Newbie TBT essentially took care of the F.U.N. list for me this year. I was kind of dreading it because there were so many hundreds of clix released in this 15th Anniversary year of HeroClix. But while some of his picks weren’t exactly what I would have selected, most of them absolutely were, and all of them were spot on.

It’s freed me up to list my favorites — which also happen to be FUN figs as well. (Full disclosure: Both Sceritz and TBT chose figures that would have made my favorite and FUN lists, so I’ve left them off my top 10 for more variation between the three of us.)

As is my custom, I open this look back with an example of an older figure from the previous year that I got too late to count among my favorite then:

Donatello [Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Heroes In A Half-Shell 025]

I didn’t get this piece until well into 2017. At 100 points, he’s very much the most expensive version of this character available in the game. But I like him because, similar to Black Panther [Age of Ultron 045] from a few years back, he’s the version that feels most complete. He’s got the mobility (IM:Hindering/Elevated). The Stealth of a ninja, the Toughness of a turtle (both via trait, freeing up those slots for other powers). The range of his bo (3) and the repositioning ability other versions have sported (another trait). And the pit crew powers that we’ve come to expect from the smartest of the quartet: Outwit, Perplex and Support.

But there’s a FUN. catch here: he can only use one per turn, and he’s got to select it at turn’s start. I love the balance.

In sum:

Friendly/Fellowship: 100 points is kind of a lot

Useful/Utility: All sorts of little tricks here tho

Nifty/Nerdcore: Donny is my favorite turtle

 

So! On to my Top Ten F.U.N. Favorites of 2017 to wrap up our extended look back!