tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37216761193919068932024-03-04T20:52:25.371-08:00Nathan's M.U.S.C.L.E. Blog!Dedicated to the awesome weirdness that is the Mattel M.U.S.C.L.E. toyline!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger286125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721676119391906893.post-31587551578763013452013-07-01T10:23:00.003-07:002021-01-28T12:44:43.668-08:00Millions of Unusual Small Creatures Lurking Everywhere!<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://nathansmuscleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/muscle-141-kinnikuman-e.html"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcZU8LaAhdLibrBtBXYG2I_CMnZLukHJW2d8qIPVzKqUOQSHZUbPo4slpIUDRCGCagEyrYcOPxoqIF4VOrFIUCB13HlsXB83fh7qfwjnHJGP4t6PtTfacExlx6DypTT9RSMP66X8w1zaiA/s200/141a.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://nathansmuscleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/muscle-153-sunigator-shotai.html"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-QzyWbCLXHusH0P5zfsPGVWN98Y6P4N2TiWR2cS-lC_euFLWxt0NQ3pbTWzMp039uvWeXjXkXiqFdFBt9pP27Ds2-Xtyk8xE2vKKkSKIma1xsYQnZvrIapFGpDYNMSILOI9jSvSui4atG/s200/153a.jpg" /></a></div>
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M.U.S.C.L.E.s, also called MUSCLE men or MUSCLE things, are small PVC figures with an "intergalactic wrestling" theme (M.U.S.C.L.E. is an acronym for Millions of Unusual Small Creatures Lurking Everywhere). Produced by Mattel, MUSCLE toys were available in the mid-80's, from 1985 to 1986.<br />
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M.U.S.C.L.E. Figures/Assortments</span><br />
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MUSCLEs were available in the familiar <a href="http://nathansmuscleblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/muscle-4-packs.html">4-packs</a>, <a href="http://nathansmuscleblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/muscle-10-packs.html">10-packs</a> and <a href="http://nathansmuscleblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/muscle-28-packs.html">28-packs</a>, and had a <a href="http://nathansmuscleblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/muscle-hard-knockin-rockin-ring.html">M.U.S.C.L.E. Wrestling Ring accessory</a>, among others. Our MUSCLE toys originate from Japan, where they were based on characters from the cartoon, Kinnikuman.<br />
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Where do I go from here to fulfill my M.U.S.C.L.E. obsession?</span></h2>
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For more information, check out the <a href="http://nathansmuscleblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/collecting-faqs.html">MUSCLE Collecting FAQs</a> and the <a href="http://nathansmuscleblog.blogspot.com/p/collecting.html">MUSCLE Collecting Page</a>. Also, feel free to browse around the <a href="http://nathansmuscleblog.blogspot.com/search/label/M.U.S.C.L.E.%20Archive">MUSCLE Figure Archive</a> (with handy-dandy navigation to your left).<br />
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Nestle partnered with Mattel during the heyday of MUSCLEs to offer a single MUSCLE in every specially-marked tin of Nestle Quik. According to <a href="http://uofmuscle.com/">UofMUSCLE.com</a>, the MUSCLEs included were just standard pink-colored poster figures.<br />
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The artwork is surprisingly bootleggy in style, different than the artwork included on the usual MUSCLE assortments like the <a href="http://nathansmuscleblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/muscle-4-packs.html">4-packs</a> and the <a href="http://nathansmuscleblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/muscle-28-packs.html">28-packs</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://blog.uofmuscle.com/course-catalog/advertising-promotion/advertising-promotion-200-the-muscle-nestle-quik-tin/">Nestle Quik Promotion</a> at University of MUSCLEUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721676119391906893.post-32100173978327994112012-06-16T06:36:00.002-07:002021-02-17T06:38:56.877-08:00M.U.S.C.L.E. Bootlegs!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbl3pZKuMr9-HWNUHAOjSeZccf2LFz5ffRswJYMJVMYEKVkM4wio7Sv9lVqmxzu7vPvhhH8Ck2jdXKG9pLpa6YLAQJx40d_DpLZdaElGUzZz72Knwq_qZaiWnSFrU1osae3B1I-ikSpSM/s1600/muscleboot1.jpg"><img class="wide-img" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbl3pZKuMr9-HWNUHAOjSeZccf2LFz5ffRswJYMJVMYEKVkM4wio7Sv9lVqmxzu7vPvhhH8Ck2jdXKG9pLpa6YLAQJx40d_DpLZdaElGUzZz72Knwq_qZaiWnSFrU1osae3B1I-ikSpSM/s320/muscleboot1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />MUSCLEs were all the rage for the scant few years that they were popular, and a bunch of bootleggers wanted to cash-in on the craze by cranking out their own MUSCLEs. The results were usually awful, but those bootlegs certainly had a character all their own that added to the tapestry of MUSCLE collecting.<br /><a name="more"></a><br />So how can you tell if your beloved MUSCLE is a bootleg? For one, since bootlegs were molded from production figures (i.e., copies of copies), they're always smaller and less detailed than legit MUSCLEs. Bootlegs usually don't feature the familiar Y/S*N*T trademark that adorns the back of official MUSCLE figures, either. They're often cast in weird and wacky colors and their plastic is almost always more rubbery. The sculpts are usually ripped off from <a href="http://nathansmuscleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/muscle-mailaway-poster.html">poster MUSCLEs</a>, but they might also be taken from Japanese Kinnikuman Kinkeshi sculpts (the source toy line for MUSCLE) that were never released in the US.<br /><br />In my ol' MUSCLE-collecting days, I amassed a nice little army of bootlegs. I apologize in advance for not cleaning the boots shown here. You'll likely notice that many of them are more than a little gross. But you know what? They're bootlegs, they deserve to be gross. They were always gravity wells for crud anyway.<br /><br />The MUSCLE boots that have found their way into my collection can be categorized into four basic groups. And this tribute is in no way all-inclusive; down that road lies madness. We'll start with:<br /><br /><h2>Party Favors</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV04RlSfqJHnVcser3AHw4j-ml2nxNf22oRUpT_PGU0-g6Pnrvq95pdUvkzXQJ33dNDvmPc3tInVXowRBttMDoEtQJnwxrIFUdr5uvBeoxtjrcLxgHYmuOrJxxOUo2CMt1RMA640avk-k/s1600/muscleboot2.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV04RlSfqJHnVcser3AHw4j-ml2nxNf22oRUpT_PGU0-g6Pnrvq95pdUvkzXQJ33dNDvmPc3tInVXowRBttMDoEtQJnwxrIFUdr5uvBeoxtjrcLxgHYmuOrJxxOUo2CMt1RMA640avk-k/s320/muscleboot2.jpg" /></a></div><br />I'm not entirely sure what the story was behind these figures, but I seem to remember that the dude who sent them to me said they were party favors. If so, they're pretty cool for party favors, but they're all kinds of awful for MUSCLE bootlegs. The detailing is bad; so bad that they make me think that they were repros of bootlegs themselves. The colors just don't work, either. What's that, <a href="http://nathansmuscleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/muscle-101-godo-shisa.html">Godo Shisa</a>? I can't hear you over the sound of your colorway.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOBet5QI93nz2gaasjThG4XC_PbeWNbiFokLNhjQp3mBRs3nMG5oEwAzbvT8nRBm4_sUiBNK2dAWV99_3TE6PwwGXURoL_CMVHBXLz8ZLWrDCd-lfjN_pczlXIP3i1JyE29gQzIVsq4fM/s1600/muscleboot3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOBet5QI93nz2gaasjThG4XC_PbeWNbiFokLNhjQp3mBRs3nMG5oEwAzbvT8nRBm4_sUiBNK2dAWV99_3TE6PwwGXURoL_CMVHBXLz8ZLWrDCd-lfjN_pczlXIP3i1JyE29gQzIVsq4fM/s200/muscleboot3.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-jbkIMPfTSz31Z6sE9r2PJ3yeuUtwD0nFsLFR7TIR_1uYe1TNvm7f2MUDhcDSr58EHw8dT0ayMj-xFZiWlbC3UXsvWvvC9vXQjsCGRc78vqIdUZsZPIcD3S3OW_Ekg1I-HAQ8uZvw_4/s1600/muscleboot4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-jbkIMPfTSz31Z6sE9r2PJ3yeuUtwD0nFsLFR7TIR_1uYe1TNvm7f2MUDhcDSr58EHw8dT0ayMj-xFZiWlbC3UXsvWvvC9vXQjsCGRc78vqIdUZsZPIcD3S3OW_Ekg1I-HAQ8uZvw_4/s200/muscleboot4.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Above: Comparison with <a href="http://nathansmuscleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/muscle-138-personalman.html">MUSCLE #138</a>.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-hQ8Rf95Bwn_IGpfpeVHnsukXtsp_YUWT8KiTDYa8owt1rrVZRjjAWhhIV0Vx0k3mSyPSLaGmZI3v2T8q6l1a085bU7xe4KgVdKBOYz2vcZFvPuohpvuI7i5W_vgvpz23HS2jDVXguk/s1600/muscleboot5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-hQ8Rf95Bwn_IGpfpeVHnsukXtsp_YUWT8KiTDYa8owt1rrVZRjjAWhhIV0Vx0k3mSyPSLaGmZI3v2T8q6l1a085bU7xe4KgVdKBOYz2vcZFvPuohpvuI7i5W_vgvpz23HS2jDVXguk/s200/muscleboot5.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-joGiZcgoRN0_Q85sNUZgcRmPZGXfraHJHTEnaMWClWbgcSzfGDOD84IZdQVmf1yf802gLYsGkcB_tqChv3nM1Akpyl0Wu7rBpZbk97X-KYxn7JD9u1aaVqG71SEk3LHMG9c1KrHnVm0/s1600/muscleboot6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-joGiZcgoRN0_Q85sNUZgcRmPZGXfraHJHTEnaMWClWbgcSzfGDOD84IZdQVmf1yf802gLYsGkcB_tqChv3nM1Akpyl0Wu7rBpZbk97X-KYxn7JD9u1aaVqG71SEk3LHMG9c1KrHnVm0/s200/muscleboot6.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8foBJRvSTySgsTL96Ff2lnfnlkZzpvvZP78JOo0An-NNQfF5ILlEto6rXqJw5ZObx50xg05TmWuw1xFLvixO6tjpJLDyPIYvDkbiTBS5DXZaACuJ0DSP9KqxaxJB14bdQMdOrPrdwpw/s1600/muscleboot7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8foBJRvSTySgsTL96Ff2lnfnlkZzpvvZP78JOo0An-NNQfF5ILlEto6rXqJw5ZObx50xg05TmWuw1xFLvixO6tjpJLDyPIYvDkbiTBS5DXZaACuJ0DSP9KqxaxJB14bdQMdOrPrdwpw/s200/muscleboot7.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br />Still, they included a couple of Kinnikuman figures that weren't available in the American MUSCLE line. I'm not sure what their official names were, but I've heard them referred to as "the Cyborg" and "the Ghost".<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqvU0d0H0wmRzpbqxfdnnm7v1YnsRQxQe3MjYQmgoBKTZ1pQeZkTqCw6B-DyFQ5MdSjhq_smoXMnokSgCLZPn2w1j3x3nwErZJK4u1jVvGW3HT3ulVptbnpjeZL2pyIvLebW94X3ygtrM/s1600/muscleboot8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqvU0d0H0wmRzpbqxfdnnm7v1YnsRQxQe3MjYQmgoBKTZ1pQeZkTqCw6B-DyFQ5MdSjhq_smoXMnokSgCLZPn2w1j3x3nwErZJK4u1jVvGW3HT3ulVptbnpjeZL2pyIvLebW94X3ygtrM/s200/muscleboot8.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHjrXNxCV5uEaMtE7vbD0fu0Dnc9M0oCs5UdvLNalbI5yLVarKZz6NDXiEWygQ2EZBsPTu0eSJPCYD-Y_7QbZ_sdpXQjg2D_NdTxpQxBQ09aKJV9AcSxXaA0Im1v62J3pdoOLizkIHGnQ/s1600/muscleboot9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHjrXNxCV5uEaMtE7vbD0fu0Dnc9M0oCs5UdvLNalbI5yLVarKZz6NDXiEWygQ2EZBsPTu0eSJPCYD-Y_7QbZ_sdpXQjg2D_NdTxpQxBQ09aKJV9AcSxXaA0Im1v62J3pdoOLizkIHGnQ/s200/muscleboot9.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Above: The Cyborg and the</i><i> Ghost.