 Colorforms turned around and sold their character concept to other companies that got shut out of the 'Shortcake' craze.Another property that Colorforms was never able to translate into their own form was the lucrative "Star Wars" franchise, again because Kenner held the toy products master license very tightly.In 1968, saw an interesting diversion from the typical 2-dimensional toy lines that Colorforms specialized in, when they released The Outer Space Men (a.k.a.