Cosmic Creators: Mel Birnkrant Edition, The Sequel

Here's a fun surprise!  The always fun Mel Birnkrant posted another batch of Outer Space Men "custom" figures which are a little bit more fancy than the original 2011 deco figures.  Needless to say, I love 'em.  (Also needless to say, I hope they aren't $125 for the set again.)

You can find them all here with tons of production notes and pictures.

The new figures are as follows:

Red Devil Mystron: Clear orange figure painted purple. Looks really nice, the face is also orange.  The weapon is gold, as are all the weapons in this subset.  The purple gargoyle gun looks particularly nice, too.

 Fire and Ice Electron+: At first glance it isn't super-different, but it is. The figure is made of translucent blue plastic with silver armor painted over it.  The head is clear blue, and there are some orange bits to be "fire."  It looks nice.

Alpha 11: Based on an unproduced concept for a refresh of Alpha 7 from the late 1960s. Does not include the little starhopper vehicle, but has a nifty new deco and a new "garment" painted over his head.  Gold gun, orange helmet.  I approve.

Blue Angel Commander Comet: Rounding out the set, this figure now has metallic blue armor plus a two-piece helmet which is purple in the front and blue in the back.  I really like it too.  The metallic, iridescent deco on the armor looks like it might be even cooler in person.

So there ya go!  Four more new guys.   Now go get a bigger shelf, because there will probably be some new Four Horsemen ones coming too.

Cosmic Creators Fully Revealed - Four Horsemen Edition

Behold! The Four Horsemen Cosmic Creators Edition of the Outer Space Men are here.

Mostly pink and green, the original four figures are coming back with snazzy new paint jobs and as of yet unknown pricing.  For now, though, go check 'em out again.  They first debuted in February and the first official photographs still look really slick!

2012 Outer Space Men Test Shots, Alpha Phase Colors Confirmed

It's that time again! Comic-Con is just around the corner and the Four Horsemen have revealed the Alpha Phase Outer Space Men for 2012! Sort of. They're teasing us with some gorgeous test shots, and confirming that this year we're getting clear red Orbitron, clear yellow Gemini, and clear light blue Cyclops (and, interestingly, not the previously shown Colossus Rex.)  Well, I'm excited!  They say preorders will be soon on these and other new releases.

Because I Missed It: Cosmic Creators Outer Space Men Four Horsemen Edition

I don't know how I missed these, but Tad Ghostal found Four Horsemen Cosmic Creators Series Figures at Futuretro last night. I didn't even see 'em. No release date or price was given, but they look gorgeous. ...so how much are they?

NEW CHARACTER! Terra-Firma, the Woman from Earth

I just came back from Futuretro, the Toy Tokyo show with tons of Four Horsemen stuff. I've got 300 pictures to go through, but I felt it was important to share this picture of a new character-- not a custom-- with you. Meet Terra-Firma, the Woman from Earth. Since it was noisy and the people to ask were in and out, I was not able to confirm the who/what/when/why/how, but I do have far too many pictures. So check her out!

Four Horsemen Reveal New Outer Space Men

Philip J Reed went to the Four Horsemen's "Toypocalypse" event last night and wrote it up, but his photos are particularly notable. Mixed in with He-Man prototypes and original creations were Alpha 7, the man from Mars and Electron+, the Man from Pluto. No release dates were listed, but it's worth noting they were put out next to new prototypes of Mystron and Commander Comet. See more on his Flickr page.

What's out? What's coming?

LAST UPDATED DECEMBER 24, 2010

AVAILABLE NOW

Alpha Phase: San Diego Comic-Con 2010 Exclusives
Astro-Nautilus, Clear purple, 300 pcs
Inferno - Clear red, 300 pcs
Metamorpho - Glow-in-the-dark, 300 pcs
Xodiac, Clear orange, 300 pcs

Beta Phase: New York Comic-Con 2010 Exclusives
Astro-Nautilus, Clear blue, 300 pcs
Inferno - Clear yellow, 300 pcs
Metamorpho - Clear pink, 300 pcs
Xodiac, Clear green, 300 pcs

Infinity Edition
Astro-Nautilus, the Man from Neptune
Inferno, the Man from Mercury
Metamorpho, the Man from Alpha Centauri
Xodiac, the Man from Saturn

Holiday Edition: Figures have either Silver or Gold weapons
Astro-Nautilus, Clear red
Inferno - Clear blue
Metamorpho - Clear green
Xodiac, Clear colorless

COMING SOON
Infinity Edition
Commander Comet, the Man from Venus
Mystron, the Man from Hollow Earth


The original line in the 1960s had 7 figures produced with 6 more almost produced for a second series, which achieved a legendary status among toy collectors. There are also said to be numerous unfinished concepts, so it's entirely possible previously unseen characters could make it out. Otherwise, it might cap at 13 sculpts plus repaints.