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MUSCLE men (or "Millions of Unusually Small Creatures Lurking Everywhere") was first produced in Japan. Some of the characters were based on a zany Japanese comic (in fact, there is a cartoon show about it on television nowadays featuring some of the same characters) and toyline featuring robots that changed into lighters. The toyline was imported to the US and marketed by Mattel.

The actual toys were small, pink, hard rubber figures of various different wrestlers/creatures and they were available in at least three different kinds of packages: ten figures stuffed in a clear plastic garbage can; four figures in a small blister pack, or something like twenty figures in a large box.

The US toy commercials featured a nostalgia-type old B&W horror theme with the MUSCLE men invading various places around the world. Later on, a wrestling ring was released and MUSCLE men started to come in a variety of different fruit colors. A line with women wrestlers was also release ("CUTIES").

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  • Anonymous user
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    I had a few as a child but I didnt respect them. I found over 40 of them in the local thrift store dumpster last night!! Excellent condition
  • Anonymous user
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    I remeber playing with these men when i was very little me and my causin would build houses for them in the sand box and have wars great childhood memory for 9 years we played with these i still have alot to this very day every now and then i take them out and play with them.
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    I remember playing with these little guys for hours with my brother when we were very little. I bout some of the trash cans off of ebay so I can share them with my son who is 1 right now. I've been to afghanistan and iraq and took a little guy with me both times. They really remind me of how much fun me and my brother had playing together when we were little. They don't make good toys like this anymore. There were mechanical parts so your imagination could run wild.
  • Anonymous user
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    I have a different version of these called "Military muscle men" they were actually detailed with various colors and came with 4 or 6 weapons in the box with 3. They also came with a fake medal. There was 20 Good teams of 3 and 4 bad teams of 3, they had vechiles aswell... me and my friends use to have battles... oh the good ol days.
  • Anonymous user
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    Muscle men played such a big part in my childhood, me and my cousin would buy them in four packs from the local post office's bargain bucket. We would make them wrestle, play football (with a subbutteo ball) and make them ride speedway bikes and race. There is a website that lists all their names - http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/muscle/ - but we didn't know them at the time so we made up our own names like 'Western Mean', 'Pink Knight' and 'Red Skin'...Brilliant!!!
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    M.U.S.C.L.E. Men where great proberly the toys i remember playing most with most! They came in little pots with about six in them! I wish i still had them!

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