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[Articulationnut]

Im just curious as to how many of the muscle figures have connections to real wrestlers from the past?

[meatcutta78]

M.U.S.C.L.E #126 Hulk Hogan?

[jkaris]

#10 Jessie Maivia is patterned after the Rock's grandfather, I believe.
#41 is Beauty Rhodes
#28 is Jimmy Stimbord (related to/patterned after Ricky the Dragon Steamboat?)

I always connected these guys together in my imagination:
#126 Hulkster!
#14 Big John Stud
#29 Rowdy Roddy Piper
#37 Kid Dynamite (British Bulldogs)
#62 Iron Sheik (on crack, haha)
#63 Poppin Paul Orndorff
#75 George the Animal Steele
#116 Was Jason Vorhees
#125 Martian Manhunter
#136 was Andre the Giant
#162 Mene Gene Okerlund
#165 Adrian Adonis
#180 was the bad guy from Beast Hunter
#192 was Dr. Mindbender
#193 was Jake the Snake Roberts

and that was pretty much it.

[Skorpjone]

I've often played with my exogini, since I was 10/12 years old, simulating enormous and infinite royal rumbles!!!! the exogino ("his" italian name is Marte) with the sculpt of muscle n.64 and exogino (Samurai) with the sculpt of muscle n.56 were the Natural Disasters, do you remember them? Typhoon and Earthquake!!!I don't remember who was for me Hulk hogan, while exogino (Golia) with the sculpt similar to the muscle n.16 was Randy "Macho Man" Savage!!!!!!!!!

[billpepper]

for me
101 savage
94 million dollar man
51 Bret hart
41 dusty Rhodes
72 kamala
123 ultimate warrior
126 hogan
37,160 the British bulldogs
81 don Morocco
91 killer claw

that's all I can think of off the top of my head

[Articulationnut]

Crap! I hadnt had a chance to check this thread again but ill be checking the poster later to see what you guys are talking about.

Side note: Are all of the Muscles "named" characters or were some on the poster toy only figures that were "generic"?

[Articulationnut]

I've often played with my exogini, since I was 10/12 years old, simulating enormous and infinite royal rumbles!!!! the exogino ("his" italian name is Marte) with the sculpt of muscle n.64 and exogino (Samurai) with the sculpt of muscle n.56 were the Natural Disasters, do you remember them? Typhoon and Earthquake!!!I don't remember who was for me Hulk hogan, while exogino (Golia) with the sculpt similar to the muscle n.16 was Randy "Macho Man" Savage!!!!!!!!!

OHHH Yeah....

Ive never been a huge wrestling fan (always on the fringe with very mild interest) but as a kid i had much more interest as Wrestling was simply good entertainment back then.

I have GREAT memories of being upstairs in my parents room and on the television on a channel that was supposed to be Pay Per View only for some odd reason i was able to get a fairly clear picture of the PPV event:

The Natural Disasters versus the Legion Of Doom.



I wasn't a fan of LOD then but they put on a fairly good show that night. The fact that the cable company accidentally broad casted the event free (in my home at least) was even better. I was glued to the tube watching those mountains take on LOD. Good Match. Good Memories lol.

Edited by Articulationnut, 02 May 2007 - 03:53 AM.

[Skorpjone]

great LOD!!! I don't remember what muscle or exogino was for me Hawk and Animal! A little O.T...........when I've read that LOD Animal was dead, some years ago, then I had a great sadness in me...........

Edited by Skorpjone, 02 May 2007 - 03:06 AM.

[Articulationnut]

I had a chance to look over the figures you guys were talking about

You know 126 does strike me more as Hogan than the other guy with the shades and spiked armor that , up until now, i thought was the most Hogan inspired muscle.

#10 Jessie Maivia - I was JUST reading about this guy last night briefly *regarding his "wrestling family.
#41 is Beauty Rhodes - DEAD on. I wouldnt have noticed had you not pointed it out.
#14 Big John Stud - IF he was on the Atkins diet
#62 Iron Sheik (on crack, haha) - The Sheik has hit hard times baby!
#63 Poppin Paul Orndorff - i want this figure
#75 George the Animal Steele -- another extreme likeness. Someone paint his mouth green!
#192 was Dr. Mindbender
#193 was Jake the Snake Roberts - the demon spirit of Jake. I suppose a bottle of liquor should be in one hand.


#101 savage - Thats just wrong lol. LOL
#41 dusty Rhodes - again dead on.
#123 ultimate warrior - couldnt be more obvious. Damn that Warrior...what could have been in his wrestling"career". Ah well..he could have ended up like his replacement -> The RENEGADE - interesting story

[Neo Muscle]

Terryman=Terry Funk
Blockenman=Baron Von Raschke
Canadianman=Stu Hart
Beuty Rhodes=Dusty Rhodes
Jannu Steambot=Ricky Steamboat
Jesse Maivia=Peter Maiva
Abdulla=Abdulla the Butcher
Buffaloman=Bruiser Brody
Geronimo=Jay Strongbow
Neptuneman=Hulk Hogan
Skullduggery=Ric Flair

[Taskmaster]

Didnt pattern all mine off wrestlers. Had a variety going....whatever came to mind. A couple I remember:

Neptuneman = Dreadnok Torch from Gi Joe

#21 Jushin "Thunder" Ligar

#63 Incredible Hulk

#164 and # 213 were my Demoltion (Favorite tag team of all time)

[Jamesullivan]

#10 Jessie Maivia is patterned after the Rock's grandfather, I believe.
#41 is Beauty Rhodes
#28 is Jimmy Stimbord (related to/patterned after Ricky the Dragon Steamboat?)