</i></div><br /><h2>Exogini</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHsPvolipnqo4rdhKwufEhHa05zGQrNEMjvAF6wGvnG4sV6Zd4kgjYwIdxjxeE3MjNCaPtwT6Kb9bFu0TH99KewT7Q700NbItNtmuFMDEWeAbQXn7_vOalXAUGR1o4rkpow6UuNFayB9A/s1600/muscleboot10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHsPvolipnqo4rdhKwufEhHa05zGQrNEMjvAF6wGvnG4sV6Zd4kgjYwIdxjxeE3MjNCaPtwT6Kb9bFu0TH99KewT7Q700NbItNtmuFMDEWeAbQXn7_vOalXAUGR1o4rkpow6UuNFayB9A/s320/muscleboot10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />MUSCLE was a global sensation, but it doesn't seem like it got over to Europe... at least, in an official capacity. Instead, European kids were treated to MUSCLE bootlegs in the form of Exogini! Fortunately for the kids, Exogini were pretty cool for repros. They were nicely detailed with little flashing, cast in colors that were undeniably groovy. The Exogini line was even filled out with playsets and stuff, so collectors originally thought it was official MUSCLE product for a while. But Exogini exhibit all the signs of bootlegs: smaller, less detailed sculpts, no Y/S*N*T, rubbery feel, wacky colors... yup, they're bootlegs all right. Exogini are some of the coolest MUSCLE-related merchandise around anyway. I especially like the Jolly Rancher colorways.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqWHQJ9TDVr5jgZZ6XXmFx8_eSX0FUBSmoW1jS0HtgByHuZ2I0nnpmeQqvjdoSWO4r1qVMaI6OPo6YbUYqklGQ3265wDpcUYNBY9MU-s7TlMYaFU-ra8AsCGInVG51zosl5Dufs0BETGk/s1600/muscleboot11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqWHQJ9TDVr5jgZZ6XXmFx8_eSX0FUBSmoW1jS0HtgByHuZ2I0nnpmeQqvjdoSWO4r1qVMaI6OPo6YbUYqklGQ3265wDpcUYNBY9MU-s7TlMYaFU-ra8AsCGInVG51zosl5Dufs0BETGk/s200/muscleboot11.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTFynj-oeuXCs0UOdbPyFSJLAnTGsm9FtQm0hjvcXnhizGppp41lTYDVuPJKdMzZS1jLioQChE5FZTpeUtxmkzO67_xGUbZuQ9mQUC78HpSYYNOrkBBK0Fyho8v8LzD2-Du3wjn8wWsc/s1600/muscleboot12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTFynj-oeuXCs0UOdbPyFSJLAnTGsm9FtQm0hjvcXnhizGppp41lTYDVuPJKdMzZS1jLioQChE5FZTpeUtxmkzO67_xGUbZuQ9mQUC78HpSYYNOrkBBK0Fyho8v8LzD2-Du3wjn8wWsc/s200/muscleboot12.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Above: Comparison with <a href="http://nathansmuscleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/muscle-010-jessie-maybia.html">MUSCLE #10</a>.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv2VFIU0jgIFcNvRHa-WCWnSfKpdNoNE9RvELUE7D3P7ZQuom7Jy4jJUl5KxxBMssFGjGkEpbkbqHFmGmpWdf9PlkoNwx26y24ex_gjT81JDrvjFdVB0BG3X4GTYUFFu1sWtMsBaCsXmQ/s1600/muscleboot13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv2VFIU0jgIFcNvRHa-WCWnSfKpdNoNE9RvELUE7D3P7ZQuom7Jy4jJUl5KxxBMssFGjGkEpbkbqHFmGmpWdf9PlkoNwx26y24ex_gjT81JDrvjFdVB0BG3X4GTYUFFu1sWtMsBaCsXmQ/s200/muscleboot13.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_AkiNpBZezWZDyxfL4uUOIl4nTkoOEEkqYHlQmeKvx7AYwbvSJijTDx9SYfwbiuhP8zZeEa9EPD17OjcknKPvoabVsC76NFkHWan5gbUSwGcvfecbR8YPKwur6o38JZUJB58-zMmIhk/s1600/muscleboot14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_AkiNpBZezWZDyxfL4uUOIl4nTkoOEEkqYHlQmeKvx7AYwbvSJijTDx9SYfwbiuhP8zZeEa9EPD17OjcknKPvoabVsC76NFkHWan5gbUSwGcvfecbR8YPKwur6o38JZUJB58-zMmIhk/s200/muscleboot14.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpvwLbsPYF1JOGn8Pgmmfj9HNfp7Ytk7O3Kv-k5G4NFFpK5VR99E2Maak2gSx5Zg4OjorgBNLOt-60W5GEpUwiItcrSuTzDnBa5T3461lerT1R_CtO1Hnh8uGMtHiqoW1kw_jN95Jzcq4/s1600/muscleboot15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpvwLbsPYF1JOGn8Pgmmfj9HNfp7Ytk7O3Kv-k5G4NFFpK5VR99E2Maak2gSx5Zg4OjorgBNLOt-60W5GEpUwiItcrSuTzDnBa5T3461lerT1R_CtO1Hnh8uGMtHiqoW1kw_jN95Jzcq4/s200/muscleboot15.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV13wIhrnxxDKZaMV4s4pjxYXWJ3NZkf_6Ttd886dlg-G2DJI9Z-vPgEZK7KEGxmORWFD1snBDnH02se5lMS_9r8cdO2TwX_UZAYxquKEWCWht_iT4J5SGasKysdn4hgurjbetAjHeciQ/s1600/muscleboot16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV13wIhrnxxDKZaMV4s4pjxYXWJ3NZkf_6Ttd886dlg-G2DJI9Z-vPgEZK7KEGxmORWFD1snBDnH02se5lMS_9r8cdO2TwX_UZAYxquKEWCWht_iT4J5SGasKysdn4hgurjbetAjHeciQ/s200/muscleboot16.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7jzrXwilify9IJT3zLKVshlyyffPFTO4cfM07eopKhTjctv5stmwCeLJWDndDqcB0kGJ8OkvGN6iW0ZEyymleeqkPTaCeD4tTLt9KU-F4WYIztbUHUN5UviVCnxfONzT9iQcDSBitWA4/s1600/muscleboot17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7jzrXwilify9IJT3zLKVshlyyffPFTO4cfM07eopKhTjctv5stmwCeLJWDndDqcB0kGJ8OkvGN6iW0ZEyymleeqkPTaCeD4tTLt9KU-F4WYIztbUHUN5UviVCnxfONzT9iQcDSBitWA4/s200/muscleboot17.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHWK06zH7nRojeBdGNZNJv3WWR0OicMqWI8lNgKcsxR6e1BibiPu1QS5uBF9jDrf3yiKJqgO8HpwhIU77LoTkdkZhHEY3IAvQQFEJIGXUi1zsmZlLg2BEjr5N8l4hScs_3MBxXC5KYcFA/s1600/muscleboot18.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHWK06zH7nRojeBdGNZNJv3WWR0OicMqWI8lNgKcsxR6e1BibiPu1QS5uBF9jDrf3yiKJqgO8HpwhIU77LoTkdkZhHEY3IAvQQFEJIGXUi1zsmZlLg2BEjr5N8l4hScs_3MBxXC5KYcFA/s200/muscleboot18.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglQKWfQlUa2zWQut5BWaAkbRpCJ9_kQa_ozzwPOxhNFFDT5XtMcjZJGCMO93Aj6csZlTNfe3EONRabYRgDUrEgi7pzMG4npMrYT1ykjC94Ysj9eiY4LfehliNjaK3BRv0S4fEnFzojTMQ/s1600/muscleboot19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglQKWfQlUa2zWQut5BWaAkbRpCJ9_kQa_ozzwPOxhNFFDT5XtMcjZJGCMO93Aj6csZlTNfe3EONRabYRgDUrEgi7pzMG4npMrYT1ykjC94Ysj9eiY4LfehliNjaK3BRv0S4fEnFzojTMQ/s200/muscleboot19.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />For more on Exogini, you can check out <a href="http://minifigures.blogspot.com/2010/07/exogini.html">MinifiguresXD</a> and <a href="http://nathansmuscleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/exogini.html">Nathan's MUSCLE Blog</a>!<br /><br /><h2>Future Man</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgclFs37pVAYnj7cQ7jhVP6fD8YETLbfgROoHOMdt5Uqssfb9b99GYWRRDxyl_lR00W_aj7hTCV8KPr6X8SGCrot8cPMIiIylgIA-fegc9gbwZ8YJEBtOMYXAknVh1TborlTlKAQKvIbSY/s1600/muscleboot20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgclFs37pVAYnj7cQ7jhVP6fD8YETLbfgROoHOMdt5Uqssfb9b99GYWRRDxyl_lR00W_aj7hTCV8KPr6X8SGCrot8cPMIiIylgIA-fegc9gbwZ8YJEBtOMYXAknVh1TborlTlKAQKvIbSY/s320/muscleboot20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><em>Welcome to the future... the future of Future Man!</em> Maybe that should have been the tag line for this series of bootlegs. But if this is the future, the future is not too bright. The castings aren't all that bad, but the flashing is totally out of hand. And what is the deal with the packaging? Ugh.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPGvJwmyftNSr9WPz_HTuF5CSdA2mFh5vhuzFElxZsS-8a9dONYmksZHTyDuW-sWHS6rsYHUxzPOZw1qAo47Krak1Nxo6loYvZCwo85SAboblAcifL7x1-w3OPIA0hAoWJwzQ9Fc1lAlU/s1600/muscleboot21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPGvJwmyftNSr9WPz_HTuF5CSdA2mFh5vhuzFElxZsS-8a9dONYmksZHTyDuW-sWHS6rsYHUxzPOZw1qAo47Krak1Nxo6loYvZCwo85SAboblAcifL7x1-w3OPIA0hAoWJwzQ9Fc1lAlU/s200/muscleboot21.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD4fu_G9o9zPUU44PNYnzPNwMMejC50cYFmucl9fsuoPP_QxLCggpC3AWnU5_gK5-k7M5llIrxaCs0ydG7NQBd5jBqgRyzlh1pV9mzTQBhaK1pQ5CDfvEx5gf3FFZO8AljMrR5UcvCw8A/s1600/muscleboot22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD4fu_G9o9zPUU44PNYnzPNwMMejC50cYFmucl9fsuoPP_QxLCggpC3AWnU5_gK5-k7M5llIrxaCs0ydG7NQBd5jBqgRyzlh1pV9mzTQBhaK1pQ5CDfvEx5gf3FFZO8AljMrR5UcvCw8A/s200/muscleboot22.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />I'm not exactly sure what the story is behind these repros, but they popped up on eBay a lot in the 2000's. They remind me of Kinkeshi (Japanese MUSCLEs) because the rubber is kind of like an eraser.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS_sHVkFKFuFFJG6wTCZTPark2zLh550uhOb4TesaGsZKHR-JqwVwc451Ysk_AyE2I3RfthNVTdnRClgwIcq2IYxL-qCNKyX2Ylev0X0Bj0_20APJ_gdiJBCgADZ5XGtVRbN16DCF4DcY/s1600/muscleboot29.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS_sHVkFKFuFFJG6wTCZTPark2zLh550uhOb4TesaGsZKHR-JqwVwc451Ysk_AyE2I3RfthNVTdnRClgwIcq2IYxL-qCNKyX2Ylev0X0Bj0_20APJ_gdiJBCgADZ5XGtVRbN16DCF4DcY/s200/muscleboot29.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4V-n0-llKm5At-ICq6lvJgIb-jpSCeD7SNkbQpLR88u8iwKaHRXbRv4yZmHl7ml4RYwGqRDmv_mkQUoMhO_q1asXJ1-wW031lzQ8oZ4PY7uP6qgjJgyiKxeIqHzUXOaXAvcoTArZWRVw/s1600/muscleboot30.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4V-n0-llKm5At-ICq6lvJgIb-jpSCeD7SNkbQpLR88u8iwKaHRXbRv4yZmHl7ml4RYwGqRDmv_mkQUoMhO_q1asXJ1-wW031lzQ8oZ4PY7uP6qgjJgyiKxeIqHzUXOaXAvcoTArZWRVw/s200/muscleboot30.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Above: Comparison with <a href="http://nathansmuscleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/muscle-003-sunshine-c.html">MUSCLE #3</a>.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdzcDvdgB-UTohkZoF5UkIGs9G0mOsJhliwypYMZIZxsxAdYpoYOuCxp_g6J_E8Mg3zZSmIe5UO-BiV0X6BlqFSIrnbPukcBUoelOYKiliMRkCmICyVFnhR3VA-S7Jiz-WE-s-wzEX2E/s1600/muscleboot25.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdzcDvdgB-UTohkZoF5UkIGs9G0mOsJhliwypYMZIZxsxAdYpoYOuCxp_g6J_E8Mg3zZSmIe5UO-BiV0X6BlqFSIrnbPukcBUoelOYKiliMRkCmICyVFnhR3VA-S7Jiz-WE-s-wzEX2E/s200/muscleboot25.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsdk9YCFxLmDbn_7mY_XDSdNCdkYfvOoCBkme-FZ1jj_eR6H4BO_AWju-2GpP9Yi9I7_cZE9jX29sJVs8eMwTDtkgUIVC1zCF123riBrexFpvo0CBmTjg9BOYXigmuw_70xFmjsvjuxCk/s1600/muscleboot26.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsdk9YCFxLmDbn_7mY_XDSdNCdkYfvOoCBkme-FZ1jj_eR6H4BO_AWju-2GpP9Yi9I7_cZE9jX29sJVs8eMwTDtkgUIVC1zCF123riBrexFpvo0CBmTjg9BOYXigmuw_70xFmjsvjuxCk/s200/muscleboot26.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9VrQNSj3puBPXb6jSC2C6WOE4DObzOvbr23lbZ3xZK3Jgjc-UqvOMPMedZ6S5LroajGvxshsxvuY5OlOemg-Hr5PPocbbQW3SpEW2_8G86RnTmX5SSGjxXcfDfMkfZxtu4w9f6cC04w/s1600/muscleboot23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9VrQNSj3puBPXb6jSC2C6WOE4DObzOvbr23lbZ3xZK3Jgjc-UqvOMPMedZ6S5LroajGvxshsxvuY5OlOemg-Hr5PPocbbQW3SpEW2_8G86RnTmX5SSGjxXcfDfMkfZxtu4w9f6cC04w/s200/muscleboot23.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKT4xkY28_c4WoRwurulXNsMuunF-jUu4Otld3BdfXyxmIKmVCkCl57n-Aak5o2nIKKN28JDf2MCGm7fv_OuyD0Hmkx2s700Utlm00t3cvVBPkY-k64eoXWCm2QRrKAiHPCoEzgkFA4PM/s1600/muscleboot24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKT4xkY28_c4WoRwurulXNsMuunF-jUu4Otld3BdfXyxmIKmVCkCl57n-Aak5o2nIKKN28JDf2MCGm7fv_OuyD0Hmkx2s700Utlm00t3cvVBPkY-k64eoXWCm2QRrKAiHPCoEzgkFA4PM/s200/muscleboot24.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hey, there's Ghost and Cyborg again. You know, if you use an x-acto knife to remove the flashing, you'd have a couple of pretty good Kinkeshi replicas there. But they're bootlegs so they're not worth any sort of effort.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJqaMhxyT_TBzF76KB0X98evkfpdN6nB0SzM6DdpoCMtOoIOgP3TGvuyYo6lQ7gw-oabD8UPZzcqkaG-c8ZTdN7fIIMMRxFVs4KkW0ffxXSb9zN7sYUXIC8h56HFC1OTZQ3WMSUfBJnU0/s1600/muscleboot27.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJqaMhxyT_TBzF76KB0X98evkfpdN6nB0SzM6DdpoCMtOoIOgP3TGvuyYo6lQ7gw-oabD8UPZzcqkaG-c8ZTdN7fIIMMRxFVs4KkW0ffxXSb9zN7sYUXIC8h56HFC1OTZQ3WMSUfBJnU0/s200/muscleboot27.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYq7-ICNHsPGGYYaoiL37rv1PMZ341O9vD2oLYm9pbBQeRU71V9Z7HP7TglA7sXlsz_FpsEwuYaIr7nrkmRWJVBKG-OsWR6nCBHMiL3EL7xbXz7nyFhW_cgauFCDm8s_6zx2SGwNPFBSE/s1600/muscleboot28.