Colored Muscle Men
#1
Posted 09 July 2002 - 03:40 AM
Personally, I think the colored muscles are very cool, if not COOLER in some cases (yes I said COOLER) then the flesh colored ones. And they are rarer too. So only a TRUE collector and a TRUE fan has a full set of 233 in color.
But either way, flesh or color, I'm jealous because I don't have a full set of 233.
Does anyone, besides Dr. Frankenstein, have a set of colors?
Or even better, a full set in any single non-original color?
What do YOU really think of the colored Muscles?
Are they even worth your time to collect? Was Mattel partaking of some cheap bathtub liquid crack when they decided to make them in a rainbow of colors?
Or are they, perhaps, the greatest invention of the 20th century?
I think they very well could be.
What do you think of THAT?
#2
Posted 09 July 2002 - 08:43 AM
#3
Posted 09 July 2002 - 09:25 AM
As far as a complete collection of one single color, noone has done it, and as far as I know, they didn't make any single figure in all colors. We had a guy named Jimmy who was charting all known figures in all known colors, but we have yet to get a full run of all colors of one figure.
http://filebox.vt.ed...clecolors2.html
Check it out.
#4
Posted 09 July 2002 - 10:02 AM
I guess that would make my wish to complete an all green set pretty hard. I have a million (maybe a few less ha ha) colored ones, is this guys still updating that page? I may take some time to help him out if he is.
#5
Posted 09 July 2002 - 01:27 PM
- theCrazyEst
..must have new KiNNiKuMaN Muscle Shot update for Andriod..
KiNNiKuLove 4 Life!
#6
Posted 09 July 2002 - 01:41 PM
#7
Posted 09 July 2002 - 01:49 PM
- theCrazyEst
..must have new KiNNiKuMaN Muscle Shot update for Andriod..
KiNNiKuLove 4 Life!
#8
Posted 09 July 2002 - 10:53 PM
you just can't beat the original.
#9
Posted 10 July 2002 - 05:51 AM
I think just because I had them first...
In all honesty the colored ones to me are not to far behind.....
Hey they smell the same thats all that matters guys!!!
#10
Posted 10 July 2002 - 06:16 AM
I have to agree that they were probably trying to revive m.u.s.c.l.e. and decided to borrow the multi color idea from kinnikuman.
on a side note does anyone have an idea if kinnikuman where released with flesh and other colors or was it a later idea like it was here in the U.S.
#11
Posted 10 July 2002 - 07:34 AM
#12
Posted 10 July 2002 - 10:18 AM
juggalitis, that is a really good point. as a kid, if you already have a guy, why spend money just to have him again in a different color? you could use that money to buy candy instead. but that is a point i hadn't considered before.....right on.i already had spent a large amount of money when they came out to try and get what muscle's i had(as a young kid, it was a lot of money) and then they come out with the different colored ones. that just meant spending more money. that could also be a reason why the colored ones didn't go over so well.
#13
Posted 10 July 2002 - 02:29 PM
on the multiColored Kinnikumen I (at the moment only have a few) they seem to few and far between but of mostly the figures before the 300 mark. As to which came first colored Kinniku or MUSCLEs, I have no idea. Maybe somepne else does.
The change of color does enhance/detract from the level of detail visibility on the figure (both factors are dependent on one another).
As the multicolored figures as dupes goes, I only have a couple of dupes (of my favorite figures) pretty much for the reason of is they have a different paint job (Anime vs Manga) but I don't see 'em as dupes. Look at how many Kinnikuman figures there are in the line up just collecting those dupes is irrational if you see 'em as dupes (since he's only 1 guy) but they represent him at different stages in his evolution. It's a bit excessive for that many versions but at the same time it does help keep interst in the toyline moving. I personally like the Kinnikuman in the KN outfit, if BanDai had never put him out then I would only have the same Kinnikuman as everyone else. At the same time since the color figures are limited it makes it kind of special to have a colored figure of a character you especially like.
