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[Wraith]

what makes them so... what's the word, completely amazing and fun?

i think it is their simplicity, little inarticulated monocolor rubber men, allowing you to unleash your imagination and creat elaborate tales. (and maybe this is why some of us dislike the non-pink ones, too... hmmm.. i can't seem to think of the word, but... the color just seems to add a little too much to the simplistic beauty of the little guys) the second reason they are so great is the nostalgia (i myself do not really experience this since they came out before i was born, but can experience it in some degree as i do remember them, albiet only slightly) overall, there is nothing so special about them, the real appeal is that they are toys that make you think. you can't play with them with a set storyline, you had to forge it yourself, you had to make your own accessories. you had to give them their names. this is why they feel so special and unique to each musclehead, because they ARE unique to every person who has ever picked them up, dropped their insecurities about toys, or the pink color, or what have you, and found their own creativity. or maybe they just kick arse.

[jkaris]

For me, it's mainly the nostalgia. When I was a kid I sat and played for HOURS with these guys. Built tinfoil bel;ts, made them wrestle, had tag team matches, etc. etc. Everything was made up, it was ALL imagination. And being that they didn't come with a story line, you had to use your imagination to the utmost! They were just FUN! They are so detailed and different. There was always a favorite for everyone. Personally I HATE non articulated, non painted toys, but MUSCLE was different. I don't exactly know why, but they would rank in my book as one of the top 5 toys ever created, along with Star Wars, Transformers and GI Joe! I remember the feeling I felt when I got my first MUSCLE's from eBay, OH MY GOD the NOSTALGIA and the flood of memories it brought back. I had found Nate's and Darrin's sites already, but I hadn't found the checklist yet, so I didn't remember all of them until I opened up the package with about 80 or so in it! Oh my GOD! I was in heaven. It was better than getting my G1 Soundwave or my G1 2000 reissue New Years Optimus Prime.
Call me crazy, call me wierd, but they just have a special place in my heart!

-Johnny

[EASports]

Call me crazy, call me wierd, but they just have a special place in my heart!

Johnny, you are crazy and weird!

[arforbes]

I have always loved the Fleshies of course the most, because they are the originals, but I love the Coloreds almost the same, if not as much as the Fleshies. There's something about the beautiful pretty colors that makes me want more and more.

[Tortle]

Their appeal for me is based on a few aspects:

1) MUSCLEs are interesting creatures and monsters. In the commercials, I distinctly remember them being called "MUSCLE Things", which seemed appropriate because they were seemlingly random creatures. I'm a big-time monster fan, the more abstract-looking monster the better, and many MUSCLEs fit that bill quite nicely.

2) As a kid, there was no storyline associated with them, so I could make up plotlines as I wanted. And you're right, Wraith... the pink color added to their ambiguity, and made them much more fun.

3) There are hundreds of them to collect, and they are (or, were) relatively inexpensive, so collecting them all was alot of fun when I started again some years ago.

-Nathan

[pasvagrsvj]

I was 9 or 10 when they came out. I saw a kid at my daycare center whip out a clear trashcan full of some pink stuff. He proceeded to dump out a pile of little pink men. Several kids were standing around him within seconds. It was the first time any of us had seen them. When I was a kid, I was a COLLECTOR; if there was something in a series I had to have them all, or at least, more than any of my friends. Colored muscles are my least favorite, as I was almost on my way out of the hobby when they came into production. My poster was all pink and I had no colors in my collection. I think Muscle's were the great granddaddy of Pokemon.

[doc_moore_j]

I was about 8 I think when I recieved my first Muscles. I think for me it was the fact they were cool little wrestlers, I knew nothing about them except I loved them. I would lock myself in my room and play with them for hours at a time. Do you guys remember when they first came out (only in pink) that on the commercial they would say how these muscle things were taking over the world and in a panic some old dude would yell "and their pink!!!" I specifically remember that for some reason, I thought it was cool.

[musclemenkids]

i was about 7 or 8 when my mother bought me a trash can of muscles. when i opened it for a split second i felt how God must have felt when he came home from work one day and found little people standing around on his planet. i got the claw in my first lot and ive never looked back (but i always, ALWAYS look both ways before crossing the street.)

[Kendaman]

I've simply alway's loved 'em. can't say why {execpt mabye the plastic fumes going to my head}.

[doc_moore_j]

special place.

Dude, your avatar scares me.

[Wraith]

BWAHAHAHAHA

[GRANDTHEFT]

Heya Guy's
i love all your reason's , and mine are the same.
the first time i saw muscles was at school, kids were trading them with each other and for small amounts of money i remember buying 2 for 5cents
wish i could do that today.
They were everywhere i mean everywere.
when we reached about 16 flesh
my brother and i then bought a colored can and traded for another few so then the so called teams were about the same and as quickly and they arrived they disappeared again leaving us with our muscles and imaginations.
Also we loved wwf wrestling , i loved to make items and the muscles were a perfect toy to make things for and wrestle them for superiority.
They were my special toy and i took extra care of them , i never expected to see any more of them ever again even though i had found a few in strange places i was resigned to the fact i was the only person left in the entire world that played or even had muscles.
You could just imagine my shock when i found all you crazy B.ASTARDS
You guy's are now my best mates
this is the best hobby in the world ,i now share it with my son and i think he's so much luckier than other kids to be able to play with these toys.


mischa

[Wraith]

i like you too mischa

BIG HUG!