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYq7-ICNHsPGGYYaoiL37rv1PMZ341O9vD2oLYm9pbBQeRU71V9Z7HP7TglA7sXlsz_FpsEwuYaIr7nrkmRWJVBKG-OsWR6nCBHMiL3EL7xbXz7nyFhW_cgauFCDm8s_6zx2SGwNPFBSE/s200/muscleboot28.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />This last little booger has an interesting story. Back in the dark ages of MUSCLE collecting in the late 90's, we had very little information about MUSCLEs and even less about their Japanese Kinkeshi origins. Of course, MUSCLE bootlegs were all over the place, but there were also a number of Kinkeshi that somehow managed to find their way to US shores. Collectors sometimes assumed that a couple of the more convincing bootlegs and some of the errant Kinkeshi were super-rare non-poster MUSCLEs.<br /><br />Well, one day, a collector found this light bulb dude and the Internet MUSCLE community all assumed it was a super-rare MUSCLE. Of course, as we learned more about Kinkeshi and how to identify bootlegs better, the light bulb dude was exposed for the fraud that he was. But I wonder if the figure that caused all the drama in the first place was this guy from Future Man.<br /><br /><h2>Gumball Machine</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht0AmxEr5-W_NfLsYkZYWBMmCHRYgVEMFpwtu6_eLhcLDPctRAlfhzpTYH2vrG9aAZNtBdgnOrdVj8VTJmtgd2uC5nyRMRD_O5vJ4gdwIP_WbZ3n2ZEF1QCMURmSnsbNUVQn9yEk4HHek/s1600/muscleboot31.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht0AmxEr5-W_NfLsYkZYWBMmCHRYgVEMFpwtu6_eLhcLDPctRAlfhzpTYH2vrG9aAZNtBdgnOrdVj8VTJmtgd2uC5nyRMRD_O5vJ4gdwIP_WbZ3n2ZEF1QCMURmSnsbNUVQn9yEk4HHek/s320/muscleboot31.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Some of the nicest bootlegs were available in gumball machines. You'd see these machines all over the place in the 80's: toy stores, K-Mart, whatever. And you could get fake MUSCLEs for just a quarter or two each. Why didn't Mattel bring the smack down on these bootleggers? Who knows, but the kids were the real winners because there's nothing more fun than getting random MUSCLEs in a vending machine. The samples shown here are very different in quality and plastic composition to each other, so I can't imagine they're all from the same line of bootlegs.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_H83r6EtkoLeX0IsGSHXTp0zyIhXVrfLdgoDV3QZbaa0KMIF5UBO6Yq24KGXWrEDt2T-0adUn98Z4HRs_Gt00WePfHCICHkhA2ksK0DZcAAVhmjK0zqxdDk2CRW55cNasYouGiHg5Qm0/s1600/muscleboot32.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_H83r6EtkoLeX0IsGSHXTp0zyIhXVrfLdgoDV3QZbaa0KMIF5UBO6Yq24KGXWrEDt2T-0adUn98Z4HRs_Gt00WePfHCICHkhA2ksK0DZcAAVhmjK0zqxdDk2CRW55cNasYouGiHg5Qm0/s200/muscleboot32.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQhL-Wm2mKUeiNaHLYtrX1rt5Sx6E4UIY1HJxuI84peTDV1OGFT4DliWjN2r2xkbzqlvexkPGJv2VTBae9cIjWwu2QJfzRkRYHS7xSyyPxQsyI65ucaOf7d6HsbPJ9e_p8xnm22rKsGHk/s1600/muscleboot33.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQhL-Wm2mKUeiNaHLYtrX1rt5Sx6E4UIY1HJxuI84peTDV1OGFT4DliWjN2r2xkbzqlvexkPGJv2VTBae9cIjWwu2QJfzRkRYHS7xSyyPxQsyI65ucaOf7d6HsbPJ9e_p8xnm22rKsGHk/s200/muscleboot33.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Above: Comparison with <a href="http://nathansmuscleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/muscle-136-harigorasu.html">MUSCLE #136</a>.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEVrfRQ6hgfE9ykDHNS7XmJwNaflPnSREmzrJlSc1u_r1CIBZbiXqypdQX4Vd7HZI1dilx4mgCYFnGCbWMZPUARgvd76DE7hnbSMfhgo2cH-CizVq_M8IMB9mQs9PpqIWmSCEzp63p_R8/s1600/muscleboot34.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEVrfRQ6hgfE9ykDHNS7XmJwNaflPnSREmzrJlSc1u_r1CIBZbiXqypdQX4Vd7HZI1dilx4mgCYFnGCbWMZPUARgvd76DE7hnbSMfhgo2cH-CizVq_M8IMB9mQs9PpqIWmSCEzp63p_R8/s200/muscleboot34.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1hAovLGjySGuKYfzv_ghKCH-M4LjuiUE2ILWhqM3TdUsZLkNCppILbSunvZ8wz2dxN5KZlF7oanJvxeE0jj3N_ANE7-SJw1mnqWDag8UGThPJ2EkuhtZKMe6b0T__UDZVbXswGJbY48/s1600/muscleboot36.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1hAovLGjySGuKYfzv_ghKCH-M4LjuiUE2ILWhqM3TdUsZLkNCppILbSunvZ8wz2dxN5KZlF7oanJvxeE0jj3N_ANE7-SJw1mnqWDag8UGThPJ2EkuhtZKMe6b0T__UDZVbXswGJbY48/s200/muscleboot36.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtY6-jx_VVhVwqrN1kdbmLCLJXj3JpuWMf-cDNaPpY8PMPZndxDNQlDLL7yzxs8KVOQIIlJwQVolJHUg8QQHDg5srZ5NVfm3jQY2RhF4S_dVNMbywATiCi5BTPzmGUKFq9P_dEJf9Lfu0/s1600/muscleboot35.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtY6-jx_VVhVwqrN1kdbmLCLJXj3JpuWMf-cDNaPpY8PMPZndxDNQlDLL7yzxs8KVOQIIlJwQVolJHUg8QQHDg5srZ5NVfm3jQY2RhF4S_dVNMbywATiCi5BTPzmGUKFq9P_dEJf9Lfu0/s200/muscleboot35.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2EwgY-fzJJcEh8L2rjrOMmaIOyj8wKCnsgHziv4JhtrfktN9xQIImAjfuFB34bpbnIIstX-CPdDauKdm5_nZv7A3oMig8h-7YwJmHtm1zG3KAit34hjpZ3J4hU0vhSTPSUI-7fxA8Hqw/s1600/muscleboot37.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2EwgY-fzJJcEh8L2rjrOMmaIOyj8wKCnsgHziv4JhtrfktN9xQIImAjfuFB34bpbnIIstX-CPdDauKdm5_nZv7A3oMig8h-7YwJmHtm1zG3KAit34hjpZ3J4hU0vhSTPSUI-7fxA8Hqw/s200/muscleboot37.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />I especially love the bubble gum look of these two guys above. And there's Cyborg once again. The bootleggers just loved that dude for some reason.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM2dhoWuCkU5O05_qcKyl2z53YSJSSAM8tOgVTCpm7PvAZ2rSl9gvYI1OerUI62TKUHiZ9VTrlbeV08R_h7xDtVJvo3Gv2bdCdUVT2tGWiTDBl826V3-N0R2NxyiHdHe_o7gx001wz454/s1600/muscleboot38.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM2dhoWuCkU5O05_qcKyl2z53YSJSSAM8tOgVTCpm7PvAZ2rSl9gvYI1OerUI62TKUHiZ9VTrlbeV08R_h7xDtVJvo3Gv2bdCdUVT2tGWiTDBl826V3-N0R2NxyiHdHe_o7gx001wz454/s200/muscleboot38.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTv3MF9RsvvtEeg8MT5qOoOyDUQK-8RiuVBUJUbr-FugiY73u4GkYhQWZ5ZyTzR5FugQ9kyvS9FnryI4BuxXFpnSSzj19u9AzeT3-ztxBfPZPKPhoEATBs_ZCRNSC7OGHUYkBeD6tn9DY/s1600/muscleboot39.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTv3MF9RsvvtEeg8MT5qOoOyDUQK-8RiuVBUJUbr-FugiY73u4GkYhQWZ5ZyTzR5FugQ9kyvS9FnryI4BuxXFpnSSzj19u9AzeT3-ztxBfPZPKPhoEATBs_ZCRNSC7OGHUYkBeD6tn9DY/s200/muscleboot39.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />This weird Muscleman is one of my favorite MUSCLE figures, regardless of his bootleggary. I got him in a gumball machine at Toys R Us in the early 2000's. Imagine my shock as I walked past the gumball machines to exit the store (probably feeling dejected for not finding the newest Star Wars figures or something) when I saw MUSCLE bootlegs in a vending machine almost 20 years after they were in mass production! Of course, I got as many as I could, but they were 50 cents each and randomly placed in the same machine as lamer and cheaper toys. Obviously, the maker of this machine knew the awesomeness of MUSCLEs and wanted to squeeze as many quarters out of me as possible. Which boots I got from that machine is anybody's guess at this point, but I do specifically remember that this Muscleman with a robotic arm was one of them.<br /><br />So what the crap is going on with his arm? Is he a MUSCLE Terminator or something? I'm not exactly sure, but I think somebody told me this was molded from a Kinkeshi, and that Kinkeshi supposedly represented Kinnikuman in a storyline in which his arm became some kind of cosmic key. Honestly, I prefer to think of it as more of a machine gun arm.<br /><br />And that's it for this tribute to MUSCLE bootlegs! For more on these monstrosities, be sure to check out <a href="http://blog.uofmuscle.com/course-catalog/art/art-100-bootleg-and-counterfeit-muscle-figures/">University of MUSCLE's Bootlegs and Counterfeit figures</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721676119391906893.post-39691568438219103442010-03-22T13:05:00.000-07:002010-03-22T13:53:12.440-07:00Fox and Tortle Show, Episode X<a name='more'></a><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 30px;">The Fox and Tortle Show Ate My Balls!</span><br />
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<hr /><hr />Waitaminnit... where are we?<br />
Tortle? TORTLE! Snap out of it, man!<br />
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Where are we?<br />
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<tr><td valign="bottom" width="50%">Fox... look at this page! Horrible design... cliched content... stupid and unfunny jokes... we're in an ATE MY BALLS page!!!<br />
<img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_c_MaBzzRV2A/S6fLu52-FuI/AAAAAAAAGuM/LKqYN18nwWE/s800/quoteleft.gif" style="border: 0px none;" /></td><td valign="bottom">NO! That can't be! What are we doing here?!<br />
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<tr><td valign="bottom" width="50%">You thought wrong, fool! I only let you think you were in control of Hell while I meticulously devised your own personal torture! Welcome to an eternity of unoriginal content, atrocious quality control, and inexcusable grammar!<br />
<img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_c_MaBzzRV2A/S6fLu52-FuI/AAAAAAAAGuM/LKqYN18nwWE/s800/quoteleft.gif" style="border: 0px none;" /></td><td valign="bottom" width="50%">This can't be true! You wait until our webmaster hears of this...<br />
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<tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: left;">HA HA HA!!! You just don't get it, do you?! Nathan is no longer here... say hello to your new webmaster!<br />
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<tr><td width="100"></td><td style="text-align: left;">Hi, guysh! I wrote that Ate My Ballsh page myshelf! It'sh sho funny, ishn't it? Hee hee hee...<br />
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<tr><td valign="bottom" width="50%">OH NO!!! Mekaneck!!!<br />
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I have plenty of plansh for you guysh. We'll have sho much fun! In the next epishode, I'm going to do a parody of the Mahir page with you guysh in it! I kissh you! It'll be great!<br />
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No, no... a thousand times, NO! This is our fate?! An eternity of cheesy, unfunny, and stale dorkdom?! <br />
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That's right, mendicants! What do you have to say about your own Hell?<br />
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<tr><td valign="bottom" width="50%">Well, I just have to say... Wow!<br />
I'm impressed, Satan.<br />
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<tr><td valign="bottom" width="50%">Gosh, you really think so?<br />
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Really? Wow, that means alot coming from you guys! *sniff* Thanks!<br />
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<tr><td valign="bottom" width="50%">No problem, man! You deserve the praise! This is a sick, twisted Hell you designed for us!<br />
<img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_c_MaBzzRV2A/S6fLu52-FuI/AAAAAAAAGuM/LKqYN18nwWE/s800/quoteleft.gif" style="border: 0px none;" /></td><td valign="bottom">Say, I don't mean to be ungrateful, I know you spent alot of time on this... but we don't really have to stay here with this Mekadork, do we?<br />
