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Classic Superman foeClassic Superman foe #2. Seriously, I can't think of any that haven't been made.
Terra-Man? The Prankster? Ultra-Humanite as bald guy in wheelchair? Pre-Crisis Metallo, in green and orange suit on sky-sled? Toyman II (think Legion of Doom)? Galactic Golem? Atomic Skull? Blackrock? Purple Piledriver? Generic SKULL Troopers? Earth-Two Luthor? Composite Superman?
Pre-Crisis Metallo would work, but I don't want Metallo two sets in a row. He's a bit to second string for that. The Prankster and the OG Ultra Humanite is a good idea, though I'd want the Delores Winters version.
The Toyman would be cool (especially if they continue making figures based on Justice), and I'm sure some guys would like the Galactic Golem. In short, you came up with two many good suggestions for two slots!
I believe this set is going to cross all the eras with representation ie golden age, silver bronze etc...
I have a strong feeling we will get a
1. Dr. Fate 60's
2. Blue Devil original costume 80's
3. Zatanna for today
They will be linked by the mystical keyword with their other keywords.
What I like to see is a 75 fig set + 1 BiBtB & 4 Chases for a total of 80 figs. 20 Figs for each age including 1 chase for each age.
I am definitely against having an equal number of figures for each age. I recognize the beauty of dividing everything into perfectly even numbers, but I think that having half to three-fourths of a set representing a time in comics before most of us were born is a bad business model. This is a game which is dependent upon people recognizing characters that they get in their boosters. While some of us would get all nerd-crazy over this game giving us a history lesson about DC comics, I think many others would find it tiresome.
Another reason I am against this is because of Blackest Night. While I, personally hated the comic, it was an unqualified success for DC comics which attracted readers in tremendous quantities. Many of those are Heroclix players. Many of the important and/or popular characters from the Rainbow Wars/Blackest Night have yet to be made. Loads of Heroclix fans have already had a cow over not getting these guys in Brave & the Bold and the Blackest Night starter set. If these characters don't show up soon, conniption fits will threaten to wipe out half the population of HCRealms. If we go with the model of only a quarter of the set per age, then there isn't much room for modern stories or characters that haven't been made or are in desperate need of a remake.
Do we really want to limit these groups to only a quarter of the set?
~ Secret Six (Ragdoll, Bane, Catman, Deadshot, Jeanette)
~ Morrison's Batman saga (Grayson Batman, Dr. Hurt, Professor Pyg, Knight & Squire, Le Bossu, Zur En Arrh Batman, Batman 666, Oberon Sexton, 99 Fiends, The Flamingo)
~ Other modern Bat-Family characters (Red Robin, Stephanie Batgirl)
~ Modern-era Zod or maybe World of Krypton Superman variant
~ Rainbow Lanterns / Black Lanterns
~ DC's modern Red Circle characters
~ Great Ten, Super Young Team, modern Rocket Reds
~ White Canary, New Aqualad, Aquagirl (Lorena), New Starro, villainous Max Lord, etc.
And that's just off the top of my head.
While I know not everybody wants all of these characters, there almost certainly exists fans of each amongst the Heroclix community. There's enough characters right there to fill an entire set. To squeeze this bunch, which includes one property that is manically popular, into a quarter of a set is almost guaranteed to upset more people than it will please.
I am not against having a theme of 12-20 characters jumbled together from past eras, but I think half to two-thirds of the set should be free of having to be from a certain era. Those slots should go to what people want and what will make for an interesting playable set.
...now, if we can just get Professor Pyg confirmed.
I am definitely against having an equal number of figures for each age. I recognize the beauty of dividing everything into perfectly even numbers, but I think that having half to three-fourths of a set representing a time in comics before most of us were born is a bad business model. This is a game which is dependent upon people recognizing characters that they get in their boosters. While some of us would get all nerd-crazy over this game giving us a history lesson about DC comics, I think many others would find it tiresome.
Another reason I am against this is because of Blackest Night. While I, personally hated the comic, it was an unqualified success for DC comics which attracted readers in tremendous quantities. Many of those are Heroclix players. Many of the important and/or popular characters from the Rainbow Wars/Blackest Night have yet to be made. Loads of Heroclix fans have already had a cow over not getting these guys in Brave & the Bold and the Blackest Night starter set. If these characters don't show up soon, conniption fits will threaten to wipe out half the population of HCRealms. If we go with the model of only a quarter of the set per age, then there isn't much room for modern stories or characters that haven't been made or are in desperate need of a remake.