- theCrazyEst
..must have new KiNNiKuMaN Muscle Shot update for Andriod..
KiNNiKuLove 4 Life!
#14
Posted 10 July 2002 - 05:47 PM
I think besides pinks my favorite color is salmon...some figures I dont care for in flesh I like in salmon........WEIRD
#15
Posted 11 July 2002 - 01:03 AM
dr.frankenstein, that should be your new slogan. i think it would work for all occasions.Hey.....just don't forget they smell the same!
wedding: "Isn't she prettier than his last wife?"
dr.frank: "Don't forget, they smell the same."
christmas: "These cookies taste like crap compared to Sandy's."
dr.frank: "Don't forget, they smell the same."
arrested: "alright wise guy, i think i know the difference between a dead hooker and a live hooker."
dr.frank: "Don't forget, they smell the same."
funeral: "I think Hank's funeral was more dignified than Bob's."
dr.frank: "Don't forget, they smell the same."
MUSCLE: "Original color Muscles are better than multi-colored Muscles."
dr.frank: "Don't forget, they smell the same."
see how it all comes full circle?
#16
Posted 11 July 2002 - 02:11 AM
#17
Posted 11 July 2002 - 08:14 AM
#18
Posted 11 July 2002 - 10:37 AM
Dude you are effing hilarious! HAHAHAHA. I'm laughing my arse off! Hehe.arrested: "alright wise guy, i think i know the difference between a dead hooker and a live hooker."
dr.frank: "Don't forget, they smell the same."
#19
Posted 11 July 2002 - 11:21 AM
i think Doc Moore had a good point about it being an economical-bottom line type move to just change the colors and not add new molds. just goes to show what happens when a company gets too focused on profits and forgets their customer...
those bas.tards...
#20
Posted 11 July 2002 - 03:27 PM
You had me on the floor! That was f@#kin' funny! Anyway let me apologize for the mispelling of your name (thank public school and ESL! for my use of the English) I'm really sorry.
The lack of newer Kinnikumen in the MUSCLE line leads to me ask this question:
If Mattel had bought the right to the Kinnikuman line did they not get the rights to the entire line? Did they have to buy the molds in installments? If they had the entire line then why hold out? Or was it cheaper to make the colored MUSCLEs than the pink one?
Who knows..
- theCrazyEst
..must have new KiNNiKuMaN Muscle Shot update for Andriod..
KiNNiKuLove 4 Life!
#21
Posted 11 July 2002 - 08:56 PM
and it would seem that changing the colors would be cheaper, just get colored rubber, than adding entirely new figures that would have to be designed and then trademarked...
#22
Posted 12 July 2002 - 01:39 AM
I personally think that Mattel had the rights to all of the original kinnikuman molds, but some Mattel suits were responsible for picking which Kinnnikuman "they thought" would make cool MUSCLES and American kids would buy. Maybe MUSCLE was just a big experiment to train our generation into becoming OCD No seriously, I think by the time they released the colors, the toyline wasn't doing too well and they were too lazy/not willing to take the risk of kids (which would be most of the people in this forum) not biting on the new figures.If Mattel had bought the right to the Kinnikuman line did they not get the rights to the entire line? Did they have to buy the molds in installments? If they had the entire line then why hold out? Or was it cheaper to make the colored MUSCLEs than the pink one?
#23
Posted 12 July 2002 - 03:05 PM
- theCrazyEst
..must have new KiNNiKuMaN Muscle Shot update for Andriod..
KiNNiKuLove 4 Life!
#24
Posted 13 July 2002 - 05:05 PM
as for that list of the figs that were documented to have been seen in certain colors, it hasnt been updated in more than a year i think. It would be cool if someone got all the info from the list and we added to it with info from our collections, it would be a great help for collectors of colored figs (I need to know if the claw ever showed up in purple or magenta).
#25
Posted 13 July 2002 - 05:09 PM
I run through a shizznitload of MUSCLEs and I've never seen him in either color.(I need to know if the claw ever showed up in purple or magenta).