I don’t remember where it came from, but here is a picture of a Rainbow Hector with a cat.

I found the file, dated July 22, 2007, on my hard drive.

I would like to see a person sitting in these chairs — holding a Rainbow Hector, of course.

From a Flickr search for “hexagonal molecular chair”.

Not quite a hectopus, but cool. A robot prototype, with camouflage capability.

hectopus chair made completely out of cardboard and hot glue
he’s a hectopus cuz he’s only got 6 legs
Hector the Hectopus by ~xForEverInMyDreamsx on deviantART.

Not as cute as Rainbow Hector, but if you absolutely must have a brightly-colored, smiling, multi-armed creature, this might do.

(Thanks, Robert!)

My brother-in-law sent me a link to this hectopus for sale. At this price, I am not feeling the need to add to the collection, but this fellow sure is a cute one.

My 10yo can’t wait for her summer theater camp to begin in a few weeks. Today I found that she had collected all the hectopodes in the house and lined them up to make them sing for her. She has a pad of paper on which she is rating each hectopus on “sweetness,” “funk,” and “blending,” apparently so she can cast them in the proper roles in Seussical. (Currently, Kirktopus is in the running for Horton, having auditioned with “Catch a Falling Star.”)

My daughter made me a Kirktopus for Father’s Day.

Dr. Jerz tossed this fine fellow at me during class today to illustrate the difference between active and passive voice. I’m pretty sure he’s a hexapus although I originally wrote hectapus. “Dr. Jerz threw the hexapus at Katy” versus “The hexapus was thrown at Katy.” I shouldn’t EVER forget active and passive voice again although I’m sure I will eventually.

Good thing his throw was a little short because I would not have caught the poor thing! Anyways, the hexapus made a great desk buddy during the lecture, and I wanted to share his adorableness with the rest of my class. –Katelyn Snyder