I always connected these guys together in my imagination:
#126 Hulkster!
#14 Big John Stud
#29 Rowdy Roddy Piper
#37 Kid Dynamite (British Bulldogs)
#62 Iron Sheik (on crack, haha)
#63 Poppin Paul Orndorff
#75 George the Animal Steele
#116 Was Jason Vorhees
#125 Martian Manhunter
#136 was Andre the Giant
#162 Mene Gene Okerlund
#165 Adrian Adonis
#180 was the bad guy from Beast Hunter
#192 was Dr. Mindbender
#193 was Jake the Snake Roberts

and that was pretty much it.

Well if you count wrestlers who resemble M.U.S.C.L.E.s then #43 is who Curry Man who recently got fired from TNA tries to resemble.
SharkBoy could also possibly be #52.

[Jet-Mech]

My roommate opined that 37 looks like Rowdy Roddy Piper. And I remember reading, somewhere, that he was indeed patterned after Rowdy Roddy.

[Jamesullivan]

WWE HULK HOGAN VS TNA CURRY MAN

[fuzzbuster]

Here is a quick list of Kinnikuman characters that later became M.U.S.C.L.E. sculpts, and the real life wrestlers that they are either based on, parodies of, or just named after, based on a quick perusal of this page at Wikipedia:

Terryman- Terry Funk
Skyman- Mil Máscaras
God Von Erich- Fritz Von Erich
Dynamite Piper- Roddy Piper
Chavo Kuerorri- Chavo Guerrero
Beauty Rhodes- Dusty Rhodes
Jean Stimboard- Ricky Steamboat
Skull Boze- Skull Murphy
Rikishiman- Chiyonofuji Mitsugu

[kingoflongbenton]

im not trying to course conflict but some of them look nothing like the wrestlers. lol #062 looks more like sabu lol. iv had great fun looking at there comparisons though. fantastic.

i hears a rumour that in 2002 there was mma moc ups done including coal uno, chuck liddell and tito ortiz.

[StalkingButler]

im not trying to course conflict but some of them look nothing like the wrestlers. lol #062 looks more like sabu lol. iv had great fun looking at there comparisons though. fantastic.

i hears a rumour that in 2002 there was mma moc ups done including coal uno, chuck liddell and tito ortiz.

The Uno kinkeshi are actually out ! Someone posted them here recently. It would be awsome if they did some more scuplts based on fighters.

[DrBo]

Very interesting tread. As a kid of the 1980's I found it pretty fun.

When I heard Neptuneman (no 16, 71) was modelled after the Hulkster I wondered if they're was more!

As a kid I always found No 77 looked like a 4 armed King Kong Bundy.

#75 George the Animal Steele

He also look pretty close to Abdula the Butcher. Both are monster heel anyway and the same type of big brawly monster men!

[Muscle Things]

#10 Jessie Maivia is patterned after the Rock's grandfather, I believe.
#41 is Beauty Rhodes
#28 is Jimmy Stimbord (related to/patterned after Ricky the Dragon Steamboat?)

I always connected these guys together in my imagination:
#126 Hulkster!
#14 Big John Stud
#29 Rowdy Roddy Piper
#37 Kid Dynamite (British Bulldogs)
#62 Iron Sheik (on crack, haha)
#63 Poppin Paul Orndorff
#75 George the Animal Steele
#116 Was Jason Vorhees
#125 Martian Manhunter
#136 was Andre the Giant
#162 Mene Gene Okerlund
#165 Adrian Adonis
#180 was the bad guy from Beast Hunter
#192 was Dr. Mindbender
#193 was Jake the Snake Roberts

and that was pretty much it.

Awesome thread. That list is so rad. I can't even begin to say. MU.S.C.L.E. nonstop!!!

#29 Roddy Piper! #136 Andre the Giant! Awesome backstage muscle info .. Thanks Jkaris

[Jamesullivan]

Figures # 176 n # 228 DEMOLITION Tag Team from WWF in the 80s.

[Jamesullivan]

#155 is Macho Man from Slim Jim commercials, he's even doing the Ooooooo in Ohhh Yeahhhh!
R.I.P. Savage!

PS

My roommate opined that 37 looks like Rowdy Roddy Piper. And I remember reading, somewhere, that he was indeed patterned after Rowdy Roddy.

#37 is Daniel Brian!

[Jamesullivan]

There's 4 in this picture! Hmmm!

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[MUSCLETOYS]

We used to refer to M.U.S.C.L.E. #123 as The Ultimate Warrior.  Kinnikuman fans know him as Geronimo.

[TheRiddler]

We used to refer to M.U.S.C.L.E. #123 as The Ultimate Warrior.  Kinnikuman fans know him as Geronimo.

or a suave tatanka!!

[MUSCLETOYS]

or a suave tatanka!!

Ha!  Tatanka!  I forgot about him!!