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<tr><td valign="bottom" width="50%">Of course not, guys! I'm sorry if I freaked you out... I just wanted to prove that I still had it, you know?<br />
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<tr><td colspan="2" valign="bottom">Aw, man... I thought we would all be friendsh. We can shtill be beshtesht buddiesh, right, Shatan?</td></tr>
<tr><td valign="bottom">I'm SO going to enjoy torturing you...<br />
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<img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_c_MaBzzRV2A/S6fLvEZEobI/AAAAAAAAGuQ/IgCvUacAjo0/s800/quoteright.gif" style="border: 0px none;" /></td><td valign="bottom">Well Tortle, we've been to Limbo and Hell... there's only one place left...<br />
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</center></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721676119391906893.post-42098871082039066472010-03-12T08:15:00.000-08:002010-03-12T12:29:57.835-08:00Super-Rare M.U.S.C.L.E.sA few figures have stirred up some controversy amongst MUSCLEheads. These figures are not shown on the poster nor on any other official MUSCLE item, yet they have the same MUSCLE-like plastic and feature the Y/S*N*T trademark. They are periodically found in MUSCLE lots from both the US and Japan. Are they truly MUSCLEs?<br />
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<tr><td valign="top"><b><i>Super-Rares</i></b><br />
<ul><li><a href="http://nathansmuscleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/super-rare-muscles.html#bhs">Black Hole Sunshine</a></li>
<li><a href="http://nathansmuscleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/super-rare-muscles.html#drbonbe">Dr. Bonbe</a></li>
<li><a href="http://nathansmuscleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/super-rare-muscles.html#sha">Spinning Head Ashuraman</a></li>
</ul></td><td valign="top"><b><i>Super-Duper-Rares</i></b><br />
<ul><li><a href="http://nathansmuscleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/super-rare-muscles.html#chainman">Chain Man</a></li>
<li><a href="http://nathansmuscleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/super-rare-muscles.html#colored">Colored Super Rares</a></li>
<li><a href="http://nathansmuscleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/super-rare-muscles.html#darkemperor">Dark Emperor</a></li>
<li><a href="http://nathansmuscleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/super-rare-muscles.html#drunkenmaster">Drunken Master</a></li>
<li><a href="http://nathansmuscleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/super-rare-muscles.html#mageleven">The Magnificent Eleven</a></li>
<li><a href="http://nathansmuscleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/super-rare-muscles.html#kingrobinmask">King Robin Mask </a>(Unconfirmed)</li>
</ul></td><td valign="top"><b><i>Info</i></b><br />
<ul><li><a href="http://nathansmuscleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/super-rare-muscles.html#aretheymuscles">Are they truly MUSCLEs?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://nathansmuscleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/super-rare-muscles.html#links">Super-Rare Links</a></li>
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</tbody></table>These strangely uncommon MUSCLEs are grouped into two categories: Super-Rare (in which more than a few of the figures are known to exist) and Super-Duper-Rare (in which only one or two are known to exist).<br />
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<h2>Black Hole Sunshine (Super-Rare)</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgekMxxmHs0qGMn6rqy_Sck47aOl5o3jx_aZh6sWx3SHgPjgobdDz0En50-ycbpamot2Atg7nqDHfRP-yqCg1ZWyF7JIjiasJ8jvS3fYDvVquBcoubTO17CR_QzABpwmvGjo916E678pHiO/s1600-h/arforbesbhs1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgekMxxmHs0qGMn6rqy_Sck47aOl5o3jx_aZh6sWx3SHgPjgobdDz0En50-ycbpamot2Atg7nqDHfRP-yqCg1ZWyF7JIjiasJ8jvS3fYDvVquBcoubTO17CR_QzABpwmvGjo916E678pHiO/s200/arforbesbhs1.jpg" width="188" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_y6YAdWunjk3k84xqB6LgxBysrH5ac2eQWwtOrrEgZ-n_jdx82HLxNK3U8tdhGELZTWp8PhWt_yiZ_4xG6R_gYVRAVY-m7nGwru5c3t6SRLsZm7tLurB2yP6ezOT7qrJpAw-n_JhpAoL/s1600-h/arforbesbhs2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_y6YAdWunjk3k84xqB6LgxBysrH5ac2eQWwtOrrEgZ-n_jdx82HLxNK3U8tdhGELZTWp8PhWt_yiZ_4xG6R_gYVRAVY-m7nGwru5c3t6SRLsZm7tLurB2yP6ezOT7qrJpAw-n_JhpAoL/s200/arforbesbhs2.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc9TNaAivvPYS6rWd5goLRpNwd6yxKA8pyWD5vpcpB-NtK9WDyX067CD0MMCNa8GBGukjmxFiHKqpLq5P-hJBmH_JT7Y_pewdims8wjtdTAnuPySQ1RNK00FG5nfTidNZ8kVQ2i0kaSMXr/s1600-h/arforbesbhs3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc9TNaAivvPYS6rWd5goLRpNwd6yxKA8pyWD5vpcpB-NtK9WDyX067CD0MMCNa8GBGukjmxFiHKqpLq5P-hJBmH_JT7Y_pewdims8wjtdTAnuPySQ1RNK00FG5nfTidNZ8kVQ2i0kaSMXr/s200/arforbesbhs3.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(From the collection of Arforbes)</i></div><br />
One Mystery MUSCLE is a version of Sunshine, deemed "Black Hole Sunshine", which has a hole in its chest where the sun symbol is located. The peg attached to the figure is designed to be taken off and inserted into the hole so that kids can have another MUSCLE "punch out" his chest.<br />
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Black Hole Sunshine is the next most common of the Super-Rares. Thanks to Arforbes for his pictures and testimony and to Msugarman for his account of his Super-Rare! You can see the Kinkeshi version of this figure <a href="http://ulala69.hp.infoseek.co.jp/part21.htm">here</a> courtesy of <a href="http://ulala69.hp.infoseek.co.jp/">Naochin's Kinkeshi Archives</a>. See below for more pics courtesy of Msugarman!<br />
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<b><i>Testimonies:</i></b><br />
<ul><li>Arforbes: As soon as I saw it through the plastic of the bubble wrap, I knew it was a legit MUSCLE figure. Upon opening it, I noticed the tell tale Y/S.N.T American MUSCLE figure markings on its back. The plastic is 100% completely authentic MUSCLE plastic. The color of the figure is the exact flesh color that the original MUSCLE figures are. The thing that convinced me the most was the following fact. The MUSCLE smell is still intact on this figure. It smells exactly like a MUSCLE making it unmistakably real. I am convinced completely of its authenticity. You do not get closer to MUSCLE than this! (The fact that the figure smells like a MUSCLE is significant. Kinkeshi have somewhat of a "fishy" smell that is difficult to eradicate, so this MUSCLE smell indicates that this BH Sunshine is probably not a Kinkeshi. You can see here that the back of the figure clearly displays the Y/S*N*T trademark. -N)</li>
<li>Msugarman: I have one from when i was a kid. I remember ripping the hole off the side... now, my son found the hole in my box of muscles.</li>
<li>Robert: I had one of these black hole sunshines as a kid too. I lived in Fremont, CA at the time.</li>
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<h2>Dr. Bonbe (Super-Rare)</h2>Yet another Super-Rare in the collection of Arforbes! The tale of this Super-Rare can be found at <a href="http://www.littlerubberguys.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10110">this thread at the Little Rubber Guys Forums</a>. <br />
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<h2>Spinning Head Ashura Man (Super-Rare)</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBM_If6Hw7AYCKFT8DPfPOF3EEJaDRCddBvAV5fkM0sgZJccGYnHS8_s9ENH-p1jyfpjzLq5hhMPmKwirDktISl8pG8WF4h-iDV6xfzoktP1Ly_6GqI1f8s55ILKt8IcOhwwClibK0hLE/s1600-h/sha_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBM_If6Hw7AYCKFT8DPfPOF3EEJaDRCddBvAV5fkM0sgZJccGYnHS8_s9ENH-p1jyfpjzLq5hhMPmKwirDktISl8pG8WF4h-iDV6xfzoktP1Ly_6GqI1f8s55ILKt8IcOhwwClibK0hLE/s200/sha_front.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia_DOlysiUbj0CNIdRMVhZlQ_nTYRnU-tdPeoTDcY_-zENA12BoL6mlDTp7nZGsJMF8LFpndQ_U1KY76wUBHRiI0verzInJFy_rew-CHW4AEfFu96iwjGj7rHPhUuGrEu8t6ozQwBD1TQ/s1600-h/sha_back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia_DOlysiUbj0CNIdRMVhZlQ_nTYRnU-tdPeoTDcY_-zENA12BoL6mlDTp7nZGsJMF8LFpndQ_U1KY76wUBHRiI0verzInJFy_rew-CHW4AEfFu96iwjGj7rHPhUuGrEu8t6ozQwBD1TQ/s200/sha_back.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Courtesy of from Dave, a.k.a. jax0n.</i></div><br />
A few people have come across this strange Ashura Man figure, and it's difficult to determine its origin. It looks pretty similar to most Kinnikuman/MUSCLE figures of the character. However, it has a feature that is different from all the Ashura Man figures in the American line!<br />
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As you can see, this Ashura Man has a rotatable and removable head! You can pop off his head, and rotate it to display the different faces! I always wanted to be able to turn Ashura Man's head so that his different personalities can shine through, and that's finally possible with this figure!<br />
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The figure has the usual "Y/S*N*T" (EBednarik) that all Kinnikuman/MUSCLE toys have. The seller of this figure says he bought it in American MUSCLE packaging, and the winner of another SHA from eBay, DomaJedah, assures that the figure is very MUSCLE-like in plastic and color.<br />
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Spinning Head Ashuraman is the most common of the Super-Rares. You can see more pics of SHA in Arforbes' Collection. Thanks to EBednarik and jax0n for the pics of Ashura Man, and to Jay and DomaJedah for their Ashura Man testimonies! You can see the Kinkeshi version of this figure <a href="http://ulala69.hp.infoseek.co.jp/part21.htm">here</a> courtesy of <a href="http://ulala69.hp.infoseek.co.jp/">Naochin's Kinkeshi Archives.</a><br />
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<b><i>Testimonies:</i></b><br />
<ul><li>Jay (JShurt): He is made with the same plastic as the U.S. muscles, not the softer 'eraser-like' plastic/rubber of the Japanese Kinnikumans. This reinforces the seller's memories of getting this figure in a domestic package of MUSCLEs. I have seen photos of [Kinnikuman] Ashura man figures that had the head attached to the body by a spur. This would allow the manufacturer to mold the figure as one piece then the purchaser could break the head free of the spur much like a piece from a model kit. I don't know if all Ashura man figures were distributed like this. I was curious if this was how the figure I got was distributed when new. So I asked the seller what he could remember about when he bought it. To the best he could remember the head was in place, in the hole on its shoulders and not connected by a spur.</li>
