I was thinking about Giant Man and how there is no way to get him to move and attack in one or even two consecutive turns without pushing.

Then it occurs to me. Fastball Special. Now who can throw Giant Man? Iron Man and the Hulk. Actually, just the Hulk...or can he? He has battle fury, so no ranged combat attack. But feats override rules so I think the Hulk should be able to throw Giant Man.

Now if only you could have inv as well as toughness for the feat, then you wouldn't have to wait till Giant Man's fourth click... :P

Another thing I thought of was having Giant Man throw the Hulk. That works out better I think. Of course, you can always just TK the Hulk...

Also, I suppose you could have Giant Man throw another Giant Man, but that's just silly.

if youre going for just mutant mayhem figs then that sounds good, i dont know the rules for it but it makes sense to me. otherwise i just realized i can pair rookie hellboy with experienced lobster johnson to make an indy fastball special.

Actually, the only thing I was going for was having someone picking up Giant Man and flinging his rear end across the board. The rest was just rambling thought byproduct.

Try Thor( from CT!!!), and hercules
Those two may work out pretty good they can both throw each other. Also, if you select a wild card, and a character with toughness and a team ability( wolvie, sabertooth, doc ock, ETC....)

so many different choices...... hard to decide. We had another mutant mayham booster draft today... i combined spiderman and cable. worked out pretty good

Unfortunately, without some Perplex to drive Ult.Hulk's damage down you won't be throwing him much. His Toughness is only on clicks 2, 10 & 11... with dmg 4, 4 & 3 respectively. Hulk would definitely have to be the 'thrower'.

Makes you wonder if the 12pt Feat is worth it...

i thought that the pre-requisite for the fastball special was that both characters had to have the same team ability. the card reads "chosen characters must have the same team ability printed on their bases". i.e. wolverine and colossus, or thor and hercules. im just going by what the card says, maybe im behind the times. if push comes to shove, bring hair10 in here and have him explain it to us. that is what he gets paid for anyways.

Yeah, I wasn't thinking about Hulks damage being so high. Well, it'll be easier to perplex his damage down then get Giant Man to his 4th click. :P

Grrr, I want to be able to throw inv/imp guys! They can take it.

Spider-man and Cable are not on the same team, so no Fastball Special.
I also believe that the FAQ to be released soon will keep figures that NEVER meet the initial requirements(Toughness but a damage value 3 or higher) from being given a feat card in the first place.

Fastball special is really lame ...

The only tournament time Fastball Special is going to see will be as the placeholder "dummy" card for your BFC selections...

fastball should have been for a better range considering it is a one time use 8 or even 10 would have made it great!

Pretty much, its 12 points, two actions for one shot that does at most 3 damage... Just pick up a mailbox for christ's sake!

I really have trouble seeing the merits, as Giant man just won't be able to do it until he's been hit, isn't as good, and probably is already in the middle of the fight. If you're worried about pushing him, I think you need another fig flying a medic around behind him, and you can use them more than once per game.

Problem with throwing Hercules is his damage is too high. Fastball stipulates that the thrown character must be a non-flier with toughness and a damage value of 2 or less. Herc's damage doesn't drop to a 2 until his 8th click! That is coupled with the fact that you're better off using Thor's running shot than wasting time trying to set him up for a fastball.

The core avenger's don't actually have to many viable options for Fastball, because the only characters that start with toughness either have too high of damage or are fliers.

Alpha flight works out pretty well though, where Sasquatch can toss V Puck, or if you really want to you can play crosswinds and have it toss Northstar.

Excellent point!