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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

A new Legion Additional Team Ability was also released in association with this set.

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

External Link

WizKids Heroclix figure gallery

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 ===Superman Fast Forces (2011)===