So like any good siblings my sister and I squabbled over our Muscle collections. Because of this my mom decided to place a small black mm mark under the foot of my sister's figures. Are those essentially worthless now? I am getting ready to unload both of our collections and was wondering how I should deal with those.
Cursed black magic marker
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, Sep 08 2015 02:55 AM
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Posted 08 September 2015 - 03:27 AM
You can try scrubbing them off. Not sure what it would do to muscle, but the mr clean magic erasers take it off old game cartridges.
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Posted 08 September 2015 - 06:23 AM
Magic eraser works great with Muscle figs, but ink, and permanent marker usually tend to "tattoo" Muscle figures. It will absorb into the rubber, and no one that I know has ever found a way to remove it once it has leeched it's way into the material.
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Posted 08 September 2015 - 06:30 AM
There's nothing you can do.
I don't care about ink on the foot. If you can't see it, then who cares? Other collectors disagree. They are stupid.
As for their value, pretty much the same as every other figure.
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Posted 08 September 2015 - 06:33 AM
Thanks so much everyone. I'll be posting a bit later regarding unloading the lot. In the meantime...I haven't seen anything regarding the miniature M.U.S.C.L.E. charms with the loops on top of their heads. Do collectors go for these as well. I have half a dozen of what I believe are the first edition... kind of gray in color.
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Posted 08 September 2015 - 06:35 AM
People who collect bootlegs love them, but it is a somewhat limited market.
I have a few myself.
I have a few myself.
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Posted 08 September 2015 - 06:35 AM
There's nothing you can do.
I don't care about ink on the foot. If you can't see it, then who cares? Other collectors disagree. They are stupid.
As for their value, pretty much the same as every other figure.
So basically it just narrows your audience a bit if you were trying to sell them. As Veers pointed out, some will care and some won't.
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Posted 08 September 2015 - 07:06 AM
You're talking about Tweaks: http://blog.uofmuscl...malgam/figures/
I'd love for you to send me pictures: uofmuscle@gmail.com
I love them, but not many people do. Very small, but passionate, audience for these.
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Posted 08 September 2015 - 08:41 AM
id be interested in the bootlegs (after anyone else who has expressed interest) if youre selling them...also muscles with marks in their feet are the perfect specimen for painting a custom figure!
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Posted 08 September 2015 - 08:47 AM
I'll get some pictures of them tonight. They look like a gray version of this: http://1.bp.blogspot...eglowcharms.jpg
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Posted 08 September 2015 - 08:54 AM
Nice!I'll get some pictures of them tonight. They look like a gray version of this: http://1.bp.blogspot...eglowcharms.jpg
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Posted 08 September 2015 - 09:16 AM
I would love to have those ring headed fella's. Look forward to seeing what you have!
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Posted 08 September 2015 - 09:31 AM
weird that you had a non muscle sculpt in with your muscles when you were a kid...
Very awesome!
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Posted 08 September 2015 - 09:31 AM
Bought them from a quarter vending machine in the super market. I'm not sure who the one in the bottom right-hand corner is yet.
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Posted 08 September 2015 - 01:55 PM
Bought them from a quarter vending machine in the super market. I'm not sure who the one in the bottom right-hand corner is yet.
He is from the kinkeshi set..
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Posted 08 September 2015 - 02:16 PM
Any muscle with ink or paint on them is fair game to be cut up and melded back together!
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Posted 08 September 2015 - 07:31 PM
Love the MUSCLE charms! Those are mine in the pic you linked to. They glow in the dark. Got them on eBay many many moons ago. They also made them in various clear colors - pink, yellow, green etc. I got a few of those from quarter machines in the late 80s. I'm interested to see your gray ones.
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Posted 08 September 2015 - 07:49 PM
Took a pic of most of them tonight. Will probably have to wait until tomorrow to upload the photo.
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Posted 09 September 2015 - 07:30 AM
Sweet!
Are they rubber, or hard plastic?
Are they rubber, or hard plastic?
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Posted 09 September 2015 - 07:43 AM
Rubber. To be honest, they feel a little like my one knock-off muscle. Not sure if these little guys are supposed to have a stamp or not but I don't believe these do. Any ideas folks?
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Posted 09 September 2015 - 08:40 AM
They are bootlegs, so it's no surprise that they lack any kind of markings.
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Posted 09 September 2015 - 09:02 PM
This works but it Can not be left on too long or too little. You have to find the sweet spot for the amount of ink.
http://www.littlerub...hl=+black +foot
http://www.littlerub...hl=+black +foot
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Posted 10 September 2015 - 08:14 AM
Have you tried this on colored figures?This works but it Can not be left on too long or too little. You have to find the sweet spot for the amount of ink.
http://www.littlerub...hl=+black +foot
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Posted 10 September 2015 - 03:24 PM
You're talking about Tweaks: http://blog.uofmuscl...malgam/figures/
I'd love for you to send me pictures: uofmuscle@gmail.com
I love them, but not many people do. Very small, but passionate, audience for these.
Hey Veers, I emailed you at your Gmail recently, I was wondering what the call was on torture or error for the fig in my profile pic. I was cruising your site a week or so ago and saw it came up in one of your posts a while back (I missed it then) so it made me curious. I know you thought torture before but seemed maybe not now? Thanks in advance for any insight.
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