WizKids parent Topps to be sold to Eisner investors… September 20, 2007
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You can read details HERE. After a bit of a dust up with UDE of VS. and Yu-Gi-Oh! fame, Topps has taken the lower offer from the Eisner led investment group Tornante. Eisner, formerly of Disney, ironically will have his hands on a Disney product line indirectly, with WizKids recently picking up the right to Pirates of the Caribbean.
It’s not clear how big WizKids portion of the Topps pie is at this time…but they have been doing strong work picking up licenses (including the hottest license this month…Halo)…I get the feeling they will survive this fairly unscathed. Of course…the biggest problem is that now WK is two levels below the ownership…so they will either fly under the radar, or get trampled under foot…time will tell.
Personally, I would have been interested to see what UDE would have done with Topps, particularly on the gaming side…it seems like it would have been a slam dunk to cross market the Marvel and DC minis and ccg’s, but I guess we will never know.
WizKids unleashes Zombies on unsuspecting public November 1, 2006
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Apparently WizKids was able to do something that is something of a rarity these days…slip some surprises into their newest booster release. This past weekend at the pre-release, Marvel Supernova boosters were opened by the public for the first time, and apparently 1 out of 100 contained one of four special Marvel Zombie figures…Colonel America, Spider-Man, Wolverine, or the Hulk. Not only are these fully playable additions to the HeroClix game, they are also the first cross-over product into HorrorClix, coming complete with the appropriate stats for that game as well.
The Marvel figs will be joined eventually by a Hellboy crossover set…and then future Marvel Zombie figs next year. - B
Marvel HeroClix: Sinister - Review July 18, 2006
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Now that I’m back from vacation and Attacktix previews are done for now, it’s time to get caught up on some of my regular game reviews.
We’ll start off today with a brief review of the newest HeroClix set…Marvel Sinister.
Build Your Own Scenario: The Two Keys to Successful Variants May 24, 2006
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OK, so I've taken a lot of heat lately for suggesting Iron Man style Attacktix, but I think the lesson I was hoping to instill was that simple rule changes and game variants can greatly influence squad design. To expand on that…there are two major dials you can turn to create new game variants, team/deck building and rule changes. I touched on this before when we launched the Theme Park over on HCRealms, but it bears repeating here. (more…)
Sneak Preview: FCBD Wolverine… May 4, 2006
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I was lucky enough to get my hands on a Free Comic Book Day Wolverine HeroClix fig a few days early, and though I know it's no secret what he looks like or what his dial is, I thought I'd give him a right proper review anyway… (more…)
Review: DC HeroClix Collateral Damage February 15, 2006
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Today is the release day for the newest DC HeroClix set. With a focus on current storylines and characters, and a new game mechanic for object tokens, how does Collateral Damage stack up? Let’s take a look…
