I've always wondered and maybe a little jealous but many toys have physical guides,history,or pictorial timelines that fit nicely on a bookshelf. Wouldn't it be cool to have something like this for muscle/ kinnikuman/ ultimate muscle etc..?
I know on the net there's tons of resources and pictures but would love a physical book.
Any thoughts?
Thoughts on a muscle & kinnikuman physical history book?
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, May 23 2014 05:57 PM
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Posted 23 May 2014 - 06:10 PM
It might be a nice idea, but it's not without problems. The biggest one is that the M.U.S.C.L.E. collecting community--unlike others (GI Joe, Transformers, and Hot Wheels, to name a couple of examples)--is pretty small. From a publisher's perspective, a small market would mean few sales and lower profit margins. So, the only way I can see such a guide coming to fruition is if the author were to self-publish. I don't know many people, if any at all, who have the wherewithal to take on such a project and then attempt to self-publish.
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Posted 23 May 2014 - 08:12 PM
we can always get people together to make a photo-book from Shutterfly or one of those other places online.
http://www.shutterfl...custompath-comp
a nice 11"x14" would be sweet.
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Posted 24 May 2014 - 04:24 AM
Not quite a book... But looking at Shutterfly gave me an idea. What about an updated poster? One with all of them on there... Including stuff that wasn't on there originally?
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Posted 24 May 2014 - 05:48 PM
Or a magazine style like 7 to 8 pages??? Maybe the graphic designers in the collecting world would be able to do this
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Posted 24 May 2014 - 07:18 PM
Not quite a book... But looking at Shutterfly gave me an idea. What about an updated poster? One with all of them on there... Including stuff that wasn't on there originally?
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Well with Shutterfly you can upload custom pages for each, not just photos, so we would technically make our own book. I think someone had this idea a couple years back, but nothing ever came of it.
and a poster with just the 3 extra figs (ring figs, and satan cross) would be easy since there is room on the top. I've been working on a Kinnikuman poster, I think that would be a way better design since we would get the whole 418 sculpts in one poster.
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Posted 25 May 2014 - 06:06 AM
Good call Eric ... A poster w/ all 418 sculpts would've great!!!
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Posted 25 May 2014 - 10:44 AM
Along with poster maybe a little star I indicating who were muscle America . Maybe a one page write up or essay to go along with it. University of muscle guru would be great for this. Enjoy the write ups alot
