I would love to see any of Mel's designs get produced or get re-issued. It's hard for me to fathom that any major US toy company would look at these videos and say..."nah...that sucks." I suspect they say, "yeah, that's cool, but I bet we could design something ourselves and not have to pay this Mel guy...."
THE HISTORY OF THE OUTER SPACE MEN The description read as follows: "Promotional video for THE OUTER SPACE MEN. Starring OSM creator Mel Birnkrant. Visit <a class=\"postlink\" href=\"http://www.theouterspacemen.com\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href);return false;\">http://www.theouterspacemen.com</a> for details on their Graphic Novel due out Fall '08 and their epic re-release as action figures." Pretty fucking cool. I wonder what Hiddy has up his sleeve, or if the new designs just correlate with his excitement for the re-release?
I have the graphic novel....not the most amazing thing I've ever read, but it provided an interesting contemporary backdrop for the characters and it certainly sets things up well for more story to come. I'm WAY more interested in reissues of the original Colorforms toys (not as interested in the Bullmarks, ironically enough!)...but I gotta admit, that comic was a lot better than I thought it'd be. I'd say it's definitely better than 90% of the comics out there these days...but I guess that's not saying too much! Fuck, I say buy a copy (or a shirt or whatever the fuck else their peddling) just for the sake of showing your support and to help them get reissue toys off the ground.
I read somewhere online that they are being remade. What has me worried is they might be re-sculpted etc so they are not confused as being the originals.
Just got a package from SB today and it came with a Warriors sticker. It has 3 different creatures on it, Skull, Skull with eyes, and Skull with exposed brain. The designs are very SBish. I'll post a pic later.
got a reply from Gary at Outer Space Men: Hi Kirkland it is a pleasure to meet you and thank you so much for contacting me. Well I cannot tell you everything right now, however there is potentially some really big news within a few weeks. I will add you to the list of people who I will reach out to personally before going public on the blogs to explain what may be something Earth shattering. I am assuming that you have been to my site: http://www.theouterspacemen.com. The images there of my series one and two are not to be missed and within the gallery are the images of my private collection of OSM. Mel is quite the genius for sure. I have been to his home dozens of times and the images of his living room which you can see on the Good Morning America video within my site's gallery is just a small sample of the ten thousand exposed and beautifully encased collectibles in full view on exhibit in Mel's museum like home. You are almost left breathless, certainly speechless when you first enter his front door. I hope that you have read my book, the graphic novel is getting fantastic reviews on the major internet sites and is catching the eye of everyone. I hope that you can spread the word that people should grab copies of this first printing as I am going to make a page change in the second printing. I have every intention of doing the OSM figures again. I have to wait for the perfect timing. This will coincide with what I hope to announce soon. Right now the cost to produce series one or two is quite prohibitive for the relatively small amount of figures that I would be ordering compared to what a Mattel or a Hasbro would order.
I met this guy at NYCC, atleast I assume its him as he was talking about teh same stuff as above. Took a lot of photos of his stuff too. He had some figs for sale in teh multi hundred dollar range, upto over $1K. He told me that virtually anything OSM fig related on ebay is sold by him (make of that what you will, but teh inference is he controls teh secondary market on these guys) - but I dont have teh expertise to verify that claim. Regarding his comments above about prohibitive pricing - he obviously isnt familair with what we pay for for our toys on here or some of teh insanely small run sizes.
The overall body shape appears to be the same shape as the Skullbrain, so I'd assume these would be the same size.
That center one is totally a decayed Devil Bado. Looks like he's been eating a lot of pies since the 70's.
I met him (assuming too) also at NYCC, am an now wondering if he and Hiddy may have met and began talks of working together.ll.
Nuthin's been confirmed regarding manufacture . . . they may just be a t-shirt line or sump'n! I'm hoping this isn't the case though and a new SB fight figure is in the offing . . . the proportions seem to support this theory and they would slay.
