The issue stems from the fact that we're in the process with switching credit card processing companies (from Paypal Credit Card Processing back to our original processor - Bank of America Merchant Services) and it's apparently taking them longer than expected to get that transferred over from one account to the other.

We're switching our credit card processing back to Bank of America Merchant Services because we just found out that when your business processes credit cards through Paypal, not only do you have to sign up for Paypal Pro which is an extra $30.00 per month (which we knew about) on top of the processing fees they already collect, but they also withhold 30% of the credit card payments for 90 days just in case of possible credit card charge-backs (which is something we can understand and expect), AND they also withhold 30% of the regular Paypal payments for 90 days as well!!

What's up with that crap?!? Those regular Paypal payments have nothing whatsoever to do with the credit card processing, and we weren't told when signing up for it that regular Paypal payments would be withheld as well. So, currently we have over $7,000.00 sitting in Paypal's bank account that they're drawing interest on that we can't touch for three months! It's insane and it should be illegal.

In any case, we've just been informed by Bank of America that our credit card processing abilities should be back up and running as normal by Saturday at the latest, but possibly even by tomorrow (Friday). So if you need to order anything from Store Horsemen via credit card, please (PLEASE!) come back to the store on Saturday afternoon, and everything should all be back in order.

Direct Paypal payments through Store Horsemen are still operating as they always have been. Thanks!

-FOUR HORSEMEN-

FOR A DIRECT LINK TO THE PRE-ORDER, JUST CLICK HERE!

-FH-

This Monday night (May 21st, 2012), a new set of Outer Space Men will be going up for pre-order!

ALPHA PHASE OUTER SPACE MEN WAVE 5, & THE ALPHA PHASE VERSION OF THE FIRST DELUXE OUTER SPACE MAN will go up for pre-order at 9:00pm EST this coming Monday night at Store Horsemen!

This release features the following Outer Space Men:

GEMINI - He'll be cast in a clear yellow plastic with purple painted eyes and clear green ABS plastic accessories and helmets. Hidden behind each of the little green ABS buttons on his chest and back are Glyos sockets so you can build and re-design him to your hearts content! He'll also include a second set of arms, which are not pictured in the image below.

ORBITRON - He'll be cast in a clear pink plastic with blue painted eyes and chest dome. His accessories will be clear green ABS plastic. He also has a secret hidden feature which we're going to reveal sometime next week!

CYCLOPS - Our very first "deluxe" Outer Space Man, not only is he massive compared to the other Outer Space Men, but he comes decked out with lots of goodies! He'll be cast in a clear light blue plastic and his accessories and outer helmet will be clear green ABS plastic. His chest/back armor and inner helmet are fully removable so you can create a completely different look for the character. He also features another set of "open" hands which aren't shown in the image below.

Each figure will come in individual bags with card toppers and card-backs inserted into each bag. The cost will be $50.00 per set of all three figures (plus shipping & handling charges).

Quantities are extremely limited and orders accidentally taken over the allotted total amount for sale will be cancelled. A currently undetermined amount may be put aside to be sold at San Diego Comic Con. Once this series of figures is gone, it's GONE!

PLEASE NOTE: Your account WILL be charged at the time you place your pre-order and these figures aren't expected to begin shipping to customers until after the 2012 San Diego Comic Con (July 12 - 15, 2012). Quantities are extremely limited and orders accidentally taken over the allotted total amount for sale will be cancelled.

-FH-

The upcoming Alpha Phase wave 5 (Orbitron & Gemini) and Alpha Phase Deluxe 1 (Cyclops). These will only be sold as a set of three for the Alpha Phase release, and we hope to have pricing and pre-order info for you sometime next week. They'll only be available through Store Horsemen and at the 2012 San Diego Comic Con.

Keep in mind that the image shown is only of the prototypes for the figures and the final product colors and clarity will vary slightly. All of the ABS accessories will be crystal clear green. Also, not shown here, Cyclops will come with a second pair of "open" hands.

-FH-

INFINITY EDITION OUTER SPACE MEN WAVES 1&2 (2.0) - 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 it's 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.

COSMIC CREATORS SERIES 1&2: THE FOUR HORSEMEN EDITION OUTER SPACE MEN -

These brightly hued versions of AstroNautilus, Metamorpho, Inferno and Xodiac were designed by the Four Horsemen themselves, and will go up for pre-order at 9:00pm EST on 5/3/2012 at Store Horsemen!

These utterly unique versions of the first four Outer Space Men that were released feature vibrant new paints and clear weapons and accessories as re-imagined by the Four Horsemen themselves.

