Good god man!

Let's just settle it like all rules questions, roll a D6...

That was a damn good pretzel too.

Basic etiquette really has a troublesome history with games like these. Comprehensive rules of etiquette do not appear in our rulebooks (nor would we want them to, imagine the page count). We are instead expected to intuitively understand the social graces, which in this case would lead us to rarely raise an objection (to handing over pieces), but to accomodate reasonable objections with compromise (please let Bob handle his own $100 figure, or at least wipe the pizza sauce off those grubby fingers). We've been down this road before a time or two in Heroclix... I seem to recall a ruling that players could be disqualified for failing to notify their opponents when said opponents had (perhaps inadvertently) cheated by failing to turn the IG. Matters of etiquette will always be fruitful for that element that prefers to expend its energy disqualifying opponents than in playing a game.

As for Magic... I maintain that the primary reason it continues to define a genre is that it continually strives to acknowledge and address the negative. It doesn't always succeed (hence disaffected players like myself), but it at least tries. Wizkids' track record is... well let's just say not as sterling in that realm.

Junk punch. It's the answer to everything in 'clix. Junk. Punch.

So much rep for this.

I see 2 options:

1.) You agree to move the figure and turn the dial for the opponent on your figure so that they don't break or damage it.

2.) You don't let them use it and are DQ'd from the tourney.

Basically, I see this no different than Mind Controlling a figure just that it has a longer duration.

This thread drives home the consequences of taking a beer and pretzels game and trying to make it SURRIOUS BIDNESS.

This is why I always hesitate to run "build the worst team and swap" events.
I have run them, but I always make it clear that if you want to participate you will be allowing others to use your stuff.

Anyway, I agree with DKJedi's assessment.

What about option 3? Smear all of your figures in baby poop (I have a five-month old, so a good supply) and just smile at the peeps playing Copycat when they start to announce the swap?

That might cost you fellowship.

A small price to pay for the smiting of one's enemies.

Long as the figure is still recognizable and the dial isn't obscured, right? Feel free to borrow Brown Lantern Hal, buddy!

When is baby poo actually brown? It's generally orange or green or any other myriad of colors.

Being as I know that you don't have kids, I'm mildly concerned by this. I'm going to check to see if there are any Amber Alerts out right now...