Kinkeshi
Kinkeshi (キン消し, lit. "KinnikuEraser") is an extensive and popular
The line was launched in Japan in 1983, and licensed in 1985 for the American market as M.U.S.C.L.E. (reflecting Kinnikuman's English title of Muscle Man). M.U.S.C.L.E. used a harder
History
Starting in Japan in 1983,
The main hero was
The first shipment of figures were all a "bubble-gum" pink color that the collecting community calls "flesh". The second shipment was a half-and-half mixture of flesh and either dark blue, red, or purple figures. The third shipment contained no flesh figures, only dark blue, red, purple, magenta, salmon, lime green, neon orange, and light blue. Five figures came with the boardgame in an exclusive grape or light purple color.
In addition to packs containing only figures, there was a
Circa 1987,
The very same product, including later series figure though, was sold under various names in South Korea circa 1991.[citation needed]
However, France was the only country, outside of the franchise's native Japan, to broadcast the Kinnikuman TV series (localized as
Few years later, a third Kinkeshi line appeared in the United States as Alien Wrestler. It was available in Italy, where these Kinkeshi were freely included in a crisps brand's special offer. This Taiwan-made bootleg line was an inferior gum quality compared to the first bootleg generation and featured the late "PART" series of the Kinkeshi line.
In the United States, the sequel to
In 2004, a
See also
- Designer toys
- Micronauts
- Toyfinity
References
- ^ "Advertising & Promotion 300 – M.U.S.C.L.E. and Nestle Quik | University of M.U.S.C.L.E." blog.uofmuscle.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-01.
- Naochin's Kinkeshi Archives Japanese site based on Kinkeshi/M.U.S.C.L.E. and other related Kinnikuman toys.
- The American Kinnikuman Information Archive
- The AKIA forum, home of the Muscle community
- Exogini Italian collector's tribute site
- The University of M.U.S.C.L.E.