Each figure will come on it's own unique collector friendly blister card which will be signed by the Four Horsemen as well as the other three integral members of the Horsemen's stable - Shane Dittsworth, Owen "O-Dawg" Oertling and Sherri Lyn Cook! The cost for each set of four figures will be $65.00 (plus shipping & handling charges).

Quantities are extremely limited and orders accidentally taken over the allotted total amount for sale will be cancelled. Once this series of figures is gone, it's GONE!

PLEASE NOTE: Your account WILL be charged at the time you place your pre-order and these figures aren't expected to begin shipping to customers until after the 2012 San Diego Comic Con (July 12 - 15, 2012). Quantities are extremely limited and orders accidentally taken over the allotted total amount for sale will be cancelled.

ALPHA PHASE OUTER SPACE MEN WAVE 5 (GEMINI & ORBITRON), & ALPHA PHASE DELUXE OUTER SPACE MAN: CYCLOPS will go up for pre-order sometime within the next week or two, because we're still awaiting some pricing and packaging information for these figures.

-FH-

We wanted to give you guys a look at some of the alterations that've been made to the figures that will bring them closer to Outer Space Men creator Mel Birnkrant's original vision of the colors for the figures. The photos below will give you an example of this, but the pics just don't do these cool little guys justice.

Prices and details coming soon!

METAMORPHO 2.0! He's painted in a much brighter white than the first release, and his helmet will be a somewhat translucent white in order to let more light through onto on his face. Both of his weapons and his chest button will now be done in the same clear pink as his helmet knob.

ASTRONAUTILUS 2.0! The purple of his skin has been adjusted to more perfectly match the original Astronautilus figure from the '60s. His trident will be a deeper clear blue than before.

INFERNO 2.0! His head, flames, chest button, and gun will now be cast in a clear red/orange to more perfectly reflect Mel Birnkrant's original vision of him.

XODIAC 2.0! His staff, gun and helmet clear colors have been altered to more accurately reflect the colors of the original Xodiac figure's colors from the 60's.

-FH-

Prices and details coming soon!

MEGAMORPHO!

NEONAUTILUS!

GLOWDIAC!

PHOSPHERNO!

-FH-

Test shots are the first test run out of the steel molds using spare plastic at the factory so we can approve or correct any of the molding issues before the figures go into full production. These three are cast in a really cool purple/blue color that the photos aren't really doing justice to. Even though this color isn't what we have planned for the Alpha Phase wave of these three figures, it's such a striking color that we may have to utilize it in the OSM line somewhere down the line.

There are a few minor issues here and there that will need to be tweaked with these figures before they go into full production, but all in all we're incredibly impressed with the level of these. They're really beautiful and we were amazed at the heft of Cyclops when you hold him in your hand. As you can see from the photos below, he's massive compared to the other OSM done so far. He'll make a worthy adversary for the upcoming Colossus Rex for sure!

As for the Alpha Phase wave which will be released at the 2012 San Diego Comic Con and sold through Store Horsemen, we've decided on colors for each of the characters...

GEMINI:  Clear yellow with clear green ABS accessories & parts.

ORBITRON:  Clear pink with clear green ABS accessories.

CYCLOPS (shown both armored and with armor removed): Clear light blue with clear green ABS parts & accessories.

These three along with other upcoming OSM releases (scroll down) will be going up for pre-order sometime next week! Be sure to keep checking back here for more updates.

-FH-

The names being added to our "restock list" for the Infinity Edition Outer Space Men waves 1 & 2 which are currently out of stock continues to grow every day.

As we've stated in an earlier press release, these are not exactly the same as the original release of the Infinity Edition OSM waves 1&2. We've gone back in and made some minor tweaks and alterations to the paints that will bring these guys even closer to Mel Birnkrant's original vision of the Outer Space Men. The changes will be minor, but they're sure to be appreciated by true OSM fans.

We'd hoped to have these figures back in-stock by mid-Spring, but we decided that a little delay would be okay in order to make sure that two other upcoming OSM editions also currently in production would all be ready in time for the 2012 San Diego Comic Con. The Infinity Edition Outer Space Men waves 1&2 (MK2) will be available for sale at SDCC 2012 and online at Store Horsemen at the same time, with prototype photos and pre-orders coming within the next couple weeks!

If you're interested in purchasing a set of these slightly altered versions of the original Infinity Edition OSM waves 1&2, and would like to be put on the rapidly growing mailing list to be informed of when these figures will be going up for pre-order so you don't miss out, just email us at 4HMD@optonline.net with the subject line "OSM 1&2 RESTOCK" and your email address will be automatically added to the mailing list. You'll not only be informed of when these figures go up for pre-order, but we'll also send any and all updates of the wave directly to your email address right up until they arrive in our warehouse.

(photo of the original Infinity Edition Outer Space Men waves 1&2 release shown above)

-FH-