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Episode 8: Another Angle of the Build
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Episode Identification
Campaign: #RebuildRadicalRick
Official episode number: 8
Official title: Another Angle of the Build
Publication date: March 18, 2025
Chronological position: 8
Record status: Verified
Original platform: Facebook
Produced by: Lititz BMX
Archive display version: 1.1
Resource Structure
- Preserved original social-media post image
- Original published campaign text
- Normalized episode summary and archival context
- Full public archive-page capture
- Source documentation and verification notes
Public Archive Page
View the complete #RebuildRadicalRick campaign
Separate Episode 8 archive-page URL: Not yet recorded
Original social-media post: Not yet recovered as a stable direct-post permalink
Episode Summary
Episode 8 presented another view of the partially reconstructed 40th Anniversary Radical Rick figure after the first arm-and-hand component had been attached.
The post expanded the reconstruction story through a published recollection from BMX racer Greg Hill, who remembered searching each new issue of BMX Plus! for the Radical Rick cartoon and wanting an opportunity to race the character.
The episode invited audiences to consider a fictional race between Greg Hill and Radical Rick while directing them to the Fireside BMX Chat with Radical Rick creator Damian X. Fulton.
Published Social-Media Source Image
The screenshot above is preserved as the visual source record for the published campaign post. The transcription below remains separate so the wording is searchable and accessible.
Original Published Text
Here we have another angle of our build so far, as part of our #rebuildradicalrick campaign.
Did you know that Radical Rick has many radical friends?
When asked, Greg Hill said “Every month when my BMX Plus! would show up in our mailbox, I’d search for the Radical Rick cartoon… I remember seeing myself in there once in a while, I always wanted to race Radical Rick, he is a fast cat!”
Don’t take our word for it, it is printed on the back of the Radical Rick “The Complete Episodes” soft cover released a few months back. I was just reading through it. You would never believe what Eddie Fiola said.
In their prime, who would win?
Greg Hill vs Radical Rick
For more about Radical Rick and to hear a recent fireside conversation we had with Damian X Fulton (creator of Radical Rick) check our YouTube page or click here:
https://youtu.be/vtVr6GBJtlM?feature=shared
The wording above is preserved from the verified campaign page and supplied source screenshot.
Archival Context
Episode 8 continued documenting the figure after the campaign’s first completed assembly step.
The episode also demonstrated how the reconstruction was used to connect a physical collectible with firsthand BMX memories and published historical material. Greg Hill’s recollection linked Radical Rick with the experience of riders and readers who encountered the character through BMX Plus! Magazine.
The hypothetical Greg Hill-versus-Radical Rick race added a participatory question for the audience while preserving a connection between a real BMX racer and a fictional BMX character.
The reference to Eddie Fiola indicated that additional rider commentary appeared in Radical Rick: The Complete Episodes, but the episode did not reproduce that statement.
Related Subjects
- Radical Rick
- Damian X. Fulton
- Greg Hill
- Eddie Fiola
- 40th Anniversary Radical Rick figure
- BMX Plus! Magazine
- Radical Rick: The Complete Episodes
- BMX comic history
- BMX rider memories
- Fireside BMX Chat
- Lititz BMX
Related Media and Resources
- View the complete public campaign
- Watch the Fireside BMX Chat featuring Damian X. Fulton
- Visit the Radical Rick website
Preserved Public Archive Page Capture
This full-page capture preserves the public Lititz BMX presentation, including layout, image placement, campaign text, and navigation as supplied during the July 2026 archive build.
Source Documentation
Campaign ledger:
Rebuild Radical Rick Campaign Ledger
Published-post screenshot: Open preserved source image
Public-page capture: Open preserved page capture
Image-evidence status: Verified and visibly presented in this record
Source-text status: Verified from the supplied screenshot and campaign-page transcription
Verification Notes
- The official episode number, title, publication date, image, and published text have been verified.
- Episode 8 was published on March 18, 2025.
- Episode 8 is eighth in both official numbering and verified publication chronology.
- The image shows the partially assembled figure with the arm-and-hand component attached.
- Greg Hill’s statement is preserved as it appeared in the original campaign post.
- The campaign attributed the Greg Hill quotation to the back cover of Radical Rick: The Complete Episodes.
- Eddie Fiola was mentioned, but his referenced statement was not reproduced in the episode and has not been reconstructed.
- A stable direct permalink to the original Facebook post has not yet been recovered.
- The exact URL of the separate Episode 8 public archive page has not yet been recorded and has not been guessed.
- No missing wording has been invented or reconstructed.
Preservation Note
This episode record separates original campaign language from later archival explanation.
The verified post wording is preserved in the Original Published Text section. The episode summary and archival context were written later to explain the record and do not replace or alter the original source.
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