Do we really want to limit these groups to only a quarter of the set?
~ Secret Six (Ragdoll, Bane, Catman, Deadshot, Jeanette)
~ Morrison's Batman saga (Grayson Batman, Dr. Hurt, Professor Pyg, Knight & Squire, Le Bossu, Zur En Arrh Batman, Batman 666, Oberon Sexton, 99 Fiends, The Flamingo)
~ Other modern Bat-Family characters (Red Robin, Stephanie Batgirl)
~ Modern-era Zod or maybe World of Krypton Superman variant
~ Rainbow Lanterns / Black Lanterns
~ DC's modern Red Circle characters
~ Great Ten, Super Young Team, modern Rocket Reds
~ White Canary, New Aqualad, Aquagirl (Lorena), New Starro, villainous Max Lord, etc.
And that's just off the top of my head.
While I know not everybody wants all of these characters, there almost certainly exists fans of each amongst the Heroclix community. There's enough characters right there to fill an entire set. To squeeze this bunch, which includes one property that is manically popular, into a quarter of a set is almost guaranteed to upset more people than it will please.
I am not against having a theme of 12-20 characters jumbled together from past eras, but I think half to two-thirds of the set should be free of having to be from a certain era. Those slots should go to what people want and what will make for an interesting playable set.
most of my favorite characters are bronze age & older
Golden age Characters wanted
Blue Beetle (Dan Garret)
Giovanni "John" Zatara
Alias the Spider
Atom (Al Pratt)
Black Condor (Richard Grey Jr.)
Brainwave
Crazy Quilt
Detective Chimp
Harlequinn (Molly Mayne)
Hourman (Rex Tyler)
Human Bomb (Roy Lincoln)
Huntress (Paula Brooks)
Johnny Quick
Manhunter (Dan Richards or Paul Kirk)
Mr. Terrific (Terry Sloane)
Ragdoll (Peter Merkel)
Red Bee (Rick Raleigh)
Sandy the Golden Boy
Star Spangled Kid (Sylvester Pemberton) & Stripesy (duo)
The Fiddler
The Gambler
The Planeteers
The Sportsmaster
The Wizard
Tommy Tommorrow
Silver age
Adam Strange
Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man
B'wana Beast
Barry Allen (not one that Dying, Starfish, Duo or a Blue Lantern)
Bat Lash
Biff Bailey
Calender Man
Captain Johnny Cloud
Captain William Storm
Dane Dorrance
Dr. Cyber
Gunner Mackey
I Ching
Johnny Double
June Walton
Kyle "Ace" Morgan
Lady Blackhawk (Zinda Blake)
Leslie "Rocky" Davis
Lightning Lass
Madame Rouge
Matthew "Red" Ryan
Nicky Walton
Nightmaster
Princess Projectra
Rick Flagg
Sarge Clay
Space Ranger
Sun Boy
Unknown Soldier
Walter Mark "Prof" Haley
White Witch
Bronze Age
any Jack Kirby 4th World
Atomic Skull (Albert Michaels)
Black Orchid
Bruno Mannheim
Cyborg
Huntress (Helena Wayne)
John Stewart
Looker
Kamandi
Lady Shiva
Madame Xanadu
OMAC (Jack Kirby)
Richard Dragon
Rima, The Jungle Girl
the only modern age characters that i want are
David Caine
Grace & Thunder
Kyle Abbot
Maxwell Lord
Whisper A'Daire
I want this set to have the history of DC Comics. That why i wanted more older characters
I third it, but we're setting ourselves up for disappointment. WK is going to go where they think the money is; which likely means a lot of Skittle Lanterns. Taste the rainbow.
Well, as an anniversary set, it should be celebrating the entire history of the DCU from the beginning to now. That doesn't mean it has to have a large amount of Golden Age characters. When it comes to the Golden Age i'm more ambivalent about DC's characters than Marvel's, but that doesn't really affect what I think should or shouldn't be in a HeroClix set.
If it were me, I'd hope a couple of my pie-in-the-sky old school wants get in, and expect the big 7 and some of the larger yet not done Golden Agers to get in...and Brightest Day/Blackest night characters.
I am certainly not against older and/or obscure characters appearing, I just don't think they should dominate the set.
For what it's worth, I don't think this set is gonna be another Origin (not that's necessarily a good or bad thing). I mean, a 75th anniversary set could pretty much contain anything. Slap in a generic Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman and that COULD encapsulate your 75 years. Not that that is what is going to be either, i'm just saying...change the name of 75th anniversary to anything else and the set might still be the same in terms of contemt.