Hey all, it’s your sitemaster Rurouni KJS here for a very special installment. For my first entry into this new mostly weekly feature, here’s PHIL COULSON from the recent Captain Marvel gravity feed set.

Phil Coulson [Captain Marvel 018] 75 points

I’ve always liked the character, both onscreen and in Heroclix, but this is the first version that feels complete to me. His initial clix in 2012 was an OK Perplexer (one mostly immune to 100-plus-point attackers) with a nice evac Special Power, but he felt very bystander-like and was hard to use well.

His next appearance(s) in the Nick Fury set (036 and FF002) were more aggressive, but lacked oomph for their 75 point price. The 50-point dial on the FF piece was kinda sad, too. No Stealth on either belies his skills as a spy (one totally lacks the keyword).

This one fully reflects Coulson’s developments on the 5-season series as not only an agent of SHIELD, but as its full-fledged director without losing his field agent effectiveness. He gets to cart the team around via his Zephyr jet SP, brings the support skills with his Tradecraft trait, has the Stealth the others didn’t, and trait Energy Shield/Deflection that stacks onto his Toughness (to say nothing of his STOP click) for an overall definitive Coulson that I can’t wait to use again with his team.

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So here’s the Very Special Part of this hopefully routine installment of Heroclixin’ — today marks 10 YEARS since I started the blog!

It’s been a F.U.N. ride for sure, and one I have zero intentions of stopping now — especially with fellows like Taylor aka The Baker Tay and Sceritz aka IV Wall aka Scooter along to share in it. Thank you, clix brothers, and others who’ve been reading and sharing games with me since the blog began and before (not a complete list by far):

Psicardi

Lenny aka IconSupes

Morrison

Lord Timothy

David Leverette

Terman8er

Every single real person who ever commented on a post

…and SO many more than I can recall or name.

 

 

 

Today’s special: Batman: the Animated Series uncommon number 22- Mr. Freeze!

Our favorite webmaster has asked me (The Baker Tay) to put down my thoughts on any character daring enough to spend time in my thoughts, so I’m starting with a figure that’s been on most of my 2019 teams. Not only did he make my top-10 list for last year, he’s been freezing up my team building process!

Mostly modest values (and a slightly tougher defense) make him a great candidate for F.U.N. on both sides of the board. His presence really shines when he’s actually trying to freeze his opponents with his amazing powerset. His “You Have Reaped an Icy Wind” trait gives him an upgraded Force Blast/Barrier combo, and to top off the igloo, his special attack power “Cold Comfort” grants him a damage-dealing Incapacitate that mixes with his trait! I dare to say that it is the most satisfying combination in all of Heroclix.

I can’t help but feel guilty when I don’t set aside 100 points for him. He’s my perfect rendition of Mr. Freeze.

 

Hello, readers. It’s been a minute since our most recent substance. I (Rurouni KJS) have been a little distracted by Real Life and looking ahead to a little milestone about a week away.

In the interest of always keeping content fresh on the site, I’ve asked my board members Taylor and Sceritz to let me know what one Heroclix figure is commanding their attention at the moment. And then we talk about it in this space.

It will be Heroclixin’s Flavor of the Week!

Look for the first installment later this week, and then roughly every week going forward, unless we have bigger features to present. (For example, after DC Rebirth releases in April, it will be time for an update to Heroclixin’s Atlantis keyword F.U.N. Focus reviews, thanks to at least two or three new Atlantis figures — and I’ve been hard at work on this update already).