Thumb Wrestling Federation
- Thumb Wrestling Federation
Thumb Wrestling Federation: TWF is a sports entertainment television series of live-action shorts on the Nicktoons Network, Toon Disney and Kids' WB in the US and YTV in Canada and part of TMi on BBC Two, BBC1 and the CBBC channel in the United Kingdom and on Pogo in India. The programme is created and produced by Larry Schwarz of Animation Collective. [ [http://www.animationcollective.com/news/news02262008.html Animation Collective press release] ]
It is about two rival thumb wrestling teams in the fashion of professional wrestling with its colorful characters and over-the-top emotions and antics. The protagonists, the Dexteras, keep their rivals, the Sinistras, from winning the TWF title. The wrestling bouts are hosted by two commentators, Colonel Cossack (a former TWF wrestler) and Dick Thompson (who are also thumbs). TWF originated as a television series before being licensed for toys, apparel, and collectibles.
Origins
The Thumb Wrestling Federation is based on large Professional Wrestling promotions such as the World Wrestling Entertainment (formerly World Wrestling Federation) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (formerly National Wrestling Alliance: TNA).
Toys and Merchandise
The first licensed TWF products to be released were match packs, released first in Canada in 2007 and then in the US in 2008 exclusively at Toys“R”Us. Each TWF Match Pack, manufactured by Spin Master Ltd., includes two TWF thumb wrestling masks, and two wrestler stat cards.
The Master Toy Licencee for Europe is Sambro International Ltd. Blister Packs and Foil Packs with wrestler stat cards are to be released in the UK in Sept 2008
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References
External links
* [http://www.thumbwrestlingfederation.com Official website] - includes character profiles and show archive
* [http://www.twfworld.com Fan website] - TWF Fan Site includes message board, screen caps, video section, fan fiction, fan art, avatars, and more.
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