I wish I didn't miss out on these. I have been a fan of the M.U.S.C.L.E./Kinnikuman toy line since I was a kid.

http://monster-web.jp/muscular/vol1.html

http://www.kaiju-taro.com/index.php?ac=grp&grp=5000481

These are cool. I'm waiting for a buffed out Ramen Man.

i had a chance to grab that but i didn't. If i had seen that sick face shot with the GID i would have bit.

They were a damn good price on KT w/the shirt, wish I didn't pass but had to.

That shirt is insane...I don't think the original preorder had pics of the shirt. If it did, I would have ordered.

I was on the fence about these but have been very impressed with the pre-release photos, so I grabbed Buffalo Man as a matter of regret-prevention. Should be here by the end of next week. Hope to be able to land Wars Man and the forthcoming third figure as well. Very curious to see what these are like "in person." I'll post photos when the Buffalo shows up.

i saw you mention the third figure... do you know it's name? or what his face looks like?

Appears to be called "Pentagon." The other images are at the CCP blog.

http://blog.livedoor.jp/ccp/

yeah i actually preordered both from KT awhile ago, they didnt have the shirt set at the time, but sent me the set as its the same price as buying the pieces separately. the figures are really cool, although im still trying to figure out how to configure buffaloman's legs so he stands with the right balance

yea that's the character pentagon. he's a baddy in the comic... teams up with a guy named black hole i think who has a big hole in his head

i hope they do more of these!

I would just like some more mini flesh toned men like in the 80's M.u.s.c.l.e.'s ruled my world in 84!

I saw the set with the t-shirt on KT over the weekend and was just staring at the buy button, then checked out better pics on the blog and they were gone! The price was really great for that set.

these figures look interesting. i like the LED gimmick and the GID face.

How tall are they?

the Microman versions of these guys are very popular too...

i still love those little flesh toned guys haha

if you're interested check out www.littlerubberguys.com --- board with people that collect MUSCLE and Battle Beasts.

i dumped out my MUSCLE and Kinnikuman figures in this photo:

Rules. Was the kinikuman/muscle manga ever released in English?

Ohhh great link! Does anyone know how good the anime dvds for Kinnikuman are?

only the newer series from the 90s has been translated into english. it's called Ultimate Muscle

check out http://toriyamaworld.com/kinnikuman/kinnikuman1.html

they have translated a lot of chapters, but not nearly all of them.... and unfortunately they skip around a lot

Damn, now I'm really ticked I skipped looking at some better pics. My big thing was I couldn't gauge well enough what the deal was with them from the KT pics.

the original series has never been professionally translated. the new show is not as good from what i understand... especially the one dubbed for Fox.

keep in mind that the show and the comic are pretty goofy and over the top... these new vinyl toys look much more serious than kinnikuman ever actually was

the kinnikuman character for instance was originally designed as a spoof for ultraman... he would eat garlic all the time for power and would fly around by farting

What's not serious about that?

here are some photos i took of some large kinnikuman toys i have

Neptuneman


Akuma Shogun


The Mountain


Big the Budo


Kinnikuman


Ashuraman

Whoa, you are a huge fan! Ashuraman is AMAZING! Thanks for all the information.

WOWEEE! How old are the bigger ones?

Cool pics! Who made those big figures? I know various companies have made a bunch of them...these look nice though.