PowerTown Wrestling Figures

[@Chair.Shot]

Aug 11, 2022 23:33:47 GMT -5 azraelms said:

Aug 11, 2022 10:22:56 GMT -5 @Chair.Shot said:

What area?

Where I live? Chippewa Falls/Eau Claire area.

Small world. I’m roughly 30 minutes west of you near Menomonie.

[zoomfactor32]

I grew up in Denver, and the AWA was pretty big here too. I went to lots of their Friday night shows at the Auditorium Arena with my dad. Watched their TV show every Sunday morning with my Grandma. Good times.

I'd love figures of lots of the wrestlers from the AWA. Verne Gagne, Bruiser Brody, and Stan Hansen are a great start!

Figures of Nick Bockwinkel, Greg Gagne, Jim Brunzell, Jerry Blackwell, The Vahons, Baron Von Raschke, The Blackjacks, The Fabulous Ones would be awesome! I could go on and on.

[azraelms]

Aug 12, 2022 2:25:49 GMT -5 @Chair.Shot said:

Aug 11, 2022 23:33:47 GMT -5 azraelms said:

Where I live? Chippewa Falls/Eau Claire area.

Small world. I’m roughly 30 minutes west of you near Menomonie.

Nice. Unfortunately the Menomonie Wal-Mart kind of sucks lately for figures, but hopefully they pick up.

[@Chair.Shot]

Lately? Im there once or twice a week. They have sucked since I moved here. The only thing I have ever managed to grab there were the Ghostbusters/WWE set. They never carried in AEW figures - just the ring, belt, and UFC figures. The WWE figures seem to warm the pegs almost untouched until they cycle out the inventory. I wish I collected modern WWE retail lines because I would have no problem finding them there.

[oldschoolfool]

So its mid-august, when was the kickstarter supposed to be happening again?

[azraelms]

Aug 14, 2022 7:09:40 GMT -5 oldschoolfool said:

So its mid-august, when was the kickstarter supposed to be happening again?

Yeah, hopefully we hear something soon…..

wrestlingfigurenews.com/2022/06/19/powertown-kickstarter-expected-by-late-summer-digital-render-of-awa-championship-shown-plus-more-photo-details/

PowerTown co-founder Steve Rosenthal recently appeared on The Fig Cave podcast with Phil Gentile and shared that the Kickstarter is expected to go live by July or August.

[Rasslin.Bros]

Update via the latest Major Pod:

Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Relativity Worldwide LLC Steve Rosenthal was recently interviewed by the Give Me Back My Pro Wrestling podcast.

Here are highlights of what Rosenthal stated:
• Said they will be at New York Comic Con 2022
• Said they have over 200 talent signed
• Said this week (Aug 7–13) they will be announcing when pre-orders go up and what the price point will be
• Said a major announcement is coming at New York Comic Con 2022
• Said that they have a deal with Billy Corgan
• Said they have signed The Sheik
• Said they will be announcing their roster in the next couple of weeks
• Said they signed wrestlers to exclusive contracts for the benefit of the wrestlers because they have more than action figures planned
• Said they are trying to give back to wrestlers that may not have/had 401(k) plans, pension plans, and health insurance
• Said PowerTown Wrestling Series 1 will be coming to fruition over the next 6 to 7 months
• Plead the Fifth when asked by one of the hosts if it was possible for them to make Remco AWA-style figures
• Confirmed the following talent as part of the PowerTown Wrestling roster:
- Randy Poffo
- Lanny Poffo
- Angelo Poffo
- André the Giant
- Bobby Duncum Sr.
- Bobby Duncum Jr.
- Bobby Heenan
- Dallas Page
- Jacques Rougeau Sr.
- Jacques Rougeau Jr.
- Raymond Rougeau
- Armand Rougeau (brother)
- Jean "Johnny" Rougeau (uncle)
- Edouard "Eddie" Auger (grandfather)
- Tony Atlas
- Gorgeous George (will be part of Series 2)
- Harley Race
- Nikita Koloff
- Ivan Koloff
- Gertrude "Luna" Vachon
- Paul "Butcher" Vachon
- Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon
- Diane "Vivian" Vachon
• Said this week (Aug 7–13) that there will be announcements about the Kickstarter project
• Said they are close to signing another "really, really major name" who he is shocked nobody has done
• Said every one of these wrestlers will have a figure
• Said they are well funded
• Said there will 5 or 6 other "extremely collectible" product categories

[newgenandy]

Aug 17, 2022 16:00:22 GMT -5 Rasslin.Bros said:

Update via the latest Major Pod:

Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Relativity Worldwide LLC Steve Rosenthal was recently interviewed by the Give Me Back My Pro Wrestling podcast.

