Yes, generallty PC is a 'free action' thus garnering no token but in a Theme PC use (or CSA) a token is generated and the action generating said token is completed as soon as a re-roll is declared. Right?

Incorrect. PC is not any kind of action.

And after, what seems like, a ba-zillion years of playing the game I say to you sir....carp on a stick. How in the heck did I ever miss that?

Here's the thing, though:

Let's say you're right and you don't place the token until the action is resolved.

Then, let's say I'm playing a theme team and I've got 4 extra PC rerolls available to me.

Now, let's say I am trying like the dickens to hit your KC Flash and his durned 20 DV with my Forbush Man ('cause, you know, Forbush Man is awesome). And he misses, unfortunately, but no biggy since one of my other characters can draw LOF to Forbush Man and uses a theme team PC reroll. No token is placed though, because the action has not resolved.

Well, not unexpectedly, Forbush Man misses again. So, I choose to use another theme team PC with the same character. Still no token placed.

This goes on for another two attack rolls because F.B. just can't catch a break. Finally he admits defeat and the action resolves.


So... where do I put those 4 tokens? They certainly can't all go on the guy who actually used the theme team PC, since the theme team rules themselves don't let you put any tokens on a character who already has two tokens. So even if this character had no tokens at all prior to the rerolls, we'd still have two unassigned tokens? Clearly we should not have been allowed to use those extra PCs since that would cause extra tokens to not be assigned, but per your interpretation, there is nothing wrong with that scenario... you know, until you get to the actually placement of the tokens.

So, are you starting to understand why placing the token when the PC is used is so important? If not for me, do it for Forbush Man

I would say yes, but I haven't heard of this new ruling before now.

Ok. I used to judge Heroclix before I went to college, and I would always keep up to date on all the eratta and clarifications for figures and rules, but if the wording was as clear cut as these two scenarios, neither I nor anyone in my venue, nor the friends I played with thought to look it up because no argument arose from the action taking place...it would seem pretty clear...
Character (Odin) with one action token has normal defense. Thor attacks using no powers and gets +2 attack. Odin uses team PC, takes pushing damage, gains +2 defense, and Thor attacks again still using Back-Alley Brawl to gain +2 attack.

That's how I would have ruled it having not known about these two rulings.

So as someone who plays for fun now, with the occasional tournament in hopes of getting an LE, how do I find out what these rulings are?
I have seen several threads mentioning rulings such as these, but I haven't seen them in any of the Wizkids published documents. (unless I overlooked them) so where do I look for them? Who actually makes the rulings?

Best rules argument, ever!

i remember these ruling but they only ever made it into the forums and not in any documents.
TBH i do not see anything in the documents that support the way the ruling for shellhead goes, i figured it would be the same as the way Back-Alley brawl goes.

What he said. This is my opinion on a great many things in heroclix--I don't care if it's one way or the other, as long as it's CONSISTENT.

I stand corrected. Please ignore my post