Although I like writing about the usual Top 10, the truth is that I’ll hardly ever play any of ’em on a given weekend. I’ll generally play them on their respective themes or not at all.

Therefore, my own Top Ten list is very different from the “official” Heroclixin’ one. Instead of listing, as I did with that list, all the reasons each fig was a playable, winning piece, I’ll be stating:

• Why it’s a favorite that I want to play
• Why I don’t play it all the time
• When and how I’m planning to play it next

I’m starting with one that was actually released in ’09, as an honorable mention; it not only saw a lot of play last year but continually tops the list of figures I want to use:

Molly Hayes (Hammer of Thor #041)

WHY I WANT TO PLAY HER EVERY WEEK:
C’mon, there’s nothing funnier than this little girl landing KO blows on massive tentpoles:

• HoT Ultron…four times her cost.
• HoT Thor…over FIVE times her cost.
• SI Iron Man…nearly four-and-a-half times her cost.
• AV Wonder Man…close to triple her cost.
• SI Sentry…over four-and-a-half times her cost.
• (alas, I was one push — that I didn’t take — from KOing AV Ares, who’s nearly SIX-AND-A-HALF times her cost.)
• …and LE Diana Prince, who’s…um…exactly her cost. LOL.

I DONT PLAY HER EVERY WEEK BECAUSE:
Her mobility is cruddy and her keywords are lacking in theme-readiness. I never want her in a game where I’m not reasonably sure she can get KOs in.

I’M PLAYING HER AGAIN:
Of course, the next time I run the Runaways. Sooner than that, though, there’s also a coming tournament for the below-50-points set that she’s a lock for.

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So much for this Honorable Mention. Come back tomorrow, when I reveal Heroclixin’s #10 and #9 Favorite Clix of 2010!