I have difficulty choosing between Platz and Padilla. Both were robbed by Franco the "Sardine-Strongman" and Arnold.
Same here. Platz was much bigger and freakier overall. His pecs were thick as hell and his back was killer. On the other hand, Danny was perhaps the most shredded guy in the show and his proportions were *perfect*. He didn't have Tom's monster quads, but his legs were diced and he had much better arms IMO. By the FAIR judging criteria of the time, I would probably go with Padilla, with Tom a very close second, Roy Callendar (sp?) in third and Franco in fourth or fifth. Probably fourth because, apart from diced legs, Chris Dicksucker had a terrible, terrible upper body. Franco had a bitch tit and sausage thighs, but his upper body was otherwise pretty fucking thick and impressive -- and he had calves. Chrissy probably had better calves still, but I reckon Franco still beat him.
Platz does seem intelligent too as did Bob Paris. Both spoke about steroids on camera and were relatively honest about their personal use but I really don't agree with Platz about the champions would still be the champions without their drugs. Some of those guys were PUNY when off. I saw some of them. They looked pretty darn regular to me. But back then the stuff was genuine and came from real pharmacies. I wanted so badly to look like Steve Reeves or Dave Draper. Not gonna happen, LOL!
And looking like prime Arnold? No freakin' way for me! 
Yeah. Some deflated to an insane degree when off. In fairness, they also often said they stopped training altogether as well. In my experience, if a moderate user goes off the drugs and still lifts somewhat intelligently, he can maintain a reasonable facsimile of his former physique, albeit typically fatter and weaker.
Heavy users going totally off might be different, but I was never a heavy user and I only have second-hand accounts to go by.