<li>Justin: I originally bought the figure in a 4-pack (as a kid). I’m pretty sure I got it at a Boston Store in Milwaukee.</li>
<li>Seller of the eBay auction for which DomaJedah was winner: Please understand that [the owner] considered these Muscle guys a toy for his son that were purchased over ten years ago. His son had them in a bag in his room for years and probably hasn't touched them in quite some time. They basically have been just sitting there. He had absolutely no idea that they would sell for more than a few dollars. To be truthful, he is somewhat skeptical that he will be paid for them!<br />
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Both he and his wife agree that they were purchased in the Western New York area (near Buffalo) for his son along with a "million" other little action figures for his son -- MUSCLES, Monsters in my Pocket, etc. They bought most of these figures in Toys R Us, Child World (out of business for several years), or Hills Dept Store (also out of business). He has absolutely no idea which store he bought these in nor does he know how they were packaged. All the knows is that he was fortunate enough to give them to me to sell and he is happy that they got the response they did. I am sorry I am not able to give you more specific information about these figures.</li>
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<h2>Chain Man (Super-Duper-Rare)</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmfatFFR4PH4j_Ls8wgzV4VEAhrswwRXRblaPfAVGU7C6PRe1AXhKfijr8DiocIKndKAzu9MOXYwx0iHPJAXFoDxD4Vet2J8RCCTXb-NTAAt27-LXtz2knO1o_pcpaQxCou1ZAo8oeCkc/s1600-h/chienowaman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmfatFFR4PH4j_Ls8wgzV4VEAhrswwRXRblaPfAVGU7C6PRe1AXhKfijr8DiocIKndKAzu9MOXYwx0iHPJAXFoDxD4Vet2J8RCCTXb-NTAAt27-LXtz2knO1o_pcpaQxCou1ZAo8oeCkc/s200/chienowaman.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
This curious little dude (in the middle of the back row above) was <a href="http://www.littlerubberguys.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=27379">discovered on eBay by l.designs</a>. It appears to be a legitimate Super-Rare. <br />
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<h2>Colored Super-Rares (Super-Duper-Rare)</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0PcgKys-4owNbopteWvGTRCZTh_25uvDbUhq7_eEGQ-MvFl2ohu0DWTUqucsGDBv1e-EAy0CdDVRSFf33lJkZni46ZQl3RlLvLFJIUOLHvRHSiMHg1fRqcdz2GcRJK6-8KnC84rRJgA/s1600-h/arforbesgeronimo1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0PcgKys-4owNbopteWvGTRCZTh_25uvDbUhq7_eEGQ-MvFl2ohu0DWTUqucsGDBv1e-EAy0CdDVRSFf33lJkZni46ZQl3RlLvLFJIUOLHvRHSiMHg1fRqcdz2GcRJK6-8KnC84rRJgA/s200/arforbesgeronimo1.jpg" width="163" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLxOyj_7EVai1tP2A6VYpengW8QDY_TBZ3Zgi3AX8i3E1vlnoc-J3aaRTGwae7nFUrfRoYcX9L1t7qQ-mO4ox23jF0Pp_j18rFLsCzVB5NdAuRoxPl-OeF8k-sawPdpFGhGRScDdOQgE/s1600-h/arforbesmissileman1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLxOyj_7EVai1tP2A6VYpengW8QDY_TBZ3Zgi3AX8i3E1vlnoc-J3aaRTGwae7nFUrfRoYcX9L1t7qQ-mO4ox23jF0Pp_j18rFLsCzVB5NdAuRoxPl-OeF8k-sawPdpFGhGRScDdOQgE/s200/arforbesmissileman1.jpg" width="170" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4avzWuBipYa33zUQGPO-1Trqv0DaLILfgRoEdWQVlOuDr31HWWSvduFXgtySKcZmovRd14pVzepiCD5gu2EvQlv31w1TQZ2Tghr3QLlMxbKD6_V1IzTZC4ajhWBdaNbgZqo2fpJLN-WE/s1600-h/arforbesrobinmask1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4avzWuBipYa33zUQGPO-1Trqv0DaLILfgRoEdWQVlOuDr31HWWSvduFXgtySKcZmovRd14pVzepiCD5gu2EvQlv31w1TQZ2Tghr3QLlMxbKD6_V1IzTZC4ajhWBdaNbgZqo2fpJLN-WE/s200/arforbesrobinmask1.jpg" width="166" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwVUCrHohxvumZ7YOunUSrkTVJn6yHvmdu7kPqD2ihioRI9LhLX2iPo7PcX_r10NP36n1wBUtun6TzwBX_WX5sXNxvMw-_ZyTosYv-Flhf7KVN9OK-PMxt3VegInyoXboRzCBa5aVxHjo/s1600-h/arforbeswoolman1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwVUCrHohxvumZ7YOunUSrkTVJn6yHvmdu7kPqD2ihioRI9LhLX2iPo7PcX_r10NP36n1wBUtun6TzwBX_WX5sXNxvMw-_ZyTosYv-Flhf7KVN9OK-PMxt3VegInyoXboRzCBa5aVxHjo/s200/arforbeswoolman1.jpg" width="183" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Courtesy of Arforbes.</i></div><br />
This is yet another Super-Rare discovery by Arforbes, this time of the first known instances of colored Super-Rares: Red Geronimo, Blue Robinmask, Blue Missileman, and Blue Woolman! The Red Geronimo was discovered in an American eBay auction, from a seller in Rochester, New York (the auction pic is shown below). The blues were discovered on Yahoo Japan (Alex explains his discovery on the <a href="http://www.littlerubberguys.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10394">Little Rubber Guys Forums</a>).<br />
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Interestingly enough, the Blue Robinmask is the same sculpt as the pink Magnificent Eleven Robinmask, both of which were from Japan. Check out the pics below, from the Collection of Arforbes. Only one of each of these Super-Rares is known to exist.<br />
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<b><i>Testimony:</i></b><br />
<ul><li>Arforbes: These came to me as a shocker. I bid on them on Yahoo Japan because they had a glossy look to them and I thought by slim chance they may be M.U.S.C.L.E. Super Rares. When I won them I was exited to receive them because of the picture the seller added to the auction. They turned out to actually be Super Rares which was amazing!</li>
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<h2>Dark Emperor (Super-Duper-Rare)</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLqT_Vd5Ef4LsvYOKAoxdEUpEKnV7HvNwWxnFuum1mwN6Y-bqYnWh81Jmn3q5feN6_MOD9dj2ojJt-TVP128fZitLPTK4Fds-t3scYyg0C6YRTnBQvZe7-WG6YvtJn8i-Qb6oM4lxacyc/s1600-h/arforbesdarkempfront.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLqT_Vd5Ef4LsvYOKAoxdEUpEKnV7HvNwWxnFuum1mwN6Y-bqYnWh81Jmn3q5feN6_MOD9dj2ojJt-TVP128fZitLPTK4Fds-t3scYyg0C6YRTnBQvZe7-WG6YvtJn8i-Qb6oM4lxacyc/s200/arforbesdarkempfront.jpg" width="180" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjaJ4II7afbN8mcCef0NIXfoBMAliDOmWXFjP86ptqgt3Ff4La0tEvACMEN73XIPEs6s440baMQ3lugx5KmeFqAIOvKhG-gpuKNrUMsa7CqtQZYjcSC8RTvbp0_s_zdxzBDEL9ZOYGKPY/s1600-h/arforbesdarkempback.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjaJ4II7afbN8mcCef0NIXfoBMAliDOmWXFjP86ptqgt3Ff4La0tEvACMEN73XIPEs6s440baMQ3lugx5KmeFqAIOvKhG-gpuKNrUMsa7CqtQZYjcSC8RTvbp0_s_zdxzBDEL9ZOYGKPY/s200/arforbesdarkempback.jpg" width="166" /></a></div><br />
This discovery comes from Arforbes, who noticed an oddly-shaped MUSCLE in the auction pic below. Only one Dark Emperor Super-Rare is known to exist. You can see the Kinkeshi version of this figure <a href="http://ulala69.hp.infoseek.co.jp/part15.htm">here</a> courtesy of <a href="http://ulala69.hp.infoseek.co.jp/">Naochin's Kinkeshi Archives</a>.<br />
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<b><i>Testimony:</i></b><br />
<ul><li>Arforbes: Well, the Super Rare arrived today and it is 100% M.U.S.C.L.E.!!! It has the Y/S.N.T on the back, the same M.U.S.C.L.E. feel and texture and color, and the smell is intact!!! Another interesting thing I noticed is that it had what appeared to me to be a tiny blue speck on the back of the left blade of his head. As soon as I saw this I thought "4-Pack remnants!!!" The blue spec is common among figures that have rested on the cardboard backs of the 4-Packs for extended amounts of time. The tiny speck flaked off while I was cleaning the figure, but it looked just like a 4-Pack spec, which may be significant! (Like BHS below, the MUSCLE smell is significant in that Kinkeshi have a distinctly different odor. Also, the "blue speck" is likely a significant clue as to its possible 4-pack origins. -N)</li>
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<h2>Drunken Master (Super-Duper-Rare)</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTpLw_2NQs5_PXy4eEPufz1fod9EcKoL_ytqtDOAn0j5KEmpvUsMu4xnkI9p0LM_IWgUqo4hxAyozfzbbJVFgQJQapaS4ev2ZNRweneE1at4xt6fwO2XxBh31E9hPxCoCXlJ-mXbIXJnQ/s1600-h/drunkenmaster1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTpLw_2NQs5_PXy4eEPufz1fod9EcKoL_ytqtDOAn0j5KEmpvUsMu4xnkI9p0LM_IWgUqo4hxAyozfzbbJVFgQJQapaS4ev2ZNRweneE1at4xt6fwO2XxBh31E9hPxCoCXlJ-mXbIXJnQ/s200/drunkenmaster1.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_HB6k1fdSAhUk7wljG45j1cTMIOgohHpq4gSAYpmtFm8g5Aj-SGaPGgTKKTzvXzffZYz7x27E6r5IPFjebMjoNJUhV8RuOefediEOQdHkVydzkkpECK3x8dDwRBdCY-JbNQ2NfeqxLgU/s1600-h/drunkenmaster2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_HB6k1fdSAhUk7wljG45j1cTMIOgohHpq4gSAYpmtFm8g5Aj-SGaPGgTKKTzvXzffZYz7x27E6r5IPFjebMjoNJUhV8RuOefediEOQdHkVydzkkpECK3x8dDwRBdCY-JbNQ2NfeqxLgU/s200/drunkenmaster2.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
This curious little guy was purchased by Philly Madison in a MUSCLE lot on eBay. Shown below is the auction pic (with the Drunken Master indicated with an arrow). The sculpt of this figure does, in fact, come from the Kinnikuman line, so it is a legitimate Toei/Yudetamago mold. The character's name is Horumon Yahki... click <a href="http://ulala69.hp.infoseek.co.jp/part15.htm">here</a> to see the kinkeshi version of the figure (courtesy of <a href="http://ulala69.hp.infoseek.co.jp/">Naochin's Kinkeshi Archives</a>). Thanks to Philly Madison for the pics and the testimony! If you have any questions, you can contact him at phillymadison@yahoo.com.<br />
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<b><i>Testimony:</i></b><br />
<ul><li>Philly: ...I received the MUSCLEs and when I was going through them, I found a MUSCLE that I never seen before and it is not on the poster. I searched a few other sites to see if anyone has any history on him and I found nothing.<br />
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I dont think he is a bootleg because he has the Y/S*N*T mark on his back (little hard to see in the pic but in person its really clear). He is made out of the same plastic and everything like all the other MUSCLES. Same color, too.<br />
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The guy I bought them off from lives in Boston. All the other MUSCLES that were in the auction were plain MUSCLEs I've seen already, nothing special. When I saw this guy I thought it was a fake but then I checked his back and the Y/S N T mark was there. Plus he was the same plastic as the other MUSCLES (not the soft plastic like some of the fakes). To me he looks like a Japanese "Drunken Master". He can also stand on his head perfectly. I learned this because I wasn't paying attention when I was puting him down and I rested him upside down. This is just adding to my "Druken Master" aspect of him.</li>
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<h2>The Magnificent Eleven (Super-Duper-Rare)</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsZcj3cTa16-fMIdZvnlzI1No9-MpkcTrMyN-M3Z1NuMiEjZxlCNtD5abnxS6GtF57QaBVuhc_ELrbC7GAbKyPDBlSvgaGsJHXrb40Tt5JLLrKyx_UBrBIYWK-AjBsaEGoSX1_TSkiZX8/s1600-h/eleven1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsZcj3cTa16-fMIdZvnlzI1No9-MpkcTrMyN-M3Z1NuMiEjZxlCNtD5abnxS6GtF57QaBVuhc_ELrbC7GAbKyPDBlSvgaGsJHXrb40Tt5JLLrKyx_UBrBIYWK-AjBsaEGoSX1_TSkiZX8/s320/eleven1.jpg" /></a></div><br />
