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While not a huge surprise, the original 1960s series creator (and patron saint of toy fans) Mel Birnkrant has confirmed he is currently designing more new aliens for future series of the action figure line. Via the Fantastic Exclusive forums:
From 16bit.com:
In all the excitement on Friday, we totally forgot to mention that our set of the Outer Space Men series 1 (Astro-Nautilus and Metamorpho) plus series 2 (Inferno and Xodiac) arrived in fantastic shape. We're snapping pictures for reviews in the coming days, and we can say that it's totally worth getting a set to play around with.
From the Four Horsemen press release:
In the mind-boggling-but-why-stop-now third series of clear repaints, we're going to get some Holiday Themed Figures. The set of four will have new colors, vac-metal (or silver and/or gold) accessories, plus be for sale early next week-- December 13 at 9:00 PM EST.
Action Figure Xpress has sets of all 4 Outer Space Men for $47.99. Given that they're pretty limited, the price isn't half bad. Closed auctions on eBay have been $50-$75 for the set, or about $17-$20 for a single figure. Or, of course, you could just order the normal figure set which is due to ship later this year. The set is limited to roughly 300.
If you didn't get to New York Comic-Con, odds are you ordered (or tried to order) the four Beta Wave Outer Space Men figures from Store Horsemen. If you did, your order has been processed and odds are you have just received a FedEx shipping notification that your order is being processed for shipment today.
After months of hoping and an unprecedented two waves of "prepaints," Store Horsemen added the first four figures for sale. Right now. 
If you collected or read about the original Colorforms Outer Space Men toys, one thing you might remember is that packaged samples of toys that never got made are a big part of it. Thankfully, these new packaged samples of the first four figures are really, honestly coming. They go on sale tomorrow night!
After months of pre-paints and rumors, the first look at the final production figures and word on pre-orders are up on the Four Horsemen web site. Figures will be available in pairs for $22 or as a set of four for $40, plus shipping. It's also worth noting that the final painted figures look really good-- considering the asking price and the likely low production run, we're quite impressed.
A few minutes late, but still timely, Store Horsemen has the 4 New York Comic-Con Outer Space Men up for pre-order. Only 30 sets are available and it's limited to 1 per person. A set is $40 and $9 for domestic shipping in the United States. Good luck!
UPDATE #1: These have since sold out-- by about 6:10 PM.
UPDATE #2: On The Forums, the Four Horsemen confirmed the set sold through in 1 minute, 41 seconds. If your order confirmation number ends in 2998 or less, you got in. If not, odds are your order will be canceled. Obviously, watch their forums for more specifics on this issue. And hope they make more to fill the orders with next time.
The Four Horsemen added shots of packaged Xodiac in its long-running news rundown on the Outer Space Men line. What's there to say? It's nice. Check it out.
As expected, The Four Horsemen updated with Inferno's Packaging today. It's retro-inspired and they also let slip a tidbit about its form function, so the collectors wanting to open figures and store them on their cards are in luck:
Fans of this line (and retro graphic design) may wish to check out this Metamorpho cardback, which has a lot of great work in it. It turned out well-- but we don't need more description, just go see it.
Entering our second week of reposting news, we're thrilled to see The Four Horsemen update with the first-ever packaging photos for the standard edition of their new line-- check out the cardback and cardfront images. Much like the modern 25th Anniversary G.I. Joe line as well as Hasbro's various retro Star Wars series, they bring the old style to life while also bringing in a few modern touches. It looks really sharp, and explains just what the heck these things are. We approve. Astro-Nautilus is the only one on display so far, but hey-- gotta start somewhere.
The blue Beta Wave Astro-Nautilus was revealed today to be clear blue and pretty darned swell. The Alpha Wave version was clear purple. Limited to 330 pieces, it will be paired with the Beta Wave Inferno figure and sold via Action Figure Xpress at New York Comic-Con for $24 per set.
The next New York Comic-Con exclusive figure from Outer Space Men is Xodiac! The Man from Saturn is now green, rather than orange or the final production figure's colors. His gear comes in orange, and he's pretty striking in a sort of an Ecto-Cooler kind of way.
Next up on the announcement parade is Beta Inferno, a yellow prepaint of the upcoming figure from The Four Horsemen. This New York Comic-Con exclusive is also limited to 330 pieces and will be sold at the Action Figure Xpress booth-- AFX had the Alpha wave at San Diego Comic-Con earlier this year.
Seen here is the Toy Tokyo exclusive Metamorpho which will be limited to a puny 330 pieces. Sold at New York Comic-Con later this year, it'll probably be $10-$15 and sold with a yet-to-be-revealed second figure. But we're waiting for more on that.
Details are sketchy, but we got word through the Fantastic Exclusive Forums that there will be new exclusive figures available at New York's own convention on October. The as-of-yet unconfirmed details are as follows, which we repost here as we couldn't get the link to work, and the emphasis is our own:
