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Imaginext Series 11 Wrestlers: A Tribute to 1980s Mattel M.U.S.C.L.E. Men

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2018 Imaginext Series 11 wrestlers and 1986 M.U.S.C.L.E. figures The Back of my Nestle Quick M.U.S.C.L.E. can One day around 1986, I decided to make myself a glass of chocolate milk.  When I pulled the container of Nestle Quick out of the cabinet, I saw one of the coolest toy promotions ever!  Inside each container of Quick was a little pink wrestling figure called a M.U.S.C.L.E.!  I opened the container and immediately started digging around for the toy.  It was spectacular!  Not only did this coincide with the height of my interest in wrestling, but the figure smelled like a magical combination of new-toy plastic and chocolate (and it smelled that way for the entire time I played with my little pink wrestling figures).  This was my introduction to the M.U.S.C.L.E. toys. Over the time I collected M.U.S.C.L.E. figures, I picked up a pile of the little guys.  I built two wrestling rings and made miniature event posters promoting their wrestl...