don't know if the Walmart down the road from work had a huge amount of Mice (the action figure type) in the backroom because it seems like they are multiplying. They had a bunch of the guy with the mechanical body parts and maybe, one each of the other two. The bikes sold out at $20. Usually, figures at $8 from $35 would be wiped out. I haven't bought either line. The Mice were after my time and I don't have much nostalgic fondness for Robo, despite having a few as a kid.

mrboshek said:

Besides the big bugs being a better price than I expected, they also lowered the price of the wave 2 figure.
Speaking of prices, the Biker Mice and Robo seem like a tough sell even at $8. I don't know if the Walmart down the road from work had a huge amount of Mice (the action figure type) in the backroom because it seems like they are multiplying. They had a bunch of the guy with the mechanical body parts and maybe, one each of the other two. The bikes sold out at $20. Usually, figures at $8 from $35 would be wiped out. I haven't bought either line. The Mice were after my time and I don't have much nostalgic fondness for Robo, despite having a few as a kid.

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I would say there's just a really hard cap on how many people give any fucks about Biker Mice figures, and most of us got ours before Walmart was even carrying the line. So who is left to buy them? The bikes selling out makes sense because Walmart had them at the same time as you could get them anywhere else.

I find it interesting the Spidrax figure is $24.99 on their site when the first two figures were $39.99. I don't know anything about action figure manufacturing, but it's hard to believe economies of scale knocked $15 off their price. I had zero interest at $35 or $40. I think I paid $15 for the first two and after opening them up, I felt I'd be comfortable paying $25-$30 tops. I kind of feel like they were trying to bleed the customer at $40.

(I'm trying to remember if they were originally $40. I'm going by their website's listing. Anyways, I thought they were too expensive at the time )

I had nearly this entire line as a kid EXCEPT for the big selling point, the wearable bugs! I'm actually nostalgic for the companion bugs packaged with the normal figures more, but I've always wanted to try out the puppets. The fragile wings scared me away from buying vintage, but Nacelle mentioned these wings are stronger and they're even going to sell replacement wings. The light up eyes are a great bonus, too.

I really like that the new figures fit in so well with the vintage, as the old figures aren't hard to track down. But I was hoping there'd be an unproduced figure in each wave, helping to fill out the cast. My only complaint about articulation/design is that the plastic for the belts and such aren't rubbery enough. Taking those on and off and the flexibility there seemed to be a really plus for the original line.

I don't have a place to display these, but I'm really tempted. Might have to get Dragonflyer at the very least. I waited until Dargon and Stellara were on sale to nab them at Walmart, so I'm not in a huge rush to get these.

I know 1 Walmart that still has a Dargon for $8, so I may grab him now.

If I grab Dragonflyer, I'm thinking of getting one of those articulated wooden hands for artists and putting the puppet on that fo give him "bones" so to speak.