This incredible find comes from Johnny Karis, of <a href="http://kinnikuman.com/">Kinnikuman.com</a> fame! Johnny found an auction on Yahoo! Japan for a MUSCLE 28-pack. The pack was the #2 Cosmic Crunchers set. After asking the seller for more detailed pictures, he received pictures showing 17 normal MUSCLEs along with eleven that were clearly not normal! After Johnny bought out the auction and received the figures, he realized that they were, in fact, the same feeling plastic as MUSCLEs... thus bringing the total number of Super-Rares to 15! Only one of each of these Super-Rares is known to exist. If you'd like to discuss this find, be sure to check out <a href="http://www.littlerubberguys.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9766">this thread at Little Rubber Guys</a>.<br />
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Here are more detailed pictures of the Magnificent Eleven. Snow is great for MUSCLE photography!<br />
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Individual shots of Camo Buffaloman, Mysterious Partner, Satan Cross back half, Terry Man, and Wars Man courtesy of Arforbes.</i></div><br />
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<h2>King Robin Mask (UNCONFIRMED)</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0m626TEnYzy14atS43h4nrJK2nFkfeNmuS9G_UG3H6kLqemQ2S_nR-0k17QARWrD-g5E723UYGEEwjONcR0nIYCMVw77i08ox0vijYPi2gf7tL54t_YZ6kWBl25VirtsG0mPV5z3cbSg/s1600-h/kingrobinsr_frontback.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0m626TEnYzy14atS43h4nrJK2nFkfeNmuS9G_UG3H6kLqemQ2S_nR-0k17QARWrD-g5E723UYGEEwjONcR0nIYCMVw77i08ox0vijYPi2gf7tL54t_YZ6kWBl25VirtsG0mPV5z3cbSg/s200/kingrobinsr_frontback.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
<a href="http://www.littlerubberguys.com/forums/index.php?showuser=1483">Bellatrix101</a> found a Craig's List auction with a figure of Robin Mask's dad (from <a href="http://ulala69.hp.infoseek.co.jp/part21.htm">Kinnikuman Part 21</a>) cast in suspiciously MUSCLE-like plastic. The winner of this auction was never found, so this figure can't be 100% confirmed to be a Super-Rare and the real story behind it continues to be a mystery. Check out the discussion over at <a href="http://www.littlerubberguys.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=20387">LittleRubberGuys.com</a>!<br />
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<h2>Are they truly MUSCLEs?</h2>So are these figures really MUSCLEs? It seems very likely, but why are there are SO few of them around? Many thousands of MUSCLEs exist in the online collecting community, and only one or two of each of these guys has shown up. Why would Mattel make them in such extremely limited quantities?<br />
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Many theories have surfaced from plenty of different "conspiracy theorists" to explain the rarity of these figures (assuming they're true MUSCLEs), including:<br />
<ul><li>The MUSCLE line may have included many more figures in the beginning and the super-rares may have been cancelled early on.</li>
<li>The figures may have been part of a second wave of MUSCLEs that was cancelled early in favor of the multiple colors.</li>
<li>The super-rares may have been available only in different countries (similar to POTF85 Yakface).</li>
<li>They might be prototypes or salesmen samples that somehow made it on the production line.</li>
<li>They may have been the result of some sort of miscommunication between Japanese Bandai and American Mattel.</li>
<li>The figures may have been part of a product recall.</li>
</ul>All the above theories are based on very little evidence that is entirely circumstantial, and frankly, we all lack any sort of working knowledge of the toy industry and how toy lines are produced. In truth, we really don't know the real story behind these guys and we may never know. We won't even know for sure if these guys are true MUSCLEs until they show up in American MUSCLE packaging! Whether or not these figures truly are MUSCLEs, or whether or not you need them for a complete MUSCLE collection, is entirely up to you.<br />
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<h2>Super-Rare Links</h2><ul><li><a href="http://www.littlerubberguys.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2420">Super-Rare FAQs</a> at the Little Rubber Guys Forums</li>
<li><a href="http://www.littlerubberguys.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9303">Super-Rare Official Discussion Thread</a> at the Little Rubber Guys Forums</li>
<li><a href="http://www.mps4ever.com/bhs.htm">BHS Sells for $900</a> at the MPS</li>
<li><a href="http://rare-muscle-stuff.tripod.com/id3.html">What is a Super-Rare?</a> at Rare MUSCLE Stuff</li>
<li><a href="http://rare-muscle-stuff.tripod.com/id15.html">Super-Rare Theories</a> at Rare MUSCLE Stuff</li>
<li><a href="http://www.kinnikuman.com/kinnikumuscle/rares.htm">BHS</a> at Kinniku-MUSCLE Wrestling</li>
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There was also a second series of Exogini! This interesting fellow below-left is from that series, but is different from the figures in the first series in that he doesn't have a MUSCLE/Kinnikuman mold. He looks like some kind of a samurai or a ninja. To the right is a scan of more second series figures. The yellow guy is actually from Monster In My Pocket... he just managed to sneak into the scan.<br />
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If they are not Kinnikuman molds, where did the second series Exoginis come from? Scott Franckowiak sent in some information on the subject:<br />
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This figure was released in the U.S. as a part of the creatively titled M.U.S.C.L.E.-like figure set known (if I recall correctly) as N.I.N.J.A.S. They are roughly the same size as their flesh-colored cousins but they come in black, red and yellow and have the added feature of at least one item on each of the figures that glows in the dark (usually a weapon). Most of them are ninja and samurai types, although a handful are clearly robotic and at least one is an animal/human hybrid. Another interesting feature is that several of them are actually pairs of mini-ninjas combined together as a single figurine (such as a pair that holds either end of a gigantic nunchaku). They were available in Target/K-mart type stores in my home town of Milwaukee but I don't recall in what quantities they were sold. I vaguely recall four-packs and some type of larger quantity with the exact contents obscured in some way, but I have no original packaging to back this up.</i><div><br />
Exoginis are made of a plastic that is similar to MUSCLEs. But besides the colors, a few drastic differences between Exoginis and MUSCLEs/Kinnikumans exist. Click on the pic below for a larger and more detailed scan.<br />
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As you can see, Exoginis are slightly smaller than American MUSCLEs or Kinnikumans and their sculpts are of a noticably poorer quality. In this example, the Exogini's frill is less defined and its details are a little fuzzy, both of which are indicators that Exoginis were molded from production MUSCLEs, not the original Kinnikuman molds. Additionally, the familiar "Y/S*N*T" trademark is missing from the Exoginis, which is noticable in this comparison scan of their backs.<br />
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Given these differences it's my theory that Exoginis are not officially licensed Kinnikuman toys! European toy companies have been known to rip off other toy manufacturers in other lines such as Star Wars. A common practice of bootleggers is to use production toys to cast molds, which leads to a degradation in detail of the bootleg and a slight decrease in its size... both of which are prevalent in Exoginis. Also, Exoginis don't have the Kinnikuman trademark, just like most other bootlegs.<br />
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But just because Exoginis may be bootlegs doesn't mean that they're not awesome! They're actually very good quality figures for bootlegs, and alot of the colors are much cooler than MUSCLE colors! I'm a huge fan of the clear Exoginis! I think that Exoginis definitely spice up a MUSCLE collection!<br />
<br /><i>Thanks to HawkHead for the scan of the second series pink ninja!</i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721676119391906893.post-16502805194201495582010-03-11T08:54:00.000-08:002011-04-25T06:28:04.402-07:00Factory ErrorsNo action figure production process is perfect, and MUSCLE is no exception. They're rare, but every once in a while a MUSCLE figure that has some sort of production error pops up. More common are mold distortions where figures are bent out of shape, but here we explore the more rare variety of MUSCLE birth defects.<br />
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<h2>Green "Hulk" #63</h2>TheGodBeast over at the Little Rubber Guys forums found this guy, a green two-toned Goriki (#63). This MUSCLE doesn't appear to be the product of a color fade, nor does it appear to be the result of some sort of dyeing process. It's probably a factory error caused by different shades of pellets, or residue from one color pellet mixing with the normal color pellet. <br />
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<h2>Handless #081</h2>Here's another weirdo... an Amoiman (#81) with malformed hands. This was probably caused by the plastic injection process cutting off before it completely filled-out the mold. Thanks to Justin (Bellatrix101) who posted a link to the auction featuring this figure on the Little Rubber Guys forums. I'm not sure who was the author of the pic though, so please let me know if you posted that auction.<br />
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<h2>Plastic Injection Error Niku #60</h2>This figure is from the collection of Arforbes.<br />
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<h2>MUSCLE Factory Error Links</h2><ul><li><a href="http://www.littlerubberguys.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=25226">TheGodBeast discovers the Green Hulk factory error.</a></li>
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The FoxBox Preview is the first official American Ultimate Muscle collectible! This was a freebie given away at Toys R Us stores to promote the Fox Saturday morning line-up, called "FoxBox".<br />
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The FoxBox preview package came with a VHS tape, a CD-ROM, a sticker sheet, a Mega-Blocks catalogue, and a cool TMNT comic (which was surprisingly close to the original comic... but, let's concentrate on Ultimate Muscle). Inside the box are printed more details and art regarding the shows.<br />
