Here's what I'm expecting, based on characters who appeared in the movie:

Watchmen
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Comedian
Doctor Manhattan
Daniel Dreiberg Nite Owl
Ozymandias
Rorschach
Laurie Juspeczyk Silk Spectre

Minutemen
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Hollis Mason Nite Owl
Sally Jupiter Silk Spectre
Captain Metropolis
The Hooded Justice
The Dollar Bill
The Mothman
The Silhouette

Villains
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Moloch The Mystic
Big Figure
Roy Chess (the assassin hired to kill Ozymandias)
Knot Top Gang Leader
Knot Top Gang Member

Add in a cop or two, two versions of the Comedian (for young and old), maybe a detective or two (Steven Fine, Jon Bourquin?), and WK will probably feel obligated to add a couple duos ( ), and you've got your 25.

I'm really looking forward to it for the 13-14 superhero dials (not counting duos) we'll be getting (or we SHOULD be getting). Should be enough options there to give lots of team-building options. If we get 3 gang members (leader and two members) and 3 cops (detective and two beat cops) as generics, I think that would be damned fine as well!

not along the watchmen lines, a friend who attended mentioned that the red hulk was a double based, straddling them in an 'aggressive' pose (no pictures, just a description, and acting it out doesn't translate well to words)

Planning is economics. Refusing to do so is psychology.
I assume you're referring to ten boosters? If so, then the economic models for the two purchases are not directly comparable. You're naming the per-unit cost under the blind booster model, while I compared it to the per-unit cost for a similar fixed-set model.

-J

Like on the "I'm a marvel / I'm I DC" YouTube Videos? They even have a cool theme song for Roschach and Deadpool.


100 dollars is a lot for the Watchmen set. It was a lot more palatable when I thought that one of those 25 figures was going to be the Colossal Dr. Manhattan. I'm going to get one, don't worry, but I think of Watchmen-Clix in the same way as the movie: unncessary, will make me angry if it's not perfect, but I'm still going to get one.

I've already preordered mine. I understand with many of the complaints but don't agree with them. I'm psyched for this set.

Let me clarify:
Disposable Income in 1.5 months minus $30 vs Disposable Income in 1.5 months minus $100 is economics.

I just dropped $100 on 50 figures already and in 4 months I will spend another $100 on another 50 figures.

I can fit a $30-$35 dollar purchase in there. An additional $100 on top of it is not economically feasible at this time without drastic changes in other spending.

I disagree since we are talking about price per HeroClix figure.

If we are paying $2.40 a figure MSRP then:

1 5-figure booster @ $11.99
25 figure "set" would cost $60 = $2.40 per figure

1 4-figure booster @ $9.99
+ 1 mini-map (making it .40 for map)
25 figure "set" would cost $62.50 = $2.50 per figure

Fantastic Four Starter @ $24.99
+ 1 full sized map
+ Rule book
+ objects / debris / terrain
+ PAC (cost of extras is $8.19)
25 figure "set" cost $89.25 = $3.57 per figure

Watchmen @ $99.99
+ Box (cost of Box is $40)
25 figure set does cost $100 = $4.00 per figure

Psychologically speaking, Watchmen, while interesting, is not, for me, worth $4 a figure. And so economically its not within reach without sacrifices that are not worth it.

If they offered an Uncanny X-Men set of 25 figures for $100, then psychologically I might try to make it work economically.

That's the way I see it, anyway.

That being said, its clear to me Watchmen Clix is targeted to comic and collectible fans over HeroClix players with so much cost and emphasis on what the packing is. So really I am not the target consumer. I guess we could say thanks for considering us when they made these min-statues and decided to incorporate a potential gaming opportunity with them.

I do look forward to endeavors that are focused more on the gaming aspect over the collectible aspect from NECA, however.

Thank you, that is good news about the brick figure from WOS, and the Nightcrawler. They definitely have to make him again; I would love that!!!

I order 15 Watchmen Set and I currently have 0 customer pre-ordered for it. I'm a moron.

Likewise.

As I wrote before, I believe if there were only *four* Watchmen chase figures inserted randomly into a booster expansion that people would be more than willing to spend $100 each on them.

I can understand retailers being unhappy, as they cannot use wholesale discounts to break cases into sets. I pay MSRP and don't rely on the secondary market, so this doesn't bother me.

I am not likely to get a Dr. Manhattan colossal, because it is very rare that I use the colossals I do own.

get another house?

Still just one household...

if you have two houses, those are 2 households...put someone else name on the stuff too just to be safe

you forgot AE's...

You no moron.
There will be some stupid sick power combos that will come from that set that people will want.
BTW, I have no inside info.
Just a prediction.

Could always just open them up and sell singles on e-bay probably end up with more then selling the set