In 1968, Colorforms released Outer Space Men, which was a series of bendable figures. Using the basic constellations of planets in our own galaxy, each figure was given a name, and assigned a planet of origin.
It is speculated by several collector’s markets that the line was produced to compete with and also be incorporated with Mattel’s Major Matt Mason line from the same period. Colorforms failed to find much commercial success with the line when it was first produced, and the line quickly vanished from store shelves. This unfortunately meant that even though a second series was well into production, the line was cancelled before it would be released.
