Images and artifacts from the Mel Birnkrant Collection
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Copyright Acknowledgment: All images of THE OUTER SPACE MEN , THE WORLD OF THE FUTURE and other Products and Images, created by Mel Birnkrant, are Copyright (c) MEL BIRNKRANT
An Annotated Archive
From the farthest reaches of our Galaxy
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Introduction

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“The Outer Space Men” - Series I
The original seven figures, mint on the card
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“The World of the Future” - Series II
The six proposed figures, mint on the card
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The Stories, Series I - Series II
As they appeared on each package
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The Original Concept Sketches
Where The Outer Space Men began
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Final Boards, Series I - Series II
The finished designs 
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The Weapons
Long-lost Drawings
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Photo Gallery
All the original photographs
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The First Package Sketches
How the Packages began
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The Package Back Paintings
Fabulous Art by Robert Engle
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Work in Progress, Series II
Sculpting, Painting and Package Art
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Publicity and Merchandising
Ads, Pamphlets and the Window Poster
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The New York Times Article
Toy Fair 1969
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The Vehicles
Sketches, Boards and Prototypes
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The Videos
The Story of The Outer Space Men
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“Space Warriors”, Adventure Set
Colorforms answer to “Star Wars”
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Interview  1991 “The Name of the Game”
Notes and Illustrations added
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Unpublished Interview 2002 “Playthings”
Notes and Illustrations added.
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The Graphic Novel
The Outer Space Men.com
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Links
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