Here are highlights of what Rosenthal stated:
• Said they will be at New York Comic Con 2022
• Said they have over 200 talent signed
• Said this week (Aug 7–13) they will be announcing when pre-orders go up and what the price point will be
• Said a major announcement is coming at New York Comic Con 2022
• Said that they have a deal with Billy Corgan
• Said they have signed The Sheik
• Said they will be announcing their roster in the next couple of weeks
• Said they signed wrestlers to exclusive contracts for the benefit of the wrestlers because they have more than action figures planned
• Said they are trying to give back to wrestlers that may not have/had 401(k) plans, pension plans, and health insurance
• Said PowerTown Wrestling Series 1 will be coming to fruition over the next 6 to 7 months
• Plead the Fifth when asked by one of the hosts if it was possible for them to make Remco AWA-style figures
• Confirmed the following talent as part of the PowerTown Wrestling roster:
- Randy Poffo
- Lanny Poffo
- Angelo Poffo
- André the Giant
- Bobby Duncum Sr.
- Bobby Duncum Jr.
- Bobby Heenan
- Dallas Page
- Jacques Rougeau Sr.
- Jacques Rougeau Jr.
- Raymond Rougeau
- Armand Rougeau (brother)
- Jean "Johnny" Rougeau (uncle)
- Edouard "Eddie" Auger (grandfather)
- Tony Atlas
- Gorgeous George (will be part of Series 2)
- Harley Race
- Nikita Koloff
- Ivan Koloff
- Gertrude "Luna" Vachon
- Paul "Butcher" Vachon
- Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon
- Diane "Vivian" Vachon
• Said this week (Aug 7–13) that there will be announcements about the Kickstarter project
• Said they are close to signing another "really, really major name" who he is shocked nobody has done
• Said every one of these wrestlers will have a figure
• Said they are well funded
• Said there will 5 or 6 other "extremely collectible" product categories

I struggle with some of this and imo when they speak they show how out of touch they are.

5 or 6 “other” - so excluding the figure collector categories - like what? Cards, sticker books at a push and comics. Then what? I wouldn’t call biographies a collector category but even if we do there’s 4. What’s the other 1 or 2? Ornamental Crockery since most who watched these are 70/80 if not older?

Exclusive deals? So DDP has signed away having any more merch from wwe? Likewise bobby heenan.

If the do say T-shirt’s what’s the design going to be? These guys are from days before logos, catchphrases etc and most looked 50 when they were in their 20s. Who wants a T-shirt of balding hairy blokes in pants?

We know Andre and macho don’t do exclusive deals as they continually have figures and merch from half a dozen people - but they’ve forfeited potential wwe, indie, wwe associated (funko etc) to just be exclusive to these guys?

[Rasslin.Bros]

I'd say no way in Hell a lot of these deals are exclusive. Andre has figures in the works with like 5 different companies, for example.

[zoomfactor32]

Aug 17, 2022 16:00:22 GMT -5 Rasslin.Bros said:

Update via the latest Major Pod:

Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Relativity Worldwide LLC Steve Rosenthal was recently interviewed by the Give Me Back My Pro Wrestling podcast.

Here are highlights of what Rosenthal stated:
• Said they will be at New York Comic Con 2022
• Said they have over 200 talent signed
• Said this week (Aug 7–13) they will be announcing when pre-orders go up and what the price point will be
• Said a major announcement is coming at New York Comic Con 2022
• Said that they have a deal with Billy Corgan
• Said they have signed The Sheik
• Said they will be announcing their roster in the next couple of weeks
• Said they signed wrestlers to exclusive contracts for the benefit of the wrestlers because they have more than action figures planned
• Said they are trying to give back to wrestlers that may not have/had 401(k) plans, pension plans, and health insurance
• Said PowerTown Wrestling Series 1 will be coming to fruition over the next 6 to 7 months
• Plead the Fifth when asked by one of the hosts if it was possible for them to make Remco AWA-style figures
• Said this week (Aug 7–13) that there will be announcements about the Kickstarter project
• Said they are close to signing another "really, really major name" who he is shocked nobody has done
• Said every one of these wrestlers will have a figure
• Said they are well funded
• Said there will 5 or 6 other "extremely collectible" product categories

Thanks so much for posting the recap!

Already missed the date for announcing pre-orders and price point. Today is the 18th.

A deal with Billy Corgan? Figures of current NWA stars would be awesome!

I'm still really looking forward to these figures. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

[Jim Cornette’s Wendy’s Order🍔]

Concept here is great, but wow of that update they’ve already missed the announcement date of price point and preorder info.

Not a great start.


Also, I don’t think they have a clue about”exclusive” contracts. Andre, heenan, Savage estates wouldn’t have signed their rights away, not by a long shot. Nor would Page have either.

[Rasslin.Bros]

Aug 17, 2022 17:35:54 GMT -5 zoomfactor32 said:

A deal with Billy Corgan? Figures of current NWA stars would be awesome!
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Total speculation from me, but I’d assume the deal with Corgan is to use NWA trademarks. 10 Pounds of Gold, maybe?

No judgment on anyone who really wants Trevor Murdoch bedsheets.

[zoomfactor32]

I'm very curious who the "really, really major name" is they are talking about signing.

[walter7paisley]

Aug 18, 2022 9:09:16 GMT -5 zoomfactor32 said:

I'm very curious who the "really, really major name" is they are talking about signing.

Same here. Maybe someone like Ric Flair? I dunno. Could honestly be anyone from the last 40+ years.

