Clix Conundrum

Some M&M Pics from der Vaterland!

Covertly taken at a German toy fair, we have some shots from the upcoming Heroclix expansion. An overhead shot of the Beast is above, two angles on a booster are below. Considering that these were taken with a camera phone by someone who was trying to do it covertly - they were told not to take pictures - he did a nice job. (Clixk on each for larger versions.)

Beast is Common, and the third character in the set. A 50 pt rookie, I'll be interested in seeing the depth of his dial and whether or not his stats ramp up a little. Super Senses on his Defense and a special power on his Speed slot that smart money sez is a Leap/Climb and Charge option, or possibly even something like Green Scar's Smash power, allowing him to move up to his full Speed value and attack (a built-in Pounce without the Damage boost or the click of damage.) Best not to dwell on that much before finding out the real deal; it's too easy to build expectations and then be let down by them. Not world-beating stats, but I'll be curious to see what the point total is for the assembled X-team. We know we're getting Iceman (see below), Marvel Girl and Cyclops, and it's strongly rumored we'll also be getting a period-specific Angel, too. Only Professor X (someone in bad need of a remake) isn't on the list so far. If they're all there that's 6 pieces, but I'm uncertain whether an X-Team where the average cost is 50 points (so they'd form a 300 pt team) will be potent enough. Scott's brother, Alex, came through with a fairly powerful version for 44 points; cutting the Leadership and trimming him back to 5 clicks of life would likely allow a click of Running Shot and maybe a few stat boosts here or there and still keep him at or under 50 pts. Or, do a similar job on the Danger Room vet for Cyke, sacrificing a click of life, adding Running Shot and seeing how well it can be boosted within a 50 pt limit.

If they've redone Professor X I hope Seth took a good look at the the veteran Karma from Fantastic Forces. Cut the Speed somewhat (he's in a wheelchair), cut him down to five clicks of life, add some Leadership and see what the new point cost is. Maybe have the Incapacitate start a little closer to the start.

Yeah, it could be done.

How many of his inaugural X-team teammates will also be commons is as yet unknown. There are 16 Commons, 16 Uncommons, 16 Rares and 12 Super Rares, so there's room to pack most of a team into the same rarity if they chose, but I suspect they'll be split up into a couple here, a couple there, and one over there so that there will have to be some fishing around to complete a team.

Here's a shot of a booster, primarily showing us the rear. From top to bottom we have the more current, cat-like Beast in a lab coat (an Uncommon), beneath him is Apocalypse (Super Rare), then a Zombie Spider-Man crawling on a barrel (looks like a Common, but could be a Rare), and then Green Scar, who we already know is a Rare.


On the back we have another circa X-Men #1 Iceman (hmm... they decided to go without the ice slide) who appears to be a Common, and Archangel seems to be a Rare, but could be a Common, Korg is an Uncommon, and I can't tell Colossus' rarity from this shot. Colossus looks as if his arms are too long and his legs too short.