{"id":12309,"date":"2011-04-15T19:01:52","date_gmt":"2011-04-16T00:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=12309"},"modified":"2012-04-18T21:38:44","modified_gmt":"2012-04-19T02:38:44","slug":"theyre-back-mel-birnkrants-newest-outer-space-men-exhibit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=12309","title":{"rendered":"They&#8217;re Back! Mel Birnkrant&#8217;s <br>Newest Outer Space Men Exhibit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=12309\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=left src=\"newsimages\/fourh\/mel00.png\" hspace=4><\/a> Hopefully, you&#8217;ve all taken the time to explore the wonderful MelBirnkrant.Com since the Outer Space Men returned to Earth for last year&#8217;s San Diego Comic Con. It was always a great resource for the history of the Outer Space Men, but Mel has put together a new exhibit that celebrates their return and looks to their future! <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/melbirnkrant.com\/\" target=\"_Blank\">MelBirnkrant.Com<\/a> first came to my attention last year shortly after the Four Horsemen announced their licensing of Mel Birnkrant&#8217;s classic toy line. It was an invaluable resource for me when I wrote IAT&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=5217\" target=\"_blank\">Who Are the Outer Space Men<\/A> Truetorial and I&#8217;ve been happily keeping tabs on it as Mr. Birnkrant&#8217;s been adding new updates covering his time with <a href=\"http:\/\/melbirnkrant.com\/colorforms\/\" target=\"_blank\">Colorforms<\/a> or his hand in creating a line I had fondly forgotten, <a href=\"http:\/\/melbirnkrant.com\/trash\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Trash Bag Bunch<\/A> (I had a ton of those &#8211; I can&#8217;t believe I&#8217;d forgotten them), but his newest exhibit is one of my favorites. It celebrates the new line, what&#8217;s been made so far, what&#8217;s in the works, and hopefully where it can go if all those stars in the heavens align (and it&#8217;s looking like a lot of them are populated by some <em>other<\/em> space men). <\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/melbirnkrant.com\/return\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"newsimages\/fourh\/mel001.png\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Take a close look at the pics in that bulletin board above to get a taste of what Mel has put together. The exhibit features links to reviews of the previously released figures, work in progress shots of past and future figures, tons of photos, and some sketches of possible new characters that could be worked into the line with little to no new tooling. There&#8217;s one thing for sure, it not only makes me really want to get all thirteen of the original characters, but it makes me very interested in seeing the line continue beyond them. There&#8217;s plenty of cool stuff to look at, so why are you still here? Check out MelBirnkrant.Com&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/melbirnkrant.com\/return\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Return Exhibit<\/a> today! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hopefully, you&#8217;ve all taken the time to explore the wonderful MelBirnkrant.Com since the Outer Space Men returned to Earth for last year&#8217;s San Diego Comic Con. It was always a great resource for the history of the Outer Space Men, but Mel has put together a new exhibit that celebrates their return and looks to their future! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[1279,14,47,10],"tags":[2562,743,510],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pObc6-3cx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9771,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=9771","url_meta":{"origin":12309,"position":0},"title":"Mel Birnkrant&#8217;s &#8220;The Colorforms Years&#8221;","date":"October 12, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"We brought you our interview with Mel Birnkrant yesterday, but wait... there's more! Mr. Birnkrant has updated his site with a \"brief\" history of the two decades (1964-1986) he spent working with\/for the Colorforms company. It's a great read that provides insight into the toy industry that you won't get\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;7th Market&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17046,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=17046","url_meta":{"origin":12309,"position":1},"title":"Birnkrant Edition Outer Space Men: Available Monday Night!","date":"February 19, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"If you\u2019re like me and were unable to attend the Four Horsemen\u2019s Toypocalypse 2: Futuretro Gallery earlier this month, then you also missed out on a set of exclusive Outer Space Men figures. Luckily, this set, featuring new color schemes by the legendary Mel Birnkrant, is making its way to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Four Horsemen&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17858,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=17858","url_meta":{"origin":12309,"position":2},"title":"Four Horsemen Announce New Outer Space Men Releases","date":"April 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I lost track of time while working on the site redesign, so there\u2019s no 7th Market review this week, but I do have some exciting news to share. 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The Four Horsemen\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;7th Market&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16781,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=16781","url_meta":{"origin":12309,"position":4},"title":"Outer Space Men Wave 4 Review &#038; Toypocalypse News!  (20+ Pics)","date":"February 9, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"With Toypocalypse just a few days away, the 4H have announced an OSM poster featuring all thirteen characters... could it be that the final three will be unveiled at the show? I\u2019m getting a little ahead of myself though- I still need to review Wave 4 featuring Electron+ and Alpha\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;7th Market&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16839,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=16839","url_meta":{"origin":12309,"position":5},"title":"Armchair Coverage (Updated): Toypocalypse 2: Futuretro","date":"February 10, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"No, we\u2019re not cool enough to be there in person, but one kind reader reminded me that if IAT did attend, we couldn\u2019t provide \u201cArmchair Coverage\u201d. I guess we\u2019ll let that be some comfort as we get to work. 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