M.U.S.C.L.E. Purity Test

Created by M.P.S. Member Phil Soletsz in the 90's, this 100 question test will determine how pure of a M.U.S.C.L.E. collector you are!

To calculate your score, add up all of the questions you answer "yes" to, and subtract that number from 100. That is your percentage of M.U.S.C.L.E. purity. Remember, the lower the percentage, the more of a M.U.S.C.L.E. Maniac you are! Ranking is at the bottom.


The TEST:
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1. Do you know what M.U.S.C.L.E.s are?

2. Do you know what the letters in the word "M.U.S.C.L.E." stand for?

3. Do you own any M.U.S.C.L.E.s?

4. Do you own more than 200 M.U.S.C.L.E.s?

5. Did you collect M.U.S.C.L.E.s as a child?

6. Have you visited all of the M.U.S.C.L.E. websites on the Internet?

7. Do you have your own M.U.S.C.L.E. website?

8. Do you own all 233 M.U.S.C.L.E.s pictured on the poster released by
Mattel?

9. Do you own the poster?

10. Do you own any M.U.S.C.L.E.s NOT featured on the poster?

11. Do you own ALL known M.U.S.C.L.E.s not featured on the poster?

12. Do you have names for your M.U.S.C.L.E. figures?

13. Did you put your M.U.S.C.L.E.s into wrestling matches?

14. Did you ever hold an organized M.U.S.C.L.E. wrestling event?

15. Did you create championship titles for your M.U.S.C.L.E. figures?

16. Can you identify any M.U.S.C.L.E. simply by its number on the poster?

17. Did you ever conduct M.U.S.C.L.E. interviews, talk shows, or other
similar forums?

18. Have you ever written a story that tells the "origin" of one or more
of your M.U.S.C.L.E.s?

19. Are you an official member of the MPS (M.U.S.C.L.E. Preservation
Society)?

20. Have you visited the MPS Members-only M.U.S.C.L.E. Lounge?

21. Do you own any M.U.S.C.L.E.s that are still in their original
packaging?

22. Can you name all the different types of packages that M.U.S.C.L.E.s
came in?

23. Can you give the names of all the different M.U.S.C.L.E. 28-packs?

24. Can you name the two teams or "sides" that M.U.S.C.L.E.s belonged to?

25. Can you name the leader of each team?

26. Do you own both pink and colored M.U.S.C.L.E. figures?

27. Do you know how many colors there were?

28. Can you name them all?

29. Did you construct your own M.U.S.C.L.E. wrestling ring, because it
worked better than Mattel's?

30. Did you construct your own steel cage to surround your wrestling
ring, so you could have steel cage matches?

31. Do you own any M.U.S.C.L.E. imposters? (Monster-in-My-Pocket,
C.U.T.I.E., Battle Beasts, etc. do not count, we're talking true bootleg
M.U.S.C.L.E.s here.)

32. Do you own more than ten M.U.S.C.L.E. imposters?

33. Did you name any of your M.U.S.C.L.E.s after real pro wrestlers?

34. Did you name any of your M.U.S.C.L.E.s after other icons? (movie
characters, historical figures, etc.)

35. Did you create championship belts for your M.U.S.C.L.E.s?

36. Did you create any additional "props" for your M.U.S.C.L.E.s? (hats,
masks, guitars, etc.)

37. Have you ever held the most sacred of all M.U.S.C.L.E. events:
MuscleMania?

38. Did you create typed or computer generated programs for your
organized events?

39. Have you ever taken any "action" photos of your M.U.S.C.L.E.s?

40. Did you ever blow off commitments with friends/family to hold a
pre-planned M.U.S.C.L.E. event?

41. Did you take your M.U.S.C.L.E.s to school with you as a child?

42. Did you collect M.U.S.C.L.E.s BEFORE Mattel released the
multi-colored ones?

43. Can you identify a particular M.U.S.C.L.E. with your EYES CLOSED,
only by touch?

44. Have you ever had a dream involving M.U.S.C.L.E. figures?

45. Have you ever videotaped a M.U.S.C.L.E match for viewing later?

46. Did you use specific "theme music" for your M.U.S.C.L.E.s as they
made their way to the ring?

47. Do you own the M.U.S.C.L.E. Nintendo game?

48. Have you ever FOUND a M.U.S.C.L.E. figure (on the street, in a park,
on the beach, etc.) and "adopted" it, caring for it as if it were your own?

49. Have you ever stolen M.U.S.C.L.E.s from a store?

50. Have you ever manipulated a package (the old switch-a-roo) so that it
contained the exact figures you wanted?

51. Have you spent more than $100.00 on M.U.S.C.L.E. items?

52. Have you spent more than $100.00 AT ONE TIME on M.U.S.C.L.E. items?

53. Do you own the M.U.S.C.L.E. Mega-Match Board Game?

54. Do you have any M.U.S.C.L.E. items displayed in your home (figures on
a shelf, posters, etc.)

55. Do you have any M.U.S.C.L.E. items displayed at your place of
business?

56. Do you visit M.U.S.C.L.E. websites on a daily basis? (your own
doesn't count)

57. Have you traded M.U.S.C.L.E.s with friends?

58. Have you traded M.U.S.C.L.E.s over the Internet?

59. Do you have your M.U.S.C.L.E.s in an easily-accessible location?
(not boxed up in the garage or something)

60. Have you ever drawn pictures of M.U.S.C.L.E. figures?

61. Were they any good? (let's be honest, now.)

62. Have you ever held a 20 man, over-the-top-rope battle royal with your
M.U.S.C.L.E.s?

63. Have you acted out NON-wrestling stories for your M.U.S.C.L.E.s?
(mini-series, action movies, etc.)

64. Do you think, when it came right down to it, that M.U.S.C.L.E.s could kick the crap out of Battle Beasts?

65. Have you ever used a C.U.T.I.E. Figure (M.U.S.C.L.E.s' female counterpart) as a manager or girlfriend for a M.U.S.C.L.E.?

