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==Intro== | ==Intro== | ||
− | HeroClix is a | + | HeroClix is a miniature game where the figure stats are on a wheel in the base of each figure. Because the stats are on a wheel, they can change as the character takes damage or heals, making the game more dynamic than miniature games where the stats remain constant through the life of the figure. Moving the dial from one position to another makes a clicking sound, hence "HeroClix". |
− | + | Originally, the characters have powers and team affiliations that vary with their experience levels: Rookie, Experience, and Veteran (R, E, and V), and the characters typically had stronger powers (or do it better) at higher levels. Some of them even have "Unique" or "Special Edition" figures, even more powerful, or representing a specific, unusual period in the character's history. Each experience level cames with its own color (yellow = Rookie, blue = Experienced, red = Veteran, silver = Unique, bronze = Special Edition from the box, gold = Super Rare from a tournament win) painted in a ring around each base. | |
− | The various series of HeroClix have been released in waves, typically 3-4 per year, since 2003. Legion-related figures have been seen in | + | In 2007, the stylings of the game underwent a revamp and the experience levels were greatly deprecated. Figures were now accompanied by a character card, that allowed individualized powers to be produced, greatly increasing the flexibility of the game to represent unusual powers. The colored rings no longer appeared on the dial (but can still be determined from the background color of the character's picture on his card). Most characters have only one version released in a set. This means less diversity of options for a single character, but meant sets could cover more characters per set. |
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+ | The various series of HeroClix have been released in waves, typically 3-4 per year, since 2003. Legion-related figures have been seen in most of the DC releases. Over the years, Legionnaires and their villains have appeared in their pre-Crisis, post-Zero Hour, and post-Infinite Crisis incarnations. In some cases, figures are released in both their code name and civilian names, or with different code names depending on rank. | ||
==Heroclix Waves== | ==Heroclix Waves== | ||
Note: The name listed below is for the version of the character as defined by the costume. Some figures were released with different and chronologically inappropriate code-names for a given costume (such as the 2006 release of Shadow Lass and Umbra in the Umbra costume, or the 2007 release of Mon-El, Valor, and M'Onel with the M'Onel costume). Characters listed on two separate lines in the table have two different sculpt figures with different powers. See the table below for full details. | Note: The name listed below is for the version of the character as defined by the costume. Some figures were released with different and chronologically inappropriate code-names for a given costume (such as the 2006 release of Shadow Lass and Umbra in the Umbra costume, or the 2007 release of Mon-El, Valor, and M'Onel with the M'Onel costume). Characters listed on two separate lines in the table have two different sculpt figures with different powers. See the table below for full details. | ||
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===Cosmic Justice (2003)=== | ===Cosmic Justice (2003)=== |
Revision as of 22:22, 21 April 2012
Contents
- 1 Intro
- 2 Heroclix Waves
- 2.1 Cosmic Justice (2003)
- 2.2 Unleashed (2004)
- 2.3 Legacy (2005)
- 2.4 Collateral Damage (2006)
- 2.5 Giants (2006)
- 2.6 Origin (2007)
- 2.7 Legion of Super Heroes Starter Game (2007)
- 2.8 Justice League (2007)
- 2.9 Crisis (2008)
- 2.10 Arkham Asylum (2008)
- 2.11 DC 75th Anniversary (2010)
- 2.12 Superman (2011)
- 2.13 Superman Fast Forces (2011)
- 3 Table of Figures
- 4 External Link
Intro
HeroClix is a miniature game where the figure stats are on a wheel in the base of each figure. Because the stats are on a wheel, they can change as the character takes damage or heals, making the game more dynamic than miniature games where the stats remain constant through the life of the figure. Moving the dial from one position to another makes a clicking sound, hence "HeroClix".
Originally, the characters have powers and team affiliations that vary with their experience levels: Rookie, Experience, and Veteran (R, E, and V), and the characters typically had stronger powers (or do it better) at higher levels. Some of them even have "Unique" or "Special Edition" figures, even more powerful, or representing a specific, unusual period in the character's history. Each experience level cames with its own color (yellow = Rookie, blue = Experienced, red = Veteran, silver = Unique, bronze = Special Edition from the box, gold = Super Rare from a tournament win) painted in a ring around each base.
