MCW

In 1997 there were a couple of MUSCLE sites on the web. The MPS had just gone from a personal little fansite to something a bit more important. It was the place to bring us all together as a community. Patrick Gresham's site. He's the guy that had all the merchandise for us to get back into collecting in the days before Ebay auctions. In fact, in MUSCLE revival terms, he was the first to complete a full 235 flesh set. I was the second in March of 1998. I bought most of them from Pat. #3 was Kevin Meisner, #4 was Nathan Newell (Tortle) and #5 was Darrin (Muscletoys). Tim Drage had the third site, and this is where we learned of Kinnikuman. But the fourth site was the most important to me. Jason Radniecki's MCW. Like most of us, he had named his MUSCLEs put them into leagues etc. Later, Dave Woodrum had the MWL and Mathew Milner had the MPSWL, but this was different. All his figures were painted and had distinct personalities and background. But there was more. Jason had a natural talent for creating hillarious stories and dialogue. He took pictures of them in the ring and out of it and there continuing exploits. He updated every week and I have to say that it was much more interesting than anything in the media being done by professionals. It was his site that really spurred me into recollecting them and having a renewed strong interest interest in them. The first MUSCLE art I ever did was in 1997 and it was based on his painted figs. That is the pic I am posting here.