Lego 6703 Space Minifigures

There were things planned that led me to do a small post this week, but those events are not to be.
Goes to show you, don't go celebrating anything until it's signed, sealed, and committed.

So I thought it best to quickly tackle the 6703 Space Minifig Pack to take it off our checklist of Futuron. 

When I was young, this was the Space Minifig collection I wanted most of all, even today this collection has a timeless quality that feels inviting and cohesive.  Just to be clear this was the first collection of all the available Spacemen types with new visors and modern helmets from 1987 with the additional inclusion of one Spaceman who was new for 1988.

The Black Futuron Spaceman was the new must have minifig in this package and also appeared in 6885 Crater Crawler for the year in, he was a fresh color for the Futuron theme alongside a select handful of new parts.  He would also appear in the 1989 collection with 6810 Laser Ranger.  In total there were 3 of the Black Spaceman available.  I suspect he's more common than the red spaceman because I have a hunch the smaller sets sold in greater numbers.  I could be wrong though.
The 1989 white helmet figure from Star Quest was a variant of this minifig.
You can also find four copies of the shirt in 1990's Dacta 9355-1 with a unique build.

The rest of the collection featured:

The Red Spacemen had only previously appeared as a pair in 6953 Cosmic Laser Launcher in 1987.  This Minifig was not released again and consequently this is the rarest spaceman in this pack with 3 examples available.
You can find four copies of the shirt in 1990's Dacta 9355-1 with a unique build. 

The Blue Spaceman was fairly common and appeared four times in 1987, Once in 6884 Aero Module, once in 6893 Orion II Hyperspace, and twice in 6990 Monorail Transport System.  In 1988 along with this set the figure also showed up in 6828 Twin Wing Spoiler.  Finally, in 1989/90?  The Blue Spaceman made his last appearance in 1616 Two Set Space Pack within the set 1621 Lunar MPV Vehicle; There's some confusion about whether 1616 was a 1989 or 1990 release.
In total, there were 7 Blue Spacemen.

Finally, the Yellow Spaceman was the super duper ultra prevalent Futuron Spaceman.  He was pretty much the spokesperson for the theme, which bothers me greatly, because he's my least favorite, unless we count the weird looking Dacta spacemen.  So, in 1987 Yellow showed up in four sets: Once in 6893 Orion II Hyperspace, once in 6953 Cosmic Laser Launcher, twice in 6932 Stardefender 200, and three times in 6990 Monorail Transport System.  That sure is a lot, but let's continue; In 1988 alongside 6830 Space Patroller, , 6848 Strategic Pursuer, 6875 Hovercraft, 6770 Lunar Transporter Patroller, and two spacemen in 6925 Interplanetary Rover.  In 1989 the Yellow Spaceman made two final appearances in 1616 Two Set Space pack as part of 1620 Astro Dart, and then once more in 6850 Auxilliary Patroller.  In total the Yellow Futuron Spaceman received 15 copies.

Now I come to these two Black spacemen with grey jumpsuit prints.  These happen to be the Black-Tron Minifigures, greatest nemesis of Futuron, and for now you can see them, but I'll talk about them in detail later.

As far as extras go you get 6 tools in either grey or black.  This is the only set showing a Futuron minifigure carrying a grey tool.  In general Futuron had Black Tools, with a smattering of white items

to pad out the supply.

The Classic Space Colors almost all carried over; the lone departure was the white spaceman who wouldn't have worked as well with the new white shirt and patterns.

This set was in low supply when I was getting the Futuron sets, so I actually don't have it.  Everything in the set is available elsewhere, and so I gathered up the necessary parts from my collection to show you the assembled figures and tools.  I hope you enjoyed it.

Final Score: A
When it comes to the Golden age it really doesn't get better than this.
Pros: Red Spaceman, 2 Black-tron (Assimilate, Surrender, or be destroyed)
Cons: One More Yellow Spaceman...