The Outer Space Men, LLC Outer Space Men Bluestar Gemini Action Figure The Outer Space Men, LLC, 2022
Day #2,875: June 19, 2025
Bluestar Gemini The Man from the Twin Star Algol
Outer Space Men Bluestar Figures
Item No.: n/a Manufacturer:The Outer Space Men Includes:Ray gun, staff with head, 3 total helmets, alternate bent/straight arms Action Feature:Glows blue in the dark, pops apart Retail:$30.00? Availability: ca. November 2022 Other: That's at least 8 production Gemini figures
The Outer Space Men is one of my favorite batches of toy designs ever, and I've still got tons of unreviewed figures. Granted, most of them are glow green, glow blue, or plain white... which is why I've been dragging my feet. I've got some really nice fully painted ones, and can't complain about a single one of them as a stand-alone thing. If they were doing new fully-colored figures, I'd be shouting their praises from the hills. And new characters? You couldn't shut me up if we got The Man from the Sun or The Woman from Ceres. But I've got eight two-headed guys on my shelves now, so it took a bit to get to the very bright Bluestar Gemini.
Gemini has had at least three fully-painted versions to date, three clear versions, and also three opaque versions - the aforementioned White Star, Bluestar, and Cosmic Radiation [FOTD #1,615]. This one glows in a nice blue color, and if properly charged it can last for hours. I don't mean "three or four hours," I mean "you can charge it, go to bed, and it's still glowing in the morning." Blue Glyos plastic is magic.
The 3 1/4-inch scale alien is gifted with two - technically three - clear bubble helmets. Each head has one, including the two-faced head on his staff. The figure is made of several parts, including ten plugs on his chest. The arms are swappable, as the baggie includes bent and straight arms. The legs swivel, the wrists and ankles swivel, but he's pretty top-heavy thanks to the massive chest required to support two heads. Each head is rather pointy, with noses, chins, and ears that are on theme. His eyes are a little squinty, and everything looks like it came out of the late 1960s. The reason for this is that the original unreleased prototype for this figure would have been released around 1970. Sadly, landing on the moon ruined the desire for space toys because there were no little green men to be found.
The figure's basic design is the same as the rest of the line, with a tight space suit peppered by faux accordion joints to represent the bendable parts of the original 1960s Colorforms figure designs. For this release, the figure was cast entirely in glow-in-the-dark blue plastic with a few painted bits on the joints accessories, and eyes. It's pretty simple. The blue glow plastic absorbs a lot of light - and therefore, detail - but you can still make out the wrinkles and the shapes that make him (them?) up.
As I've mentioned previously, the Glyos-compatible figure can pop apart at every single joint. This allows you to swap parts with other figures from this and other lines, like Callgrim or Onell Design's Glyos System Series. What's particularly wonderful about all Glyos figures with glowing elements is how bright they can be, or how long they can last. The blue glow plastic, if charged for a brief period of time, can last all night long and into the morning. It won't be bright blue, but in a dark closet you can still see it dimly shining after 8-10 hours.
The sellers of these toys have increased the price over the years, so you can't get it for the original price (and I can't find a note of what it was - I didn't take good notes during this era.) Given what toys are starting to sell for these days, it's a low-run collectible figure of limited interest - most likely only a few hundred were produced. I'm very fond of these figures, but I know that the glowing ones and white ones - while awesome - will not be seeing a lot of love from me compared to the spectacular fully-painted releases. (And for the record, they've only done two.) From the look of things, I've got almost 20 more figures left to review so stay tuned for more of those over the next few years.
If you have the means and opportunity, I'd recommend getting the Infinity Edition [FOTD #654] or Ulstriax - Fugitive from Algol [FOTD #1,603] versions first. If you've still got an appetite for more, go get the glow ones. You'll be impressed with the shine, assuming you have a hankering for multiples of the same character.
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