
POWERPODZ POPSTARS
​Corinthian were experiencing overwhelming success with their Powerpodz MicroStars, footballs fans could not get enough of the little football figures, released inside a chocolate shell.
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This was the early 00's and the MicroStars were bought in large by males, so what about the girls, well Corinthian took the decision to release a range of PopStars figures.
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There are 24 figures in total, with 4 bands represented, those are Hear'Say, Steps, A1 and Five, with Hear'Say getting 2 different sets of figures, one of which has them in stage clothes holding microphones.
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Like their football counterparts, the PopStars were released inside a Powerpodz chocolate shell, with each figure being sealed in a clear plastic sachet and placed inside a plastic capsule, which also included a collector's information leaflet. The Powerpodz PopStars were distributed in a CDU which contained 16 units.
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The figures were assigned collector codes, which start with PPS (Powerpodz PopStars) and were released on 6 different base colours, Green, Red, Blue, White, Gold and Platinum. Corinthian swapped the base rarity of Gold and Silver over from the football figures to tie into the music industry, with silver base being replaced by Platinum, with a Platinum disc being a higher accolade than a Gold disc, hence the base colour rarity swap
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Here is the base colour rarity and ratio:
Green Base - 1 in 2 Capsules
Red Base - 1 in 5 Capsules
Blue Base - 1 in 8 Capsules
White Base - 1 in 10 Capsules
Gold Base - 1 in 20 Capsules
Platinum Base - 1 in 4 Capsules
A game could also be played, with the player ratings being changed to a music theme of course with the figures having 'Pop Ratings' and each PopStar received a Pop Rating from 4 to 13, the 5 Pop Ratings categories are
Awards
Singles
Albums
Tickets
Pop Points
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The collector's information leaflet also featured 'Pop Tokens' with 10 Pop Tokens coming with each leaflet, collecting 100 pop tokens (10 figures) meant you had enough pop tokens to send off for a Free PopStars figure.
I have no official sales data to validate how commercially successful this range was, however given the fact there was only ever this one series i feel it did not perform as well as Corinthian had hoped or anticipated.
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Acquiring a full set can actually be relatively difficult, especially if you want them all on a Green base, a quirky little set and it is certainly worth taking the time to find them all, they do sit in rather well with the Mexican PopStars Corinthian released.

PPS001
PPS025
SERIES INFORMATION
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Powerpodz Popstars
PPS049
PPS073
PPS097
PPS121
Kym Marsh
Hear'Say
With Microphone

PPS002
PPS026
SERIES INFORMATION
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Powerpodz Popstars
PPS050
PPS074
PPS098
PPS122
Myleene Klass
Hear'Say
With Microphone

PPS003
PPS027
SERIES INFORMATION
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Powerpodz Popstars
PPS051
PPS075
PPS099
PPS123
Suzanne Shaw
Hear'Say
With Microphone

PPS004
PPS028
SERIES INFORMATION
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Powerpodz Popstars
PPS052
PPS076
PPS100
PPS124
Danny Foster
Hear'Say
With Microphone

PPS005
PPS029
SERIES INFORMATION
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Powerpodz Popstars
PPS053
PPS077
PPS101
PPS125
Noel Sullivan
Hear'Say
With Microphone

PPS006
PPS030
SERIES INFORMATION
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Powerpodz Popstars
PPS054
PPS078
PPS102
PPS126
Lisa Scott-Lee
Steps

PPS007
PPS031
SERIES INFORMATION
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Powerpodz Popstars
PPS055
PPS079
PPS103
PPS127
Faye Tozer
Steps

PPS008
PPS032
SERIES INFORMATION
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Powerpodz Popstars
PPS056
PPS080
PPS104
PPS128
Claire Richards
Steps

PPS009
PPS033
SERIES INFORMATION
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Powerpodz Popstars
PPS057
PPS081
PPS105
PPS129
Ian 'H' Watkins
Steps

PPS010
PPS034
SERIES INFORMATION
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Powerpodz Popstars
PPS058
PPS082
PPS106
PPS130
Lee Latchford-Evans
Steps

PPS011
PPS035
SERIES INFORMATION
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Powerpodz Popstars
PPS059
PPS083
PPS107
PPS131
Jason 'J' Paul Brown
Five

PPS012
PPS036
SERIES INFORMATION
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Powerpodz Popstars
PPS060
PPS084
PPS108
PPS132
Sean Conlon
Five

PPS013
PPS037
SERIES INFORMATION
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Powerpodz Popstars
PPS061
PPS085
PPS109
PPS133
Ritchie Neville
Five

PPS014
PPS038
SERIES INFORMATION
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Powerpodz Popstars
PPS062
PPS086
PPS110
PPS134
Abs Love
Five

PPS015
PPS039
SERIES INFORMATION
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Powerpodz Popstars
PPS063
PPS087
PPS111
PPS135
Scott Robinson
Five

PPS016
PPS040
SERIES INFORMATION
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Powerpodz Popstars
PPS064
PPS088
PPS112
PPS136
Ben Adams
A1

PPS017
PPS041
SERIES INFORMATION
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Powerpodz Popstars
PPS065
PPS089
PPS113
PPS137
Christian Ingebrigsten
A1

PPS018
PPS042
SERIES INFORMATION
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Powerpodz Popstars
PPS066
PPS090
PPS114
PPS138
Paul Marazzi
A1

PPS019
PPS043
SERIES INFORMATION
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Powerpodz Popstars
PPS067
PPS091
PPS115
PPS139
Mark Read
A1

PPS020
PPS044
SERIES INFORMATION
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Powerpodz Popstars
PPS068
PPS092
PPS116
PPS140
Kym Marsh
Hear'Say

PPS021
PPS045
SERIES INFORMATION
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Powerpodz Popstars
PPS069
PPS093
PPS117
PPS141
Myleene Klass
Hear'Say

PPS022
PPS046
SERIES INFORMATION
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Powerpodz Popstars
PPS070
PPS094
PPS118
PPS142
Suzanne Shaw
Hear'Say

PPS023
PPS047
SERIES INFORMATION
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Powerpodz Popstars
PPS071
PPS095
PPS119
PPS143
Danny Foster
Hear'Say

PPS024
PPS048
SERIES INFORMATION
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Powerpodz Popstars
PPS072
PPS096
PPS120
PPS144
Noel Sullivan
Hear'Say

CDU

Base Ratings

Promotional Image

CDU