66. Have you ever had one of your M.U.S.C.L.E.s "die," in the ring or otherwise?

67. Did you hold a funeral service for that M.U.S.C.L.E.?

68. Did you actually BURY him in the ground?

69. Did you go back later and attempt to exhume him?

70. Were you ever yelled at by a parent or other authority figure for
leaving your M.U.S.C.L.E.s lying all over the house?

71. Did you ever create a circumstance where M.U.S.C.L.E.s battled a group of other action figures? (G.I. Joe, Transformers, Monster-In-My-Pocket, etc.)

72. Did the M.U.S.C.L.E.s win?

73. Have you ever held a M.U.S.C.L.E. match that lasted for over an hour?

74. Have you ever held a match that ended so quickly, you wondered why
you even bothered with all of the setup?

75. If Mattel released a THIRD line of M.U.S.C.L.E. figures, would you
make it your mission to own every one?

76. Do you know the name of the Japanese comic book that M.U.S.C.L.E.s
are based on?

77. Can you quote the exact symbol as it appears on the back of every
M.U.S.C.L.E. figure?

78. Have you ever carried a M.U.S.C.L.E. figure with you to a
non-M.U.S.C.L.E. function (wedding,
concert, work, etc.) just because you liked it so much?

79. Did you ever dress up as a M.U.S.C.L.E. for Halloween?

80. Did you ever dress up as a M.U.S.C.L.E. for no reason?

81. Do you start M.U.S.C.L.E. matches not knowing how they will end?

82. Do you own M.U.S.C.L.E.s of every known color, including the
hard-to-find Lavender?

83. Have you ever performed "surgery" on one or more M.U.S.C.L.E.s to
create your own one-of-a-kind figure?

84. Did your M.U.S.C.L.E.s have patented "moves" just like real wrestlers?

85. Have you ever tried to find out if the guy with Japanese writing on
his face actually says something? (not just wondered, but actually done
research)

86. Do you understand the following sentence? -- "Wow, Sukaru and
Spitter launched Peanut so far out of the arena, he shot like a 118 and
landed in 208's back yard!"

87. Do you have an all-time favorite M.U.S.C.L.E. that you would kill or
die for?

88. Did you ever come up with a NAME for a M.U.S.C.L.E. figure first, and
THEN go to the stores and try to find the perfect guy to match that name?

89. Did you ever name a M.U.S.C.L.E. figure after yourself?

90. Do your friends know that you collect M.U.S.C.L.E.s?

91. Are you a member of the M.U.S.C.L.E. Mile-High Club? (Oops!
Sorry.....wrong purity test.)

92. If you were in a toy store tomorrow, and you came across a package of
M.U.S.C.L.E. figures containing 4 guys that no one had EVER seen before,
would you spend more than $50.00 on it?

93. Can you recite the "Story of the Four-Armed Knight" as told in the
Japanese comic strip?

94. Can you complete the following sentence? -- "Hmmm, my triceps
___________!"

95. Have you ever spent any major holidays (Christmas, Fourth of July,
New Year's Eve, etc.) with M.U.S.C.L.E. figures?

96. Have you ever painted a M.U.S.C.L.E. figure? (yeah, Jason, this is a
freebie.)

97. Knowing that you could never buy any more, if someone offered you
$1000 for your entire collection of M.U.S.C.L.E.s, would you turn them
down?

98. If there was a fire in your house, would you make sure that your
M.U.S.C.L.E.s were brought to safety, even if it meant sacrificing other
items such as photographs, family heirlooms and small pets?

99. Even though you may already have hundreds of them, do you want MORE
M.U.S.C.L.E.s?

100. Do you truly believe that M.U.S.C.L.E.s are the BEST TOY evercreated?


Ranking:
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81% - 100% Pure = Study up.....you have very little M.U.S.C.L.E. knowledge and
could easily embarrass yourself in a social situation by saying something like, "I like the Thug-Bumpers!"

61% - 80% Pure = Keep trying, you have your Claw in the door...

41% - 60% Pure = You are fairly well-versed on M.U.S.C.L.E. culture and customs
 
21% - 40% Pure = You have a strong knowledge of the M.U.S.C.L.E. world

11% - 20% Pure = You are a true M.U.S.C.L.E. Connoisseur!

1% - 10% Pure = You could be M.U.S.C.L.E. Man!

Complete Impurity (0% Pure) = You ARE M.U.S.C.L.E. Man!!!!

 

This test was Created and Compiled by Phil Soltesz