Review: Four Horsemen Outer Space Men Cosmic Creators Four Horsemen Astro-Nautilus Action Figure

The original Astro-Nautilus is a big part of why I was so fascinated by these figures, and this new "Neonautilus" works well to remind me why. While not cheap, it's much cheaper than the previous Cosmic Creators incarnation and vastly different in appearance. It keeps the same mold, but by applying green skin and a purple suit, it feels like it came from a completely different era.
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Alternative Outer Space Men Forums: October Toys

Since the Fantastic Exclusive official Four Horsemen forums have been shut down for a while, you might be looking for somewhere to talk up Outer Space Men.

Might I suggest this thread over at October Toys?  This is on their nicely trafficked Glyos forum, which has a ton of nice people and most of the posts here are pretty thoughtful, just like over at the old forums.  Give it a shot, OSM-fans!

There hasn't been much news on this line lately.  At this time we don't know if Mel Birnkrant's Cosmic Creators figures for 2013 will show up at the next Four Horsemen Exhibit, or when the 2012 Infinity Edition characters will go up for pre-order.  But hey, maybe we'll know more around Toy Fair next month.  I'll be in New York with my camera again, so stay tuned for more!

Outer Space Men Galactic Holiday 2012 Arriving

The Outer Space Men Galactic Holiday 2012 are arriving now!   Mine was dropped off at 8:30 AM, which is, all things considered, pretty surprising.

In an interesting twist, this year the items come semi-packaged.  Each figure is packed in a sealed clear plastic bag, just like Onell Design Glyos figures have been for the bulk of the year.

The twist is that flat, unused packaging is also included.  Note 2 Zip bags, 2 Gemini/Orbitron header cards, 2 backer cards, and a flat, unfolded Cyclops box were also included in the order.  Interesting!  I'm interested in seeing if later shipments will come packaged normally, but I gotta say I hope the Four Horsemen keep doing it this way.  Flat, unused packaging is a fun collectible and I generally discard "used" packaging for most figure lines.

If you haven't ordered this set yet, they're in stock at Store Horsemen as I write this.  $50!

Galactic Holiday 2012 Shipping Now - Outer Space Men

Hey everybody!  I just got my ship notice for the Galactic Holiday 2012 editions of Cyclops, Gemini, and Orbitron figures.  No estimate for delivery yet, but I've got a FedEx tracking number and will post here as soon as they show up.    Last year it took about 4-5 days, so Happy Holidays and let's keep it vague if it'll be before or after Christmas for now!

As far as I know final figure photos with color accessories are not yet available, so big, big, big kudos on them for putting such a priority on getting the figures out the door!  I really appreciate it.  Now back to watching for the FedEx truck.

UPDATE: Our pal @JohnDoctorKent sent us our first-ever look of the final figures! Note Orbitron has white painted eyes and red gear.  Cyclops has green gear, as does Gemini, and so far we haven't seen if they have painted details yet.  The set we ordered should be here December 27, so more then... if not sooner!

UPDATE #2: Our pal @JohnDoctorKent sent us unhelmeted figures with the gear off!  Hooray!  Check it out.

Review: Outer Space Men Cosmic Creators Four Horsemen Xodiac Action Figure

By virtue of having one extra exclusive figure, Xodiac rules the roost as most-repainted Outer Space Man. Oddly, there's still room for more. As "Glowdiac," this metallic green version sports a purple head under his helmet, leaving the door wide open for more colors should anyone have the good sense to do banana yellow at some point. (Well, beyond customs, I saw an awesome yellow custom at Futuretro last February.) Like the others in this set, I appreciate that I can just look at the Four Horsemen Cosmic Creators series and go "Oh, these things are screamingly different." (Not that the Mel Birnkrant ones aren't nice, but nuance doesn't always translate in JPEGs. There's no nuance with neon.)
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Review: Four Horsemen Outer Space Men 2.0 Inferno Action Figure

The 2.0 edition of Inferno feels that it actually succeeds in the mission to make these figures as close to the 1960s bendable concepts as possible. While Xodiac has slightly different accessories and Astro-Nautilus is like 10% different, Inferno has undergone some interesting changes to give the figure non-electronic "light-up" properties, similar to Blazing Inferno from earlier in the year.
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Outer Space Men Galactic Holiday 2012 Revealed, Preorder, Free Shipping

Here's the skinny.
1. Store Horsemen is offering Free Shipping on everything through Tuesday November 27.  More here.
2. Galactic Holiday 2012 is coming! Gemini is clear, Cyclops is red, Orbitron is blue.  Accessories will be red, green, or random vac-metal and not silver as shown in the picture above. (I wish it were silver!)
3. These are expected to arrive in mid-December and shipped before Christmas.  Arrivals... well, maybe in time for Christmas.
4. The American-colored trio is unfinished and will have added paint details.

So, preorder by Tuesday and it's $50 delivered in the USA, which isn't bad at all.