Relgothan Astro Kraken Conversion Set Wave 107 - New for 2025! Glyos System Series Item No.: No. n/a Manufacturer: Onell Design Includes: Astro-Nautilus parts, switch pins, Orkarru head, Relgothan parts Action Feature: Pops apart Retail: $24.00 Availability: May 29, 2025 Other: I feel like a glass shrimp in a pink panty
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Indie stalwart Onell Design are a creative bunch, making the most out of a pretty robust library of parts. The Relgothan Astro Kraken Conversion Set mashes up a few figures - the Relgothan (with Orkarru head) and Astro-Nautilus. I think. I admit, I have been a little rattled by life and haven't kept up on Matt Doughty's line which has more waves than most brands have products.

This release includes one and a half figures. This set has all the parts to put together an Orkarru or Relgothan figure in clear pink-ish plastic with metallic paint highlights. You also get 50% of an Astro-Nautilus figure, missing everything below the mid-torso joint. You get the head, the arms, the upper torso... it's kind of maddening if you're a big fan of those guys, because you can't put together a complete figure and it would have been gorgeous.

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The first figures came out in 2007, making this one of the longest-running action figure lines on the market today. This figure is a hair under 3 3/4-inches remixing the figures into a weird figure that reminds me of Beast Wars Clawjaw or Dead End a lot. The squid-like head has that familiar shape, and makes use of the Astro-Nautilus arms as limbs. All parts are that same clear plastic, with a generous slathering of pigment to bring out the suction cups and Four Horsemen-sculpted detail. You're going to have to do some twisting, but you can pose a surprisingly stable alien menace that feels like it crawled out of a sketchpad.

You can pop it apart and rebuild an Orkarru if you want - there's even a head with painted eyes for you to enjoy. I think the default build is the way to go, though. The standard head has three pointy tentacles coming off the face, white eyes, and a big pink element on the sides of the head. The noggin is on a ball joint, so it can be posed quite nicely. The remainder of the joints swivel, so you more or less know what to expect.

It's a clever build that takes away the chonk thanks to the use of the arms, and they're really great. As much as I'd love to rip it apart and try to rebuild Astro-Nautilus, I guess that won't be happening. The unique build here - which I dare not disrupt - has added joints in the arms which let you fold them for that 1990s attitude that you saw in ads for various CDs. It's a great design, and looks like the kind of thing that could have menaced the Micronauts.

Taking existing parts and making it feel fresh is a magic trick that you just have to appreciate. The switcheroo gives the figure a unique silhouette and it's pretty unlikely anyone is going to take apart their old Astros-Nautilus to make and paint a custom of this guy. I love what they did here, and I hope that the toymakers consider a fully-realized Astro-Nautilus with the clear head with a painted face. It looks great.

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