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ICON HEROES TO OFFER LICENSED MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE HE-MAN POWER SWORD LETTER OPENER

Manufacturer of Pop Culture Toys and Collectibles, Icon Heroes, to Offer New He-Man Power Sword Exclusively at San Diego Comic-Con July 12th-14th

SAN DIEGO (July 4, 2012), Defend Eternia with the Masters of the Universe He-Man Power Sword Letter Opener by Icon Heroes, LLC. Wield He-Man's Power Sword from your desk and swiftly open your mail! Crafted in metal, the He-Man Power Sword letter opener measures approximately seven inches long and is available for $20 exclusively at 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International, Action Figure Xpress Booth 3345.

May 2012 - The Four Horsemen have sent word about their latest batch of Outer Space Men pre-orders:

Three new Outer Space Men figures go up for pre-order at 9pm EST tonight (May 21st, 2012) at http://www.StoreHorsemen.com. Alpha Phase Editions of Gemini, Orbitron and our very first deluxe Outer Space Man - Cyclops will be $50.00 per set of three figures, and will be released in extremely limited quantities.

For more details, images and info, just go to http://www.FourHorsemen.biz and for a direct link to tonight's pre-order, just go to http://www.shopfourhorsemen.com/alphwa5alphd.html

Tonight - May 3rd, 2012 - two upcoming Outer Space Men sets will be going up for pre-order at http://www.StoreHorsemen.com!

INFINITY EDITION OUTER SPACE MEN WAVES 1&2 (2.:

These are slightly revised versions of AstroNautilus, Metamorpho, Inferno and Xodiac will go up for pre-order at 9:00pm EST on 5/3/2012 at Store Horsemen!

These new incarnations of the first four Outer Space Men that were released feature new paints and clear weapons and accessories that will bering each character closer to the original vision of OSM creator - Mel Birnkrant!

Each figure will come on its own unique collector friendly blister card for only $50.00 per set of four figures (plus shipping & handling charges).

Quantities are extremely limited and orders accidentally taken over the allotted total amount for sale will be cancelled. If this happens, those customers will be first in line to order the next re-run of Infinity Edition Waves 1&2.

March 28, 2012 - The New York Times has posted a follow-up interview with the Four Horsemen, to get their reaction to reader suggestions on the original interview.

If you missed it last week, the original interview (two pages) was at this link.

March 21, 2012 - The Four Horsemen have been interviewed by the New York Times!

We've seen a lot of interviews with the Horsemen over the years, and done a few ourselves, but this one is a bit different, discussing mostly their business model instead of which characters they are working on or what materials they are using to sculpt. It is part of a series of "case studies" about small businesses.

Here's the interview (two pages), and it looks like there will be a follow-up piece next week. The Horsemen's FANtastic Exclusive forum also has a thread going about the interview.

February 24, 2012 - The Four Horsemen are looking for sculptors and painters! If you have some experience and can get to Northern New Jersey, now's your chance.

The details of what they are hoping to see and how to submit your portfolio are at:
http://www.fourhorsemen.biz/news/2012/2/24/the-horsemen-need-help.html

February 2012 - First, we wanted to thank everyone who attended and participated in Toypocalypse 2: Futuretro. Those of you who were able to submit a custom Outer Space Men figure - we couldn't be more grateful to you. Thank you SO much! We think the show was a tremendous success and we had a blast doing it. We can't wait to do it again next year! We're already stressing out about what we're going to try to do to top it.

The very first Cosmic Creators series of figures and special edition print did incredibly well at the show and we wanted to let everyone know that if you didn't get the chance to attend, there will be a very limited amount of them made available on Store Horsemen this Monday night (February 20th) at 9pm est.

As at the Toypocalypse 2: Futuretro show, these four unique figures and incredible print all together will cost $125.00 per set (plus shipping & handling), and once they're sold out, they're gone for good!

FUTURETRO OUTER SPACE MEN PRINT REVEALED!

February 2012 - The Four Horsemen's upcoming gallery show, Toypocalypse 2: Futuretro begins this Friday, February 10th at 7pm at the TT Underground Gallery in New York City, and the Horsemen are ready to reveal the limited edition Outer Space Men print that will be sold along with the exclusive "Cosmic Creators" Outer Space Men figures set at the show.

Painted by fan favorite artist and frequent Four Horsemen collaborator, Nathan Baertsch, this 11" X 17" image on high quality, uncoated, heavy card-stock is Nate's vision of the Outer Space Men originally created by renowned designer Mel Birnkrant back in the late 60's.

January 2012 - Toypocalypse 2: Futuretro is less than two weeks away and we've just gotten the confirmation that the original creator of the Outer Space Men and toy industry icon Mel Birnkrant will be our very special guest of honor on the opening night - February 10th, 2012 at the TT Underground Gallery in NYC!

Don't miss this rare opportunity to meet Mel and many other soon to be announced toy industry greats appearing all evening to meet and chat with action figure fans! We're really excited to announce to you the names on our growing guest list over the next couple of weeks, and you're ALL invited to come to this very special gathering of geek culture.

OUTER SPACE MEN CUSTOMS SHOW AT TOYPOCALYPSE 2: FUTURETRO!

WANTED: ALL OUTER SPACE MEN FANS AND CUSTOMIZERS!

January 6, 2012 - The Four Horsemen are looking for customizers to be part of their annual gallery show, Toypocalypse 2: Futuretro at TT Underground in New York City!

In celebration of the 45th anniversary of the Four Horsemen's licensed action figure line, The Outer Space Men, the Four Horsemen are inviting you to create you very own Outer Space Men customs that will be displayed at their upcoming gallery show at TT Underground Gallery in New York City beginning February 10th alongside the work of the Four Horsemen themselves!