[stc13]

Aug 18, 2022 9:19:33 GMT -5 walter7paisley said:

Aug 18, 2022 9:09:16 GMT -5 zoomfactor32 said:

I'm very curious who the "really, really major name" is they are talking about signing.

Same here. Maybe someone like Ric Flair? I dunno. Could honestly be anyone from the last 40+ years.

It's a "really, really major" name nobody has done.  So take major with a grain of salt - it can be a big name in wrestling history without being a huge name from a marketing standpoint.  I'm guessing maybe Buddy Rogers or Pedro Morales.  

I still want to see some concrete details on price and timeline.  But I think some figures will eventually see the light of day.  The Vern Gagne bedsheets?  Probably not so much.

[Wrestling Figure Database]

Aug 17, 2022 17:35:54 GMT -5 zoomfactor32 said:

Aug 17, 2022 16:00:22 GMT -5 Rasslin.Bros said:

Update via the latest Major Pod:

Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Relativity Worldwide LLC Steve Rosenthal was recently interviewed by the Give Me Back My Pro Wrestling podcast.

Here are highlights of what Rosenthal stated:
• Said they will be at New York Comic Con 2022
• Said they have over 200 talent signed
• Said this week (Aug 7–13) they will be announcing when pre-orders go up and what the price point will be
• Said a major announcement is coming at New York Comic Con 2022
• Said that they have a deal with Billy Corgan
• Said they have signed The Sheik
• Said they will be announcing their roster in the next couple of weeks
• Said they signed wrestlers to exclusive contracts for the benefit of the wrestlers because they have more than action figures planned
• Said they are trying to give back to wrestlers that may not have/had 401(k) plans, pension plans, and health insurance
• Said PowerTown Wrestling Series 1 will be coming to fruition over the next 6 to 7 months
• Plead the Fifth when asked by one of the hosts if it was possible for them to make Remco AWA-style figures
• Said this week (Aug 7–13) that there will be announcements about the Kickstarter project
• Said they are close to signing another "really, really major name" who he is shocked nobody has done
• Said every one of these wrestlers will have a figure
• Said they are well funded
• Said there will 5 or 6 other "extremely collectible" product categories

Thanks so much for posting the recap!

Already missed the date for announcing pre-orders and price point. Today is the 18th.

A deal with Billy Corgan? Figures of current NWA stars would be awesome!

I'm still really looking forward to these figures. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

I'm also really looking forward to these figures. I'd love to flesh out my Elite old-timers section with Gagne, Thesz, etc.

That being said...the Kickstarter was going to be live in July. Then it was going to be announced last week. We've already seen deals falls through (Dibiase) that are cause for concern.

This is the epitome of overpromising and underdelivering.

Just freakin' do SOMETHING to make this line a reality instead of a concept.

[newgenandy]

Aug 18, 2022 9:59:24 GMT -5 Wrestling Figure Database said:

Aug 17, 2022 17:35:54 GMT -5 zoomfactor32 said:

Thanks so much for posting the recap!

Already missed the date for announcing pre-orders and price point. Today is the 18th.

A deal with Billy Corgan? Figures of current NWA stars would be awesome!

I'm still really looking forward to these figures. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

I'm also really looking forward to these figures. I'd love to flesh out my Elite old-timers section with Gagne, Thesz, etc.

That being said...the Kickstarter was going to be live in July. Then it was going to be announced last week. We've already seen deals falls through (Dibiase) that are cause for concern.

This is the epitome of overpromising and underdelivering.

Just freakin' do SOMETHING to make this line a reality instead of a concept.

This has been the issue from day 1 with all these Indie lines

It’s not just r Pugh to get out a great figure or figures

They need to be “the best most accurate” or there’s loads of variants, or they want to be “more than a toy line” and expand into mythical other areas

Just concentrate on getting out solid figures on time and make realistic timescales you keep to

[zoomfactor32]

Aug 18, 2022 9:28:08 GMT -5 stc13 said:

Aug 18, 2022 9:19:33 GMT -5 walter7paisley said:

Same here. Maybe someone like Ric Flair? I dunno. Could honestly be anyone from the last 40+ years.

It's a "really, really major" name nobody has done.  So take major with a grain of salt - it can be a big name in wrestling history without being a huge name from a marketing standpoint.  I'm guessing maybe Buddy Rogers or Pedro Morales.  

I still want to see some concrete details on price and timeline.  But I think some figures will eventually see the light of day.  The Vern Gagne bedsheets?  Probably not so much.

I was actually thinking about Buddy Rogers too. Trying to remember who hasn't had a Mattel or Jakks figure, Rogers, Morales, and Dory Funk Jr. come to mind.

[Wrestling Figure Database]

They posted the Brody packaging today: wrestlingfiguredatabase.com/products/2022-relativity-worldwide-powertown-series-1-bruiser-brody. I have no idea how to embed images on this site.

[Grenouille]

Aug 18, 2022 17:50:49 GMT -5 Wrestling Figure Database said:

They posted the Brody packaging today: wrestlingfiguredatabase.com/products/2022-relativity-worldwide-powertown-series-1-bruiser-brody. I have no idea how to embed images on this site.

I've got it for you. Pretty good looking to me. Now when's the pre-order?