In 2007, the stylings of the game underwent a revamp and the experience levels were greatly deprecated. Figures were now accompanied by a character card, that allowed individualized powers to be produced, greatly increasing the flexibility of the game to represent unusual powers. The colored rings no longer appeared on the dial (but can still be determined from the background color of the character's picture on his card). Most characters have only one version released in a set. This means less diversity of options for a single character, but meant sets could cover more characters per set.
The various series of HeroClix have been released in waves, typically 3-4 per year, since 2003. Legion-related figures have been seen in most of the DC releases. Over the years, Legionnaires and their villains have appeared in their pre-Crisis, post-Zero Hour, and post-Infinite Crisis incarnations. In some cases, figures are released in both their code name and civilian names, or with different code names depending on rank.
Heroclix Waves
Note: The name listed below is for the version of the character as defined by the costume. Some figures were released with different and chronologically inappropriate code-names for a given costume (such as the 2006 release of Shadow Lass and Umbra in the Umbra costume, or the 2007 release of Mon-El, Valor, and M'Onel with the M'Onel costume). Characters listed on two separate lines in the table have two different sculpt figures with different powers. See the table below for full details.
Cosmic Justice (2003)
- Pre-Crisis costume: Mordru
- Post-Zero Hour costumes: Cosmic Boy, Live Wire, Saturn Girl
Unleashed (2004)
- Pre-Crisis costumes: Science Police (Shvaughn Erin), Supergirl
- Post-Zero Hour costumes: Brainiac 5.1 with Koko, Chameleon
Legacy (2005)
- Post-Zero Hour costumes: Kid Quantum (Jazmin Cullen), Persuader, Wildfire
Collateral Damage (2006)
- Pre-Crisis costumes: Emerald Empress
- Post-Zero Hour costume: Umbra
Giants (2006)
- Pre-Crisis costume: Validus
- Post Infinite Crisis costume: Colossal Boy
Origin (2007)
- Pre-Crisis costume: Mano
- Post-Zero Hour costume: M'Onel
- Post Infinite Crisis costume: Supergirl, Triplicate Girl, generic Legionnaire (pog only)
Legion of Super Heroes Starter Game (2007)
- Post Infinite Crisis costume: Cosmic Boy, Lightning Lad, Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl, Superman, Timber Wolf, and Ultra Boy. Shrinking Violet is represented by a disc with no figure as if she is shrunken.
The set also includes:
- 2 objects (a communications dish and a hovering news-bot)
- 3'x3' full-color, 2-sided HeroClix map
- A HeroClix rulebook and PAC (Powers and Abilities Card) cards for each of the 8 Legionnaires
- 1 Feat card, 1 Battlefield Condition (Defiance and Drag) and terrain and object tokens (Barrier, Smoke, and Special, various robots, etc.)
- 1 HeroClix base turning ring and 2 dice
All but the dice and ring are branded with either the "Legion of Super Heroes" logo or the "L" symbol.
Justice League (2007)
- Pre-Crisis costume: Bouncing Boy
- Glorithverse costume: Tharok
- Post-Zero Hour costume: Time Trapper
- Post Infinite Crisis costume: Dream Girl
- Feat card (Legionnaires)
Crisis (2008)
- Dawnstar
- Karate Kid
- Matter-Eater Lad (Bystander token only)
- Supergirl
Arkham Asylum (2008)
DC 75th Anniversary (2010)
Superman (2011)
- Brainiac 5
- Earth Man
- Invisible Kid
- Matter-Eater Lad
- Princess Projectra
- Star Boy
- Starman
- Sun Boy
- Supergirl (has the Legion keyword, but not the team ability)
- Wildfire
Superman Fast Forces (2011)
- Supergirl (has the Legion keyword, but not the team ability)
