# Interview Record

**Record identifier:** `fbc-001-damian-x-fulton`  
**Collection:** Fireside BMX Chat  
**Subseries:** None established by the supplied publication record  
**Episode number:** 1  
**Published title:** Damian Fulton Talks 80s Toys, BMX, Beachside Audio Theater, and Marvel  
**Dossier type:** Interview Dossier  
**Recording type:** interview, oral history, audio theater  
**Host:** Kyle A. Huffman  
**Guest(s):** Damian X. Fulton  
**Other participant(s):** Anne-Marie Huffman  
**Recording date:** Not supplied  
**Publication date:** 2025-03-06  
**Location:** Seaside bonfire setting presented through audio theater; exact physical location not supplied  
**Duration:** 34:18  
**Primary source:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtVr6GBJtlM

## Summary

Damian X. Fulton discusses his creative career, Radical Rick, BMX advertising and magazine culture, Harry Leary’s public image and longevity, 1980s toy and entertainment work, and the continuing relationship between BMX history and contemporary preservation.

## Historical significance

The recording connects BMX oral history with advertising, illustration, magazine publishing, toy development, and the creation of Radical Rick. It also documents the early relationship between Damian Fulton and the emerging Lititz BMX preservation project.

## Major themes and subjects

- Damian X. Fulton
- Radical Rick
- Harry Leary
- Diamondback
- BMX Plus!
- BMX advertising
- Joar pads
- BMX Hall of Fame
- Hot Wheels
- Masters of the Universe
- Mattel
- Marvel
- charity
- Lititz BMX

## Source-material status

The submitted source package has been inventoried in [source-inventory.md](docs/source-inventory.md). Public-access transformations are explicitly labeled. Unaltered restricted originals are held in the separate private preservation supplement.

## Transcript status

A raw timestamped machine transcript and timestamp-normalized working copy are present. Speaker identification, punctuation, uncertain wording, and proper names require final verification against the recording.

## Preservation status

- Dossier initially compiled in repository standard v1.0.0; public visual access layer completed in v1.0.1.
- Original recording remains externally hosted at the supplied URL.
- Public and private source layers separated.
- Transcript verification pending.

## Curator classification

Creative-industry oral history and BMX cultural history interview.