{"id":16493,"date":"2012-01-29T15:08:12","date_gmt":"2012-01-29T21:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=16493"},"modified":"2012-04-18T21:09:55","modified_gmt":"2012-04-19T02:09:55","slug":"outer-space-men-creator-to-appear-at-toypocalypse-2-futuretro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=16493","title":{"rendered":"Outer Space Men Creator to <Br>appear at Toypocalypse 2!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=16493\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=left src=\"newsimages\/fourh\/4hLOGO175.png\" hspace=\"4\"><\/a>Okay, if it wasn\u2019t already depressing me that I won\u2019t be able to make the trek to New York City for Toypocalypse 2: Futuretro, it definitely would now! The Four Horsemen have snagged a new special guest that I\u2019m dying to meet: the creator of the Outer Space Men, Mel Birnkrant! <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the official 4H press release: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><b>Toypocalypse 2: Futuretro<\/b> is less than two weeks away and we&#8217;ve just gotten &nbsp;the confirmation that the original creator of the <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shopfourhorsemen.com\/\" mce_href=\"http:\/\/www.shopfourhorsemen.com\/\">Outer Space Men<\/a><\/b> and toy industry icon <b><a href=\"http:\/\/melbirnkrant.com\/outerspacemen\/\" mce_href=\"http:\/\/melbirnkrant.com\/outerspacemen\/\">Mel Birnkrant<\/a><\/b> will be our very special guest of honor on the opening night &#8211; <b>February 10th, 2012<\/b> at the&nbsp;<b><a href=\"http:\/\/theshowroomnyc.com\/TT_Underground\/Home.html\" mce_href=\"http:\/\/theshowroomnyc.com\/TT_Underground\/Home.html\">TT Underground Gallery in NYC<\/a><\/b>!<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss this rare opportunity to meet <b>Mel<\/b> and many other soon to be announced toy industry greats appearing all evening to meet and chat with action figure fans! We&#8217;re really excited to announce to you the names on our growing guest list over the next couple of weeks, and you&#8217;re <b>ALL<\/b> invited to come to this very special gathering of geek culture.<\/p>\n<p>And speaking of geek culture, we&#8217;ve already gotten in a few of the <b>Outer Space Men<\/b> customs done by <b>OSM<\/b> fans and simply out, they&#8217;re <b>AMAZING<\/b>! If you haven&#8217;t gotten your <b>Outer Space Men<\/b> customs finished and out to us, what&#8217;re you waiting for?!? We wanna&#8217; put your stuff on display right alongside our own stuff for all the world to see, and we can&#8217;t wait to see what you&#8217;re gonna&#8217; do with our figures! The deadline&#8217;s coming up quick so be sure to go <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fourhorsemen.biz\/news\/2012\/1\/3\/outer-space-men-customs-show-at-toypocalypse-2-futuretro.html\" mce_href=\"http:\/\/www.fourhorsemen.biz\/news\/2012\/1\/3\/outer-space-men-customs-show-at-toypocalypse-2-futuretro.html\">HERE<\/a><\/b> the check out all the details and get your entry in to us soon.<\/p>\n<p>Last, don&#8217;t forget about the <b>AMAZING<\/b> set of super limited <b>Outer Space Men<\/b> figures redesigned by <b>Mel Birnkrant<\/b> himself specifically for <b>Futuretro<\/b>! This extra special set of figures will be signed by <b>Mel AND&nbsp;The Four Horsemen<\/b>, and will also come with an exclusive <b>Outer Space Men<\/b> print by fan favorite illustrator and frequent <b>Four Horsemen<\/b> collaborator, <b><a href=\"http:\/\/natebaertsch.blogspot.com\/\" mce_href=\"http:\/\/natebaertsch.blogspot.com\/\">Nathan Baertsch<\/a><\/b>! All of that for <b>only $125.00<\/b>! What a steal! If you want a sneak peek into Mel&#8217;s brain as he created this new variation on his old classics, check out the &#8220;<b>Custom Colors<\/b>&#8221; section of his &#8220;<b><a href=\"http:\/\/melbirnkrant.com\/sketchbook\/\" mce_href=\"http:\/\/melbirnkrant.com\/sketchbook\/\">Sketchbook<\/a><\/b>&#8221; website <b><a href=\"http:\/\/melbirnkrant.com\/sketchbook\/page13.html\" mce_href=\"http:\/\/melbirnkrant.com\/sketchbook\/page13.html\">HERE<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>The show&#8217;s absolutely free, so come on by, chill out with us and some amazing toy industry dignitaries for a couple hours, have a free brewsky on us, and say &#8216;hey&#8217; at <b>Futuretro<\/b>!<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beerlao.la\/eng\/main.php\" mce_href=\"http:\/\/www.beerlao.la\/eng\/main.php\">Beerlao &#8211; the official beer of Toypocalypse 2: Futuretro<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>-FH-<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal; \"><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/newsimages\/fourh\/futuretrofront.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/newsimages\/fourh\/futuretrofrontTN.jpg?w=640\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/newsimages\/fourh\/futuretroback.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/newsimages\/fourh\/futuretrobackTN.jpg?w=640\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><em>Click to Enlarge<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, if it wasn\u2019t already depressing me that I won\u2019t be able to make the trek to New York City for Toypocalypse 2: Futuretro, it definitely would now! The Four Horsemen have snagged a new special guest that I\u2019m dying to meet: the creator of the Outer Space Men, Mel Birnkrant!<\/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":[10],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pObc6-4i1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17046,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=17046","url_meta":{"origin":16493,"position":0},"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. 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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":16493,"position":4},"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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