About

This site, originally called "Nathan's MUSCLE Page!", has been dedicated to celebrating the absurdity that is M.U.S.C.L.E. since its creation on April 24, 1998! Nathan's MUSCLE Page was migrated to Blogger and redesigned as "Nathan's MUSCLE Blog" on March 22, 2010.

Special thanks to Darrin Vindiola (original owner of the MUSCLE Preservation Society and the founding father of MUSCLE web sites) for helping me out with the first few months of Nathan's MUSCLE Page, and for his work with the first few episodes of the Fox and Tortle Show! Also, thanks to Taka Kurosaka for translating the MUSCLE names!

All images and content on this site are authored and digitally composed by me (Nathan) unless otherwise noted. Please e-mail and ask if you want to use any aspect of this site.

This page is neither an official M.U.S.C.L.E. page nor an official Mattel page. M.U.S.C.L.E. is a trademark of Mattel, Inc. Character designs copyright Toei/Yudetamago 1983.

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