Fairly certain the answer to that is a qualified "yes". You can only assign the card to him in the first place if he has a "qualifying click" on his dial: a click where he has Leap/Climb and a natural damage of only 2 (or 1).

If you look in the newest FAQ, it is said that you cannot modify combat values to meet the prerequisites of a feat. perplexing down damage IS modifying so NO, you cannot use it on a 3 DV click by downing it.

The +1 to damage from the soda machine is a damage mod and does fall prey to the rule of three.

So heymaker + Soda machine = +5 damage. Which is still nothing to snezze at.

Kaszael is correct on this one.

The Soda Machine increases damage dealt, not damage value by +1 so that extra +1 is not subject to the Rule of 3. Haymake + Soda Machine is +5 since Haymaker is +2 damage value and the Soda Machine is +3 damage dealt, but you can still add a Perplex or ICWO to the damage value for a total of +6.

The desctiption of the effect on the paper that comes in the 3D object pack says that it gives +1 to the damage VALUE. Have they changed the wording on that?

Right here are the 3D object rules: http://www.wizkidsgames.com/heroclix...ects_Rules.pdf

It says very clearly that the Soda Machine adds a +1 to Damage Dealt.

And they made that change to bring the objects in line with the changes in the rules following Indy.