Thursday, January 11, 2024

Review: Outer Space Men Cosmic Radiation Jack Asteroid Action Figure

The Outer Space Men, LLC Outer Space Men Cosmic Radiation Jack Asteroid Action FigureIt's kind of funny, but it's possible that Cosmic Radiation Jack Asteroid sat unreviewed in my house for close to five years - I picked up a lot of these guys to open and enjoy, but also to review, and the reviews frequently take precedence. Who needs to be written and shot quickly? That's who gets opened - so I just grabbed Jack since he's been one of many glow or white OSM who needed to finally be opened up. 

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Saturday, December 16, 2023

New Figure: Zollmen x OSM Astro-Nautlius

After the program of giant-size The Outer Space Men vinyl figures at pretty fair prices seems to have ended, we now have the reveal of the 50 piece 2024 ZOLLMEN X OSM ASTRO NAUTILUS BULLMARK SOFUBI figure.  It's a 12-inch figure styled to look like the Bullmark releases, which is good.  It's limited to 50, which isn't great.   It's $400, so I won't be buying one - on my browser it's a white price on a white background, so you won't be able to see it unless you highlight it or add to cart.

It's due around March, and will probably be one of the lowest-run items in the license.  It's super cool.

Friday, September 15, 2023

Review: The Outer Space Men Bluestar Glow-in-the-Dark Blue Gamma-X Action Figure

The Outer Space Men, LLC Outer Space Men Bluestar Gamma-X Action FigureAs one of the second year prototypes from the 1960s, most people didn't get any flavor of the figure that would become Bluestar Gamma-X until about 10 years ago. He's neat! Peak midcentury design with nifty b-movie antennae, clamp-on armor, and a couple of blasters make for a notable figure. You can get him in green, a painted version, or a white version - but the blue one is pretty spectacular. The blue back armor is glow plastic with a painted blue interior! It's striking, to say the least.

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Friday, August 18, 2023

Review: Outer Space Men Bluestar Maximilian Gravity Action Figure

 The Outer Space Men, LLC Outer Space Men Bluestar Maximilian Gravity Action FigureHaving launched at a surprisingly fair (if not cheap) $15, Bluestar Maximilian Gravity is kind of a fascinating figure. (The Cosmic Radiation Zero Gravity [FOTD #2,310] was $25!) As of my writing this there have been four versions of this mold - or rather, this head - and three of them glow in the dark. It's a little silly, but I'll allow it. The first ones were called "Zero Gravity" and now they're being sold as Maximilian Gravity.

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Friday, August 11, 2023

Review: Outer Space Men Bluestar Colossus Rex Action Figure

The Outer Space Men, LLC Outer Space Men Bluestar Colossus Rex Action FigureI swore off completism until a 40% off sale hit the same week I got a little something extra in a paycheck. I'm not made of stone. The Bluestar Colossus Rex normally goes for $30, which was too much for me to pounce on in early 2022. But $18? With the rest of the line, also mostly 40% off? I can do that. At this point I recognize that what I'm paying for is a big wall of glowing blue plastic more than an action figure I'm going to cherish in and of itself, but I was surprised to see that this guy delivered more than Cosmic Radiation Colossus Rex [FOTD #1,546] in new colors.

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Friday, July 14, 2023

Review: The Outer Space Men, LLC Outer Space Men Cosmic Radiation Terra Firma Action Figure

The Outer Space Men, LLC Outer Space Men Cosmic Radiation Terra Firma Action FigureI slowed my roll reviewing the glowing The Other Space Men figures because we got a lot in short order. Too many, you might say, since she's still available for retail price and that retail price was on the higher side of things. Cosmic Radiation Terra Firma shares parts with Luna Eclipse - and functionality, there really wasn't a good reason to do both - bringing you what may well be the epitome of midcentury adventure and space fantasy during the space race. We got a really great Infinity Edition Terra Firma [FOTD #944] way back in 2014, and we've also got an orange Alpha Phase one, a white Beta Phase Whitestar figure, a couple of custom Galactic Holiday figures, and I assume a complete run of unreleased Bluestar Terra Firma sitting in a storage space somewhere in New York as I write this.

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Sunday, July 2, 2023

July 4 Weekend Glyos Codes for Outer Space Men and Rocom Mighty Maniax

What could be more American than buying a bunch of stuff over July 4 weekend? If you're a Glyos fan, you've got two pretty decent sales this weekend to exploit.

At Rocom Toys, you can get 20% off an order of $50 or more when you pick up Mighty Maniax Glyos figures.  They said it on Instagram, it must be true.

Also, The Outer Space Men have what may be the best coupon in years - 40% off most items when you enter OSMJULY4 in the shop.  (I went ahead and picked up all the Bluestars I missed so far.)  It was also shared on Instagram.