With a unique other worldly appearance highlighted by brilliant metallic paint and translucent weapons, the Outer Space men (A.K.A. the Colorforms Aliens) were among the coolest toys ever created.  They not only had great play ability value (at least until the wires broke) but they pushed the envelope of imagination and creativity in the toy world.  There were seven figures in the first series, each with its own unique persona.  Below is a brief description of each along with their story.  More to come.
   
Alpha 7  The Man From Mars

The smallest of the aliens, he has a clear blue plastic helmet and a pistol.  Alpha is the quintessential "little green man"  He is finished in blue metallic paint.  There are two variations, the dark blue paint seen here, and a lighter blue.

Far below the surface of the dying planet Mars, the descendants of a once great race live on. Above them the majestic cities have long since crumbled and the vast canals lie buried beneath a silent sea of rust red sand. With time and water running out, Alpha 7 and the other members of the Martian armada travel the galaxy in search of a suitable planet to make their own.  Their frequent reconnaissance missions and landings on our Earth have given rise to what most earth men consider "wild" stories of "flying saucers" and "little green men". 

Astro Nautalis  The Man From Neptune

The rarest of the aliens, he comes with a trident.  He appears to be a rough approximation of a squid or octopus, give or take a limb. 

Deep beneath the stormy seas of Neptune, great cities loom majestically in the shimmering twilight of a vast and beautiful water world. Here the mighty Triton people live. Not content to see the sun as but a glimmer and the stars as tiny ripples floating on the surface of the sea above, Astro Nautilus and his band of Triton mariners venture forth to sail and chart that greater ocean, Outer Space. Often visiting our planet they land, secretly, without all human knowledge, in the very depths of Earth's great oceans.

Commander Comet  The Man From Venus

The only alien with a human appearance, he has a clear pink plastic helmet, white plastic wings and a brown crossbow.  The commander is a cross between an astronaut and cupid.  He was originally painted gold, but with time fades to a greenish color.

From Olympus, largest of the great cloud cities of Venus, the mighty cloud ship Cumulus sets forth. Like a fiery comet it blazes through the blackness of outer space toward Earth. Its captain, Commander Comet, is a direct descendant of the mighty Zeus, leader of the historic first Venusian expedition to Earth, which landed near the Grecian Isles 3,000 years ago. Commander Comet's present mission is one of routine Earth surveillance, and once within the atmosphere of Earth, his ship will join the great fleet of Venusian craft that float like clouds above our planet night and day, watching undetected over our world.
 

Electron +  The Man From Pluto

1950's movie style android with clear purple plastic helmet, amber jewel in his chest and sidearm.  He has a benign almost angelic expression.  He is gray rubber, painted silver.

The cold and desolate planet Pluto is too far from the sun to derive its heat and, thus, the very atmosphere lies frozen and life as we know it cannot exist. But there, at the very edge of our solar system, the great Intergalactic Winds that blow between the stars carry with them great masses of cosmic energy. In the beginning, this living energy bombarding the frozen planet did itself freeze to become living matter and, thus, a mighty race of beings began. Created of energy, they can become energy at will and Electron +, from his laboratory in Electra City, can transport himself throughout the universe as a beam of light. 

 

Orbiron  The Man From Uranus (No Jokes, Please)

Do you remember the Metaluna Mutant from "This Island Earth"?  Orbitron has a clear red pistol.  Orange with brown accents.

From the barren mountains of Uranus great waves of thought reach out through the blackness of outer space probing the universe. Thus, Orbitron and the men of Uranus search the stars seeking the lost knowledge of the Ancient Ones. On great ships they travel to the farthest reaches of our galaxy and beyond. Able to read the minds of men, they have collected the learning of a thousand worlds, and yet they go on searching in a never ending quest to learn that which it has been ordained no man shall ever know. 

Colossus Rex  The Man From Jupiter

Large, knurled, and for some reason, aquatic.  Comes with translucent purple mace.  The mace has a small loop at the end to facilitate his holding it.  Green rubber with aqua metallic paint and purple shorts.

From the huge red spot near the equator of the giant planet Jupiter, a great ship travels forth. On board is the mighty warrior, Colossus Rex, strongest of the strong. The colossal strength needed merely to survive the crushing pressure of the atmosphere and enormous force of gravity on his native Jupiter make him a veritable superman on other worlds. Invulnerable to attack, invincible in battle, brute strength alone is his only weapon. Yet no power in the galaxy can defeat him. We hope his mission is merely to explore the universe and not to conquer it. 

Xodiac  The Man From Saturn

Xodiac has clear orange accessories including a helmet, staff and pistol.  The staff is fragile and easily broken. There is a saturn logo on his chest.  He is orange fluorescent rubber with dark blue metallic paint.

Saturn is the most beautiful of all the planets. Its symmetrical rings give it a matchless grace and there is nothing like them anywhere else in the solar system. Constructed and placed in orbit by the Elders, millenniums ago, they give the people of Saturn complete mastery over the forces of gravity on their planet. Thus, all work is done by perpetual motion and men can fly above their world in great machines tuned to the frequency of the rings. Freed from manual labor, the men of Saturn have developed great wisdom and the wisest among them is Xodiac. It is said of him that he can tune his staff to play upon the great rings; the music of the spheres resounding throughout the universe to be heard by wise men everywhere.

 
 
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