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Post by Raoul the Great on Dec 4, 2006 0:12:08 GMT -5
I found an auction for a Japanese figure from their Kinnukuman line (in the United States it was known as M.U.S.C.L.E. or Ultimate M.U.S.C.L.E.). B. Rhodes had to have been "inspired" by Dusty Rhodes:  I thought it was hilarious! Here is a link to the auction: cgi.EBAY LINK NOT ALLOWED/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=002&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=120058943891&rd=1&rd=1 |
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Post by GoldenHulk on Dec 4, 2006 7:13:29 GMT -5
That's really cool. I have the Terryman figure, inspired by 1970s Terry Funk (even though he doesn't really resemble him), but I've never heard of B. (Busty?) Rhodes before.
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Post by STOMWIJF on Dec 4, 2006 11:29:54 GMT -5
Never seen these before. They look pretty cool. Would love to see the whole series of these.
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Post by ecwfan514 on Dec 4, 2006 12:17:34 GMT -5
Wow! That looks just like him. Thanks for sharing...
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Post by Raoul the Great on Dec 4, 2006 16:37:11 GMT -5
Never seen these before. They look pretty cool. Would love to see the whole series of these. Lots of cool loose pictures of the Kinnunman figures. Very little English, though. I would love to get so many of them! I won one on eBay last night:   It looked so cool, I couldn't resist! |
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Post by Raoul the Great on Dec 4, 2006 16:42:35 GMT -5
That's really cool. I have the Terryman figure, inspired by 1970s Terry Funk (even though he doesn't really resemble him), but I've never heard of B. (Busty?) Rhodes before. I think the B stands for Beauty. At least that's what it says on that website. |
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Post by STOMWIJF on Dec 4, 2006 16:43:35 GMT -5
Never seen these before. They look pretty cool. Would love to see the whole series of these. Lots of cool loose pictures of the Kinnunman figures. Very little English, though. I would love to get so many of them! I won one on eBay last night: It looked so cool, I couldn't resist! The link you gave was to a Paul London Jakks figure. I have seen Kinnukuman figures, but did not know that a Dusty Rhodes had been made. Found pictures of the Terryman, but he does not look anything like Funk. |
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Post by Tim Sorenson on Dec 4, 2006 17:26:19 GMT -5
Those are neat. Haven't seen TO much of this line.
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Post by W¡LDCARD on Dec 4, 2006 17:28:48 GMT -5
... I've never heard of B. (Busty?) Rhodes before. You stole my response, lol. |
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Post by GoldenHulk on Dec 4, 2006 18:26:48 GMT -5
Found pictures of the Terryman, but he does not look anything like Funk. He's just inpsired by Funk's time in Japan and wears the same outfit. In the original series he uses The Texas Cloverhold and Spinning Toehold as his finishers. In the last Kinnikiman series (tranlated and sanitized as Ultimate Muscle for the rest of the world), there are also guys who look just like Vader and several other All-Japan (at the time) guys who get slaughtered when the dMp shows up, but I still don't remember B. Rhodes from anywhere (I didn't follow the whole first series though). |
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Post by Raoul the Great on Dec 4, 2006 20:02:56 GMT -5
The link you gave was to a Paul London Jakks figure. I have seen Kinnukuman figures, but did not know that a Dusty Rhodes had been made. Found pictures of the Terryman, but he does not look anything like Funk. Sorry, try the revised link: www.takun-toys.com/kin/roman_akuma2.html |
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Post by Calcifer Boheme on Dec 4, 2006 21:38:40 GMT -5
I wish Kinnikuman would be properly translated, both the old and new series, and the manga.
Awesome figures, I'd love to see more
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Post by Ruby Fusion on Dec 5, 2006 6:00:23 GMT -5
Back in the day kumachans.com was about little wrestlers, monsters in my pocket and everything Kinnikuman. That's when I first learned about Beauty Rhodes and Terryman (being based on Terry Funk).
Nowadays the site mentioned is rebuilding and not featuring "little brawlers"...
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Post by zombies on Dec 5, 2006 6:36:47 GMT -5
cool first time I ever saw a dusty like that
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Post by lonedog on Dec 5, 2006 12:49:58 GMT -5
There were also M.U.S.C.L.E. aka Kinnikuman mini figures of figures that resemble Kamala,the Original Sheik,and Hulk Hogan.The Hulk Hogan Muscle figure looks exactly like him.I have all three plus a ton of more Muscle figs.
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Post by Calcifer Boheme on Dec 5, 2006 12:54:14 GMT -5
There were also M.U.S.C.L.E. aka Kinnikuman mini figures of figures that resemble Kamala,the Original Sheik,and Hulk Hogan.The Hulk Hogan Muscle figure looks exactly like him.I have all three plus a ton of more Muscle figs. would you mind taking pictures of those, I would love to see them. I have most of the Ultimate Muscle mini-figures... Kid Terry and Kid Muscle actually sit on my dashboard... I'll probably try and get a lot of the older ones one day when I have money. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2006 14:24:50 GMT -5
Anyone got pics of the Terry Funk inspired figure?
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Post by Cass on Dec 5, 2006 18:16:12 GMT -5
i have one of jeager? that i bought a long time ago..... i can take pic in a sec....toy biz made em
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Post by Raoul the Great on Dec 6, 2006 1:34:00 GMT -5
i have one of jeager? that i bought a long time ago..... i can take pic in a sec....toy biz made em Actually, Bandai made them. I got the whole series. |
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Post by Raoul the Great on Dec 6, 2006 1:36:49 GMT -5
Anyone got pics of the Terry Funk inspired figure?   As previously stated, he doesn't look like Funk, but he was inspired by Terry Funk the wrestler. |
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