ROMA Collectibles Reveals the Sea Demon

One of my favorite figures that gets no love is the G.I. Joe Hydro Viper.  And now ROMA Collectibles has broken the dry spell with the GLYOS: Warlords of Wor - ROMA Exclusive SEA DEMON - Man Or Monster Studios GI Joe Inspired action figure!  It's $21, click here to order one while you still can.

Chakan: The Forever Man Gets Exclusive Painted Release at The Yetee

Chakan is here!  The Yetee has an exclusive Genesis-edition colorway of this Knights of the Slice-compatible Toy Pizza release based on Sega's game of the comic book character. This is the first painted colorway, and is $35.  Click here for availability.

Toy Pizza Exclusives at New York Comic Con 2019

There are a few Knights of the Slice/Toy Pizza items coming to NYCC!  Newest and newsiest are via Instagram - Noir Knight and Apotheosis Capsule.  Booth #682, Gacharobot.  Gorgeous.  I have no price handy.

Joining them at Super7 booth #642 is a crossover 2-pack with
Skallgrimson and Sandhawk for $35.

Captain Cobrus Coming to Ohio Toy & Comic Show

If you aren't making it to San Diego this year - where there are no Glyos for sale that I know of (but possibly an interesting reveal) - you can hit up Fairborn for Captain Cobrus.  Check out Wizards of Wor on Instagram for all the details as they unravel.  There should be online sales after the show.
...I hope to get one of these.

Warlords of Wor Power-Con Exclusive Pre-Orders Begin Friday

Via the Warlords of Wor Instagram: "TOMORROW, 6/21.
Power-Con 2019 Exclusives"

We don't know what, or when, or how much... but there's your notice!

More Onell Design - Thursday Night Drop

Onell Design confirmed in a post Crush the Clan that a new drop is coming this week! Including items from D-Con and possibly new things, set your clocks for 9:30 PM EST for the fun on Thursday November 29.  Click here for comments and hints.

A Deadpool-themed Callgrim, a new TMNG-themed Noboto, and a Quallerran that looked like Wolverine were sold at D-Con. Will they be here? I hope so!

Also I will sadly not be here for the drop, so if anyone can grab menu pictures please write me and I would greatly appreciate it!

Review: Four Horsemen Outer Space Men Beta Phase Ohpromatem Action Figure

It's easy to forget, but from 2010 to 2013 each and every San Diego Comic-Con and New York Comic Con had at least three exclusive The Outer Space Men action figures. Now you might see some at a New York show here and there, but the sets you could set your watch to are long gone. One of the last sets to be sold at New York Comic Con included a White Star Ohpromatem, at least sixteen convention exclusives in 2013 - easily one of the most prolific years the line had ever had for this kind of thing. The figure shares tooling with Terra Firma and Horrorscope, plus a few of Metamorpho's parts for good measure. It's a nifty figure, combining the cartoon proportions of Playboy's comic panels with nightmares from outer space. It's also largely unpainted.
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Review: Onell Design Outer Space Men OSM Mystron Demonula

As part of a wave of fantasy guys inspired by swords and magic and demons, the Outer Space Men refugee OSM Mystron Demonula fits. Space-faring knights can do battle against a red being of evil from another plane, who just happens to be from a popular compatible toy line. By now you've had many shots at Mystron as a clear figure, a glow figure, a plain white figure, a painted figure, with about 8 releases to date. It's not a lot by Glyos standards, but compared to most other toy lines it's a ton. Thanks to new colors and new paint masks, the results are pretty solid.
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Review: Four Horsemen Outer Space Men White Star Commander Comet Action Figure

Believe it or not, I expected the look at White Star Commander Comet to be the obituary for this line - maybe I've said that before a few times. By the end of 2013 and 2014, fan sentiment toward the Four Horsemen's two Glyos properties seemed to straddle the fence between adoration and loathing. On one hand, Power Lords and The Outer Space Men were amazingly well-crafted indie toys using familiar licenses to make something for the discriminating action figure fan. On the other, to recoup the tooling investment fans were effectively used to subsidize the tooling with varied, dull unpainted figures like this one. Effectively a blank that didn't have the good sense to actually be unpainted, this figure was part of a set that actually cost more than the fully-painted figures while delivering less. Even more unfortunate, the set continued - 14 of the (so far) 17 unique characters were done up in bare white plastic. And, if you can believe it, the set is going to be finished up very very soon, and at least those three have more interesting designs that make more of the whole White Star motif.
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NYCC Colossus Rex - Cosmic Radiation Edition On Sale Friday

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Review: Outer Space Men Cosmic Radiation Edition Gamma-X

When the announcement of new glowing "Cosmic Radiation" figures came up, I commented that these would be in addition to three existing glowing figures. I was told that the first Gamma-X [FOTD #939] didn't glow, but it does - just not very well. Regardless of the confusion, it's telling because it proves that Cosmic Radiation Edition Gamma-X 100% needed to exist. The original 2014 figure was a top-notch update of the original Colorforms prototype, matching the color and everything. It just didn't match the original action feature - that is, to glow in the dark. If you've bought both figures, you've got one that looks right and one that looks right, and this new 2016 convention exclusive is actually $1 cheaper than its dim-glowing counterpart. I'm not saying it's 100% better, but it's different enough that I think you've got reason to potentially buy both if you're so inclined.
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Outer Space Men Fans - Gamma-X Cosmic Radiation On Sale Now

In case you didn't get yours, the Outer Space Men Shop has just added the Star Trek Mission New York Exclusive Cosmic Radiation Gamma-X figure.  $25.00, and Colossus Rex 2.0 is still available if you want to save on shipping. 

