[Borealis]

Hi, folks! New member here.

Recently there's been some memories resurfacing from my childhood, featuring a series of action figures that I just can't find anywhere. And it drives me mad. I have no idea what they were called, but I think I can describe them fairly well, and I'm hoping someone here can assist me in identifying them.

It's from somewhere in the early- or mid-90s. The figures themselves were rather small, probably somewhere between 2 and 3 inches, most of them resembling robots or mechanical animals. They usually had moving parts (either arms and legs, or even arms, torso and wings, etc.), which I think is rather unusual for such small toys. They probably weren't the cheapest toys, and I think they were sold both individually and in packs of three.

I vaguely remember the line of toys split into two different factions, and I'm pretty sure one was more sinister-looking than the other. They all had a symbol representing their faction, usually on the chest, and one of them resembled the silhouette of a bull's head.

I remember some specific ones too, if that will help: One that actually looked quite a bit like Pinsir (you know, the Pokémon), in black armor and with spikes on the shoulders; and one with wings, like a mechanical flying insect, painted in white and blue.

I know I wasn't the only kid in the neighbourhood who had these, and I grew up on a fairly remote island in the Arctic, ergo they can't have been very rare.

Hope someone here can help me identify these toys!