The NECA - Wizkids Announcement!

Well, it finally came! The announcement that is not shocking, but still an encouraging sight for sure!

The National Entertainment Collectibles Association, Inc. (NECA) has purchased the majority of the assets of WizKids, Inc. from The Topps Company, Inc., including the award-winning Clix family of games, which includes HeroClix, ActionClix, HorrorClix and SportsClix. NECA will also acquire the WizKids brand, the Pocketmodel Game family of games, including the Pirates of the Crimson Coast, Pirates of the Spanish Main and Pirates of the Cursed Seas games, and the Mage Knight line of games.

See the rest for yourself here.

Hammer of Thor Thor's Might Chariot piece available online and at SDCC

Great News all. Wizkids has partnered with NECA to bring out Hammer of Thor. More details on that as they emerge.

First big impact of that is the Thor's Mighty Chariot piece. While formerly this was intended to be the BTB piece for Hammer of Tghor, it is now available $20 at the NECA booth at SDCC or at Amazon.com.

Additionally NECA-Wizkids will have a booth at GenCon. Like I said, there is more information to come as NECA has some announcements to make at Comic-con today!

Justin Ziran tells of proofs arriving from China

At HCRealms Justin Ziran of Topps, tells more of the progress being made at getting Marvel HeroClix: Hammer of Thor out to the players.

News from Topps - June 2, 2009

We’re starting to see sun breaks through the clouds.

Samples arrived late last week and have been sent to Marvel. I must say I that I am looking at a pretty impressive piece. Only two small tweaks for the factory and I think this thing is a winner. (pending Marvel’s approval, of course).

Packaging proofs are arriving today and I expect they will look great as well. 

We’ve knocked down a lot of obstacles but we’re up against some tight timelines and still a bumpy ride ahead of us.

-Justin

Bumby Ride may be a clue as to some of the figures they are proofing...

News From Justin Ziran.

Justin Ziran, formerly of Wizkids and now with TOPPS shared some information wit ht efan's today at HCRealms.

One step forward.....(news from Topps)

Greetings from New York! For those of you that haven't heard, I moved to New York to join the Topps team, today is my 10th day on the job at Topps. Now that my head is above water, I thought it would be a good time to share the latest and greatest from the trenches. 

Regarding the sale of HeroClix: We felt it would be irresponsible to start any sort of official communication before we were close to the finish line in terms of a deal coming together. We’ve been working toward that end very diligently and hope to have some news to share shortly. Deals of this nature sometimes move at glacial speeds while at the same time require quick responses by all involved. 

As mentioned in the ICV2 article, we’re looking into the feasibility of releasing HeroClix product this summer given the extended hiatus. That, in and of itself, is a tough proposition as there are many obstacles to overcome. The good news is that we’ve started that process and we are working with our vendors and some key former WizKids employees. Yesterday, in a conference call, we kicked the plan into a higher gear. We’re not out of the woods yet (in terms of a release), but we are starting to see some clearing. I will provide updates on hcrealms as we move down that path. 

Until then, keep the faith.

-Justin

I find that some encouraging news.

February events in the area!

Keep yourself abreast of all the action in town.

BuyMeToys.com has Clix Every Sunday this month, Fantasy Games will have events on Thursday, and The Griffon has 2 fantastic events on Fridays the 6th and the 20th!  check the Calendar above for the details.

BuyMeToys.com Closed 1/25

BuyMeToys.com will be closed on Sunday,January 24th, due to family illness.  The clix events for today will be post-poned until 2/1/08.  The same event with the same rules and prizes will be run that day.

Sorry for the short notice.