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The first "new" prototype figure shown to the world was Terra Firma.
She was a big surprise at the Futuretro show in New York back in
2012, even though she's visible (barely) on an art print sold at the
show. She's also a fairly adult release in an updated children's line,
owing her look to the cartoon art of old Playboy magazines. This
certainly helps her stay in that 1960s vibe, despite being designed
rather recently.
Extending the life of the Outer Space Men
is a tricky proposition - you've got a line with limited marketing and
limited appeal, so rather than get tens of thousands of people to buy 1
of each figure, you get hundreds of people to buy seven or eight of each
figure. The strategy results in some increasingly clever creations,
including Blue Angel Commander Comet. Mel Birnkrant
did us a solid by describing his creative process at length, so go
ahead and read that when you're done gawking at the pictures.
They're here! I was lucky enough to get the box today - as usual my postman neither knocks nor rings the bell, but throws down the box as hard as possible so I can hear it in another room. Courtesy of the top-notch packing job from TheOuterSpaceMen.com, this new Cosmic Creators Outer Space Men Mel Birnkrant Edition came through perfectly - with a bonus mug, to boot.
It's also worth noting that Alpha 11 is cast in a clear colorless plastic and is painted - just like Metamorpho from the "2.0" line. 
While I've been hoping for "blank" or "unpainted" opaque figures like White Star Astro-Nautilus
for a while now, I always imagined them cheaper and sold individually.
A giant boxed set of 8 figures with practically no paint screams
"completeist only," which is no doubt why the 200-set run didn't sell
out at Comic-Con and why people aren't exactly screaming to get these. A
few samples were being flipped on eBay for $200 per boxed set, but
oddly nobody is splitting up the sets to sell singles just yet. Given
the increasing prices and decreasing customer base for the line, I hope
future, similar sets are sold individually just to encourage
less-hardcore fans to jump on board. Were I new to this line, dropping
$240 on 14 figures at 1 booth at a show would be pretty terrifying.