“NEW SET DUE TO COME OUT IN JANUARY OF 2004! IT’S CALLED POWERBOMB, AND IT’S GOING TO BE THE BEST SET EVER CREATED!”
That simple All Caps post started the legend of POWERBOMB! on October 15th, 2003. POWERBOMB! was going to upgrade the figures from all the Heroclix sets released so far and make this spirited fellow the champion of Heroclix. The thread devolved in the way that any grizzled clixman is used to. But that thread lit a few fires in Heroclix that still burn to this day.
ToonClix was planned to be an expansion to grow the Clix Empire. It was a collectible miniatures game aimed more specifically at the 6-12 year old demographic, with nostalgia characters aimed at older and (presumably) existing Heroclix collectors. From the original article reporting on it from March 2006:
ToonClix will feature figures based on cartoon characters from the libraries of Warner Bros. (Looney Tunes), the Cartoon Network, Hanna Barbera, and the Kids’ WB. With only 36 figures in the first set ToonClix should be easy to collect and players will find enough to play a game in every pack. The goal of the game is to get your character to the highest state of happiness, and each figure will come with cards that can be used to create a diorama-like background.
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DC HeroClix: Arkham Asylum
Designer’s Notebook: HeroClix Map Design
by Seth Johnson, Arkham Asylum Lead Designer
Quoted from the original Press Release (with help from the Internet Archive’s WayBackMachine):
Continue readingQuoted from the original Press Release (with help from the Internet Archive’s WayBackMachine):
Continue readingJUNE 23, 2003 (SEATTLE) — Today, The Topps Company, the trading card, collectibles, and confectionary company, announced it is acquiring WizKids, Inc (“WizKids”), a privately held designer and marketer of collectible strategy games, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. WizKids’ current games include Mage Knight, HeroClix, and MechWarrior, all of which utilize collectible miniature figures with a patent-pending “combat dial” that encodes relevant game information in the base of each piece.
Continue readingThe History of Clix for the Cure
Continue readingSEATTLE, WA – February 1, 2002 – WizKids, Inc is proud to announce their new collectable miniatures game, Marvel HeroClix: Infinity Challenge will be available nationwide beginning May 1, 2002 to coincide with the release of the Spider-Man motion picture.
Continue readingHello Heroclix players and collectors around the world. Welcome to this modest little corner of the Clix universe that intends to celebrate and catalogue Clixtory.
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