NEW WHITE SKULL BARBARIAN AND SKULLBRAIN!!!!!!

And the crowd goes WILD!

 

That's awesome, will you be getting the madball mantis at the same time?

 

and when is that? before xmas?

 

I went by S7 today and they had just cracked open the box. got the White skull, the White Barbarian and a Madball.

 

I also got my bloody madball from my secret dude in japan. paid a 100 for it which seems fair.

so now....back to needing just the gid Kaiju mantis and the gid ghostfirghter and the all black madball....

 

does anyone know if the all black madball has been released yet? I sent in my tickects but have not heard anything. I think it is kinda weird that they have not popped up anywhere????????

 

Hey Brian,

Do you know when they might be putting the madball mantis up on Super 7's site? Kozik mentioned they had them in the store but I always feel like an ass calling.

 

Don't these figures also remind you of Speed Racer? Especially the skull brain with the red scarf.

 

Just got the White SkullBrain, the White Barbarian, and the Madball (ended up being the regular version), today from ToyTokyo
....They look sweeeet!
The Skullbrain is hands down my favorite version
...Just so you know, it's an homage to an old villian from Kinnikuman (m.u.s.c.l.e. men)

 

The pics from the cover of Volume 2 of the manga. Have no clue what he's called.

 

^yeah that seems more accurate.

 

very cool. I am glad I have this board to get more info. collected research power!

 

skullbrain powers....activate!

 

Here we go. He's called KINKOTSUMAN.

 

Maybe it is a conjunction between kinniku (muscle) and gaikotsu (skeleton).

kinkotsuman

Indeed, he seems to bear the character for "kotsu" (bone related) on his forehead: 骨

The other guy has written にく, roughly "meat/flesh."

 

M.U.S.C.L.E. RULES!

 

Yeah the little guys name is Meat. If anyone is interested in reading some of the original volumes of Kinnikuman the can be found translated here.
http://www.toriyamaworld.com/kinnikuman ... uman1.html
Be warned the first couple volumes are way different, story and art wise, than later volumes. Kind of an interesting progression to see.

 

wow, that's great!! thanks for that link, mr stone!!

 

M.U.S.C.L.E guys were one of THE best toys I had. I am after this skullbrain now!!
Thanks for the link MrStone.

 

I still have a bunch of m.u.s.c.l.e. guys. They rock.

 

I still have my bucket of them. Had a tonne of them. Brother and I used to battle it out all the time. I've looked on eBay to complete a set and so forth, but it's a hard thing to do...especially outside America. Also looking on the net, the Japanese had a hundred or so MORE characters to buy, and some of them are really cool.

 

i want both of these, but i will wait until i get them through super 7

 

Some links to the actual M.U.S.C.L.E toy:

http://newellsystems.com/muscle/collect ... e/036a.jpg

http://newellsystems.com/muscle/collect ... e/036b.jpg