Continuing the photographic record of Super-Strength characters who can hold their own object tokens and the Halloween-y focus, today we’re looking at one of the first character-carded figures, Gargoyle of the Defenders:
He holds it pretty well between his arms and his chest.
Be back Thursday for another spooky edition of Token Totin’!
Continuing the photographic record of Super-Strength characters who can hold their own object tokens and the Halloween-y focus, today we’re looking at a monster “born on a Monday,” SOLOMON GRUNDY. First, here’s the currently Modern Age version :
He holds it the way a lot of figs do: wedged upright between the stat slot and his chin. It makes seeing the powers a slight pain, but not much of one, in my book.
Still, the Golden Age-legal Grundy in Hypertime does it better:
And yeah, he holds it better still.
Be back tomorrow AND Thursday for more monstrous and spooky Token Totin’ this week!
Continuing the photographic record of Super-Strength characters who can hold their own object tokens, in keeping with the Halloween-y mini-theme we’re looking at the savage were-beast of the Canadian wild, Wendigo:
It’s easy to fit the token in his fingers. Be back next Tuesday for another monstrous edition of Token Totin’!
Continuing the photographic record of Super-Strength characters who can hold their own object tokens and the Halloween-y focus, today we’re looking at one…well…TWO characters…sort of. It’s the double-faced Bi-Beast and his later incarnation, Skull-Brother:
He/They holds/hold a token just dandy with his/their right hand/hands.
Be back Thursday for another spooky edition of Token Totin’!
Continuing the photographic record of Super-Strength characters who can hold their own object tokens and the Halloween-y focus, today we’re looking at a kid dressing up as Batman, sorta:
Cinch the token under his LEFT armpit…seems to work a little better.
Be back next week for another spooky edition of Token Totin’!
I’ve long had a prickly relationship with the whole Halloween thing. On the one hand, its roots are dark, very dark, and celebration of such seems unbecoming.
On the other hand, I love the fun of it — the candy, the costuming, the disarming and lampooning of frightening things (the whole song “Thriller” is kind of the ultimate example of this — hence the pic). And, in the end, light always wins out over darkness.
To that end, Heroclixin’ will take a short tour on the “dark side” for the rest of October and focus on those misunderstood Monsters and Animals and the villains of clix. Hope you enjoy!
As always, there are honorable mentions who didn’t quite make the Heroclixin’ cut. Let’s take a final look at those:
The Flash and Green Lantern (The Brave and The Bold #048): At 200 points with a max 10 AV, this duo was just too much of any given team to crack the top ten. But when teamed with a lot of smaller Police pieces, their double-Telekinesis SP can be of great use. And a trio of Gotham City Detectives make their ranged Duo Attacks lethal!
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DEO Agent (Unleashed #002): Sporting PD TA, Perplex and Support, this Experienced generic was considered for the list. her practically unusable AV with the latter power squeezed her out of consideration. Similarly, her LE version Cameron Chase (Unleashed #201) has problems with her numbers and takes too long to truly contribute to the Police themed team when compared with the cheaper and much more immediately useful GC Detectives or Mandroid Armor. But Stealthy, Impervious Outwit is great if you can get her there.
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Zoom (Arkham Asylum #036): Leaving aside his villainous tendencies, his high price and low damage kept him from cracking the top ten. Sure, Perplex helps the latter liability. But early Perplex is a rare power in the theme, requiring other expensive cops or really underpowered ones.
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Allen the Alien (Invincible #004): While an excellent melee threat, he’s completely soft-shelled and can’t take a hit at all.
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Detective John Jones (Origin #210): Although he’s the best of the Police-keyworded Martians, he’s far too expensive for his early supporting-style clicks and not beastly enough down the line to make Top Ten status.
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Boodikka (Green Lantern Gravity Feed #010): With decent stats, powers and a good balance of ranged and melee ability, she was cut down by low overall damage numbers.
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Jane Foster (X-Plosion #206): One of the game’s best healers just happens to have the Police keyword. If Support were still as big a factor in HeroClix as it used to be, she’d have been a shoo-in. But in the power’s current more-balanced state, Foster is merely an also-ran.
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Green Lantern (Green Lantern Fast Forces #001): Indomitable with TK, RCE and a long dial, this version of GL couldn’t make the cut due to his relatively high price and lack of moving attack to be more effective at that cost. Setmate Kilowog (Green Lantern Fast Forces #002) had many of the same issues, with his lack of Indom and shorter life and range offsetting his lower cost. Neither was quite impressive or unique enough to carve a place in Heroclixin’s Top Ten…but maybe they do on yours!
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Thanks for reading. Be back tomorrow for the first in a number of special Token Totin’ installments for the month of October.