- Superman (has the Legion keyword, but not the team ability)
Table of Figures
Character | Series | Costume | Rookie (yellow) | Experienced (blue) | Veteran (red) | Unique (silver) | Special Edition (bronze) | Super Rare (gold) | Promotional (purple) | Bystander (pog) |
Bouncing Boy | Justice League | Pre-Crisis | 016 | |||||||
Brainiac 5 | Unleashed | Post-Zero Hour | 019 | 020 | 021 | 207 (as Querl Dox) | ||||
Brainiac 5 | Superman | 008 | ||||||||
Chameleon | Unleashed | Post-Zero Hour | 037 | 038 | 039 | |||||
Colossal Boy | Giants | Post-Infinite Crisis | 003 | 003 | ||||||
Cosmic Boy | Cosmic Justice | Post-Zero Hour | 043 | 044 | 045 | 215 (as Rokk Krinn) | ||||
Cosmic Boy | LSH Starter Set | Post-Infinite Crisis | 003 | |||||||
Cosmic King | Arkham Asylum | 039 | ||||||||
Dawnstar | Crisis | 022 | ||||||||
Dominators | DC 75h Anniversary | 003 | 019 | |||||||
Dream Girl | Justice League | Post-Infinite Crisis | 048 | |||||||
Earth Man | Superman | 023 | ||||||||
Element Lad | Arkham Asylum | 037 | ||||||||
Emerald Empress | Collateral Damage | Pre-Crisis | 061 | 062 | 063 | 209 (as Emerald Eye of Ekron) | ||||
Invisible Kid | Superman | 024 | ||||||||
Karate Kid | Crisis | 024 | ||||||||
Kid Quantum | Legacy | Post-Zero Hour | 031 | 032 | 033 | |||||
Legionnaire bystander | Origin | Post-Infinite Crisis | B002 | |||||||
Lightning Lad | LSH Starter Set | Post-Infinite Crisis | 001 | |||||||
Lightning Lord | Arkham Asylum | 032 | ||||||||
Live Wire | Cosmic Justice | Post-Zero Hour | 046 | 047 | 048 | 216 (as Garth Ranzz) | ||||
Mano | Origin | Pre-Crisis | 022 | 023 | 024 | |||||
Matter-Eater Lad | Crisis | B001 | ||||||||
Matter-Eater Lad | Superman | 025 | ||||||||
M'Onel | Origin | Post-Zero Hour | 073 (as Mon-El) | 074 (as Valor) | 075 | |||||
Mordru | Cosmic Justice | Pre-Crisis | 092 | |||||||
Persuader | Legacy | Post-Zero Hour | 067 | 068 | 069 | 211 (as Nyeun Chun Ti) | 211 (as Nyeun Chun Ti) | |||
Phantom Girl | LSH Starter Set | Post-Infinite Crisis | 005 | |||||||
Princess Projectra | Superman | As Sensor Girl | 038 | |||||||
Saturn Girl | Cosmic Justice | Post-Zero Hour | 049 | 050 | 051 | 217 (as Imra Ardeen) | ||||
Saturn Girl | LSH Starter Set | Post-Infinite Crisis | 002 | |||||||
Saturn Queen | Arkham Asylum | 057 | ||||||||
Science Police | Unleashed | Pre-Crisis | 010 | 011 | 012 | 204 (as Shvaughn Erin) | ||||
Shadow Lass | Collateral Damage | Post-Zero Hour | 034 | 035 (as Umbra) | 036 | |||||
Shrinking Violet | LSH Starter Set | Post-Infinite Crisis | 008 | |||||||
Star Boy | Superman | 007 | ||||||||
Starman | Superman | 041 | ||||||||
Sun Boy | Superman | 022 | ||||||||
Superboy | DC 75th Anniversary | 026 | ||||||||
Supergirl | Unleashed | Pre-Crisis | 076 | 077 | 078 | 218 (as Kara Zor-El) | ||||
Supergirl | Origin | Post-Infinite Crisis | 055 | 056 | 057 | |||||
Supergirl | Crisis | 056 | ||||||||
Supergirl | Superman | 010 | ||||||||
Supergirl | Superman Fast Forces | 002 | ||||||||
Superman | LSH Starter Set | Post-Infinite Crisis | 007 | |||||||
Superman | Superman Fast Forces | 001 | ||||||||
Tharok | Justice League | Glorithverse | 031 | |||||||
Timber Wolf | LSH Starter Set | Post-Infinite Crisis | 004 | |||||||
Time Trapper | Justice League | Post-Zero Hour | 056 | |||||||
Triplicate Girl | Origin | Post-Infinite Crisis | 052 | 053 | 054 | 204 (as Duo Damsel) | ||||
Ultra Boy | LSH Starter Set | Post-Infinite Crisis | 006 | |||||||
Validus | Giants | Pre-Crisis | 002 | |||||||
Wildfire | Legacy | Post-Zero Hour | 043 | 044 | 045 | 203 (as Drake Burroughs) | 203 (as Drake Burroughs) | |||
Wildfire | Superman | 039 |