First hand GAMA report (link)

GAMA attendee, Dustin Hall has a very complete synopsis on the Wizkids presentation from GAMA yesterday.

Please go to his blog and read through it.  Some interesting things about marvel heroClix for 2012, and additional cross genre additions to HeroClix.

Giant Sized Openings

Midnight may me called the witching hour, but last evening it was the Clixing hour!  At 12:01am local retailer venues BuyMeToys.com and Fantasy Games both had Giant Sized X-men for sale!  I was present at BuyMeToys.com.

Folks spent some time busting open their cases and Super Boosters.  As for most cases: 7 Super Rares, two of which are the double based duo figures that may have been re-purposed Chases, like what we saw in Web of Spider-man. Rares are no longer coming one guaranteed to a booster, thus increasing their rarity slightly.  Sixteen Boosters yielded eleven rares from my case (5 and 6 from each brick).  


Anecdotally, the frequency between Commons and Uncommons also looks to have gotten closer. 18:12 in one Brick 19:13 in the other, 37Commons to 25 Uncommons.  


Breakdown is:
Brick one:
Commons 18
Uncommons 12
rares 6
Super Rares 4
Apokolypse


Brick two
Commons 19
Uncommons 13
Rares 5
Super Rares 3
Frost Giant (the Onslaught pictured is actually from one of the additional Super Boosters I picked up)

Last sleepy highlight of the night, I found that Fin Fang Foom's finger (ripped off by the Captain) fit's my partially amputated left index finger quite well!I may have to move him around the map using only my gross finger-nub!


So summing up: GSX is out! Why are you still reading this? Go out and get some!

One more week

This time next week many of us will either already been at a midnight release for GSX or still be at one.

Our area is very lucky to have two great venues to host midnight releases!

Mobile Blogging

So I have added the Blogger App to my beloved Droid. I may start posting with annoying frequency.

Captain America Set! June 2011!

• Removable pieces game mechanic
• 59 new sculpts
• 63 figures
• Great Lakes Avengers, Secret Warriors, Winter Guard
• 30 characters never done as Clix before
• LMD Nick Fury BtB peice

C2E2 is in 3 short weeks! Local talent a strong showing!

March 18th through the 20th will see the return of the C2E2 comic and pop culture convention to the McCormick Center in Chicago.  As only being the second year for the con, it has already increased in size, both in number of exhibitors and square footage.

A number of Local Artists will be in Artist alley, and local comic creator/venue owner Casey Heying will be there promoting his independently published Oz/Wonderland series of comics.

Another local group that will be there, is Rink Printing.  A South Bend printing company, they have recently gotten into publishing small press comics, and lithographs for our burgeoning local art community. 

In the past, Wizkids has partnered up with Diamond/Alliance to show case upcoming products.  

If you get a chance to attend, please take a moment and see what these fantastically talented local creators are working on:

Rink Printing booth 461

BuymeToys.com booth 463 featuring the art of Casey Heying and the Oz/Wonderland Chronicles.

Local Artists in Artist Alley:

Andy Jewett

Terry Huddleston