PowerTown Wrestling Figures

You're guaranteed to get laid once your date catches a glimpse of your Gagne vs. Bockwinkel bedsheets.

Price is going to be the biggest factor to me. I don’t think I could justify $50 per figure, unless maybe they did one series a year. Even then it would be tough.

$45/50 + is going to be a tough sell for pre Golden Era wrestlers.
Especially after the first series when they dip into less popular names of the early 80s.
I think they need to be closer to $25-30 to be sustainable beyond a series or 2.

I am all in on a couple I’ve seen I first series but if $50+ I’ll end up getting just get a couple guys and tap out rather fast

Exactly this - although we don't know how often they will come out. If it is 6 or 12 figures a year - $40-50 each would be easier to sell than 18+ a year.

If they are $30 - then yeah, I will get them all. If they are $40, well, then, maybe I don't get Thesz and Gagne. Stan Hansen and Bruiser Brody - definitely. The higher price point may be enough to prevent me from getting Kerry and Magnum too - as I already have the Mattels of those. So thinking about it, maybe I would be more likely to get Thesz and Gagne than I would Magnum and Kerry.

Now, if and when they do a David Von Erich, that would be great to go with Kerry and Kevin.

I think they will be double that, easily.

They'll most likely be 39.99 or 49.99. Depending on if the final version is as good as the test, I will buy all of them.

No way these will be anywhere near $75.

For me it's less about era and more about historical importance/noteriety.

For example I have no problem spending a decent amount on guys like Thesz, Gagne, Gorgeous George, etc.  They were top names in the business during their time, and I love being able to represent top guys from most of the past 70-80 years in my collection.  I don't have any attachment to those guys, but I think it's a major part of wrestling history.

But I can't see myself buying guys like the lower card territory guys.  Anything before the 90s was before my era, so I don't have any connection there.  Some of the names I've seen thrown around just aren't of interest to me at $20, let alone two or three times that price.  I do think they're grossly overestimating how much interest there is in AWA, WCCW, 70's Japan looks.  They're cool, but for me a lot of the appeal is building out a shelf/era.  We have pretty exhaustive rosters from the 90's, or even the 80's, so spending more on a Sabu, Dynamite Kid, etc make sense to fill in that era.

The early 80's and before are pretty sparse - a handful of WWF guys, and some that can fit in there like Lawler.  I could see myself making a mishmash shelf for those "early era" guys.  But I'll never make an AWA or WCCW shelf.  I'm sure there are collectors who would love to build out those collections.  But I don't think there are enough of those buyers for those deep cuts.

The lists they've put out seem to 70's-mid 80's focused, and I just don't think that's where the buyer market is these days.  I think the money is more in late territory days-Monday Night Wars.  

You may be right about the market in general, but the 70's and 80's are my bread and butter. I grew up and still live in northwest Wisconsin, and remember sitting in front of the TV every Sunday morning at 11 am to watch the AWA - Verne/Greg Gagne, Nick Bockwinkel, Jerry Blackwell, Sheik Adnan-El-Kaissie, Baron Von Raascke, etc, are all fond memories of mine, and the chance to get some of these in my collection has me very excited. Like you, I would get the Lou Thesz and other older wrestlers for their historical importance. Besides the AWA I would be all about the NWA/Crockett era from the 80s - especially earlier figures of like Tommy Rich, Buzz Sawyer, and the like.

I just hope this is a success and even if we only get 5 or 6 waves of this, hopefully that is 30 excellent figures that we would otherwise not see from Mattel/WWE.