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The Toyark › Wrestling Toy News › S.H. Figuarts Kinnikuman – Random Photo Shoot

S.H. Figuarts Kinnikuman – Random Photo Shoot

Posted on October 21, 2017 at 5:03 pm by Tony_Bacala under Random Photo Shoot, Wrestling Toy News

Today we are going to take a look a some figures that aren’t normally on my radar – Kinnikuman wrestling figures from Japan. What are these you ask? Well, I’ve seen them floating around for a while now because there are modern figures produced by Tamashii Nations / Bandai, but I never really looked into them. Some were cool looking, some crazy, but it seemed to be a whole intricate world that I just didn’t know about. I got a hold of a couple recently and did a bit of research.

Basically, if you remember M.U.S.C.L.E. from Mattel in the 80s, those little rubber figures that are making a come back via Super 7 now – Kinnikuman is the original Japanese property those were based on. Mattel just imported, renamed, and promoted them as M.U.S.C.L.E. in the States. Since then, Kinnikuman has continued to evolve over the years in Japan with multiple anime shows, video games, and toys. One of those animes even got put out here in the 00s called Ultimate MUSCLE, a play on the Mattel angle.

Tamashii Nations via S.H. Figuarts are doing modern, super articulated versions of all these original M.U.S.C.L.E. figures now. Masterpice M.U.S.C.L.E. if you will. Many have been released in Japan, and they are starting to make their way to the US directly. Today we are taking a look at three – Ashuraman, Kinnikuman Solider, and Brocken Jr. The premise of all these guys is that they are wrestlers. So during the various plots about teams and world domination and so on that of course comes up during an extended Japanese anime – they wrestle, WWE style. That being said, they all have fighting body articulation and work perfectly with the Tamashii Stage Act Ring.

I am no expert in this 30+ year lore at all, but the figures were fun to run through a set with, and some just look cool regardless of where they come from. If you are interested in finding out more about this whole crazy world, I suggest hitting youtube and searching, here’s a starter link. You can also check out some cool M.U.S.C.L.E. archives like Nathan’s M.U.S.C.L.E. Blog and the Univeristy of M.U.S.C.L.E..

Read on to check them out for yourselves, you can grab them at some of our sponsors now!

Key shots here, full set below!

 

Disclaimer: Bluefin Brands provided these figures for review purposes.

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› Companies: Tamashii Nations, Bandai, Bluefin › Characters: Ashuraman, Kinnikuman Soldier, Brocken Jr. › Scale: 6 Inch › Sub-Line: SH Figuarts

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  1. Tony_Bacala's Avatar Tony_Bacala says

    10-21-2017, 02:03 PM

    S.H. Figuarts Kinnikuman - Random Photo Shoot - The Toyark - News

    Not really my thing, but got a hold of some and did a little research. I dig the M.U.S.C.L.E. connection. Huge world that's been going on for years in Japan even after M.U.S.C.L.E. here.







  2. Tomax has no avatar! Tomax says

    10-21-2017, 09:33 PM

    great pics, are you a professional photographer? i gotta get that Soldier figure, thats the only one i like thou.

  3. Tony_Bacala's Avatar Tony_Bacala says

    10-22-2017, 07:14 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tomax View Post
    great pics, are you a professional photographer? i gotta get that Soldier figure, thats the only one i like thou.
    Thanks. I am not professional, no. Most of what I do is this kind of stuff for the site. And con coverage, and vacation stuff.

    For a list of what's been put out in Japan so far, you can check this link:

    Product List of Kinnikuman | soul web

    Some of these have hit the States via Bluefin, and more are coming.

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