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sk8collector
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 Who are these strange spacemen??? picked up these cool little spacemen yesterday. Don't know who made them or ever seen them before. Has any one seen these before?? They are about 2 1/2 inches tall, and made of hard plastic like the old Marx figures. 
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| Tue Nov 06, 2012 10:41 am |
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ultrakaiju
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Re: Who are these strange spacemen??? Wow, those are really cool. They definitely capture that 'Heavy Metal' and early pulp sci-fi feel. There was that thread somewhere about the reissued similar figures too, but I can't seem to recall the name - was meaning to order a set.
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toothaction
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Re: Who are these strange spacemen???
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ultrakaiju
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Re: Who are these strange spacemen??? ^^ Sweet, those are them indeed. Great memory.  Not as cool as the above examples I'll grant you, but an adequate substitute for something easily available.
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sk8collector
Toy Prince
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Re: Who are these strange spacemen??? ultrakaiju wrote: Wow, those are really cool. They definitely capture that 'Heavy Metal' and early pulp sci-fi feel. Yeah, that's what I thought when I saw them, had that Flash Gordon flair to them.
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| Tue Nov 06, 2012 11:14 am |
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scobot
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Re: Who are these strange spacemen??? They are plastic spacemen made by Archer in the 1950's .. some of them are very rare. Great Find !!
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DYBBUKIM
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Re: Who are these strange spacemen??? Those look like reissues. scobot wrote: They are plastic spacemen made by Archer in the 1950's .. some of them are very rare. Great Find !!
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| Tue Nov 06, 2012 5:21 pm |
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scobot
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Re: Who are these strange spacemen??? DYBBUKIM wrote: Those look like reissues.
Agreed - The originals tended to be metallic colours and made of a very hard plastic.
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| Tue Nov 06, 2012 7:20 pm |
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sk8collector
Toy Prince
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Re: Who are these strange spacemen??? DYBBUKIM wrote: Those look like reissues. scobot wrote: They are plastic spacemen made by Archer in the 1950's .. some of them are very rare. Great Find !! Thanks for the info guy's. Yeah, they are solid colors, no metallic, so maybe re-issue. They feel just like Marx figures, but I picked up all 3 for $5.00, so I figured they were worth buying.
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boon velvet
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Re: Who are these strange spacemen??? Wonderful find! These are Great.  Apparently cosmonaut green knows the ancient art of praying mantis style.
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dr_tongues_toys
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Re: Who are these strange spacemen??? Colors denote re-issues. They also came with clear plastic helmets that could be removed as well as rifles/ray guns.
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ultrakaiju
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Re: Who are these strange spacemen??? Cool, I hadn't heard of these before, but it does look like the versions put out by Glencoe in the 90s also reissued the metallic figures too. I don't mind newer ones at all for that price.
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