http://blog.uofmuscle.com Researching, Documenting, & Archiving M.U.S.C.L.E. Figures Fri, 24 May 2013 10:00:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://blog.uofmuscle.com/22992/2013-designer-toy-awards/ http://blog.uofmuscle.com/22992/2013-designer-toy-awards/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 10:00:09 +0000 Chad Perry http://blog.uofmuscle.com/?p=22992 "It's a major award!" Jimmy Rommel, from Ironhaus Productions, and Eric Nilla have been nominated for Best Mini Series (Universe of Violence). And Jimmy has also been nominated for Break-Through Artist. If we want to see friends of the M.U.S.C.L.E. community win, then we need to get organized and show our support.]]> http://blog.uofmuscle.com/22992/2013-designer-toy-awards/feed/ 0 http://blog.uofmuscle.com/22894/custom-mini-figure-boutonnieres/ http://blog.uofmuscle.com/22894/custom-mini-figure-boutonnieres/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 10:00:16 +0000 Chad Perry http://blog.uofmuscle.com/?p=22894 Back in March Brandon Waltz (also known as Doctor Dew) shared some custom mini-figure boutonnieres he had created for his wedding.]]> http://blog.uofmuscle.com/22894/custom-mini-figure-boutonnieres/feed/ 1 http://blog.uofmuscle.com/22706/advertising-promotion-300-update/ http://blog.uofmuscle.com/22706/advertising-promotion-300-update/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:00:24 +0000 Chad Perry http://blog.uofmuscle.com/?p=22706 An auction's price tag may have prevented these Nestle Quik M.U.S.C.L.E. figures from entering into any actual collections, but that doesn't stop them from entering Advertising & Promotion 300’s Virtual Collection.]]> http://blog.uofmuscle.com/22706/advertising-promotion-300-update/feed/ 0 http://blog.uofmuscle.com/22518/auction-watch-128/ http://blog.uofmuscle.com/22518/auction-watch-128/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:00:04 +0000 Chad Perry http://blog.uofmuscle.com/?p=22518 It's a great week to be a M.U.S.C.L.E. collector. There's a happy story to warm collectors' hearts, plus a bunch of cool stuff to put on shelves.]]> http://blog.uofmuscle.com/22518/auction-watch-128/feed/ 7 http://blog.uofmuscle.com/22475/omfg-series-3-its-up-to-you/ http://blog.uofmuscle.com/22475/omfg-series-3-its-up-to-you/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:20:51 +0000 Chad Perry http://blog.uofmuscle.com/?p=22475 Do you want Series 3 Yellow from UofMUSCLE.com? I hope so, but I'll need your help.]]> http://blog.uofmuscle.com/22475/omfg-series-3-its-up-to-you/feed/ 2 http://blog.uofmuscle.com/22430/auction-watch-127/ http://blog.uofmuscle.com/22430/auction-watch-127/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:00:13 +0000 Chad Perry http://blog.uofmuscle.com/?p=22430 The goal of Auction Watch was to highlight the funny, unique, and interesting M.U.S.C.L.E. (and M.U.S.C.L.E.-related) items that show up on eBay. This week probably focuses most squarely on the interesting.]]> http://blog.uofmuscle.com/22430/auction-watch-127/feed/ 4 http://blog.uofmuscle.com/22383/future-strength-figures/ http://blog.uofmuscle.com/22383/future-strength-figures/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:00:43 +0000 Chad Perry http://blog.uofmuscle.com/?p=22383 Future Strength figures have largely been referred to as counterfeit or bootleg M.U.S.C.L.E. figures by most M.U.S.C.L.E. collectors. In reality, Future Strength figures are a unique type of “counterfeit” figure – they are Masquerading MUSCLE’s.]]> http://blog.uofmuscle.com/22383/future-strength-figures/feed/ 2 http://blog.uofmuscle.com/22339/233-counterfeit-collection-update/ http://blog.uofmuscle.com/22339/233-counterfeit-collection-update/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:00:48 +0000 Chad Perry http://blog.uofmuscle.com/?p=22339 A huge update of 28 figures to the 233 Counterfeit Collection from, the King of Counterfeit M.U.S.C.L.E. figures, Lucas Rage.]]> http://blog.uofmuscle.com/22339/233-counterfeit-collection-update/feed/ 0 http://blog.uofmuscle.com/22303/auction-watch-126/ http://blog.uofmuscle.com/22303/auction-watch-126/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:00:29 +0000 Chad Perry http://blog.uofmuscle.com/?p=22303 The universe may not want new posts on UofMUSCLE.com, but wants and needs don’t always line up. Sorry universe. And what better way to return to the world of M.U.S.C.L.E. toys than with some toys that make it easy and fun to enter the world of M.U.S.C.L.E. toys?]]> http://blog.uofmuscle.com/22303/auction-watch-126/feed/ 0 http://blog.uofmuscle.com/22239/auction-watch-125/ http://blog.uofmuscle.com/22239/auction-watch-125/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:00:23 +0000 Chad Perry http://blog.uofmuscle.com/?p=22239 Sometimes there's just nothing positive.]]> http://blog.uofmuscle.com/22239/auction-watch-125/feed/ 0