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[max powerz]

Kinnikux, you and I need to work on parragraphs though

[Kinnikux]

haha man its so true.... usually I don't type that much so I dont even think to add a paragraph

[Imp]

Some , and ' would be nice, too.

[The Shizit]

paragraphs or not, at least i dont get a headache reading his sentences. they make sense and i dont have to add words that arent there to make it understandable.

[AmoiMan]

hahaha....I love this thread.

[pasvagrsvj]

Darn! MIWP called me out, I'm homeless and a hater!!!

I hope you never need a kidney, MIWP, cuz you're not getting it from me!

I'm off to get my welfare cheese!

[max powerz]

Least your not called a jerk, a slave owner, an idiot, an a-hole, punk, lier, amungst half a dozen other things by one person.

Id prefer being called homeless, Its happened before. Speaking of which that reminds me of a funny story to stray off topic.....
Almost 4 years ago For holloween I dressed up as a bum. Now, its not your typical bum, I was the KING of BUMS!!! I made a hat from pants legs, my pants legs were cut, and i used a rope as a belt, plus my shirt was torn up like foley's. Imagine me with long hair too. Now you may ask how is a pant leg a hat? Its a bucket hat as it was going into style for a brief period. HA! I made $2 from kids at school and then get this, I went shopping in a computer store! When I was going to the train to go home 3 peopel said nice hat and get this, THEY MEANT IT!!!!!

Ok so it really wasnt that funny, and didnt get a chuckle. I'm just avoiding work, so sue me.

[Tortle]

I can completely understand why people are bitter at the cartoon. I was fortunate in that I finished my collection years ago when there were only a few dozen active collectors and the prices were reasonable. The current spike in prices don't affect me much, other than restricting me from buying lots with cool figures in interesting colors. Oh well...

I like the cartoon. I don't catch it every weekend, but I watch it every once in a while. Also, I like having new characters and new figures available. But then again, that's because I finished my MUSCLE collection years ago and I'm looking for new stuff.

Prices of MUSCLEs will bottom out eventually when everyone loses interest. Some will go through life changes (marriage, kids, etc.) and have to get rid of their MUSCLEs, some will bail out on the hobby because they're frustrated, and others will move on to collect something fresh. And all these people bailing will cause a MUSCLE market crash. It will definitely happen (just as it has with every other collectible), but the real question is, how many of us will still want to buy MUSCLEs when it does?

As for the young-uns, I agree with Veers. I have perfect faith in Johnny to determine when they gotta go.

-Nathan

[itsamike]

When did the cartoon start, anyway?

September 14, 2002. A date which will live in famy*.

*(the opposite of infamy).

[doc_moore_j]

Sorry to jump in late, but I love the cartoon. I think Fox did a pretty good job with it, I enjoy the voices, and I enjoy the plot. I would like to see some other wrestlers in action other than Mantaro, and I think that is coming up in the next few weeks. I have the Hong Kong Bootlegs DVDs of the series too, and to be honest I think they are pretty damn cool also. When I am not camping, studying, or working, I wake up early on Saturdays just to watch it. I enjoy it. As far as the UM toys go, I only picked up the micro wrestlers because I think they are similar (but not even close to being as cool) as the original muscles). I think they lacked a lot of what I wanted out of some new muscle toys, the texture, even the poses are less wrestling for hours friendly like muscle were. They seem more for display than anything because they do not fight well. It sounds like some of the larger figures fall apart which sucks. I was at Target this weekend, and I rarely go there because it is about 90 minutes away from my house, and they had the 6 inch figures for a couple bucks a piece, the cards for 63 cents a piece, and no micro wrestlers. I did not pick up anything because I do not collect either of those. But I was curious to why they are doing so lousy that Target is practically giving them away? I have not seen or heard of any new UM merchandise coming my way, I have not even got the micro sets 5-8 yet here in good'ol Nevada. I would love to see them going for pennies though. Muscle prices vary, and even with these huge prices you can still find a good deal every once in awhile if you are patient and don't mind searching for long times. I have seen a few recently go for less than 50 cents a piece. Also I do not see why anybody would pay more than even a dollar a piece when you can buy them from Johnny for 75 cents. Or trade. I bid high on auctions sometimes so I am guilty too, but usually that is from bidding on sure instinct or excitement. I do not think UM has that much of an influenece on the prices though. It may have had a little to do with people remembering muscle men after seeing the show, but those who have forgot about muscle men probably would not have any interest in the show to begin with so it would have to have been from sheer luck that they stumbled across the show. Just my two cents.

[jkaris]

I love the new show. Both the Japanese and the US versions. The toys ROCK too! My only complaint is that now they are harder than hell to find (Aaaarrggghh!) where I am at.

The new storyline, or even the G1 Kinnikuman line, for that fact, haven't ruined my MUSCLE memories at all, but instead, the MUSCLE characters, who never had names before, now have original Kinnikuman names, whereas the origianls, still have their MUSCLE names.

Life is good.

And as far as eBay prices go, I have seen several auctions for less than .50 each lately. If you ant to see these, use the eBay link in the links section, and once the page loads, scroll down. On the right side there will be a "completed items" link. Click it.

And Satan Cross is, for now at least, back to his old $20 price. Check the Satan Cross sighting thread in the "Sightings" forum.

[max powerz]

Few things in few words

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Also faith in Johnny
Prices are annoying me now but know will go down
Cant find them either and geting harder to find but do like that the prices are decreasing.
Like the american version (never seen jap but i bet I would too)
mike = ratings *had to suck up

Sorry, I couldnt resist. I know I am just repeating what everyone else is saying and it annoys me too, so Basically this is for the person who doesnt want to read everyone else's post.

[pasvagrsvj]

I just want to reiterate that I think UM is great for what it is. I just hate the effect that it's having on the PRE-EXISTING hobby.