Surprises are fun, and the Traveler Xycoss Clone
was surprising design taking cues from a few of the Adventure
People-themed figures from 2017. The sub-line was a treat, and this
clear red figure has silver markings while the Rayexx and Pheytron
figures sported other colors. The Traveler Xycoss Clone isn't as
ornate, but it's plenty cool.
In a year of several tribites to the classic Adventure People action figures, Fireyden
was a mystery figure this past November. Onell Design ramped up the
paint, and generally speaking their experiments are worthwhile. I was
wondering if it was going to be more than a Rayexx head on a Clawden
body, and indeed it was.
Argenesis! Cranberry and pumpkin await you - and a mystery figure, which I don't know what it is but I ordered it because I missed the last one and I'm still kicking myself. Click here to see the November 30 2017 Onell Design drop menu.
I'd say "this is a good one," but you know they're all good ones. The Outer Space Men Cosmic Radiation Inferno
the first time the mold has been sold as a glowing figure - that's
good! What stinks is that for whatever reason, there are no new glowing
red Glyos figures being made. If they jumped on it a few years
earlier we'd have flaming, glowing red men from Mercury, but it was not
meant to be. At least we got a glowing green one in a surprisingly
vast collection of figures.
Meet Inferno! If you love Cosmic Radiation The Outer Space Men figures - and you know I do! - three more are coming. The first of which is Inferno, dropping Wednesday, October 11, at 9:00 PM Eastern. (Or earlier a bit, if history has been any indication. 
That's the stuff. In popular culture, The Outer Space Men
got this guy right the first time. He's a little green man, after all.
He's also been blue, bluegreen, a creamy color, and in vague Mickey
Mouse-esque cosplay. Cosmic Radiation Alpha 7 brings one of the
more famous toy martians not named Marvin and brings him back to the
best hue of the atomic age - atomic glow green. If ever there was a
more appropriate combination, I'd like to see it. (Actually, they're
all pretty appropriate as glowing figures given the fears of atomic
energy in sci-fi schlock of the era.)
Ever since the line was introduced, I was looking forward to the Bit Figs Mega Bit Spectre Pheyden Set.
I wasn't sure if it would be painted or not, so seeing them do both
versions was a nice surprise. Naturally, I bought both - it's a big
pixel figure with soft, glowing plastic. It's also a small figure with
glowing plastic. It's two figures! The little one is the same size
as the Bit Figs you'll find in vending machines (and should buy), while
the bigger one is about the same size as a regular Pheyden figure -
about 2 3/4-inches tall.
Boy howdy am I glad I got a Bit Figs Matryx Pheyden.
This is the kind of thing you know and love if you're just the right
age - the Onell Design stalwart has been made in the colors of the
original 1989 GameBoy, which has been recolored many times, in many
formats. It's a good fit - and it has an insane multi-color tampo on
the chest that shows just how fancy these figures can be at a reasonable
price. It's basically the same old Pheyden with new deco. This is
good enough for me.
Another success in the mad science that is Adventure People cloning, Neo Astrovos
was a mystery figure in June for just $12.00. Surprisingly, the
Fisher-Price homage wasn't added to the Glyos database like many other
mystery figures. Why? I have no idea.