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The VHS tape shows the beginning title sequence of the show, as well as an all-too-brief preview of the action! The sticker sheet shows Kid Muscle himself (I included the Ninja Turtle too, just because he's cool).<br />
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But the real treat in this packet is the CD-ROM! Check out the cool cover, as well as the nifty decal on the CD! The FoxBox program on the CD features plenty of cool Kinnikuman related stuff: the title sequence and the theme music of the show, bios and a general story arc (very similar to the online content), wallpaper, screensavers, and coloring pictures. The user interface is very cool!<br />
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Although I might be making too big a deal of this with all this coverage, I feel like it's justified since this is the first American MUSCLE-related collectible in 17 years. What a great introduction to the series!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721676119391906893.post-78115795136610296952010-03-08T06:59:00.000-08:002010-03-08T06:59:25.074-08:00Kinnikuman Comichara Set<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj33QmSKP-Rg_TanyGBxtcxOpE5CHKzZegQB24k6EphU6iMXFdj5BgHMWfeMeidqwXKkZWG3C860tcBEDA4tDJpLKl_XFWuapeH6dDiy2NDffMiCBHB-4Rz2YT8wVgDxQm8zwgM2_lqLKgE/s1600-h/comicharacover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj33QmSKP-Rg_TanyGBxtcxOpE5CHKzZegQB24k6EphU6iMXFdj5BgHMWfeMeidqwXKkZWG3C860tcBEDA4tDJpLKl_XFWuapeH6dDiy2NDffMiCBHB-4Rz2YT8wVgDxQm8zwgM2_lqLKgE/s320/comicharacover.jpg" /></a></div><br />
This action figure and vehicle set was constructed to look like the Kinnikuman manga books. When you open it up, there are some "comic" pages with directions for the car, instructions for games, and information about the characters. Also, there's a compartment with the figures and vehicle. Shown above is a scan of the front of the package, and below the back.<br />
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The set includes nine Kinnikuman figures, a car, and a launcher. Click here for a scan of the figures. The car and launcher in the package was actually slightly different from the one shown on the back of the package. The "comic" section has directions for playing with the car. As far as I know, this is the only vehicle made for either the Kinnikuman or the M.U.S.C.L.E. line.<br />
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When you open the cover, there are a few pages of cool illustrations of the characters included in the set! The first page (after the title page) shows Ramen Man, Sunshine, Kinnikuman, and Kanderaman (Lod IX). The next page has illustrations of Anmonaitosu, Sunigator Shotai (the Hand), Shyaneruman (Cowboy Muscleman), Personalman, and Screw Kid.<br />
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A few games are also explained in the "comic" section. The cup game seems pretty simple. You put two Kinnikumans in a cup, shake them around, and toss them down. Their positions determine how many points you get. There is also a board game.<br />
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Ian Cranston chimes in on the rules of the games:<br />
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<blockquote>FYI, the top game shown is a traditional "sumo" game--normally, Japanese kids cut out paper "sumo" and then put them on a square cardboard box. They then tap the edge in an attempt to get their sumo to move forward. First one to fall loses. However, this version seems to be played with the game box and the figures...interesting. If you'd like to see a game of sumo played out on film, rent Beat Takeshi's "Sonatine." The other game seems to be chess from the name, but I can't make out the rules off the top of my head.</blockquote><br />
There was only one version of the Comichara set to my knowledge, and the figures were the same for each set. Although the car doesn't really go well with the Kinnikuman concept, the packaging unifies the comic and figure line, and it's alot of fun!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721676119391906893.post-64527086541981245742010-03-08T06:41:00.000-08:002010-03-08T06:50:20.801-08:00Misc. M.U.S.C.L.E.-related Illustrations<a name='more'></a><br />
<h2>The M.U.S.C.L.E. Epic Battle Carrying Case</h2>I always wanted a decent official M.U.S.C.L.E. carrying case but since that was never made, I decided to design my own! I designed this "Epic Battle Carrying Case" in the late 90's. The carrying case itself was a Hot Wheels or Matchbox car case made of clear plastic (found at Wal-marts and other retailers for about five bucks). It held alot of M.U.S.C.L.E.s, about 150 or so. As for the decal, I first sketched a battle between Muscle Man and Terri-Bull. (91K) Then I scanned that sketch in the computer and added color and logos. <br />
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<h2>M.U.S.C.L.E. Planets</h2>In the late 90's, I experimented with the idea that the different colored M.U.S.C.L.E.s came from different planets in a M.U.S.C.L.E. solar system. The idea was a fun way to practice creating planets in Photoshop. Below are the pink and green M.U.S.C.L.E. planets.<br />
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<h2>The Massive Mayhem Wrestling Ring</h2>This custom ring was a WWE 6" scale wrestling ring with some MUSCLE-oriented decals of my own design. The sides have decals displaying the logo (shown at top), along with illustrations from the Kinnikuman Comichara Set (two of which are shown here). The ring mat features a large graphic of a MUSCLE Planet (which was created my playing around with a real-life image of Mars).<br />
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MUSCLE #1 was named on the MUSCLE Poster as 'MUSCLEMAN'. This figure was available in Grape color in the Mega Match Board Game, and commonly came in the 4-pack and 10-pack assortments.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721676119391906893.post-43037207088339022152010-03-05T14:56:00.001-08:002010-03-05T15:08:49.772-08:00M.U.S.C.L.E. #002: Buffaloman (B)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhipUIRZOB44PVthTEMpN0SByfE1tErKuKutwB46Y-v62ItWbpOCiiMKf_U03gXFRnD03Y_yALD2oVilYAY3mHRe6J3_l_MDMgYoKYsJhNfYKy8Mhz0dmmWC4hmhcY16JJvJrcIFysM4HQD/s1600-h/002a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhipUIRZOB44PVthTEMpN0SByfE1tErKuKutwB46Y-v62ItWbpOCiiMKf_U03gXFRnD03Y_yALD2oVilYAY3mHRe6J3_l_MDMgYoKYsJhNfYKy8Mhz0dmmWC4hmhcY16JJvJrcIFysM4HQD/s200/002a.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiomo7LshJfpCJaoHrG4Va8HLTm6tLvuLrWLsTcTmRp74HnMZNRub0j82-9xxEwU39YibL1b-jCFJc_-sUelKYv9Wph8OKsLVLshCPcqTNeOJ6ex8s6DprqXqzVCPq-LK2qnGJCT4Vs1mKw/s1600-h/002b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiomo7LshJfpCJaoHrG4Va8HLTm6tLvuLrWLsTcTmRp74HnMZNRub0j82-9xxEwU39YibL1b-jCFJc_-sUelKYv9Wph8OKsLVLshCPcqTNeOJ6ex8s6DprqXqzVCPq-LK2qnGJCT4Vs1mKw/s200/002b.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
MUSCLE #2 was named on the MUSCLE Poster as 'TERRI-BULL'. This figure was available in the 4-pack and 10-pack assortments.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721676119391906893.post-6424251880960075982010-03-05T14:55:00.001-08:002010-03-05T14:55:41.750-08:00M.U.S.C.L.E. #003: Sunshine (C)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPjP2SKcPJ8pYv-v5kBvfs6mBQDpxFf2l9T03pyaJ8lU1eyYsrbdqkNFeRyhtMSUNys83RpWNFqr_Uy90Ou6T90F5UPkeWLzC9jItMnM5aMCajudeOO0eXDqGQhU9lBFDpa88Wrh8sWqX3/s1600-h/003a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPjP2SKcPJ8pYv-v5kBvfs6mBQDpxFf2l9T03pyaJ8lU1eyYsrbdqkNFeRyhtMSUNys83RpWNFqr_Uy90Ou6T90F5UPkeWLzC9jItMnM5aMCajudeOO0eXDqGQhU9lBFDpa88Wrh8sWqX3/s200/003a.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8ifYrasXSA9y56p9A-nyea3ZvjAuvJhH5WwfJKXzPfFii2FLFlU0lN_C_IfZk3gKoZqtnidQe2GxzYklxRW36Mm5n00M0zhQR7p2v78maYZF520UWz761SUoIQKNnkYnC1YeqcyYAZLI/s1600-h/003b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8ifYrasXSA9y56p9A-nyea3ZvjAuvJhH5WwfJKXzPfFii2FLFlU0lN_C_IfZk3gKoZqtnidQe2GxzYklxRW36Mm5n00M0zhQR7p2v78maYZF520UWz761SUoIQKNnkYnC1YeqcyYAZLI/s200/003b.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">This figure was available in the 4-pack and 10-pack assortments.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721676119391906893.post-48450684870300459962010-03-05T14:54:00.001-08:002010-03-05T14:54:41.684-08:00M.U.S.C.L.E. #004: Kani Besu<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM74yxGg3TlKTHo1sQd5UcWtJxv5Y2Q37L28Y9gCoNhaF_VKhI8ioTUHlVB3N4FG7KZR-hMsM7nbf-ExxJXtA0io4U3Zb0MWTZkBm3ZHNCPMrd3xaPo1SVB8W_nz-Hht_-DPoqB4v8O_5N/s1600-h/004a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM74yxGg3TlKTHo1sQd5UcWtJxv5Y2Q37L28Y9gCoNhaF_VKhI8ioTUHlVB3N4FG7KZR-hMsM7nbf-ExxJXtA0io4U3Zb0MWTZkBm3ZHNCPMrd3xaPo1SVB8W_nz-Hht_-DPoqB4v8O_5N/s200/004a.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik4DlvlZYvC7UESleZdqiQ3FMA0Y2swFROa9SB34pXMVg4si7nC_HhaORKyMjVMH8Gd2FgX7Yj5gRhh-FSrHuNI0SzgO_O0hG2F-By3dMkDVbeQ59BDtcKawOrjZyerL-sblv_iC5tw9Zs/s1600-h/004b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik4DlvlZYvC7UESleZdqiQ3FMA0Y2swFROa9SB34pXMVg4si7nC_HhaORKyMjVMH8Gd2FgX7Yj5gRhh-FSrHuNI0SzgO_O0hG2F-By3dMkDVbeQ59BDtcKawOrjZyerL-sblv_iC5tw9Zs/s200/004b.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">This figure was available in the Cosmic Showdown 28-pack.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721676119391906893.post-14918256650639909282010-03-05T14:53:00.001-08:002010-03-05T14:53:42.841-08:00M.U.S.C.L.E. #005: Planet Man<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv1aa3JxVddj4K3zOqWFMBqZ-QeKKoGeJExkDkG94COQuWAW4mbALlOL2gJz8vJEQdmZfMG-qWTlRYlzon9SJXTWoZn5SU8oXeU8484h5Jf22tSe5UENvpKbofPpKlUWebH5NxRtEmVl75/s1600-h/005a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv1aa3JxVddj4K3zOqWFMBqZ-QeKKoGeJExkDkG94COQuWAW4mbALlOL2gJz8vJEQdmZfMG-qWTlRYlzon9SJXTWoZn5SU8oXeU8484h5Jf22tSe5UENvpKbofPpKlUWebH5NxRtEmVl75/s200/005a.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYtQRvJx6DajzlMA-9DzIwrVLJPvuc_8CYexVhHEmYX5sC_FlZjbWtQ6_okulpC82xZJh-n8kOI1lVueU5swojNMdeNmt-ENXNCScMjRJVgzyYSxOpGpve4hkLayJpLYlnntXjWMdm3ay/s1600-h/005b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYtQRvJx6DajzlMA-9DzIwrVLJPvuc_8CYexVhHEmYX5sC_FlZjbWtQ6_okulpC82xZJh-n8kOI1lVueU5swojNMdeNmt-ENXNCScMjRJVgzyYSxOpGpve4hkLayJpLYlnntXjWMdm3ay/s200/005b.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">This figure was available in the Mighty Maulers 28-pack.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721676119391906893.post-53264181757703059462010-03-05T14:52:00.001-08:002010-03-05T14:52:48.413-08:00M.U.S.C.L.E. #006: Erimaki Tokage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXAeoQBEQvRJ-t1DXWR1xd7aONA9pVrhfgwM-jxKvqgeohCeWf0-yKx1zmHXFfg0Qo534a5MCa1GurY8E-mUJcRlTvY9Beveb9TvYO9N6XlVbxbZttQIksIJuoUwoXUvDK6hYFj3ts5YrR/s1600-h/006a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXAeoQBEQvRJ-t1DXWR1xd7aONA9pVrhfgwM-jxKvqgeohCeWf0-yKx1zmHXFfg0Qo534a5MCa1GurY8E-mUJcRlTvY9Beveb9TvYO9N6XlVbxbZttQIksIJuoUwoXUvDK6hYFj3ts5YrR/s200/006a.