Mr. Yellow
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Post by Mr. Yellow on Jun 7, 2023 12:00:37 GMT -5
I’m surprised the have Alundra, I feel like she just got a Mattel. And also surprised that Kerry comes with the WCCW title, I would’ve bet WWE had those rights.
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Post by biggerbetterbadder on Jun 7, 2023 15:00:22 GMT -5
Just got an email from Powertown. Rather than ship my figures, they are holding off and waiting for Kerry Von Erich, despite saying they’d ship the 5 I ordered, then shipping KVH no charge when they got him. I guess they are thinking they’ll lose too much money in shipping charges. Sux, as some ppl already got theirs. Probably be another month before they even have KVE in hand.
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Post by stc13 on Jun 7, 2023 15:17:24 GMT -5
I’m surprised the have Alundra, I feel like she just got a Mattel. And also surprised that Kerry comes with the WCCW title, I would’ve bet WWE had those rights. Her Mattel figure came out in 2017. Up until fairly recently, the belt makers owned the rights to belt designs. Making replica belts was where most of the money was for belt makers, and why you see some titles that are just straight up tweaked designs of belts from other companies.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2023 18:22:42 GMT -5
Just got an email from Powertown. Rather than ship my figures, they are holding off and waiting for Kerry Von Erich, despite saying they’d ship the 5 I ordered, then shipping KVH no charge when they got him. I guess they are thinking they’ll lose too much money in shipping charges. Sux, as some ppl already got theirs. Probably be another month before they even have KVE in hand. Is there anything about your order that would differ you from others or do you believe they just changed their minds for everyone?
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captncharisma19
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Post by captncharisma19 on Jun 7, 2023 18:46:50 GMT -5
Just got an email from Powertown. Rather than ship my figures, they are holding off and waiting for Kerry Von Erich, despite saying they’d ship the 5 I ordered, then shipping KVH no charge when they got him. I guess they are thinking they’ll lose too much money in shipping charges. Sux, as some ppl already got theirs. Probably be another month before they even have KVE in hand. lame, but I understand. Just wish they hadn't swindled us with the good PR but crap service..
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Post by biggerbetterbadder on Jun 7, 2023 21:49:19 GMT -5
Just got an email from Powertown. Rather than ship my figures, they are holding off and waiting for Kerry Von Erich, despite saying they’d ship the 5 I ordered, then shipping KVH no charge when they got him. I guess they are thinking they’ll lose too much money in shipping charges. Sux, as some ppl already got theirs. Probably be another month before they even have KVE in hand. Is there anything about your order that would differ you from others or do you believe they just changed their minds for everyone? My order was the same as everyone else’s. I ordered all 6 figures. Not sure why they changed their minds on shipping the 5 they have and Kerry later. I’m curious if anyone else here on the board got a similar email.
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azraelms
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Post by azraelms on Jun 7, 2023 21:52:17 GMT -5
Is there anything about your order that would differ you from others or do you believe they just changed their minds for everyone? My order was the same as everyone else’s. I ordered all 6 figures. Not sure why they changed their minds on shipping the 5 they have and Kerry later. I’m curious if anyone else here on the board got a similar email. I have not gotten anything either way - no shipping notice (on site or email) or an Email about the delay. What exactly did the Email state?
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captncharisma19
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Post by captncharisma19 on Jun 8, 2023 6:52:34 GMT -5
My order was the same as everyone else’s. I ordered all 6 figures. Not sure why they changed their minds on shipping the 5 they have and Kerry later. I’m curious if anyone else here on the board got a similar email. I have not gotten anything either way - no shipping notice (on site or email) or an Email about the delay. What exactly did the Email state? same here. Nothing has changed on the website and no email of any kind about shipping or delays
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mrscream
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Post by mrscream on Jun 8, 2023 7:01:12 GMT -5
In his previous posts in this thread he's mentioned he's in Canada, so I imagine that Powertown don't wish to take the hit on more expensive postage.
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Post by chelsea2298 on Jun 8, 2023 7:48:43 GMT -5
Having seen these im kinda hoping that initial faulty run go up for order. Wish I’d ordered Brody and Hanson but didn’t :/
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Jonny Flashback
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Post by Jonny Flashback on Jun 8, 2023 8:05:59 GMT -5
I'm sure there will be some left over once pre orders have been fulfilled. I'm getting a bit itchy as well
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azraelms
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Post by azraelms on Jun 8, 2023 8:49:05 GMT -5
Having seen these im kinda hoping that initial faulty run go up for order. Wish I’d ordered Brody and Hanson but didn’t :/ I can't imagine they don't put those up for sale, once the 'good' batch is gone - they already paid and have them, no need to sit on them. I am not an accountant, but I would think they would do better selling these as opposed to destroying them for a tax write-off.
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Mr. Yellow
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Post by Mr. Yellow on Jun 8, 2023 8:57:59 GMT -5
It’s not exactly the same thing, but Funko destroyed a ton of unused merchandise rather than sell it cheaply, because they’d have to make payments to the licensors for the product. No idea obviously how they’ve arranged to pay the talent.
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kinnikuman
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Post by kinnikuman on Jun 8, 2023 9:57:46 GMT -5
Got mine this morning! Might take some different comparison shots than above later. Maybe see if the Mattel Magnum's head can switch lol and vice versa? Maybe a Powertown/Jazwares/Mattel/Super7 side by side?
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Post by biggerbetterbadder on Jun 8, 2023 11:01:25 GMT -5
My order was the same as everyone else’s. I ordered all 6 figures. Not sure why they changed their minds on shipping the 5 they have and Kerry later. I’m curious if anyone else here on the board got a similar email. I have not gotten anything either way - no shipping notice (on site or email) or an Email about the delay. What exactly did the Email state? I was inquiring about shipping. The only thing the email said was: “Hello Toby, Right now we are holding orders awaiting the KVE figures. More updates to follow shortly. Thank you”
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Post by biggerbetterbadder on Jun 8, 2023 11:02:46 GMT -5
In his previous posts in this thread he's mentioned he's in Canada, so I imagine that Powertown don't wish to take the hit on more expensive postage. I’d say there’s a good chance you’re correct. Who knows though. They said updates soon.
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Post by Goldust on Jun 8, 2023 12:20:49 GMT -5
I emailed yesterday and no mention of holding orders:
“Hello Zach,
Unfortunately all we get from our distribution partner is exactly what you get, a notification of shipping. We do know that they’re shipping daily, and expect more tracking information later today, but we have no way of knowing what is being filled before it shows up in the system.
Thank you for your patience and support.”
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azraelms
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Post by azraelms on Jun 8, 2023 14:01:50 GMT -5
I would assume that It could be a Canada thing with the above person's individual situation. The podcast Steve Rosenthal was just part of that I linked above he was all about getting the 5 figures out, so I would be surprised they would do an about face so fast.
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Post by Jeremiah on Jun 8, 2023 14:53:35 GMT -5
Just did my review and these are perfect, but play is not recommended as they are very hard to replace.
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kinnikuman
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Post by kinnikuman on Jun 8, 2023 15:35:35 GMT -5
As others have said, they are heavier than Mattel and Jazwares. I like that. But as you can see in the photos, while not taller per se, they are bulkier than Mattel and Jazwares (both side to side and front to back). But heck, most of us complain that Mattel makes guys too skinny. FYI ... Magnum's PowerTown boots will fit on the Mattel! I didn't try any other swapping.
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