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Dylan Cornelius's avatar

Yeah, as a kid, I loved small, weird figures also. Hard to find even back then, though, so I agree, definitely an underserved market!

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Dylan Cornelius's avatar

These early third-party games are wild, no question

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Spouting Thomas's avatar

I think this is the first review where I’ve never played either game. Bandai is one of those companies that’s kind of forgettable — nothing good enough or bad enough to really be remembered by. I think both of these games had codes featured in the Game Genie manual. I seem to remember seeing the titles and having no idea what they were.

I did love my Muscle Men toys though. They *were* weird, and I’m just learning they were based on a manga. I think it was mostly about their size. Figures that small are kind of an underserved market. My 4-year-old just received a little toy robot about that big from one of those gumball machines full of toys, and he loves it, carrying it around everywhere, keeping it in his pocket when he’s not using it.

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JT's avatar

I’d heard of M.U.S.C.L.E before, but I think it’s only recently that I found out about Chubby Cherub. Quite a debut for Nintendo’s seal of approval, given the quality of both games… Although I suppose for the time they were pretty good.

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Dylan Cornelius's avatar

They're both just fine for '86, but yeah, Nintendo's seal of approval really didn't mean a whole lot, unfortunately.

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