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrz6E4vA0ghvPrkbE8PFBpmeyiSAygyw8v0OuFqKiuWVLUoEHjduQtGp7RI5lTdByrBtNCIHlIdgUtlqYbIhJxdHB4JdOBVrr50Ms0XcEMVHn5s6Oh8KaMxO7jNE22ZwXTh4kMdQZ2TCVJ/s1600-h/006b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrz6E4vA0ghvPrkbE8PFBpmeyiSAygyw8v0OuFqKiuWVLUoEHjduQtGp7RI5lTdByrBtNCIHlIdgUtlqYbIhJxdHB4JdOBVrr50Ms0XcEMVHn5s6Oh8KaMxO7jNE22ZwXTh4kMdQZ2TCVJ/s200/006b.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">(Collared Lizard - Sunigator) This figure was available in the Mighty Maulers 28-pack.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721676119391906893.post-33426704486284598422010-03-05T14:51:00.001-08:002010-03-05T15:09:08.597-08:00M.U.S.C.L.E. #007: Puyo Puyo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1FTuBaMlKd02K4ZFPo7MnJE1iFnEz413LJT6blBNQRGuUsWMBQ8iJdtlo_uRP6182_WA30Q6ndfvyauoxh52_7uqKzTIA5cYmcWDxPFPfY5ycQy3JSxVR6jKxQHp3-EtwA2UlXZq3r5sj/s1600-h/007a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1FTuBaMlKd02K4ZFPo7MnJE1iFnEz413LJT6blBNQRGuUsWMBQ8iJdtlo_uRP6182_WA30Q6ndfvyauoxh52_7uqKzTIA5cYmcWDxPFPfY5ycQy3JSxVR6jKxQHp3-EtwA2UlXZq3r5sj/s200/007a.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPGnCRUU1dCrLjX-0u2VfZmv9kDFcXdoLOaIRAz7xVG6e8CJTkC3572P1mvl3Ok2Pj55BaT8B_KjTn2odEbd8WwLO3Sw9dLRAUisXQr8FYKpF9-s1jpypdTgCA60YOxc_IhyphenhyphencnIaMHPTD_/s1600-h/007b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPGnCRUU1dCrLjX-0u2VfZmv9kDFcXdoLOaIRAz7xVG6e8CJTkC3572P1mvl3Ok2Pj55BaT8B_KjTn2odEbd8WwLO3Sw9dLRAUisXQr8FYKpF9-s1jpypdTgCA60YOxc_IhyphenhyphencnIaMHPTD_/s200/007b.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">(This is a saying in Japanese that describes something that is jiggly, like jello.) This figure was available in the Cosmic Showdown 28-pack.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721676119391906893.post-20290890812981352962010-03-05T14:50:00.001-08:002010-03-05T14:50:08.684-08:00M.U.S.C.L.E. #008: Shishikababu<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggZicQQtuE2LqZEJmfL8Qb3dFKm8GFttsQDXmY84oOOrxuSweFpgUhq0RJ-8sTIFZuSqVZatOs5o8hrvS_n42XiYHdexj8szlffs7pPHGh_69mXpVQVwl2JBcQOArXq-bMdJuBPKOp3f10/s1600-h/008a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggZicQQtuE2LqZEJmfL8Qb3dFKm8GFttsQDXmY84oOOrxuSweFpgUhq0RJ-8sTIFZuSqVZatOs5o8hrvS_n42XiYHdexj8szlffs7pPHGh_69mXpVQVwl2JBcQOArXq-bMdJuBPKOp3f10/s200/008a.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyRMg8uBNiZvCjDo7DeTVLlLyxW8q_B50jW58xT1gfDNRc7PcqsPWrblOfimtxbDJRhc2n62xWbTltdOW-hXHfrkLGj44-utcfOm3J_1f2p-IbzS8XLqvIcd7ysrO6hzMrBU3TuIQPTaSq/s1600-h/008b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyRMg8uBNiZvCjDo7DeTVLlLyxW8q_B50jW58xT1gfDNRc7PcqsPWrblOfimtxbDJRhc2n62xWbTltdOW-hXHfrkLGj44-utcfOm3J_1f2p-IbzS8XLqvIcd7ysrO6hzMrBU3TuIQPTaSq/s200/008b.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">(Shishkabob) This figure was available in the Cosmic Showdown 28-pack.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721676119391906893.post-59771611976333610912010-03-05T14:48:00.001-08:002010-03-05T14:48:57.690-08:00M.U.S.C.L.E. #009: Wakusei Barukan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpCMlwztTIw0pe9CrpM2k93dCZdtAeAWdCukQHLt4_NFcHEYL16-3hRFFNFIiB_zaWrKmGEDlcl9RULdp95DkMauBZOybnzTlb8e9WogBdXAYwKl2wcNNkK6tNU_1t1vMUghtzhyphenhyphenehqpjd/s1600-h/009a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpCMlwztTIw0pe9CrpM2k93dCZdtAeAWdCukQHLt4_NFcHEYL16-3hRFFNFIiB_zaWrKmGEDlcl9RULdp95DkMauBZOybnzTlb8e9WogBdXAYwKl2wcNNkK6tNU_1t1vMUghtzhyphenhyphenehqpjd/s200/009a.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHaaolV7XdJbe8QjVZEfMTWhs6Gs2-Futxj0h_FHp7aJAQhR89t8ZWDZn_9Riet_pDB-tQf9V6jPP5bklA4tOX951ZzClUpa2UxOlQBXxqow851sxB5PbSgYbpiCkglj7TRiJUESlVbadz/s1600-h/009b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHaaolV7XdJbe8QjVZEfMTWhs6Gs2-Futxj0h_FHp7aJAQhR89t8ZWDZn_9Riet_pDB-tQf9V6jPP5bklA4tOX951ZzClUpa2UxOlQBXxqow851sxB5PbSgYbpiCkglj7TRiJUESlVbadz/s200/009b.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">(Wakusei means Planet, and Barukan is the planets name.) This figure was available in the Cosmic Showdown 28-pack.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721676119391906893.post-67829206169080633172010-03-05T14:47:00.001-08:002010-03-05T14:47:49.977-08:00M.U.S.C.L.E. #010: Jessie Maybia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvOPZdmL4pdG3xieXF8jVGZTAU3N1xGWw_h0Ral9903igx-VvSql2XnyUPJkt9uihDPapBv7WSWNmO9skeiQb8P6S1sSGpGz7Tetfslvv0mTYFuI6_f5qfELHTTEvB123zEG36orjwrs6/s1600-h/010a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvOPZdmL4pdG3xieXF8jVGZTAU3N1xGWw_h0Ral9903igx-VvSql2XnyUPJkt9uihDPapBv7WSWNmO9skeiQb8P6S1sSGpGz7Tetfslvv0mTYFuI6_f5qfELHTTEvB123zEG36orjwrs6/s200/010a.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDlgIqcR_GuxlsBtybvuNnVtbLGe_FOG3lyMYQzhon_MegeLlh3geh8wqawLJn1n94dNDLbU-jI3Lq9uB8UIlwaOnNy4vsANzXRS83ggqIkNNWxewRhz-hbOpYsg_TTG7o0NRUY8nogFZq/s1600-h/010b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDlgIqcR_GuxlsBtybvuNnVtbLGe_FOG3lyMYQzhon_MegeLlh3geh8wqawLJn1n94dNDLbU-jI3Lq9uB8UIlwaOnNy4vsANzXRS83ggqIkNNWxewRhz-hbOpYsg_TTG7o0NRUY8nogFZq/s200/010b.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">This figure was available in the Thug Busters 28-pack.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721676119391906893.post-83924321068113753112010-03-05T14:46:00.001-08:002010-03-05T14:46:39.711-08:00M.U.S.C.L.E. #011: Hidora King<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjASpsn3JqttSlAeInRK_iOvF96K2Qh41p8xGvSQuHomyTvIMa6OaT6uGo7-GNjtQY0KaVXf7SZ2I_B_tOWQw-GwLCqdJu5YTzSTXSW128bO0zoR3SR_SNC3dTsdfb59ZI0ZJYvBtslAjKv/s1600-h/011a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjASpsn3JqttSlAeInRK_iOvF96K2Qh41p8xGvSQuHomyTvIMa6OaT6uGo7-GNjtQY0KaVXf7SZ2I_B_tOWQw-GwLCqdJu5YTzSTXSW128bO0zoR3SR_SNC3dTsdfb59ZI0ZJYvBtslAjKv/s200/011a.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU2qEFN_kP7fxiy1t9QT19SfdIQKTmB1NlOvVz-Oiv9mZE7FfNnk7DmLHVh0yqSADoY4rKodZ5nvnoeeIyMZHa6swEGMD_9LtX1NqC7Ihg9lFjAXuhbUsXONK5xClFBmPki0iMfr_ZGukP/s1600-h/011b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU2qEFN_kP7fxiy1t9QT19SfdIQKTmB1NlOvVz-Oiv9mZE7FfNnk7DmLHVh0yqSADoY4rKodZ5nvnoeeIyMZHa6swEGMD_9LtX1NqC7Ihg9lFjAXuhbUsXONK5xClFBmPki0iMfr_ZGukP/s200/011b.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">This figure was available in the 4-pack and 10-pack assortments.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721676119391906893.post-59771761280572272572010-03-05T14:45:00.001-08:002010-03-05T14:45:15.365-08:00M.U.S.C.L.E. #012: Oil Man<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifksUcMLHnRfrKYOUvr8YZmE_A0t7eJHzXPFSItF0MFBiL-RgdqI5Z042rLu5wPNCrrUlAYIdtbNYtknN-tTHKo8N_WNPRTOeGZrj2ZPilVe_0PJR0HZIxxoI8VdYN3gCNcMynchASSffQ/s1600-h/012a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifksUcMLHnRfrKYOUvr8YZmE_A0t7eJHzXPFSItF0MFBiL-RgdqI5Z042rLu5wPNCrrUlAYIdtbNYtknN-tTHKo8N_WNPRTOeGZrj2ZPilVe_0PJR0HZIxxoI8VdYN3gCNcMynchASSffQ/s200/012a.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjanj-aSTzSpSG6YtEUUtgxhySFbnetAkqzPAGkX_4CAALGexYJWURV_K2pGyaxAncJxW_BWgMNyslQkbmtubQ3UxkPwBbV0mwg_5x5xDwezNfQfngq59izEKY55NEVlqujP9sn9sVf4s69/s1600-h/012b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjanj-aSTzSpSG6YtEUUtgxhySFbnetAkqzPAGkX_4CAALGexYJWURV_K2pGyaxAncJxW_BWgMNyslQkbmtubQ3UxkPwBbV0mwg_5x5xDwezNfQfngq59izEKY55NEVlqujP9sn9sVf4s69/s200/012b.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">This figure was available in the Mighty Maulers 28-pack.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721676119391906893.post-77947423608968986742010-03-05T14:44:00.001-08:002010-03-05T14:44:27.296-08:00M.U.S.C.L.E. #013: King Cobra<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfy2i3jinoVrqvr-vQ0SFEkPesOjz8vFN50MOwxwKWFnggibzAtcFHp6O8s7IlOxz6lnXQ9Lf5abp7gBCzFwPzwKmCYhRVvLP9jTG_asgJm38-o3cdZoTzl2nKtHchTeCkP-8gw9BCH3Xv/s1600-h/013a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfy2i3jinoVrqvr-vQ0SFEkPesOjz8vFN50MOwxwKWFnggibzAtcFHp6O8s7IlOxz6lnXQ9Lf5abp7gBCzFwPzwKmCYhRVvLP9jTG_asgJm38-o3cdZoTzl2nKtHchTeCkP-8gw9BCH3Xv/s200/013a.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWfJPXvcLNf55ggtfUvU4n_cZIgUcdwkSG9i0bEeAEOglhav-gJqD5MqtjNDAawTnJ6cyMJYeLmbX7H5vszahhFLorLeKsx_rTRCnBSm_kdb5bXtzsX1gsqVxlXweA3RstOCsDkfnZX0DN/s1600-h/013b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWfJPXvcLNf55ggtfUvU4n_cZIgUcdwkSG9i0bEeAEOglhav-gJqD5MqtjNDAawTnJ6cyMJYeLmbX7H5vszahhFLorLeKsx_rTRCnBSm_kdb5bXtzsX1gsqVxlXweA3RstOCsDkfnZX0DN/s200/013b.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">This figure was available in the Thug Busters 28-pack.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721676119391906893.post-32998199326286120512010-03-05T14:43:00.001-08:002010-03-05T14:43:33.490-08:00M.U.S.C.L.E. #014: Robin Mask (C)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwnot-WBQJNIPaxe7S-yln0Dq9-1kkDLaXZKlo3SBcL7SEkkSEojtGkF5z3zVb8JhzD24ctprixjXx6h_rzez2P6axRiHv3hTXYLxLwKIz29v2OkAI23xyiKQz-N_GBYOha6U2IfPxcwEv/s1600-h/014a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwnot-WBQJNIPaxe7S-yln0Dq9-1kkDLaXZKlo3SBcL7SEkkSEojtGkF5z3zVb8JhzD24ctprixjXx6h_rzez2P6axRiHv3hTXYLxLwKIz29v2OkAI23xyiKQz-N_GBYOha6U2IfPxcwEv/s200/014a.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiyDWbN1SlqgAokb5gsoqLOVVUFUicBbqp-lZ-LyoEhG94t5jfkZacHqG_VLCu_5mQsVz5x736idfgAKdPF5jBsQYVkdrDbH9uEonNUIF1h1WHte87SFJJSpzvmtnFecUlk02twZyq3z32/s1600-h/014b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiyDWbN1SlqgAokb5gsoqLOVVUFUicBbqp-lZ-LyoEhG94t5jfkZacHqG_VLCu_5mQsVz5x736idfgAKdPF5jBsQYVkdrDbH9uEonNUIF1h1WHte87SFJJSpzvmtnFecUlk02twZyq3z32/s200/014b.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">This figure was available in the 4-pack and 10-pack assortments.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721676119391906893.post-24253570713900346712010-03-05T14:42:00.001-08:002010-03-05T14:42:29.449-08:00M.U.S.C.L.E. #015: Sunshine (D)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwRwEx70qjXU9XnoZQYr7YhmsKZFgrh2AztII1wucP2yA2LA_YY3OkNyX3p955A0TljiekYLXF8_uidTX5jOzv9ryzo1ltd0TurtjfKyCAzcH6zPjOULBGA2YqclnGQRWSxw8p1e_QfXV/s1600-h/015a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwRwEx70qjXU9XnoZQYr7YhmsKZFgrh2AztII1wucP2yA2LA_YY3OkNyX3p955A0TljiekYLXF8_uidTX5jOzv9ryzo1ltd0TurtjfKyCAzcH6zPjOULBGA2YqclnGQRWSxw8p1e_QfXV/s200/015a.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcV3DAqmz1xpbRcSpC2HwYFmkEW04rOz4hkd4RhPdhXQA73VKRHDoWlxmi842A34r4lNx24FDGpwPGI-De43sx84IIUuGM1jmdbyzS1ANEeBVTM2jwLN1ADwfh3wc1RXuW_E22CA6AcZj_/s1600-h/015b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcV3DAqmz1xpbRcSpC2HwYFmkEW04rOz4hkd4RhPdhXQA73VKRHDoWlxmi842A34r4lNx24FDGpwPGI-De43sx84IIUuGM1jmdbyzS1ANEeBVTM2jwLN1ADwfh3wc1RXuW_E22CA6AcZj_/s200/015b.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">This figure was available in the 4-pack and 10-pack assortments.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com