A full review of this figure will go live next week, so come back for that.  And then you'll probably never hear about this one here again.

Review: Toy Pizza Knights of the Slice Integer Knight Action Figure

Because of things like shipping, sometimes I drag my feet. We don't have any Hastings stores in Phoenix, so I didn't pick up the Knights of the Slice Integer Knight - my first of this line - until Comic-Con this year in San Diego. This was an exclusive to the We Love Fine booth, but you wouldn't know it to look at the booth - I just happened to be checking Tumblr before I went to work at the show, saw the post, and ran to go buy one right after. (I'm not exaggerating.) I'm glad I did - it's a wonderful figure! I'm now upset I didn't get the fully painted ones. It's not that this pink figure with blue armor is bad - far from it! - I just see how much better the decorated ones are now. I can definitely say this is one of those times I regret not having jumped on the Kickstarter a couple of years ago.
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The Outer Space Men Continue - 3 new Figures by October

Crossposted from The Outer Space Men News:

The Outer Space Men are returning!  (Again!)   The last new wave of painted figures was a huge hit, with the 2 classic characters - Colossus Rex and Gamma X - selling so well that they will now cost you a lot of money.   (And that's assuming you can find them for sale.)

The fine folks behind the line are reissuing them with some improvements, along with a glow-in-the-dark Colossus Rex for the very first time. Gary Schaffer was kind enough to reach out with some details... and unrequested commentary added by yours truly.

Colossus Rex 2.0 - this will debut on the official Outer Space Men web site, and will also be sold at Star Trek Mission New York (September 2-4) and also New York Comic Con (October 6-9).  The figure is slightly closer in the rich color of the original Colorforms release 50 years ago, but includes gold - rather than purple - accessories.  

If you missed the original figure, this is a much cheaper alternative to the secondary market.  If you didn't, it's different enough that you may wish to get one anyway.

Gamma X Cosmic Radiation - This will debut at Star Trek Mission New York (September 2-4).  The original Infinity Gamma X was covered in a light layer of glowing paint, which didn't glow fairly well.   It was colored similarly to the original prototype figure, but didn't glow well.  The new Cosmic Radiation edition is cast in glow plastic and looks like it will brighten the night.   It's a worthwhile upgrade.

Colossus Rex Cosmic Radiation - The New York Comic Con exclusive for The Outer Space Men will bow October 6-9.   This mock-up shows silver detailing added to the figure with silver accessories.  (Silver accessories were previously made available with the Ni Stuff handmade Galactic Holiday 2013 figures, and also as a set from the Four Horsemen Store.)

At press time the only figure we know will be sold online is Colossus Rex 2.0 - I'll post more as updates become available.

New Albino Goliath - Mystical Warriors of the Ring

New!  Sorta!  A plain-white Albino Goliath is coming for the Mystical Warriors of the Ring line.   This one will be at Kansas City Comic Con on August 12-14 - hey, that's like real soon!   He's even painted, which is uncommon.   Thanks to Keshi Drop for the post on this one.

The post indicates another one is coming, so keep your eyes open.

October Toys SDCC: Skeleton Warriors Metal Weapons

Got $20? Go to booth #4951 to get your very own metal Skeleton Warriors weapons and new OMFG figures!  Click here to see October Toys' many offerings.

Spy Monkey Creations: Exclusive Crayboth and New Monkaa on Friday

Spy Monkey Creations will be selling new gold and green Weaponeers on Friday, January 24, at 12:00 PST.   No sign of their bright orange and black figures which were teased at Comic-Con, but these figures seem to have excellent deco and a couple of new parts are in the accessory packs.

Also interesting is a special Crayboth Eaglet for $4.  It has unique paint masks and more color than other Crays in the past, so if you're an Onell Design purist you might still want to be there for this really slick set of new figures.

NYCC Power Lords and Outer Space Men Exclusives: Online Sale Thursday

PSA: The Outer Space Men NYCC White Star edition are up for grabs on Wednesday while the Power Lords Ggrapptikk Grunts will go on sale this Thursday, October 17, at 3:00 PM Eastern.  The Outer Space Men are open to the public, while the Ggrapptikk Grunts are going to Fan Club members only - how this will be done, I'm not sure yet.  Also, it means you may not be able to order both at the same time, allowing Store Horsemen to double their workload and restrict saving you on shipping should you wish to buy both sets.

The Power Lords figures are $13 each, $25 for the pair, and/or 25% off for Club Members.

The Outer Space Men are $70 for the lot ($35 per 3-pack), or $11/16 each.

Glyos Carded Dark Traveler at NYCC

At NYCC, Onell Design brought about 100 carded dark, clear smoke with glitter Dark Traveler figures.  You can see a whole basket of them at Plastic and Plush, and at this time I do not know how a) I can get one, b) you can get one, or c) much it cost.

...if you bought one, please, let us know the gory details.

Four Horsemen: NYCC Outer Space Men, Power Lords Exclusives

This year, the Four Horsemen have (at least) a few sets of exclusives.  Two White Star Outer Space Men sets have been revealed as this year's "Beta Phase," and you can read about those at the Outer Space Men News Blog.  6 all-white figures with blue highlights for about $70, or buy them individually.

Also for sale, and confirmed at Source Horsemen, will be an unknown Power Lords item, also for sale at the Onell Design booth #102.  I don't know what it is - I would assume it's a recolor of Ggripptogg, but this is based on nothing.  It could be more Power Soldiers, which would be nice as those are great figures.  More as we have it!