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February 7th, 2012
As we prepare for Toy Fair, NECA and Wiz Kids are not taking a break. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday they have been previewing more pieces from their upcoming sets of HeroClix. Star Trek tactics – which involves ship battles has just released. The big push now is Galactic Guardians, their next upcoming major release.
Master of the Mystic Arts (follow the link for more details!)
More Strangeness after the jump!
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January 14th, 2012
DC just announced that 6 of its titles are being replaced with 6 new ones. Two of these, I had tried and dropped. Partially because the story did not stick with me. I like the characters enough, but I am also feeling the sting of needing to be frugal. Due to money issues, I dropped all my comics a while back. The “new 52″ at DC did what they had hoped. It got me back in the store. 5 months later, I am still feeling my way through what I am buying.
When I decided which titles to try, I selected things that
1. I found the proposed story idea to be exciting.
2. Characters I wanted to read about that I had not in the past.
3. My old favorites.
4. Team books, which is what I started with 30 years ago.
I bought 12 titles.
Category 1: Stormwatch.
With Stormwatch, DC advertised this story well. The Moon being alive and attacking the Earth. The premise was classic old science fiction. The characters are interesting – even though they do not wear costumes. The story moves like a roller coaster. I think it reminds me of Morrison’s JLA, where there were concepts which could have been entire mini-series which we only shown in a page. Putting Martian Manhunter in here was a stroke of editorial genius. It made people talk about the book and made JLA fans consider it. I do wish the characters were a bit more instantly identifiable, and costumes would help, as sometimes I have trouble identifying who is who. Four issues in, this is still my #1 comic.
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January 11th, 2012
Ryan, our fellow blogger, inspired me twice in the creation of this blog. First, I wanted to show how easy it is to write a blog. Second, he posted in the forums about something that made me want to respond. I could have responded in the thread, but since Julius gave me this soapbox (and pays me 3 times as much as Ryan ), I figured I’d post it here.
Ryan was engaging in two of our favorite past times here at AFi. Talking about how he hopes Mattel will make some of his favorite characters AND reviving long dead threads. While I’ll leave the sleeping threads to others, discussing the merits of one character over another is not something I can pass up. In this case, a DCUC version of the classic Silver Age version of Adam Strange. My take is not that creating this is good or bad, but why not use something else until Mattel gets around to it.
The other current competing line of DC 6 inch figures is DC Direct. To be fair, DC Direct is actually a bunch of lines, where they are often artist specific versions. This might bother some collectors, but the various groups give us characters which we can use to fill in our Mattel collection until Mattel makes them. Above we have Ryan Choi Atom, Elongated Man, Mera, silver age Adam Strange, Geo Force and Metron.
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January 2nd, 2012
Someone once asked me to explain HeroClix. After some practice, I have come up with this.
“Its like Chess with Super-Heroes, except that if you want to play with 4 knights and no bishops, that is not only OK, it is encouraged and expected.” At this point, I should add that you can also use characters from popular video games (Halo) and movies (Lord of the Rings).
Just like in Chess, each piece has its own unique abilities. It comes down to 6 values. Movement. Attack. Defense. Damage. Range. Cost.
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December 23rd, 2011
For day 11 of WizKids Clix-mas, we have the Skrulls in many forms. As they should be…
And from prior this week, Mole Men and Things!…
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December 21st, 2011
Continuing their 12 Days of Clix-mas, today WizKids brings us:
But that is not all. Those sneaky guys could not resist giving us a bonus. A sneak peak of the Movie Avengers!…
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December 18th, 2011
Once again our friends at NECA are rolling out previews of upcoming product. I popped out to their Facebook page and found these beauties. 12 days of previews. Here are two to wet your appetite.
And from a set I …
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December 5th, 2011
DC Direct was kind of cagey about the look of the Sinestro figure coming in Green Lantern wave 5. When the new DC universe was revealed, we knew why. Sinestro was a Green Lantern again. But for some reason, the pictures of the figure never made it out to the …
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October 31st, 2011
I missed this week”s episode of Young Justice, but two weeks ago, they ran one that blew my mind.
Why? Because of all the characters that made an appearance in the episode “Revelaqtion”. I think at this point, enough time has passed that I can write this without spoilers.
#1. The Secret Society of Super Villains. Batman gives the team of villains which announce themselves this classic name. 7 new villians who have not previously appeared on the show.
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October 30th, 2011
While I was at NYCC, I spent some time at the DC Direct booth asking questions about their upcoming product. Here is my brief interview with them.
1. What is new at today’s show?
a) Hawkman: JLA figure.
b) Hawkgirl II: Ami-Comi statue.
c) Joker: Batman Black and White statue.
d) Joker: Arkham City figure.
e) Green Lantern Animated inspired statues: Green Lantern – Hal Jordan, Red Lantern – Atrocitus, Blue Lantern – Saint Walker.
2. The new Arkham City wave has only 3 figures. Will this be the future of DC Direct, 3 figure waves?
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October 26th, 2011
Boldly Go Where No Clix Have Gone Before!
Greetings HeroClix fans!
Today we are very pleased to announce the expansion of our Star Trek offerings with the release of Star Trek HeroClix: Tactics!
Star Trek HeroClix: Tactics puts you in command of Federation and Klingon vessels and …
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October 4th, 2011
“I now hold omnipotence. What should I do with such almighty power? The answer to that is actually quite simple: Anything I want.
Anything. I am incapable of error. Any result that displeases me I can simply reverse. There is nothing I need to worry on, for I am Thanos. And …
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October 1st, 2011
This past Wednesday concluded the first month of DC Comics revamp of their universe. While some concepts were pretty much left as is (Batman and Green Lantern), most were revised or restarted completely. Along with this came many costume changes.
Justice League is now the front and center comic it should have been (and used to be). This is also translating into the action figure world. The first figures relating to the new DC universe will be based upon the new Justice League comic. DC Direct revealed some of these at San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) earlier this year.
Looking across the landscape of the new DC universe, what do you hope they will make most?
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September 21st, 2011
WizKids is really expanding their HeroClix line. In case you missed it, they have been previewing pieces from Halo, Lord of the Rings, Superman and most recently the Hulk. Without further ado, here are some examples:
Halo:
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September 16th, 2011
I love this. I love that Mattel made these characters. Why? Because that title up there is exactly how these toys would have been advertised back in the late 70′s. I am a child of the SuperFriends era. That is why these characters resonate with me.
These characters were added to the SuperFriends show to give the team a diversity. But as a young boy and then a young teenager, that escaped me. They were simply more cool characters to see using fantastic powers to save people in trouble and stop the villains.
I am very glad that Mattel made these.
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